i come from a long line of blended families, my dad had two children from a previous marriage. as kids we got along great but hard to keep in touch now, i would spend the night with my sister at her moms house. my grandmother had 3 ex- husbands and g...
I did it some of you might know that I have been trying to find a different job for some time now, well yesterday I interveiwed and got a job at baptist health in house agency, and another agency here in town so far so good, I just wanted to share th...
my question is this i am 8 wks pregnate, and have two small children at home, IF i go ahead and get this vaccine what effect am i looking at and risks am i taking towards infecting those i love
stressedlpn replied to stressedlpn's topic in Agency
Thanks yall for sharing all, it has been a month now and I must say I LOVE working agency, i have never had so much flexability in scheduling, i took this week off because my daughter is home with the pink eye, guess what i didnt have to clear it wit...
stressedlpn replied to luvbeinganurse's topic in General Nursing
I Did not know I was a carrier of sickle cell until I was 23, and this only after my sons peddie check up when his blood came back way out of wack,, I live in a small town, noone checked him when he was born, I am not african American, lucky for me m...
I went through almost the same situation, only they would punish me by taking away hours if for some reason I refused to kill myself for them, Guess what I did, I QUIT anyway, I had to totally resign from the hospital even though I wanted to stay on ...
stressedlpn replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing
I am Bipolar and for years was being treated for depression, finally got some help about two months ago and am feeling great, i have to stay on my meds or i cant work, I rapid cycle. currently on lithium and have found it to be a lifesaver, no weight...
I also recommend this book, I got it after a wonderful friend(see above) told me about it. Rembering all of those who have had losses you are in my prayers, kelli
stressedlpn replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing
I love collecting nursing memorbila(sp) I have photos of my grandmother in her ww2 nursing uniform, my greatgrandmother was also a nurse and an aunt has alot of her stuff I cant wait to go see, I am really and truelly just beginning to start my colle...
stressedlpn replied to cactus wren's topic in Agency
I am going Monday to interveiw with a local agency, I have asked around at work and have found that those friends I have really like this one, I plan on keeping my job at the hospital as PRN, been there a few years now and really want kinda of a back...
as a daughter,granddaughter,neice of a nurse, I was discouraged about the nursing career,when I did decided to go into nursing I went in with my eyes wide open, of course they were all proud of me and I heard alot of"following in the footsteps and ca...
stressedlpn replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing
I get to win all the way around, my family is affectionaly called the rainbow bunch, daughter is filipino, son is black, mom was Indian, dad is irish, sometimes we get stares where we go, most of the time we dont, we live in mostly an all white commu...
stressedlpn replied to cactus wren's topic in Agency
I am also seriously thinking of going agency, I have a couple of friends who do it and are happy, any advice that could help would be greatly appreciated. I am tired of mandatory OT, no days off and being threatened with my job is I refuse to work ex...
We get a lousy 1$ an hour if census is low, we are required to be on call for the time of our shift, 12 hours and have to be there in 20 min, also we only get regular pay if we are called in,
stressedlpn replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing
I pray for my pts all the time, I pray for mercey, courage, healing, pain relief the list go on and on, sometimes I am asked other times it is a silent prayer,(while I am doing their care)and I always say a prayer b-4 wk