LovebugLPN

I work with students in this age group. I would also like to hear other opinions on this. I did have a foreign student referred to me for this issue. I was in no way willing to have him apply deodorant due to the fact that I know how deodorants can c...

I left my job as a LPN 3 years ago due to the increase of my seizures. I have spent the last 6 months looking for a job now that I have them under control. When asked why I have not worked in the last 2 1/2 years I told them I was dealing with an ill...

I have seizure disorder (according to 3 neurologists) but getting the correct dx was a hard thing that took a lot of time and testing. It has never shown up on an EEG (and I have had 3 of 'em) and every MRI and PET etc has shown nothing. What I ha...

I was just recently diagnosed with epilepsy and due to the fact that my driver's license is suspended for 6 months because of it I will have to work night shift full time to have transportation. The med makes me extremely tired so I guess I will ha...

I am a LPN so teaching is not in the cards for me. I had to quit my job as an agency nurse 2 years ago. I was seizure free for a year and tried to return to nursing but whenever I was asked why I left my last job I thought I should be honest. I soon ...

I am a minority and I am going to tell you now that I am tired of the weak people, who represent my culture, crying about how unfair life is. I was educated in the Newark, NJ school system and did not allow my color to hold me back. People need to st...

When I was in school the smokers weren't even allowed to smoke when they were in uniform. It didn't bother me since I didn't smoke but we had a lot of unhappy people.

I remember when I was in school a fellow nursing student felt the need to tell me that she was cheating off of another student. I told her that I didn't want to hear about it again. She told me again so I went to the instructor and let her know what ...

I LOVE running. I get out all of my frustration on the road. By the time I get home I am too tired to be stressed.

I have never seen anything that broke my heart this much.

I recently did an online CPR class and did not have to follow it up with an in person demonstration.

A lot of people on this site ask questions about meds and their safety. I didn't didn't find anything absurd about her question.

Since I can't figure out for the life of me where you are asking for medical advice I will bite. No, I have never worked for a weight-loss clinic and I do hope that someone on here does respond and help you but I do know that if a place gives you the...

I renewed via internet and they mailed me a paper license.

The residents can call them whatever they want. I had one who called it his "banana hammock". Do any of you feel that I should call it that since that is what he calls it? No? Well then the whole thought that since the residents call them diapers we ...

My son and his friends try to "friend" as many people on fb as possible. I know that these are not people they are really close to because when I ask he will tell me "oh, that's just a kid in my class". It reminds me of a lot of these idiots that I w...

I would try to encourage this person because I think that is the right thing to do. I would encourage her right out the door. As a previous poster wrote you should be so wonderful as to bring in help wanted listings with RN positions neatly underline...

What do you mean by "choose not to use it"?

I think the OP said that the patient stated she had papers for the dog. If she has papers, no matter what anyone feels, nothing can be done. I have epilepsy and have met a few people with service dogs that help them before, during, and after one. My ...

I have tried so hard to stay out of this but I have to say that my husband has gotten so used to my laziness with shaving my legs that he considers it foreplay when I shave them.

I would ask for a longer orientation. I have had ones that short but never in the beginning. Please speak up if you do not feel comfortable after the 3 nights. I think nights are a great shift for new grads.

I worked at a camp last summer and the problem I saw was that the counselors were too young. They would use food as a punishment and if a camper did not behave they would withhold canteen (when they bought snacks) or snack time before bed (when or if...

The OP made a poor choice and it is not a choice most of us would have made. I don't think this is a "new grad" issue but I think it is a "maturity issue". This was completely immature and it doesn't take someone with lots of nursing experience to kn...

Okay, I am really bad at laundry (ask my husband and son) but if the colors do happen to get onto the whites can't you just bleach the whites?

Mad-Mary if that was in reference to what I posted what I meant was that when peoples names had "nurse" in it they were nurses. Now they can be CNAs or students and that can be misleading. I in no way meant to imply that people had to put "nurse" int...