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  1. A Dying Persons Tear

    hiddenheart replied to ws582's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have worked hospice for several years and have noticed a tear on many of the patients. Usually just in the corner of the eye, not actually running down the face. I have always wondered about this,...

  2. What does your username mean?

    hiddenheart replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hiddenheart, I wear my heart on my sleeve, everyone can see what's in my heart...good or bad, sometimes I wish it wasn't so. I wish I could hide my heartfelt feelings and

  3. Night shifters - ever experience this?

    hiddenheart replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Some people are good going to bed as soon as they get home and others need to stay up most of the day and then go to bed later and get up right before they go to work, you have to find out what is...

  4. How many hours should you be working?

    hiddenheart replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I work normally 3 - 12 hr shifts. I like to pick up an 8 hr shift every week or every other week, that gives me extra fun money. I have worked as many as 60 to 72 hours a week, but this was too...

  5. Pay Off My Student Loans In Full or Make Monthly Payments?

    hiddenheart replied to whitecat5000's topic in General Nursing

    Keep a small cusion, but put as much as possible on the loan to bring down your balance, I will give you an example, on a 20 year loan, if you only borrowed $20,000 at only 5% interest you would have...

  6. Seriously thinking about getting an LPN degree

    hiddenheart replied to BP201's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sounds like you've given this some serious thought. In my family we all started with the LPN program first, some have gone on and got their RN, some havn't. LPN is affordable and gives you great...

  7. Do You Remember Your Patient's Name?

    hiddenheart replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I am really bad with names, I usually have to refer to my assignment sheet many times throughout my shift and usually can call them by name by the end of my shift. By the time I get home I couldn't...

  8. Going on 6 months since Licensure, still no LPN job.. depressed!!

    hiddenheart replied to Miss Tay's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Great, I am so happy for you. I said a little prayer for

  9. Going on 6 months since Licensure, still no LPN job.. depressed!!

    hiddenheart replied to Miss Tay's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I just read an article about nursing that said 1 in 6 new grads find a job right out of school, the economy is bouncing back but it will take time. Just hold in there and don't be afraid to take want...

  10. New LPN needs advice

    hiddenheart replied to mrstonyaLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work at a hosp but I worked at a ltc as well. I picked up many 3-11 shifts, it was a great experience. After getting report it was time for Vitals, treatments and time to start meds before dinner....

  11. 28 year old male thinking about Nursing as a profession

    hiddenheart replied to alabamacrimson's topic in Nursing Career

    Male nurses are great, in most cases, to work with. My daughter and I both did an LPN program, she wants to continue on but I do not (partly becasue of my age). She chose the LPN program first to...

  12. Akron anyone?

    hiddenheart replied to shangrila's topic in Ohio Nursing

    congrats!! I have heard many good things about Medina. Best of

  13. Akron anyone?

    hiddenheart replied to shangrila's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Summa has many locatoins to choose from, Akron, Barberton, Wadsworth, St Thomas ect, and you can transfer easily from one campus to the other without losing your service. they have good benifits &...

  14. LPN schools in Cleveland area/NE Ohio?

    hiddenheart replied to filumena's topic in Ohio Nursing

    There are 4 schools that I can think of between Akron and Wooster, one or two even has night and weekend classes. Cleveland state is the only one I can think of up North. Medina Joint Vocational...

  15. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    hiddenheart replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter was the same way, she alway gaged or threw up just thinking of spit, vomit or bm. She now works in a nursing home-it was the best thing for her (I didn't think it would last more than a...

  16. Overwhelmed...

    hiddenheart replied to Lil'_young_nurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I worked LTC for two years as well as in a hospital at the same time, organizatoin is the hardest thing to accomplish. When I get my assignment sheet, I write on the the back, all the things that I...

  17. Overwhelmed...

    hiddenheart replied to Lil'_young_nurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I felt this way too, I ws 40 when I graduated and you would think I had it all together, but I was very nervous and slow (I wuld rather be accurate than fast). Take advantage of the orientation that...

  18. im so tired to being told this by some rns! grrr

    hiddenheart replied to angelwings777's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I love this quote, I never really thought about it, but you're so

  19. im so tired to being told this by some rns! grrr

    hiddenheart replied to angelwings777's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I graduated from high school 26 years ago, I was told the same thing, that they were doing away with LPN's, but yet we are still here!!! One of my instructors in nursing school said that she was also...

  20. im so tired to being told this by some rns! grrr

    hiddenheart replied to angelwings777's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The LPN program here is only one year, and there is a school with a bridge program from LPN to RN in 15 months that would equal 2 years and 3 months, not bad, at my age I don't really care for a bsn,...

  21. Performing an Enema on an Illeostomy Pt???

    hiddenheart replied to skittlebear's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    On the floor that I am on, we have done several of them recently, some doctors want you to do them through the soma, and some want them in the rectum, but basically you do them the same way, with an...

  22. excited and scared

    hiddenheart replied to TRIPLET1C's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I took my test (5 years ago) I went with several of my classmates, we all felt that we failed the test. The stress was terrible. We all got our results back and we all passed. I don't know why...

  23. gaining skills

    hiddenheart replied to krek2000's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have worked both in a hospital and a nursing home, the skills that you need are different, in the hospital you do more baisc care & treatments, but in the nursing home, you do more assessments,...

  24. Scared to work :(

    hiddenheart replied to Jab08's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No matter what job you start, you will always feel this way, in the nursing field they usually have someone with you for the first few weeks, I can honestly tell you that I was scared to death, (I was...

  25. im so tired to being told this by some rns! grrr

    hiddenheart replied to angelwings777's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't know about where you live, but here I checked into both the LPN program and the RN program, the LPN program is 1 year and to advance from LPN to RN is 15 months to 2 years, the RN program is...