hiddenheart

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, I know it's not a coincidence because it happens f...

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 emotions.

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 best for you. Make sure the room is completely dark,...

WOW, what a great story, it reminds us why we do, what we do.

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 much, took too long to recover afterwards. although th...

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 paid back over $31,000, WOW!. if you put that $20...

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 experience, it also can be a way to afford to go on t...

That guy is insane, I used to work in the human resource field prior to becoming a nurse and if you told me that information in an interview, I would have thought you were a nutcase and not hired you, and on the resume, what does the fact that your h...

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 tell you one single name nor diagnosis. I guess th...

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

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 you can get, prn, part time, etc to get your foot...

:)My daughter was the same way, she would vomit over spit!! and every other bodily fluid she was very queezy over most things--even just thinking of things would make her sick or gag, she was terrified to look at a needle, I was really worried when s...

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. THe hardest thing was identifying my residents, mad...

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 see if this was really the career for her, she felt ...

I say go for it. I think it is great that you want to be a nurse, either an LPN or Rn. I graduated from LPN school at age 40, had no trouble finding work, in my class, I was not the oldest, there were two ladies in thier 50's, they had jobs before I...

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

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 & pays well, My daughter started at Summa and found...

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 offers it I think. Check with your Vocational Schools,...

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 week or two and she has been there 2+ years). She ...

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 have to do for the day and cross it off when I have...

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 you get, ask alot of questions, don't be afraid to ...

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

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 told that when she was in nursing school, and she...

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, the pay is the same here. The RNs that I talked t...

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 enema kit. if it is through the stoma, make sure ...