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  1. Questions for new nurses about school.

    emotional_she posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all, Please excuse any typos I might have as I am typing 1 handed with my daughter asleep in the other..... Just wanting to ask some of you what you found most difficult about nursing school. From...

  2. What do you do?

    emotional_she posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    OK, I have been to a few other boards, so I figured I would come harass you all as well ? Would a few of you please tell me what your day to day duties are? And as I have not started school yet,...

  3. is this abuse

    emotional_she replied to southernlady48's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ok listen, I never presumed that I knew everything about nursing and I know I wont understand how hard it is until I'm doing it.Now, I am getting defensive.I know that everyone gets frustrated but for...

  4. Questions for new nurses about school.

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

    thanks, the encouragement always

  5. is this abuse

    emotional_she replied to southernlady48's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was a customer service representative for a loan company. It was only 8 bucks an hour but I had to do a lot of collections, and that was terrible. I even had to go to peoples homes to collect and...

  6. is this abuse

    emotional_she replied to southernlady48's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually I'm not the poster who worked fast food. I worked as a CSR. 1,000x easier than nursing, but I did have to deal with a LOT of

  7. is this abuse

    emotional_she replied to southernlady48's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    'malingering and abuse of caretakers is something else entirely." ******************************************************* Yep, I agree. Is there anything that can be done if a resident is

  8. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    emotional_she replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to school to be an lpn then fast track to Rn. My mom had 5 boys by her husband, they divorced and she remarried thats where I come in. They had no more children and soon divorced.My dad is...

  9. is this abuse

    emotional_she replied to southernlady48's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    motorcycle mama, I think you are the one being defensive, not me. There are plenty of times that I wanted to tell someone to stop flapping their gums. Nursing isn't the only profession where you get...

  10. is this abuse

    emotional_she replied to southernlady48's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You ABSOLUTELY deserve to be respected! I am not arguing that AT all. But just because some of the pts are jerks, does that mean the nurse should be too? I dont see anything wrong with saying " If you...

  11. is this abuse

    emotional_she replied to southernlady48's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I do agree with you wholeheartedly that the nurses are doing what family members dont want to do. However, I dont think I need to "work in the trenches" before having an opinion on the way people...

  12. What exactly am I in for?

    emotional_she posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi all, I am trying to research some of the nursing fields that I am interested in. I would LOVE to be a nurse. However, I am very intimidated by the emergency room and what the nurses there do....

  13. What exactly am I in for?

    emotional_she replied to emotional_she's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    thanks for

  14. what is nclex exactly?

    emotional_she posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I know that the nclex is the test that you have to take to get your license but what excactly is it>? Do they give you pt situations and then you write down what you're supposed to do in that...

  15. what is nclex exactly?

    emotional_she replied to emotional_she's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took a practice exam last night that had 50 questions and I got 30 right. I havent even started LPN school yet so thats pretty reassuring :) That might be a bad score for a nurse but as I havent...

  16. salary rate

    emotional_she replied to kathykaye's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    LOL! I am getting ready to take a position as a laundry attendant in a nursing home($6.50 hrly) while I go to school to get my LPN. After that, I will work as a LPN while I go to Nursing School to...

  17. What exactly am I in for?

    emotional_she replied to emotional_she's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    thanks so much for all your replies! It is going to take me a while to find my niche I bet. But when I do, I know I wont regret

  18. is this abuse

    emotional_she replied to southernlady48's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Although I am not a nurse yet, I do have an opinion on this subject. Sometimes people forget that they are working with someones mother, or father, or grandparent. They aren't a person to them, they...

  19. Questions for new nurses about school.

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

    Well after visiting the website of the school, I see that I have to take other general education classes first anyway! So hopefully that will help quite a bit, But it really sucks to have to spend a...

  20. Questions for new nurses about school.

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

    Thanks for all the replies, I can really tell that I am going to be here a LOT in the next year or two . I am going to study up on those conversions before I even start