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  1. Help, advice please

    destiny5 replied to billsnurse's topic in Emergency

    Are their any other hospitals in your area, if so, try them. Med surg experience is good and they might consider you. Just a

  2. How is this fair?

    destiny5 replied to hhrhrn41's topic in General Nursing

    Amen Tweety. I think that was the NM's first and biggest mistake. She should have never told her staff why she's not comming in to work.People tend to have tunnel vision--and they probably forgot...

  3. No longer an Orientee / LOSING MY HEAD!

    destiny5 replied to nursekhat's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    oops---I guess I put a city & state in the link. If you're not from Portage, Indiana it can be

  4. No longer an Orientee / LOSING MY HEAD!

    destiny5 replied to nursekhat's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I couldn't find out how to get to it from the home page either. I saved the link on my computer so here it is. Medicare.gov - Nursing Home Compare - Geography Questions I always search by proximity....

  5. No longer an Orientee / LOSING MY HEAD!

    destiny5 replied to nursekhat's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    May I also suggest that you check Medicare.gov - The Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare website. It will give you LTC facilities in your area, their addresses, and it will list...

  6. What's better: Nurse Extern or LPN???

    destiny5 replied to CrazyPremed's topic in General Nursing

    You never know what different facilities allow their LPN's to do. I know that I was told that LPN's can't give IV-push meds or start/hang blood by instructors but they do at the hospital I use to...

  7. What's better: Nurse Extern or LPN???

    destiny5 replied to CrazyPremed's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure where you're from but in my area being an LPN is a more excellent choice for several reasons. LPN's make more than externs in the local hospital. The LPN's scope of practice is very...

  8. I have to take the TEAS and NLN-PN exam in 9 days! Help!

    destiny5 replied to Lovely_RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The TEAS study guide is available at ATI website & is very helpful. Although you may not have time to order it, did you check your schools library & bookstore. At my college it was available...

  9. Superiority in Health Care

    destiny5 replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's done across the board......but I would venture to say very few look from others prospective, especially when their patient is screamin for meds.... We should be mindful that others have...

  10. LPN feels like QUITTING school!

    destiny5 replied to sourkuss's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like your on your way to burn-out before you get started. I was in the same boat so here's what I did. I dropped alllllll of my classes this semester to study for boards and to take a break...

  11. do nurses eat their young

    destiny5 replied to teenynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses eating their young has some validity. Ok, yes it happens in all professions, but we are talking about NURSING.--- To the OP--- Own your mistakes and do better next time.... To the preceptors:...

  12. Nursing without license

    destiny5 replied to TouchstoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it HR's job to verify licenses? Don't we have enough to do as nurses becides checking our co-workers licenses? Like a previous poster said, there could be several reasons why there name...

  13. nurse & dr affair, what should I do?

    destiny5 replied to sandee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I disagree that you "can't pick who you fall in love with"--- If he's married "just say no"---or is that the slogan for drugs----ooh wait i'm confused

  14. Nursing without license

    destiny5 replied to TouchstoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm interested in knowing the reason they don't have a license. I think an RN working with an expired license is very different than a GN who never passed NCLEX & never received a license at...

  15. Totally floored - put on Probation in FNP program? I can't take this anymore!!!!

    destiny5 replied to lannisz's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I agree with Chatsdale. While you are in school you play by their rules.. period. I am sure you know that, from your last nursing program or at the very least, reading other posts. My advice......

  16. No Job!

    destiny5 replied to ddzwalker's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh, I forgot to mention -- The first nursing home offered $17.50 ( I accepted) but.... I got a better offer $18.75 plus 6 weeks of preceptorship (in LTC)....I couldn't pass it up. That much training...

  17. No Job!

    destiny5 replied to ddzwalker's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I just got a job. I graduated in Aug 06 as an LPN. On my first interview, I went to a LTC facility. Prior to going I had a phone conversation with the DON which sounded promising. She told me to...

  18. Finally got a job

    destiny5 replied to destiny5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you all for the encouragement. I am both excited and nervous at the same time. I'll keep you

  19. Finally got a job

    destiny5 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yesterday I got my first job as an LPN. I start in one week. At first I wanted to work in my local hospital where I worked as a CNA on a med-surg floor, but they pay the LPN's there $13.00hr &...

  20. Help stuggling with nursing school don't know if I want to go on to be a nurse.

    destiny5 replied to kadee7's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The previous post said it best "dust yourself off" and try again, & again and again. There are so many people who have failed several classes (on more than one occasion) and are nurses now. What...

  21. Grading Scale

    destiny5 replied to jaylynn67's topic in General Nursing

    I thought our grading scale was bad until I read others replies. 93-A, 83-B, 75-C, 74-D, 69-F. Our teachers politely told us that they have never given an A so don't expect it.-- There goes the 4.0...

  22. Losing your skills in LTC

    destiny5 replied to Cubby's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was fortunate to do clinicals at a few LTC facilities and Hospitals and this is my take on it. The nurses who work in the LTC facilities that have clients who function at a high level may not...

  23. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    destiny5 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

  24. Am I the only one who finds this disrespectful?

    destiny5 replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm sorry that you & your family were traumatized. I guess for me what gets me through it is the thought of the alternative which is "hungry children". It may have been tough for you but I...

  25. Am I the only one who finds this disrespectful?

    destiny5 replied to klone's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'ts nice to read that you have the patients best interest at heart now that someones called you on it. Seems a little fishy to me. Also, perhaps she has children or mouths to feed once she is...