deleern

deleern

LTC, MDS Cordnator, Mental Health

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  1. Career change at 54 to Nursing?

    deleern replied to had999's topic in General Nursing

    I Did very well I went back to school at 45. I owned my own business and sold it at it peak thank goodness. Will be 50 soon and work as RN Charge a lovely nursing home. I love my work. I do not...

  2. Taking the plunge, I mean inching into the kiddie pool

    deleern replied to Syntax error's topic in General Nursing

    Yes to the test out all it will cost you are the Books, but in MN if a Nursing home hires you then they pay for it. also if you move to rural the cost of living is less and the jobs are pleniful in...

  3. Are you a true Minnesotan?

    deleern replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    ya We nedta hav alittlelunch. Don't Ferget da Lutifisk N lefsa. Did ya bring da

  4. resident/staff ratios

    deleern replied to june2009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    68 Residents 4 LPN's 8 NAR's 2 Rehab aids, 2 Charge RN's 2MDS Codnators and one

  5. How often do RNs clean up poop? (thinking about majoring in nursing)

    deleern replied to gwchem's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on where you work and what you do..... You Can surly expect to do it during clinicals!!!! I am A Charge RN for a LTC. I help and do what ever I have to... During the Last Blizzard, I started...

  6. Becoming an RN just for the paycheck

    deleern replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I kinda fell into nursing, I was bored after I sold my bussiness. my friend was an administrator for a NH, we were having lunch i was telling her i just don't sleep the way I used to at NOC, she...

  7. Advice for an AD

    deleern replied to Nimaroo's topic in General Nursing

    if you are going to switch, keep in mind funding, it is best to hold off on graduating due to finacial aid and student loans.. we had a lot of students with Bactchlors that had difficulty sucuring...

  8. Taking the plunge, I mean inching into the kiddie pool

    deleern replied to Syntax error's topic in General Nursing

    Call and Apply. your best chance is in LTC. are you metro or

  9. Taking the plunge, I mean inching into the kiddie pool

    deleern replied to Syntax error's topic in General Nursing

    I was 45 when i started, I took a full time Night possition as a CNA they paid for my Classes AND they Offered me Health Insurance. I started in the fall with my LPN and continued on to complete my...

  10. Do you sign "RN' after your name OUTSIDE of the hospital?

    deleern replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I sign my name Dlee RN all Day long.... it is hard to shut off just because you put your coat on and punched out....yes if have but no one has noticed.. I

  11. Poll on new design

    deleern replied to loricatus's topic in General Nursing

    I was very unhappy until I found my journal. It will take some getting used

  12. Considering a mid-career change into nursing - Yikes!

    deleern replied to NHGUY's topic in General Students

    NHGUY.... I was 45 when I started. I graduated out of the RN program at 48. I am currently soon to be 50 years old. I have never been happier. my sister started this year at age 46. we really...

  13. Have U ever left a job after a short Period? Why?

    deleern replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in General Nursing

    4 months. I wanted full time... But 60 hours a week was ridiculous. The last night I worked I told the DON I wasn't feeling well. she shrugged her shoulders and left. at midnight my BP was 225/126...

  14. How do YOU DE-GERM your scrubs?

    deleern replied to Mannursemike's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC. Lots of bugs!! I keep mine separate, 1) to protect them from my bleach crazy hubby. 2) just in case. I just wash them seperatly from my familys clothes. especialy when I was an NAR....

  15. Does anyone have a 2nd job?

    deleern replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    I picked up 1 weekend a month at a LTC as a charge RN It was in a different facility I grossed $400. per Paycheck. I did that for almost a year. But now I just pick up extra hours where i work...

  16. What Would You Like to Chart if You Can Get Away With It?

    deleern replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    That Works if you remember the quote marks. I remember reading someones charting. Resident used call light x3 within minuets d/t anxiety. Gave prn ativan all old ladies should be lined up and shot....

  17. This is not my job?!?

    deleern replied to Ally0981's topic in General Nursing

    Infection control is a priority and is EVERYONE'S job!!!! Well

  18. Going to RN program at age 40--crazy?

    deleern replied to Teapot12345's topic in General Nursing

    being an older student is a state of mind. when i sat in the class room i was there for one purpose and one purpose only. it didn't matter to me if the gal in front of me snubbed me or if i were...

  19. Full Time Job & School

    deleern replied to nessa414141's topic in General Nursing

    It just depends on how well you can focus and what kind of distractions that are apart of your life. I worked full time and went to school full time except for the last semester. that semester I...

  20. US economic crisis and Nurses???

    deleern replied to fudgeremedy's topic in General Nursing

    Now that Hospitals don't keep Patients as long as they did in the past, we seem to have more Ill patients than ever before... Right now in the nursing home where I work. I have 3 pick lines on Cad...

  21. US economic crisis and Nurses???

    deleern replied to fudgeremedy's topic in General Nursing

    Long Term Care/nursing

  22. Ripped Off

    deleern replied to Price 2002's topic in General Nursing

    I think your school is sending the wrong message to the MA

  23. Should I wait till I get appoval from the board before registering with Pearson?

    deleern replied to Nuieve's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did my registration with the Board and with pearsonvue two weeks prior to graduating I recived my ATT less than a week after graduation. I did that for both my PN and RN NCLEX. I was the first one...

  24. scored low on critical thinking test

    deleern replied to gaajr1's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In our program you had to be an LPN or take the test with-in 6 weeks of starting school. They are challenging you with RN type questions. No matter what your score is It will only get better. You...

  25. Night Shifters: Do you sleep?

    deleern replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    when i was going to school full time and working full time i would sleep on my lunch break.... set my Cell phone alarm and then go to work... thankfully it is to busy to wind down enought to