LadyStar42 LPN

NS will take up every minute in your life....for a time, then its over and you can get back to having a "life". I got thru it and my friends and family understood that I was not blowing them off. Now I have a job where I work 32 hours on the weekends...

This is all great advice, I would emphasize Assess, Assess, Assess!! And always ABCpain. Good luck!

God love and care for you. I am so very sorry this happened to you!!! or any other nurse for that matter. Please see someone to help with your feelings and above all, don't give up your career! As so many others have already stated, our profession ne...

NO it would NOT work for an LPN. Many other vocations yes...say accounting, or computer tech...CNA would be about the only medically involved thing I can think of. We lost a mother of 5 in clinicals cause she tried to give insulin in muscle. Lost an...

I don't know much about your society in Malasia, what is acceptable and what is not, but to me and I'm sure most american nurses this is beyond wrong. We have laws that cover this sort of thing and most hospitals would rather say something to the Dr....

Tell him his behavior is unprofessional and you don't appreciate it. Or that his behavior is unacceptable to you and request that he stop. However you want to say it. If you don't say anything then he assumes that you are ok with his behavior and kee...

Twallum, first thing you need to do is calm down and give yourself a break. Yes the NCLEX is hard, but it is doable. First you have to have a game plan. Since it's been so long since you graduated, you may need to review the basic stuff to get your b...

I agree with Traumamom....CYA is the word of the day, so to speak, where this nurse is concerned. If you immediately record in the MAR that you gave the drug and what time, then I don't see how you could get in trouble. As for her mouthing off, just ...

Thank you every one!! Pinning is Monday and I start my new job the following Monday. I'm sooooo excited! I feel so much better about it all now. Ya'll have really helped. May ALL your dreams come true & GOD bless!! LadyStar

Hi everyone, I graduate Aug. 1st and I just got my dream job!! I start in mental health the week following graduation. Everybody keeps telling me that I need to work in Med-Surg for a year 1st, but I am just not interested in that. I really want to b...

BTW: I was on duty, but had permission to check on her as we only had 1 pt. to care for. (low census).

AHA! Thank-You!!! I typed in 'ANA code of ethics' and got all kinds of stuff ! Thanks a million!

Ok, ladies, a different scenario, but same subject...... 1) I am a student, I graduate Tuesday (1Aug06) 2) This is for class 3) I have looked, but can't seem to find info regarding my particular situation. Maybe I am not looking in the right places??...

Thank you, sooooo much! It truely helps to know I am not the only person in the world who isn't interested in med-surg. Ya'll have a great day!!

Geez guys, I graduate in 2 weeks....! I just found out yesterday that I would in fact graduate. I sorta had a "melt-down" last week and graduation was really in doubt. I went home and prayed and got it together tho, well enough that my clinical instu...

Folks.....Is there something wrong with me??? I really enjoyed my MH rotation. I sat in on a role-playing session (which was awesome) and sat in on several group sessions. We were encouraged to contribute. There was no one, even in lock down that we ...

I tried Mosby's and didn't care for it to much, I personally like Davis' much better. I have a hard copy and a pc/pda copy of it. I think it's a "to each his own" sorta thing though. Hope you find one you like!

As a nurse you ARE a servant ...of a sort, to your patient. You have knowledge true, and you use that knowledge in the service and care of your patients. Nurses are all about patient care, what is that if not service?

Yes, I am very serious. It's not ridiculous either. I am not finding it impossibly hard. Tough and challenging,yes, but it something that I really want also. This course is not by any means impossible to pass, but at the same time you are not going t...

The biggest thing is that I can carry it with me all the time and have all that info at my fingertips so to speak. We have to give a drug report on every drug we give and my PDA is a real time saver. It takes too long to do class room work on it tho,...

Hi, Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. I've been in clinicals all week and they are trying to make us think ourselves to death! PDA's...I have a Palm Tungsten E, not the latest version but sufficient. I love it because I have Taber's on ...

We started with 50 and are down to 11 original students (not counting those who transferred in) in our final semester. A handful decided nursing wasn't for them. One busted a drug test, 3 failed 2 clinical rotations and the rest failed classes. About...

I don't have a laptop, although I did consider getting one. My PC & PDA work fine for me. The laptop I can do with out, my PDA? NEVER ! lol good luck.

nephrology, pulmonology, general surgery

I highly reccomend taking a terminology class. Instructors use words you otherwise will not know and they will not always expain. It will make life much easier on you. We are required to take it. Ours is a hearing-visual class that is very easy becau...