Nurset1981

I'm 8 miles north of Boston and I make 24/hr on the day shift. My co offers a shift diff of 3$/hr after 3 and on weekends. If you go closer to the city you might make 26/27 an hour. I've made 26$/hr in the past but the money wasn't worth the hell hole I was in. Looks like I'm never moving to Oklahoma. 11 bucks an hour?!?!? Thats insane!

Thank God I'm not the only one with the same issues! I've been taking it for 6 years and even though its worked great for me what a PITA! For some stupid reason they only released the patent for the 75mgs and not the XR tabs. God forbid it be a little cheaper for me!! I get the worst migraines if I'm even an hour or so late taking it.

Don't let the actions of others derail your good intentions. Some nurses are just catty. Or lazy. Or any number of adjectives. I've done lots of LTC but found that there are other areas for LPN's. Tele-health, community health nursing, VNA's, pediatric homecare (which I am currently doing after all these years of geri and loving it). You sound like you have a good heart and want to help. You'll find your niche...we all do. Sometimes it just takes awhile. Good luck on your search and keep us posted on your progress.

That would not be cool. At all. Yikes.

4th of four girls. Father is a nurse and an alcoholic. Sister #3 is also a nurse. Grandfather was a nurse, no ETOH abuse with him.

I saved money when i was in school by buying the pants elsewhere. What kind of pants are they making you wear? We had plain white pants. I just bought them at my local Work 'N Gear. Our "lab coat" was just a ceil blue scrub jacket. I bought two, ordered the school patch and sewed it on myself. Hope you find something soo. Try looking up custom scrubs and see if there are any places that are cheaper. =)

www.scrubmed.com you can custom order them.

The 3 AM thing has something to do with it being half of 6 and 666 is the devil's mark. I'll do some poking around and find the exact answer. I'm with you on the black spirit Auntie...I freaked my sister out with the schroders_piano story too...but she's a nurse too.

Try uniform city, jasco, work 'n gear, allheart, uniform corner, scrubs gallery....good luck! I did see a snap button one on uniform corner...hope this helps!

Ah, it always comes back to poo doesn't it? As a long time LTC nurse, I hear what you're saying loud and clear! Keep tracking those BM'S! I'd want someone to make sure I'm pooing if I couldn't. Happy New Year!

LOL!! I only had to wear it the day I graduated. It looked like a dixie cup on top of my head. I hated it! I kept it though, and put it on every once in a while to make my Fiance laugh. I did do a rotation with a class from another LPN school and they had to wear the cap, the white dresses and navy blue CAPES. I'm all set with the capes.

I was daignosed in April of this year with Type II diabetes. I take Glucophage twice a day and watch what I eat. I was so sick for a while...I was up literally every 1/2 hour peeing all night. I felt like crap...sweaty, dizzy, blurred vision. I feel 100% better after starting the Glucophage and diet. I drink a lot of water, eat lots of fruits and veggies. I stick to low carbs and low sugar. I've learned to pay attention to my body. I feel gross when I over eat or eat something too sugary. I was practically in a coma after Christmas Dinner :) Anyway, if someone like me who has struggled with weight all her life can change her lifestyle anyone can! But I feel for you because I know the toll it can take on one's body. My father is a diabetic, and neither one of us does well on the night shift with it...or working 12-16 hour shifts. Wishing you all a healthy and happy New Year!

My father has been a cardiac/tele patient numerous times at Lahey and the staff is phenomenal. I also work with a nurse now who worked on their tele unit. She loved it. Good luck with your search! Welcome to Beantown!

I work just outside of Boston. When I started over 7 years ago I was making 19.75. I make almost 26$ an hour now. Depends on location, experience and facility.

I've run into this problem before as well. It's a royal pain. I had a meeting with the DON and Administrator at the LTC I was working at and asked that all potential patients have thier information faxed to us prior to thier acceptance. That way either myself, the DON or the other charge nurse could review the info and make a descision. I was naive enough at the time to believe that the hospitals and rehabs would actually fax us accurate info...they would convieniently leave off the notes about the patient being combative or sexually innapropriate or what have you. So we started physically going to the facilities and reading the charts ourselves. Naturally this was an issue for two major reasons. 1. Who had the time to do that? and 2. A lot of the hospitals won't give you access to the charts anymore. you can never win. And Daytonite is right...you have a private pay patient or medicare patient come along and the facility will just about brown their pants to get thier hands on that one.