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  1. What am I, chopped liver?

    I hope your mom gets better too. The hair are standing up on the back of my neck, I believe my parents know your mom or dad. I have learned to take a deep breath especially going to office visits with my family. I must admit that I never laughed so...
  2. Why is it so bad to be an LPN ????

    You are right. I think whether you are getting a degree or diploma, a sound accredited program is a sound start to any career. No problem with stay at home moms. Children seem to need more supervision these days, but you have a good support system. ...
  3. Burnout?

    I like the advice and truth out there. If you left nursing, what did you change to? Thank you for the reminder about things that I stopped doing like golf, bowling, and movies too. I believe that I stopped breathing some along the way. A vacation--...
  4. Injured Football Player

    I do not believe, and only allege that China's programs are unproven as yet, and we do not know at what cost political prisoners and the unborn have paid the ultimate price for their current knowledge. Research sanctioned and unsanctioned continues ...
  5. What to do?

    I think you should finish the prerequisites, and find a way to go to school. You found a job that pays $15 an hour as a CNA, think what a LPN liscense with prior experience can bring you. Is there an opportunity in the program's hospital at employm...
  6. Already off on a bad foot and school has yet to start

    "It is amazing for me to see that instructors that are actually teaching LPNs think low of us. What I noticed when I went to nursing school is that the professors used to say "When you all become RNs..." and that used to piss me off to no end. Many t...
  7. so far, love the job, hate the culture

    I hate to say it but you are right, but not in general. I like everyone that I work for or work with, but that cynicism does creep through. I hope things will get better, or I can find my place. I most likely will find my place and keep threading ...
  8. Like Water Off a Duck's Back.........

    Re: Like water off a Duck's back..... "Advocate Mode and sent an urgent fax to the office that left no question in anyone's mind about where I stand on pain treatment, its priority in my building, and doctors who can't be bothered to take five second...
  9. I have not mastered this area yet, but I like the advice given above. Try if situation allows to place chatty to the end of the med pass, but when you enter the room concentrate on the med pass, ensure the patient either takes the med or refuses it, ...
  10. Your answers are awesome. I like being at the bedside while a md does a procedure on my patient that is where I learn the intrinsic idea behind the diagnosis related to their view, and intentions. I can read all the notes I want in a chart, but I ...
  11. feel terrible, "I don't care anymore"

    I agree about the burnout, change of scenery, mental and physical health issues. Do not try to solve it all at once, but try to honestly look your patients in the eye, and kindly find a way not to let them overload your senses. Put the question to th...
  12. What do you think??

    I think sound points are made in all the prior post, yet I remember surveys at the end of my preceptor program. This questionnaire will be another avenue to enlighten the preceptor program in your facility.
  13. Reasonable requests made to the med-surg nurses?

    I might have missed this in your thread, but did you leave your contact information in her chart at the nurse's station or fill out a request to review her chart for family contact information. I believe one of your siblings, possibly the older sist...
  14. I'm freaking out really bad

    If you feel uneasy now, chances are you might feel overwhelmed in class day one. There are some who drop out the first day, then week two, three, etc. Remember circumstances change. It is hard to concentrate when you are upset, so I can suggest st...
  15. Lost Temper -- Yelled/Swore at Patient

    It can happen to anyone. Abuse goes both directions, and we must work to eliminate its' presence. Don't lose heart. Sometimes we absorb a little too much in our surroundings and unhealthy feelings well up the quickest sometimes. I recently read the m...