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1. what can you do when a nurse sets you up

   oatmeal replied to oatmeal's topic in LPN/LVN

   well, suddenly this nurse has not shown up in 2 days (called off twice now), so, no "meeting" as of yet. However, I have a witness statement that my cart was clean and checked prior to her taking the keys on said date, and her signature that the cart...

2. what can you do when a nurse sets you up

   oatmeal posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   Situation: a nurse that follows me has tried in the past to set both the morning nurse and myself up by saying she "mysteriously found" drugs in a cup in the cart hours after shift change. This was several months ago, nothing came out of the incident...

3. need help with unruly cna group

   oatmeal replied to oatmeal's topic in LPN/LVN

   that's the issue. It's only on one shift, at which time management isn't there to "have to deal with it". Several nurses and family members have gone to upper management, which ended up landing myself and 2 other nurses on the shift a stern talking t...

4. need help with unruly cna group

   oatmeal posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   to be brief, there is a group of unruly cna's on the unit. Management of all levels knows about it, relies on the lpn's to handle it, with no backing. 1 in management is part of their clique. Nurses are threatened by cna's that if they are written ...

5. need some advice, is it me?

   oatmeal replied to oatmeal's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thanks. I've spent the day going over and over in my head what it is specifically that is bothering me, and what it is that is keeping me slow. I've come up with a myriad of legit things that slow me way down during my pass that I cannot control, suc...

6. need some advice, is it me?

   oatmeal posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   Brand new nurse, 1st job at an ltc/rehab. 1st 3 days I was put on my own, in crazy land, my 1st med pass takes 4 hours, with 2 bouts of tears, guessing at things I should have had help with, (that didn't happen) getting yelled at, no time to potty mu...

7. really need advice.

   oatmeal replied to oatmeal's topic in Home Health

   thanks for all the great info :) I'm currently praying my husband can pick up a part time job, and if he gets hired, this will allow me to find employment elsewhere. I only have to make it through September, and, luckily my school is aware of the sit...

8. really need advice.

   oatmeal posted a topic in Home Health

   Hi all. I have tried to look up florida statutes re patient abandonment. I am in school for lpn while working as a home health cna, as an independant contractor. The agency is aware I am in school and does not seem to take kindly to that. I am on a h...

9. Anyone attending Galen school of nursing, St petersburg/Tampa????

   oatmeal replied to flower2007's topic in Florida

   Very true is all I can say..I am still in the lpn program and made the mistake of inquiring about how my grade on a test went from an A to a low C when we actually graded them in class and I had an A. The answer I was given was that the instructor ac...

10. upset with pharm...

    oatmeal replied to oatmeal's topic in General Students

    thanks so much:) back to studying, I have a med surge test today...

11. upset with pharm...

    oatmeal replied to oatmeal's topic in General Students

    thanks for all the input:) I got a B on the 1st test, so I guess my study habits are ok. I just feel as though I'm being rushed through it, and would like a better understanding of it all, and it seems like there is not enough time. I've spoken with ...

12. upset with pharm...

    oatmeal replied to oatmeal's topic in General Students

    thanks..my book is pharmacology and the nursing process by Lilly/Harrington/Snyder, fifth edition..well, back to studying I go..

13. upset with pharm...

    oatmeal replied to oatmeal's topic in General Students

    thanks :) I'm keeping on plugging away. Its just scary to know that 1/2 the class failed the first test, and it seemed I was spending every waking minute in my book or writing it out, and still feel as if I know very little..but, onward and upward wi...

14. upset with pharm...

    oatmeal posted a topic in General Students

    Do you think Pharm can be self taught? Our professor seems to think so. We are given a hand out and chapters in the book to read, then tested. Is this the norm for learning this subject? The handout consists of a power point, and the pics/diagrams ar...

15. Medical leave?

    oatmeal replied to oatmeal's topic in General Students

    Thanks, I'll try..It's just hard to not have control of a situation like this. I never in a million years would have guessed this would happen during school. I guess I'll just have to hope for the best..