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OK, I really feel like an idiot. We are just starting Nursing Diagnosis & for part of an assignment, I have to read a case study & separate subjective from objective data. Now, I know that subjective is "symptoms"; that it is what only the pa...

I am a new LPN grad who wants to work in a clinic but after every interview, I learn that they offered the position to a nurse with experience. I'm getting very frustrated. I won't ask how to get experience when I can't get hired but since you alread...

My first job as an LPN was very similar to the above poster- float in Primary Care & urgent care clinic on weekends.I loved it. Our urgent care clinic was an extension of the primary care clinic so we used the same computer system & the same...

We put our stickers on a whiteboard, using a small roll of tape to adhere the sticker to the board. The board is mounted child height in the hallway so the child can choose the sticker as he/she leaves. There still is a bit of touching more than one ...

I'm a Kaplan grad, actually Hamilton College; they changed the name right after I graduated. I agree that the tuition is high, but in my case it was a matter of waiting 2 years working minimum wage while waiting for an opening in the local CC or star...

Actually, I'm the one getting called in. If someone calls in sick, I can expect to get a call because my supervisor knows I usually will work. I agree that there are good parts about being a float. If I don't have the time, I don't feel guilty leavi...

I think you're missing Maalox in that combo. Dixie

I apologize for not updating sooner. My job is everything I hoped it would be & then some. I work with great people, both nurses & providers and, since I work as a float, I get a real variety of experiences. This week, for example, I worked o...

Several years ago I tried a strange remedy for warts. A friend suggested that I put some milk weed sap on it just before going to bed. I laughed but since the wart was making my thumb odd shaped, I decided to try it. I used it just one time & ab...

I work every other weekend in our Urgent Care clinic, although we call it convenient care. I LOVE it! I see things that I don't usually see during the week in the regular clinic setting & as a LPN, I have more responsibility. It's more fast paced...

I work for approximately 25 providers as a float nurse. I have gotten quite a bit of experience dealing with different personalities. But I am happy to say that the treatment you receive would not be tolerated. The clinic director( one of the nicest ...

The schools like to tell you that there is a very large shortage of nurses but they neglect to tell you that the shortage is for RNs, not LPNs. If you are set on nursing in a hospital, you'll have a hard time finding a job in most states. LTC are alw...

I understand that the premade drug cards are a good way to learn the various drugs. I checked at Barnes & Noble & see that there are at least 3 different sets of drug cards in addition to the many drug books. I don't want to make my own. The...

"I think people that only have breast cancer, no mets, are the luckiest people in the world." Wow, you might want to put yourself into those individuals' shoes once. Cancer is cancer, whether it's stage one breast or any other. Try going to nursing s...

During my LPN training while doing our only rotation at the hospital, 2/3 of my class worked on an oncology floor. They got to experience so much more than we who were assigned to the skilled nursing floor. Sure, they said it was sad at times but not...

I'm glad to hear that you feel this way. I wanted to be a nurse since I was 4 years old but didn't get the chance for over 50 years. I, too, feel I was born for this. I have been working for just 10 months & only part time but if there are too ma...

We actually did have a demonstration. Just before we started clinicals one of the instructors stopped in during class to speak with the instructor, dressed for clinicals. I was shocked at how she looked (and smelled). She walked out & then our in...

You probably couldn't pay me enough to work in a hospital or nursing home and I never did. My first and only job so far has been in a clinic. I just don't want to work in those settings. Too much lifting in LTC & too much stress in acute care. In...

Wow, I could have posted this exact same thing just a few months ago. While going through chemo, the same regime as Robin, by the way, my supervisor was so accomadating & so were my fellow nurses. They seemed to know instinctively when I was havi...

Don't worry about it. The math questions range from easy addition/subtraction to algebra, some of which can be figured out just by using common sense. They don't expect you to get them all right so if you miss the algebra ones, it probably won't hurt...

Sounds stupid, but eat before going to your site. We had one gal who hadn't eaten all day & got light headed & had to sit down. Our instructor was livid when she discovered that she hadn't eaten & only because she forgot to. She lost cre...

Hands on, hands on .... The DVDs we watched of the procedures were good for getting the principles but useless unless we actually got to try it ourselves. I can't tell you how many procedures I had to test out of after never even touching the equipme...

Erika, This is so common. I agree, it's all about stress & also picking up bad habits like snacking while studying or, in my case, knowing I'd be too tired to cook when I got home so fast food called my name, several times a week. I gained 20 lbs...

And so ... physicians don't see patients on the sabbath? Hospitals shut down on Sunday? Urgent care clinics no longer serve patients on Sunday? Get real! Dixie

Try calling the local nursing homes. Often they will offer CNA classes (through the local community college) with the understanding that you will work for them for a period of time. In my area (NE IA) they usually charge a nominal amount, which they ...