corvette1973

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1. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

   corvette1973 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   A copy of the incident report, or whatever you wrote up on the situation, should go to your State's Nursing

2. Advice On Becoming A Nurse in my Forties!

   corvette1973 replied to southflorida2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Well, if you go to nursing school now, you'll be 50-51 when you graduate from an ADN school. How old will you be in 2-3 years if you don't go?!?!? Times a wasting, honey. Sign up & take the...

3. How to explain that I resigned after 2 mos?

   corvette1973 replied to wfperseus's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hiring a new grad to ICU is just asking for problems! If you haven't worked as an LPN, then you aren't even going to know your basic working knowledge of meds. Having a bad preceptor isn't helping...

4. Desperate !!

   corvette1973 replied to mika1's topic in General Nursing

   If you have a strong B average, then your program is going to do whatever it can to keep you. Go to student aid, go to your Dean of Students, go to the nursing instructor that you like the best, go to...

5. Please help!

   corvette1973 replied to blaaveispiken's topic in Nursing Career

   Give them 2 weeks notice at your current job, & you will always be welcome back. I really loved home health when I did that. The on-call time won't be that bad. You can't continue to work on only...

6. Should I call or wait til I work again?

   corvette1973 replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

   When I hire, I hire the people who are the most interested in getting the job, & know the most about the job before hand. Call & even leave a message, thanking her again, & letting her...

7. What to do???

   corvette1973 replied to tamahawk's topic in General Nursing

   Go now then. Find out what the passing score on boards is for the college you are investigating. If it is a very good percentage, then that's a good one. Go by the school & talk to the Director of...