miracle1986

Hey--miracle1986 here....found you. Am very, very sorry. My exhusband raked me thru the coals and 'her' nickname is princess. She has stalked me, had me in court,stolen my jewelry, ripped up my clothes after breaking and entering mu house.....and he has alienated his kids because of her. 'They' are worth big bucks and he never paid child support cause she put all their stuff in her name. (personal care home) I have struffled since 1988. It is a long story. But I am glad you are not her. Merry Christmas. :Holly2:

HI NICU_3_RN.... You know about our individual circadian rhythms.....yes (midnights) can have adverse ractions to your own body. IE: hypertension. My fave shift is afternoon, I thought I could do nightshift. SO, I tried it, because the skilled facility needed help on nights. It threw me into hypertension -- I have high b.p. to this day. We cannot go against our own specific body rhythm. Some people jump out of bed at 5 a.m. then cannot cope at 10 p.m. others are just the opposite. Look it up on the Web. Don't push yourself any harder. I feel bad for you. Take care of yourself.

Hi Felixa.....good observation about mothers.....although I personally did not mention my mother's life-long hyperchondria and chronic mental depression ( on meds ) on my last thread...... I was seen by a psychiatrist......upon my family's constant pressure for me to be "evaluated"......and his opinion????????????? "Get as geographically far away from your family as possible....you are fine Robin". I n fact, he offered me a job at his facility upon graduation !!!!!!!

Retired R.N.----oh my gosh.....oh my gosh.

I think it all depends on the instrustors and support one has at home.I have strick, hard, tricky instructors and absolutely no support at home....in fact , there are bets that i won't finish the R.N. program ! That gives me even more incentive to do it !!!!! I love it all--but that does not make it easy:o

Hey Jenny. My mom was a health care coordinator in an E.R. for over 20 years. And she is extemely 'smart' in the nursing field.....but was very happy doing what she was doing. She is still on the ball with health care issues for family and friends.....don't worry about what people say. If you are happy with whatyou do , you are 100 paces in front of the rest of people dragging their butts to jobs they hate.:icon_razz:

You are totally welcome largo....if you ever have questions. Feel free to mail me privately. Don't underestimate youself. Ever. :nuke:

I too can relate to all who posted on here. Nursing is a very 'hard' profession--meaning both psychologically and physically. Nursing school is extremely hard....and I am already an LPN....almost finished with my RN. Good Luck in your move and studies.:welcome:

P_RN.....I love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :caduceus: "Good answer !!!!" You have the drive ! Unbelievable . Probably 10,000 miles past tired.

I think we all go to the same school. Honestly. We are overwieght, need a drink and some better profs. We all ought to go celebrate when we get out. And although I am a woman, I agree with morte.....I do not know if woman are jealous of my LPN, grades, or looks. Nontheless. I don't talk anymore--I just concentrate. It is way too much stress and way too little support in all aspects. God Bless us all. We are all floating in this boat together.

Where I live....nurses are not alot to do squat without consent / order from the docs. They are at the beck and call for the docs....it is bull....but how it has been here since the beinning of the hospital......There are usually 3-4 docs on a shift....and they do call all the shots. I live in a rural / country area.

I forgot about me screaming alot from the stress!:rotfl: At this point in time, I say very little....it has changed me so much.:lol_hitti

To elaborate on my post #3 on defining the Skilled area of LTC....Things have changed in 10 years....in the state that I am in, LTC is long term care....like personal care. Skilled care....is just that....skilled. Trachs, tubes-g/jg, vents, brittle,sliding scale diabetes, a few rare quarrantine conditions that even went undiagnosed for quite some time :stone, decubiti that you could put 4 fists into.....it was very, very challanging. It is unbelievable what you can see / learn on Skilled Wings. There were a handful of nurses that would only go down that hall to assist me in an e.r., they would refuse to work a shift alone on that hall.....that is the truth!:chair: I learned soooooooooooooo much in Skilled Nursing.

