future_nurse11

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  1. 1 week in.. already want to leave. Help!

    I got a job at a SNF/rehab facility back in October. I shadowed a couple nurses the first 2 days and then was on my own. Shortly after, I found out my husband has been using meth and got a restraining order.. He got scary and my concern was my 6-mont...
  2. I am currently in an LVN program & was told that it'll take approximately 5 months to receive the ATT (authorization to test) after our completion with the program. The reason is supposedly because the board of nursing is backed up with requests ...
  3. Okay.. To start off, Let me give you some background on myself. I previously attended a court reporting school for about 2 1/2 years & it was a self-paced program. Basically whenever I get to the required typing speed, I graduate. The career of ...
  4. Emotionally intense day at clinicals

    I'm in my first term in the LVN program & today was a particularly emotionally intense day at Clinicals. I was assigned to get vitals for a number of pts & when I went to one pt's room I found her bawling her eyes out. She claimed that she w...
  5. Wear gloves during assessment?

    I am a new nursing student who started clinicals pretty recently. Im wondering.. Do you wear gloves when taking vitals & during a full-body assessment? I know to follow what the instructor says to do.. My instructor doesn't enforce that we wea...
  6. Okay.. I'm over exaggerating. I can hear with the stethoscope that my school provided to me BUT everything sounds very faint.. Especially bowel & lung sounds. I was told that a cardiology stethoscope would give more amplification. I don't reall...
  7. What's the difference between Pyrexia, hyperthermia, & Febrile?

    That explanation helped a lot. Thank you!!
  8. I know they all three have to do with elevated temperatures.. So what's the difference between them? What makes a person have a condition of pyrexia rather than hyperthermia? Or febrile?
  9. My patient dropped her baby!

    She was alone in the room? Or was the older daughter there? I had a c-section earlier this year & if my baby had fallen I would've, of course, jumped to pick him up. But I don't know.. Did she request to have her healing wound checked? I wouldv...
  10. Hi!! I'm a new nursing student & have clinicals starting up soon. I need shoes but am unsure of what kind to get. I've seen the clogs. They look pretty pricey but have great reviews. I have rather thin ankles and am concerned if my foot will b...
  11. What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

    One time I overheard parents talking to their son and I could've sworn I heard the mom refer to her son as "Serpentine". I had to stop & see if I heard correctly. Yup, it seemed like they had named their son Serpentine.
  12. LVN OR STRAIGHT TO RN program as a single parent

    ^^^^Thats the exact reason why I'm going for my LVN first.
  13. salary

    @baygrl11.. What type of work setting do you work in? Home health? LTC? Etc. I'm going to be starting an LVN program soon. I live in Southern California & I'm looking forward to making something around this amount in the future. :)
  14. Nurses hating their job

    I just read something in Facebook.. Someone post a rant about how much they hate their job as a nurse. And then a BUNCH of people commented & admitted that they hated their jobs as well. They talked about being overworked, underpaid, underapprec...
  15. How do you pay bills while in school?

    I understand your dilemma. I'm in a very similar situation. I got a job at 21. It was an office temp job that became permanent & now, at age 33 I'm still there & am now the office manager. I've stayed at the job because it pays pretty well fo...