CKAYTHOMAS

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1. Need help..hate my job :(

   CKAYTHOMAS replied to butters9812's topic in General Nursing

   Stay for 3 more months to have a year of acute care experience and maybe apply to an urgent care or an observation unit if your hospital has one. Nursing is for you, you sound like a great nurse. Not everyone was built for high stress situations and ...

2. ATI testing for LPN students

   CKAYTHOMAS replied to Kimberly.Durst's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Did you have a specific pharmacology course or was it spread out throughout the program? Regardless of accuracy focus on pharmacology prep. Don't stress, I have confidence that you will pass on your first attempt.

3. Interview a lpn?

   CKAYTHOMAS replied to stephany_r's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hey Stephanie!! I'm so glad to hear you're interested in nursing. 1. It depends on where you work. The easiest place to get hired (in most cases) is a nursing home. You will give medications as ordered and treatments as ordered to the residents. You ...

4. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

   CKAYTHOMAS replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   We have a slightly awkward and always serious young doctor that is known to wear burgundy scrubs which is what the ED techs wear in the ER. She came into an older man's room for his initial exam and he said "you're the CNA you're wearing burgundy" an...

5. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

   CKAYTHOMAS replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   How about when the paramedic intern brings an EKG to the ER doc for his opinion on the interpretation and he looks at the intern with a serious face and says "it means she has very large breasts. Wouldn't you agree?" the paramedic intern's face was w...

6. Doctors Say the Darnedest Things

   CKAYTHOMAS replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   This has me laughing!!

7. New Grad LPN, first interview

   CKAYTHOMAS posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I just had my first interview at an urgent care in WV. They assured met that they would like me to start training asap. They have not given me a pay rate yet and I thought it would be rude to ask because I have a mandatory orientation with the nursin...