Nurses General Nursing
Published Jun 27, 2018
Davey Do
10,493 Posts
I began working as a CNA at Mom & Pop Nursing Home after graduating from the LPN program in January 1984. It wasn't long before I moved into a position as the MN LPN.
By March I began working at Weed Rover Township Hospital in the psych unit.
The above edited cartoon is one drawn by my younger brother. He said he believed it was what I looked like at work.
On my first day on the psych floor I was to shadow Jen. Jen and I worked together for the 2 1/2 years I worked psych at WRTH.
Jen was a Nervous Nellie who reminded me of a little banty hen, so I called her "Jen the Hen.
This is an edited cartoon of Jen from April 1986:
Jen and my paths crossed years later when she was a patient of mine, diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
She had no recollection of me or ever having been a nurse.
I saved money to pay for the LPN program by working several odd jobs.
One job was installing a chain-link fence for a lady who, years later, was a patient of mine.
This is a drawing with notes from a journal from the Summer of 1982:
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Here's an edited cartoon I made in May of 1990, a short time before I graduated, where I equated the four levels of consciousness to the four semesters of the RN nursing program.
sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN
2,395 Posts
Well we sure don't want to read my "old nurse journal". ((Grins))
Actually, Sally, I'm sure we'd all enjoy it you shared some of your old nurse journal with us!
Just use fictitious names, euphemisms, and GP rate the saucy parts!
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Some of the saucy parts, can not be "GP'ed
Well I did hypnotized a fellow student nurse, and walked into our swimming pool
Well then, Sally, perhaps you could find gainful employment as a 1-900 Nurse!
I dealt with a delusional patient who did the same thing!
This patient believed he was Jesus and actually walked on water!
(He did have the wherewithal to wait until Winter.)
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