DawnFL

35 when started ADN program. I will be 36, just about 37 when I graduate

This happened a LONG time ago (about 16 yrs). I was working as a CNA in a nursing home. While visiting the other hallway ( I did not work this hallway) around 3 am, one of the LPNs working decided it was time to do a round (we worked 11p -- 7 a) on her residents. She entered a room and found a resident on the floor in the bathroom, this res. had been dead so long that the urine on the floor had dried and he was going into rigor. They picked him up off the floor, placed him in bed, took his vitals (duh) and said "Pt found in bed dead at 2300." The DON showed up and told us we all were to say the same. I refused. The LPN didn't do her round at the beginning of the shift. She didn't have a CNA that night. It was not a busy floor, so that can not be used as an excuse. Needless to say, I left there shortly after that. Dawn

Including everything so far mentioned in the clipboard compartment....I have a Tide pen, just in case the spaghetti sauce I had for lunch got lost on the way to my mouth. At my nursing school our uniforms are WHITE....all WHITE. I need my Tide pen. :wink2: Oh yeah and some gum to hide the garlic. Dawn

Hi, Here's Florida's site. You just enter the name and choose a license and it will tell you how long the person has been licensed and if their status is clear. http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/irm00praes/praslist.asp And here's the Nursing Spectrum (magazine) site...just a student now but my husband has been a nurse for 14 years and have read the magazine as long as he has been getting it. I really like it. http://nsweb.nursingspectrum.com/cfforms/request.cfm Hope this helps, Dawn

Just started Nursing school (RN) about 4 weeks ago and our instructors, Mrs. C and Mrs P are our heros. Many of us are already having anxiety attacks with the thoughts they won't be with us during our second year....our second year is in Aug. 2007!!! LOL Dawn

Some places won't allow you to use vacation time or personal time to make up the difference.