stressedlpn

stressedlpn

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  1. blended families

    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...
  2. I finally quit

    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...
  3. Small Pox Vaccine - weighing the risks

    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
  4. I finally quit

    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...
  5. question about sickle cell trait

    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...
  6. I loved working for a smaller hospital, I got so much expierance, I learned alot for alot of different areas since I was the float.
  7. blackmail by hospital

    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 ...
  8. Bipolar Nurse

    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...
  9. Roles!!

    I float the house so I kinda work everywhere I love it because it looks good on a resume'
  10. Pregnancy/Infant Loss

    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
  11. Collecting Nursing Relics

    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...
  12. Ex-nurses offered return incentives

    wow, At least they are trying to do something postive,
  13. questions

    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...
  14. signatures?

    inital of first name then full last name along with lpn.,
  15. Double check insulin doses

    I always have someone check with me on iv and high doses, it is not hospital policy just the way I was taught,
  16. Bioterrorism/Disaster Volunteers?

    sent mine in also
  17. I'm thinking of finding another career

    askater11, I know how you feel the burnout is kinda getting in high gear this week, I am very seriously thinking of teaching, maybe history,
  18. A study done on the Nursing shortage

    very informative, and intresting, now if we could just get all those people to stand behind us that would be great.
  19. Are you afraid to approach minority staff members? WHY?

    No sorry, my ex-husband was filipino, he spoke taglow(sp)
  20. 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...
  21. Are you afraid to approach minority staff members? WHY?

    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...
  22. questions

    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...
  23. On-call pay

    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,
  24. Would You Pray if your Patient asked?

    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
  25. surgeon/anesthesiologist

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: way to funny