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    "Are you saved?" How do YOU deal with these types of questions

    live4today replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    True...for those who do not pray. I've never come across a situation with a patient's faith or lack of faith that made me uncomfortable, so I wouldn't know how those of you feel who are in a...
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    LPN or RN? How to choose?

    live4today replied to JNEB's topic in Nursing Career

    :balloons: First I'd like to encourage you to stop feeling as if you are not "good enough for the RN program". Stop what you are doing, go stand in front of a mirror, and forgive yourself for even...
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    Being an RN with an Associates Degree or a Bachelors Degree.....

    live4today replied to caseyrb's topic in General Nursing

    What route you take depends on your circumstances. Choose what's best for you. Whether a bsn, adn, diploma....bedside nursing is all the same for each one. There are jobs you can get with a bsn that...
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    Career change

    live4today replied to abatd's topic in Nursing Career

    With me, the feeling persist...it doesn't go away. It scares me to work in another hospital since I was attacked by a maniac my last travel nurse assignment last summer. A part of me loves nursing the...
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    LVN/LPN unions?

    live4today replied to baby&mommynurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes, but politics and territorial nature issues are created by nurses. THAT's not sticking together, but choosing to create divisions that continue to weaken us as a strong force to be reckoned with....
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    LVN/LPN unions?

    live4today replied to baby&mommynurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i am of the mindset that nurses should stick together be they licensed registered nurses or licensed practical/vocational nurses. when the day comes that nurses in these two categories start working...
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    "Are you saved?" How do YOU deal with these types of questions

    live4today replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    I never discuss my beliefs unless prompted to do so by my patients. If they ask me if I believe in the power of prayer, I tell them yes, very much so. Often times, the patients just want to know if...
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    Thank You Jesus!!!

    live4today replied to nivek21's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    :balloons: congratulations and best of everything as you embark on your nursing career! may it prove to be everything you hope it will
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    Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    live4today replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    I never heard of Watson, and I've been a nurse for over 18 years. Must not have missed much -- IMPO.
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    Therapeutic Communication

    live4today replied to HididiScribbler's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I remember that class quite well! It was fun learning therapeutic communication in class, but it was a little funny sounding practicing it on the geriatric patients in my first clinical rotation. It...
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    Taking Care of yourself.

    live4today replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

    Well, Marla.......I learned it the hard way, too. Some days I look at myself in the mirror and wonder what the hell happened. Other days I look in the mirror and think I still got it going on. My...
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    Confused Son Adhd???

    live4today replied to brandy119's topic in Psychiatric

    ((((((Brandy))))))) To some extent, sibling rivalry never ends. Even after children are adults, sibling rivalry can and often does continue. I see it all the time in my own family members, in friends...
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    I Need Major Guidance!!!

    live4today replied to nurseinalabama's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    if it were my sibling sleeping with someone who just confessed she/he tested positive for hiv or any other std, i would have told that person to come straight with the information to my sibling right...
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    Taking Care of yourself.

    live4today replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly my philosophy, too Jennifer! We need to be good to ourselves all the time. No excuses! We need to love ourselves, and by loving ourselves, we will find the time to care for ourselves, pamper...
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    Confused Son Adhd???

    live4today replied to brandy119's topic in Psychiatric

    Stevielynn.........Thanks for posting that article. I'm going to share it with my daughters. Teachers are always telling two of my daughters that their sons are ADHD just because their attention span...
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    Should I postpone starting a family?

    live4today replied to jenjen22's topic in Nursing Career

    being a woman does tend to put more responsibility on us because we are the ones who carry the child, raise the child (in the majority of cases), miss work or school when the child is sick, and...
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    Condescending nurses

    live4today replied to Tony35NYC's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Tony :) When I was a student nurse working as a nurse assistant, I remember one particular RN who was rude, condescending, and without professionalism. I did not like floating to the unit she...
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    Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    live4today replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with you mercyteapot! The LEAST he could do is let her be buried in her family's plot. How heartless of him! :angryfire Terri never had anything in writing about her death. She was in...
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    about the bladder issue

    live4today replied to consideringnursing's topic in General Nursing

    thank ya very much
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    about the bladder issue

    live4today replied to consideringnursing's topic in General Nursing

    :balloons: welcome to allnurses "consideringnursing"! :) [color=#4b0082]i personally do not believe that a person should ignore their own health to work as a nurse or any other other occupation. if...
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    Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    live4today replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    If he is ever in bad shape someday in the future, I want to sit by his bedside and watch him starve to death until his last breath. :stone It's bad enough that he let her die a slow death that way,...
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    Do LPN's get the pay they deserve?

    live4today replied to Pedsnrs2003's topic in General Nursing

    No, I do not believe LPNs get paid what they are worth anymore than RNs get paid what they are worth. I don't care what part of the globe a nurse resides in, or works in.......hourly or salary wages...
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    english speaking nurse moving to germany

    live4today replied to nurseerin's topic in General World

    I lived in Germany (Frankfurt and Augsburg) in the early nineties, and there was so much downsizing going on there at that time...no nursing jobs to be had. If you speak German, or start learning...
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    Scripting: Yea or Nay?

    live4today replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Asking "Is there anything else I can do for you" is just good manners to me. But...some people lack good manners, so perhaps they do need to be told what to say.
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    National Slap Your Co-worker Day, a joke

    live4today replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: GOSH, I needed a laugh right now! Thanks