SusieQ1243

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1. Survey: Would you encourage your child to become a nurse?

   SusieQ1243 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   In August I completed an 8 wk refresher course to make my LPN license active after being out for 6 years. I had such high hopes about returning to nursing. Then, in my second week for my clinical rotation I worked with my instructor for 5 hours on ...

2. Depression in Nursing School

   SusieQ1243 replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi Brandy, First off, I applaud your bravery and for reaching out to other nurses. Your story sounds so much like mine it's not even funny. But mine happened 13 years ago. My grades got so bad that after threats from my parents and two years of st...

3. Worker bees?

   SusieQ1243 replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

   This is an outrage! I'm so mad I can't even think straight.... Nurses are the backbone, the muscles, the very heart of a hospital and yet, consistently, they are the first ones shortchanged when it comes to help. When are hospitals going to stop cr...

4. Why 12 hr. shifts???

   SusieQ1243 replied to SusieQ1243's topic in General Nursing

   Dplear, how in the world do you do SEVEN 12's in a row? If I worked that many 12's in a row on Med/Surg they would have to carry ME out on a stretcher! What area are you working in?

5. Nursing: The Perfect Career

   SusieQ1243 replied to CCwizard's topic in General Nursing

   I think you should include "travel opportunities" under #1. As far as #10 is concerned, I think you should say "With just a two-year associate's degree you can make as much as the average factory worker with a high school education! Plus, you get to...

6. hospital gossip

   SusieQ1243 replied to nursesrthebest's topic in General Nursing

   Ten years ago when I was working at a small town hospital they floated me down to L&D. As I was making 'small talk' with another nurse I mentioned that I had just bought a house, a fixer-upper, and how completely filthy it was, how I couldn't be...

7. How much do you make?

   SusieQ1243 replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Kewlnurse, Just because Progeria is acting ignorant and childish doesn't mean you should stoop to her level and lash out at all LPN's in general. This comes down to a question of IQ and experience, don't you think? There are intelligent RN's and i...

8. How much do you make?

   SusieQ1243 replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   LPN 10 years Self-employed co-owner of assisted living facility (last 5 yrs) $35,500 Sorry to say, assisted living is not the huge money-maker everyone thinks it is... the people who own them aren't rolling in dough (unless you own several, mayb...

9. Why 12 hr. shifts???

   SusieQ1243 replied to SusieQ1243's topic in General Nursing

   Bessie, I breastfed my first on 12 hr nights... I pumped at first but couldn't stand it so I just went all night without nursing and my babysitter supplemented him with ProSobee. By the end of my shift you could have popped me with a pin and I was i...

10. Why 12 hr. shifts???

    SusieQ1243 replied to SusieQ1243's topic in General Nursing

    Ten hour days sound okay, but those seem rarer than 8's. Do most of ya'll get paid for 40 hrs when you work 3-12's and if not, when do you go into OT?

11. Tennessee or Florida

    SusieQ1243 replied to Lauryn's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who was 'born and raised' in Huntsville, AL and has lived for the last 12 years in Tennessee, let me tell you, Huntsville doesn't offer much unless you're a doctor's wife or PhD. Huntsville has one of the highest per capita incomes in the...

12. How much do you make?

    SusieQ1243 replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I am missing something (been out of the clinical setting for 5 years... about to go back) but it seems to me if the agencies and travel companies can demand the big pay rates and benefits packages, why don't all nurses join the agencies? Please...

13. Why 12 hr. shifts???

    SusieQ1243 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I would like to return to working in a hospital setting but what I've noticed about most job opportunities is that they are always for 12 hour shifts. After having already worked 12 hrs before on a med/surg floor, for me, these shifts nearly KILL me....

14. School Suggestions?

    SusieQ1243 replied to itzmejessy's topic in General Students

    My LPN license will be active soon and I am seriously considering going back to work and back to school to 'get my RN'. Because I already have a B.S. degree in Rehabilitation Services I would like to move directly towards my BSN. Does anyone know o...

15. "Eating Our Young" and Ethics

    SusieQ1243 replied to RNsToBe's topic in General Nursing

    In two days I start my refresher course to change my LPN license from inactive to active. I can't wait. After spending a great deal of time reading posts on this wonderful board I feel a strange sense of urgency to return to nursing... to 'rescue' ...