holmgirl21

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1. 1 year vs 2 year LPN programs

   holmgirl21 replied to Spazzy Nurse's topic in Minnesota

   When I had gone to school, Alexandria Tech's course was a 1 year program. (10.5 months to be exact)

2. Lunch Break

   holmgirl21 replied to johnson0424's topic in General Nursing

   My favorite snack on the run are Luna Bars. Nuts over chocolate are my favorite. They are packed with protein and are made from soy nuts. They ususally get me through the day.

3. Sick...

   holmgirl21 replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Pediatric

   I have been working in peds for almost 2 years...and I still get sick. Like you said, even with wearing gloves, and hand washing, you still catch those little bugs. I did come to the conclusion that I don't get sick as often if I wash my hands rath...

4. Getting hit!

   holmgirl21 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

   I had worked with a few alzheimer's patients that would get very out of hand also. Again, family refused to have any medication administered. The nurse that I had worked with would call the family members and have them come in to see if they could ...

5. Sometimes it isnt good to be a health professional

   holmgirl21 replied to Noryn's topic in General Nursing

   I recently had root scaling and planing done on my top and bottom molars on both sides. I received novocaine in each area. I have a very low pain tolerance, but the procedure didn't seem to bother me as much as I thaught it would. My gums were a l...

6. Do you tell nurses ands Dr's that you are a nurse when you are the pt?

   holmgirl21 replied to FlyLady's topic in General Nursing

   I try not to because like above, I don't want to be treated any differently. I know that I too get very nervous when I am working with a nurse or MD. The only downfall, is that I have worked with many of the nurses that I see at the clinic from pro...

7. entering nursing, but can't handle vomit

   holmgirl21 replied to evbella's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a pediatric clinic, and I too, cannot stand the smell/sight of vomit. One day our NP walked out of a room after seeing a young boy and she told me that he had vomitted all over the floor and that it would need to be cleaned up. Ok so I su...

8. Hand washing... use lotion?

   holmgirl21 replied to Lauren3249's topic in General Nursing

   My hands too, crack and bleed nearly every week. There are only two lotions that I have found that help at all. The one, I only used once and was my father's...it was shipped in from Germany. I had never heard of it before, but after using it for ...

9. Please tell me I will have time with patients

   holmgirl21 replied to rn in 3 years's topic in Pediatric

   I work in Pediatrics, but in a clinic setting. It is great, because I do have the time to spend with my patients. At times, of course, it does get busy, but alot of times, I have time to sit and color with them, or play with the blocks we have too....

10. Team Nursing...yay or nay

    holmgirl21 replied to MokeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nay. We tried "team nursing" in our clinic when it opened. Needless to say, it lasted about 4 weeks. The managers decided to keep the "team" happy by going back to 1 on 1 nursing, rather than loosing all of the nursing staff. We felt that too man...

11. Too busy for break?

    holmgirl21 replied to merae's topic in General Nursing

    In the clinic situation that I work in, we had been receiving a one hour lunch break, which included lunch, and the two breaks for the 8 hour shift. We had combined 2 clinics and got new supervisors who decided that lunch time would be alloted 45 m...

12. Is your place of employment offering you the flu vaccine?

    holmgirl21 replied to RN~in~CT's topic in General Nursing

    The company that I work for offered and gave the vaccine to all of the employees that wanted it last week. Now yesterday, a bulletin came out from the state stating that we (health care workers) are not considered high risk. The unfortunate thing n...