I worked in Skilled Nursing for 13 bucks an hour. Charge nurse over 1-2 wings. 32-yes 32 patients per wing with 2-4 aids. Skilled care, with all the above mentioned kinds of skilled patient care. My license was on the line every time I punched in. That is why I am almost an R.N.:w00t:

LPN for 26 years. Presently all academics completed at P.S.U., now finishing my clinicals for completion of R.N. (Associate Degree) A nurse is a nurse is a nurse........ I have saved 7 lives. Experience is the absolute best teacher. Not what letters are after your name. Good Luck and God Bless !

Are you going on for R.N.????? As an LPN, you can work in: A. LTC / Personal Care Homes / Skilled care facilities....you will be a charge nurse. In charge of all C.N.A.'s (overseeing that they do their job). You will do drug passes, all diabetes care, trach care, G-tube care. Lots of charting. Answer doctors calls, do rounds....take orders. Every state is different with the duties...but this is general info. B. Hospital. You can work the med-surg floors. C. Doctor's offices will hire LPN's usually if the M.D. is a specialist. YOu will do vitals, take present complaints, pass out needed orders once M.D. has seen patient. I would dive into skilled nursing facilities. You will learn soooooooooooooo much and work so hard. It is a rush. Good Luck !

Go to halfoff.com and type in ICD-9-CM you will get a book of all needed codes for a great price !

Telemetry first would be a great move first. It is more intense in I.C.U. with fewer nurse - patient ratio....which you already know.... You will do great.:yelclap:

IT: keeps me in my room studying falling asleep with books in my hand. or sitting at computer studying till my butt is numb. & nervously ate till i am now 50 pounds overweight!!!!!!!!!!! caused me to answer to any name called out in class. and they wonder....why there's a nursing shortage????????? :chair:

P.S. Praise God !

E.R. nurses are running nonstop for the docs orders. The doctor makes all the decisions in the E.R. ie: should patient be treated a.s.a.p.? be admitted? go to O.R.? go to I.C.U. ? go to an outpatient facility? or go home and take 2 aspirin and dry out? Docs call the shots. :blushkiss I.C.U. nurses brains run nonstop. full code / no code? monitors galore going off...calling the shots of the long term (and sometimes very short term) stay of the intensively critically ill patient. A quick call to the Doc or to follow him around for new orders is the extent of the Doc's visit in the I.C.U. (In the E.R.--there may be 3 Docs on in the same shift). I am supporting Dinith's reply. I personally, was taken to an E.R. while being resuscitated. Treated in E.R. - not stabalized....but lifeflighted out to a trauma hospital....coded in flight.....after extensive surgery.....landed in i.c.u. for a loooooooong time. With all the 'combined 'efforts of all doctors and nurses.....I lived. Which nurse was more important than anyone? The one that stopped along the road, saw I was dead, took the sheet off of me and started C.P.R. as I was bleeding out from a ruptured spleen. No nurse is better than another. We are all equal and should be a team, not rivals. My life was saved by a med-surg floor nurse. (Renee) The E.R. doc (Cataldo) immediatley flew me out stat and the trauma i.c.u. nurses (numerous ) watched me 24 / 7 for months. In my scenario....... A 'plain old' nurse saved me. Then the E.R. Doc sent me. The the I.C.U. nurses were my 'family' while I was in a como and on the respirator...until I got on the floor, then rehab nurses helped me walk again.....I don't remeber an E.R. nurse.............this could go on and on. But ego should be let go and give credit to the nurses with compassion and knowledge. I am with Dinith on all her thoughts.....because I am alive because of a plain old R.N. named Renee who stopped on her way to work and uncovered a dead woman-me-a plain old:nurse:.

A zillion cheers to Coopergrrlrn :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers: and I mean a zillion..... (rootbeer in the mugs-not a drinker)....you are right on.

i agree with chenoaspirit. withholding info from the patient is illegal. been there.

Just read yours daytonite....isn't it called "patient - doctor confidentiality?" not "husband of patient-doctor confidentiality"????? ...please don't tell me that i am that old and out dated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please let me know. have been in similar situations myself at work.......

What the Doctor did was illegal. No 'testing' should be done on an individual unless "okayed by the individual himself / herself". Even alcoholics / druggies have some rights to refuse testing in some cases. After the baby is born, if the said 'woman in case' should happen to have an affair...the STD goes on and on. So, when does it stop? Maybe when an anonymous call is made to the A.M.A. about the doctors breach of ethics and he is called on it.