brown eyed girl

brown eyed girl

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  1. Took my NCLEX yesterday..still no number on BON website!

    When I tested in 2005, I took my test early on a thursday or friday morning with the minimum 85 questions and by midnight, I had my license number! I am at the beginning of the alphabet
  2. I understand why people go the LPN route

    Did you go to school m-f or on select days and how did you set your work
  3. Problem with RN license renewal this year

    Im a LPN and I've sent my documents in TWICE before resending it by express mail yesterday to be delivered on monday. I initially sent my documents by fax with their cover sheet Feb 12, no online...
  4. LPN 7 Years Experience Needs INFO STAT!

    OOOPS! It's called Hearts on Call! I was way off!
  5. LPN 7 Years Experience Needs INFO STAT!

    Does anyone know about this agency in Dayton.....I think its called Caring
  6. Why Do People Bully Me?

    I love the article! I have been the receiver of aggressive and abusive behavior at my current job twice; once by the DON AND THE ADON. For me, I nipped the situation in the bud IMMEDIATELY! I am a...
  7. LPN 7 Years Experience Needs INFO STAT!

    Does anyone know about the Dayton area? What about agency and how busy they keep
  8. POLL LTC Nurses... please answer

    REALLY??????!!!!! It might be a good thing if they actually HAD
  9. LPN 7 Years Experience Needs INFO STAT!

    OMG. Companies are paying experienced LPN'S the same as newbies.....WOW. What are the facilities paying per hour
  10. POLL LTC Nurses... please answer

    Trust me, it smells terrible when you have a group of people wearing cloth diapers who need to be changed after breakfast and lunch sitting in the day
  11. Rehab Nurse UNDERSTAFFED, need advice please!

    I feel you. I left 2 jobs because of the high nurse to patient ratio. We maxed out at 17 a piece and you have to do your own treatments, plus you have to deal with the overly anxious, protective, and...
  12. Our night nurse has 62! I did it for 30 days and quickly got on the 7P-7A baylor shift on the same unit where we work with 2 nurses on the weekend. IMO, ITS TOO MUCH; so much so, I absolutely refuse...
  13. I thought it was just
  14. I NEED HELP ASAP!

    Thanks to you all!:) My niece is a pharmacy tech who still has her books complete with interactive cd! She's gonna give it to me! Thank you so much for not thinking I am a complete
  15. I NEED HELP ASAP!

    Ok here's the deal. I have an assessment test to take for a urgent care position that Im interested in. I AM SEVERELY WEAK in my dosage calculations ie. grams to milli/micro, kg to lbs etc. I found...
  16. This is weird that I'm seeing this after my beginning a new thread but.....I'm weak with dosage calculations because, I next to never have to use them in
  17. How to Determine Whether a LTC / SNF is Well Run

    In my opinion, the Medicare rating is MISLEADING and the Admissions and Social Service Directors are all to happy to continue misleading potential patients and families. The facility that I work at...
  18. Non-nursing Clinical Oversight of LPN/RNs?

    All I can say is WOW.
  19. New job!!!

    Just expect to be VERY BUSY for the first 30-60 days; you gotta find your own routine to work your hall. You will feel overwhelmed, overworked, frustrated, and exhausted. The phone and the people who...
  20. Over bearing DON

    What shift do you work? If you work first shift it will next to impossible to avoid her accept when professionally necessary. But let me ask you this, is she overbearing or is she just checking up on...
  21. Well, it is what it is. Just a revelation.

    Preach!
  22. You took the words right out of my
  23. Should I work in LTC ?

    I'm like you; I have to constantly be learning something new and have the ability to grow as a nurse. With that said, I'm in the process of trying to leave ltc because of the very reason you want to...
  24. New job!!!

    Ain't it the
  25. Today's Dr. Phil shocker: Nursing home abuse

    She didn't know she could????!!!! ™Are you serious?? Wow! Has anyone had a family member take the resident out on a loa, they drop them on the floor or they accidentally fall while walking, and...