rhondaa83

rhondaa83

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  1. I'm loving my new job so far...knock wood!

    I love my job also. I hear so many nightmares about longterm care. Our facility holds 34. We always have two lpn's or an lpn and an rn, and we always have 5 cena's. We also have people mandated to...
  2. I knew that I would regret making that statement , and I do. I absolutly did not mean the easy way out because, you are all right, you do not have access to the doctors, I feel the same way working...
  3. Any ideas?

    I think that you should talk to your instructor from the hospital for your med surg rotation and ask her if you could ask other departments, lets say ( CARDIAC ) if you can shadow a nurse for the day....
  4. Help with Mental Health

    Hello everyone. I am currently into my second year for the RN part time program. I have been an LPN since the end of June on my own. I just dropped out of my Med-surg class because I was just not...
  5. You are just starting out in nursing. You are young. Do not take the easy way out and go to the night shift, so you do not have to do as much work. Jump right in there and work the AM shift and do not...
  6. Pain is subjective?

    HELLOOO, Most of the people in long term care, will never leave unless they are on a stretcher with no pulse. If they want some extra medications, than give them to them. Try and put yourself in their...
  7. Gas Laws

    Have you googled it? That is what I do, when I want to find
  8. Hello. On October 11, I am helping three other people with a booth about breast cancer awarness.:typing Can anyone give me some great tips about some really effective tools to bring with me, and where...
  9. scared out of my mind about tomorrow!

    I could not have said this better myself. That is exactly how I
  10. Wife with BSN with NO drive, what to do??

    You should be confronting your wife about these problems, not allnurses.com . If I were your wife and I found out that you posted this, I would be devastated. Be a real man and support your wife, and...
  11. HELP! I may need to drop out of nursing school!

    Wow that was me. I graduated in May on 2007. I did not take my nclex untill late December. I finally got a job in late May of 2008. I really wish I would have done it sooner. I was a big @$$ chicken...
  12. Pulling G tube?

    Is there a social worker that your patient can talk to ? You need to make sure there is someone that she can vent to, that can make a difference. Not that we can not as a nures, but a social worker...
  13. least stressful area

    I would absolutly say a doctors office. M-F holidays off, but it also comes with low pay. Although, if I were married and had a second income helping me pay the bills, I would do the office work in a...
  14. hospital or nursing home

    I have never worked in the hospital, but I am currently working in a nursing home, connected to the hospital. I love it. My last night of working, I had only 10 residents. I was able to visit with...
  15. more med-surg woes

    You need to get out of med surge, if you are this miserable, then your patients are even more miserable, and it is not fair for them. They deserve a happy nurse who wants to take care of
  16. Proud to be a nurse

    I am proud as heck to be a nurse, I still can not beleive it. I think maybe it is a new nurse thing, kind of like the honeymoon phase. Gosh, ask us what we think about it in ten years, and maybe we...
  17. well it finally happened

    There are a lot of people who work as nurses, and no one really know's what goes on behind closed doors. Just like when I was growing up, I thought life was like the brady bunch, or eight is enough,...
  18. Nursing school

    Why don't you ask the school where you received your LPN at, that would be a good start, or find out what colleges are out there in your area with a nursing program. If you are serious about going on...
  19. medical mistakes

    That is the way it is in the LTC that I work at, and I love it. You have to have someone else there to type their password in, I can't understand why It would not be mandatory for everyone to do...
  20. What would make you say "I could never do that"

    I could not work in psych because I would be afraid that someone would go postal on me, and I could not work in L/D because I would want to strangle the mother who does not want to hold her baby, and...
  21. Great Family

    That is your Soul's and karma's paycheck right there. My karma get's paid often, and I love it.
  22. Alzheimers is the worst

    Thanks, that link is awsome. I was only able to watch 14 minutes because I have to get ready for work, but I will definitly finish it later.
  23. Where oh where to start??

    I say, go where you want, but job shadow for a few days, and most importantly, ( to me anyway) find out how long your orientation is. I have heard nightmares about very short orientations, and then...
  24. i really beleive that. hospitals have the nicest people orientate you, and then when you are on your own, all of those nice people are hardly ever seen again.it is like the wizard of oz, the nice...
  25. Doctors without Borders/MSF

    Thank you Elvish for clarifiying that for me. I am 42 and learn something new everyday.