walkingon

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  1. How old were you when you started nursing school?

    walkingon replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Although I started pre-reqs a couple years prior, I finally started actual nursing school at 44 years

  2. How to respond when residents say "I love you" (in a family way)

    walkingon replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a memory care unit with all dementia patients. Management has stressed that we are to do all we can to make them feel safe and loved, so if they say it, so do I....usually because I really...

  3. How old were you when you started nursing school?

    walkingon replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Started LPN school at 44 years old. Oldest in my class was in her mid-50's as I

  4. My AL facility admin have lost their minds.

    walkingon replied to xoemmylouox's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like a nightmare! Good luck with your job

  5. I don't have time to pee!

    walkingon replied to bossman's topic in General Nursing

    If I gotta go pee, I make time to hit the restroom...my bladder is not forgiving of being denied the chance to

  6. Nurse's Week Gifts from Employers

    walkingon replied to twss2323's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I got a new admit on a short-staffed day at my

  7. LTC's are a joke

    walkingon replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is my experience as

  8. What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    walkingon replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I too had a raging case of sinusitis this week and was prescribed Augmentin. The NP said to take it with a probiotic and I thought, "I've never had a problem with abx...why should I start taking...

  9. Alzheimer's Attack: Coping as Family & Nurse

    walkingon replied to jeastridge's topic in Parish

    Ask the Alzheimer's patient what they're confused about?! Are you sure you're talking about the same disease that's the topic of this

  10. LTC is Great

    walkingon replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Great post, thank you!

  11. How much do you make 2016

    walkingon replied to soon2bnurse5's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LPN of 4.5 years working at a small chain AL in NE Indiana. $17.24/hr day shift, $1 differential eves, $2 differential nocs. Seems that this area of the Midwest doesn't pay very well at all. I...

  12. AL vs. LTC

    walkingon replied to MsPiggy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    NO WAY at my AL would a resident be allowed to keep a big claw hammer in their room, let alone a whole tool box! Wow...disaster waiting to happen. You made the right

  13. Facility refuses to give raises

    walkingon replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My raise this year (working AL) was 24

  14. What is the starting salary for nursing home LPN/LVMs?

    walkingon replied to Let's help out's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I started at $14.25/hr in NW Ohio, prn with no benefits or call-in pay, .50/hr shift differential weekends/noc, $1/hr weekends. I keep a (very) part-time aide position to get call-in

  15. LPN working CNA shifts??

    walkingon replied to Julie1963's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Brandon...I get that *all* care falls under the nursing umbrella; I can and do provide that kind of care every time I work in either role, and am not in the least allergic to wiping poop or cleaning...

  16. LPN working CNA shifts??

    walkingon replied to Julie1963's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am in the same boat as the OP,LPN with a part-time position as an aide every other weekend. I do aide work when I'm a nurse and nurse work when I'm an aide. Don't mind wiping butt with the best of...

  17. The Elderly Are Devalued

    walkingon replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Those that devalue the elderly are not old and frail yet. I have been a LTC LPN for a year now and while I'm still new, I can't for the life of me understand how it's perceived as being less...

  18. Should I wear support hose?

    walkingon replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hmmmm...maybe this would help my feet, which are sometimes puffy and almost always painful by the end of the shift. TEDS or support hose? How do you know what size to buy? Knee-high or thigh-high?...

  19. Nursing Student & Working....HOW!!???!!

    walkingon replied to reesedatdude's topic in General Students

    Absolutely agree with 2ndyearstudent. Your making it through nursing school depends on a lot of variables that won't be exactly the same as anyone else's experience. You will know what you can...

  20. Oh dear.

    walkingon replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    Ditto here. We have two hospitals in our town, one fairly large and the other a little smaller. The smaller one posts the ER wait times on their website (and even on electronic billboards around...

  21. Daytonite has passed away...

    walkingon replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I always read Daytonite's posts with interest and learned from every one. Nursing has lost someone very

  22. CNA home health aides - are you out there?

    walkingon posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Surely I can't be the only one cruising this board? Most CNA's I see posting on here are either in/want to be in training, working in LTC or hospital. What's your job like? I work for the kind of...

  23. switching from Nursing home to home health

    walkingon replied to idontno's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I worked in hh before I went into long-term. Loved my clients, but my car wasn't loving all the running for my job then to go to school in the evenings (plus our mileage reimbursement wasn't the...

  24. Is this unacceptable pay??

    walkingon replied to ohiogyrl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm in OH too and make $1.40/hr less than

  25. A&P II Winter/Spring '08

    walkingon replied to daisyfleur70's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hey serendipity....same story here except for the last 2 sentences of your post! Taking A&P 2, started 1/5, A&P 2 easier than A&P 1, missed an A in 1 by 1 point. Same teacher this...