tampabaylpn2rn replied to Lauren3249's topic in Emergency
Hi, my name is Lauren, too, by the way, and I live in Dunedin! how funny is that? first off, your husband is a self employed cable installer? we have those over on this side of the bridge too, but...
tampabaylpn2rn replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing
i went in it for the money bottom line. i wouldn't put up with all this crap unless i was making 25.00 an hour as an lpn, which i am. i hate people. (go Ahead...let's start bashing me
i am taking a test and i don't understand this question... "All of the statements below are appropriate patient education for a patient starting on antihypertensives, EXCEPT: 1. "rise slowly when...
hope this is the right forum for this. what is the chief danger in giving an IM injection in the wrong area of the buttock? 1. poor absorption 2. formation of an abscess secondary to fecal...
I certainly hope someone can help me! I quit my job yesterday due to a long standing illness that has come up again. I also have pneumonia currently. I quit the best paying job i ever had!! Now i...
tampabaylpn2rn replied to tampabaylpn2rn's topic in Nursing Career
I would just like to say thank you for all the positive support and although some of the messages are negative, i do appreciate their opinions as well. I have gone back to the psychiatrist who has put...
tampabaylpn2rn replied to tampabaylpn2rn's topic in Nursing Career
I would like to explain something, as I feel I've somehow been misunderstood. I am the only provider for my family. There is no way around that. My husband used to work at a gas station. the money he...
tampabaylpn2rn replied to tampabaylpn2rn's topic in Nursing Career
I have to have a full time job. My husband is a student and we have 3 children. My husband would have to quit school to get a minimum wage job, which would never support us. Neither would me getting...
Things I can't stand in nursing: (just a vent) Spelling/pronouncing the names of drugs incorrectly. Example, last week, i corrected a MAR that read "Phergan Suppitory" instead of phenergan...
tampabaylpn2rn replied to tampabaylpn2rn's topic in General Nursing
ok, i still have more!! doctors who tell a patient that they are going to make a small incision ACROSSED their abdomen. how about patients who don't want a pain pill when you ask them, but once you...
tampabaylpn2rn replied to tampabaylpn2rn's topic in General Nursing
no, i HAD to add two things that drive me nuts, not spelling/pronounciation related..... at my job, the nurses' smoking area is the same area that the patients' smoke in!!! So i can't even have 5...