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  1. Why is there no medical terminology class for the RN program? Among others.

    BoomerRN replied to amanda1266's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We had a Medical Terminology Course but I challenged it and passed 100%. We were also taught to make beds, a regular one and a surgical bed. A dime had to bounce off it for a pass or fail grade....

  2. Best Place to Live/Work in Virginia

    BoomerRN replied to NURSESTAR's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Not trying to dissuade you from Richmond, but crime is at a high level there. Charlottesvill has very, very low

  3. Best Place to Live/Work in Virginia

    BoomerRN replied to NURSESTAR's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Charlottesville, VA is a great place to live and work. The University of Virginia Hospital and Martha Jefferson Hospital are located here as well as many other health care facilities. The only draw...

  4. New mom wanted to go to a Nursing School

    BoomerRN replied to mtopolinski's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had three children ages 6, 3, and 7 1/2 months old when I started nursing school in 1975 at age 26. I remember sitting in a classroom in Case Western Reserve University when my daughter was one...

  5. Tough Clinical Instructor

    BoomerRN replied to backhill360's topic in General Students

    I had a nursing instructor (for lecture class only) who was, I think, mentally ill. Fortunately, for me, I was luck enough to have another instructor for hospital rotation and only had to deal with...

  6. Applied for ADON and DON is a new nurse

    BoomerRN posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Recently, I applied for the position of ADON at a nursing home. I have been to three interviews--one with the DON, one with the administrator and one with the corporate nurse. I have about 25 years...

  7. Applied for ADON and DON is a new nurse

    BoomerRN replied to BoomerRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I am at the stage of my life where I can pick and choose what I want to do. I do not have to work for a living, but I am looking for a position such as ADON. I have been a DON a few times, as...

  8. Do you ever have a subject that you are just not able to grasp no matter what?

    BoomerRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Mine was chemistry. My brother, who is a "brain" tutored me and I passed, but I really hated that subject. That's probably why I had a difficult time grasping it, I have to enjoy a subject to do...

  9. "The Disruptive Behavior of Doctors"

    BoomerRN replied to dharmanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Talk about disruptive? When I first started working as a nurse in the late 70's, I worked at a very small hospital in my hometown. Except for two or three docs, the rest were, jerks and demanded I...

  10. Applied for ADON and DON is a new nurse

    BoomerRN replied to BoomerRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    The administrator has been around the area for years. I recognized her name. So, she should know better than to put a new nurse in the DON position. I could have taken the job and for a while...

  11. Applied for ADON and DON is a new nurse

    BoomerRN replied to BoomerRN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I gave them an answer of "No Thanks" already. I can't believe that they would put a new nurse in as DON. She told me the first DON left and the administrator gave the job to her. She had been the...

  12. Problems in LTC- Texas

    BoomerRN replied to jackiemc08's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    The others are correct. A DON cannot be a charge nurse if your bed count is over 60. Besides that. Why stick around and have to deal with this administrator's rantings. I can guarantee you that...

  13. Daily Nursing Rounds in Skilled Rehab Unit

    BoomerRN replied to kwvath's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    At the last place I worked, each department head, unit nurse managers and others met every am for a short time to discuss residents. The 24 hr report was used and others' observations about the...

  14. Those nursing students that just don't seem to "get it"

    BoomerRN replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Students

    Sounds like this nursing student has problems dealing with people and getting their work done. I would help up to a point, but if this person has issues now, how are they going to deal with all the...

  15. About state surveys

    BoomerRN replied to myrlpie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I started working at a local LTC facility as a Staff Dev. Coord./Infection Control Coord. in late Feb. and the state was in there the next week for the annual inspect. Well, we failed. There were so...

  16. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    BoomerRN replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Just a suggestion but If you are a detailed person, try research. I worked in clinical research for 7 1/2 yrs. and enjoyed it. You have a certain degree of independence and the hours are usually...

  17. The Circumcision Discussion

    BoomerRN replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I hated watching the babies be circumcised when I was a student nurse. They screamed and turned purple. By that time I had two sons and a daughter and the boys were circumcised. If I had known how...

  18. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    BoomerRN replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Hey 4 daughters, you can start your own business. When I first moved here from another state, I advertised my services as an RN and the ad was answered by a wonderful family who had a brittle...

  19. Who Must "Take the Fall?"

    BoomerRN replied to Simplepleasures's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have worked in LTC for 30 yrs. off and on and the same problems described above existed then as today. It seems to me that the public has been part of the problem. They can't/won't take care of...

  20. Deathbed visions

    BoomerRN replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    During my first year of nursing in a hospital, about 29 yrs ago, a woman in her fortys, who was not acutely ill, told me she saw an army of men on the ceiling in her room. I assured her that there...

  21. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    BoomerRN replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Healer27, There are some wonderful words of advice to you on this board. I really don't have anything new to add but much of the same advice. If you really want to be a nurse, then take some time...

  22. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    BoomerRN replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    I started nurs. pre-reqs at age 24, with two little boys ages 5 months & 3 yrs. I was on a waiting list at my local college and was called and informed I could start the RN program the fall of...

  23. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    BoomerRN replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    For a long time (I've been in LTC 10 years now) I worried about what other people thought about my working in LTC. It upset me soooo bad to hear people talk down about LTC nurses. But then I decided I...

  24. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    BoomerRN replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    We spent two days in Cleveland Taking 6 tests. The 6th one, we were told, was a "test test". I took the boards in June, 1977 and learned the results in Sept., 1977. In the meantime while waiting to...

  25. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    BoomerRN replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Except for a few of the items, I remember all of the above mentioned. I worked at only one hospital in the 70's that required you to wear a cap. I hated wearing mine. While performing cpr on a pt...