Blessed2BeMommy

ROFLOL... I have six kids. They all know if they want something, they work for it. They know how hard we work to provide for them and that we don't get anything handed to us, and neither will they. I get constant compliments from their teachers... fo...

I am SO dealing with this right now. My year as a new grad is up next week.... although I realize I still have sooooo much more to learn and new "new to me" experiences that I want to get under my belt. I was also lucky because I prefer night shift ...

It's not easy, but it is certainly possible. I am finishing up my first year as an RN. During that year I have gotten both my PALS and ENCP certifications and have cross trained from my area (pediatrics) to ped ED, NICU, postpartum and peds burn. Dur...

Loved K12, used it successfully throughout nursing school. I did end up putting my older kids (15, 12, 9, 7) in charter schools this year (due to my husband's poor health) but I homeschooled all through nursing school and had the third highest GPA. I...

Oh, ouch. Tiffany, I know what it feels like to be on the negative end of somebody else's issues. I had the nursing chair from hell... she didn't like women who had families (thought we all should devote 100% of ourselves to our callings and that wom...

The daycare is horrible. Many of my friends had to go pick up their kids who were not watched properly and they got bitten or hit. In addition, you cannot use the daycare when you are in clinicals, only when you are in class onsite. I wouldn't put my...

LOL, I found one of my own answers. Hypothyroidism is only a disqualifier if it is uncontrolled (mine is not) and ADHD is only a disqualification if I'm on meds (or have been within a year)... so, time to get off the Adderall. I only went on it becau...

First of all, I want to thank everyone who participated in this thread. It has been extremely informative and has definitely let me know that I'm making a sane and rational decision. I've kind of chuckled over some of the comments about how hard the...

Actually, I had the third highest grade in my class and received the Nursing Chair Award of Excellence, the top award the school offers. I've worked in the healthcare field for over 8 years and in many different areas... from SICU to med-surg, to po...

I am attending UoP right now and I agree, I'm learning a lot. I have friends who are already signed up with Grand Canyon. Technically I believe they don't take the "credits" but there is some sort of a matriculation agreement in place to accept the...

I am aware that the director left for health reasons. However... teachers? All the best teachers have left... In reviewing what teachers are still there, there is only one that I would trust what she says at all. She is wonderful, but it is only h...

Let you know ahead of time??? They changed one girl's schedule three times in ONE DAY! Granted, she didn't have kids, but does that make it right? They never understood anything about us having families. We were told tough, deal with it. If you do ...

Okay.... now I can post from the perspective of a recent grad... I passed the NCLEX on the first try, as did most of my class. I do not have exact statistics on our particular class and I don't know how that will affect the overall pass rate. But I c...

Like a pp stated, you may be able to do a CNAs job, but the CNA can't do yours. When I was a CNA, I tried to make sure that I did everything I could do so that my nurses could do the things only they could do... and I made sure they knew that was my...

Look, if you have to work you have to work... To update from my post above, I am now working full time as an LPN in a pediatric long term care facility. I get home from my 12 hour shifts and practically pass out on the couch because I'm so tired. Bu...

I would be more worried if you approached every step withOUT any fear, thinking you were kick-ass, as you put it, all the way through. Overconfidence can lead to as many errors as timidity and self-doubt. After an initial OHMIGOSH you should settle ...

Edited because my views have changed.

Well, I take my NCLEX-PN on Thursday, and when I finally become an LPN, I will NOT be apologizing for it in the least!!!! I am working full time as a unit secretary right now and I have six kids and a disabled husband to support. I am going on for ...

1) Get some rest! You can't think when you're exhausted. 2) Did your foundations book come with a CD? If so, many of them have NCLEX style questions with rationales that you can practice for each chapter and learn more about how the questions want ...

Yes. She should treat her as her mother, not her patient. My mother was diagnosed with malignant melanoma when I was nine. She was given a 50% chance of living 3 years and a 30% chance of living 5 years. I am now 35, she is still here bugging the...

I'd love to get your guys' take on this. I am in nursing school (graduate in October with an RN... take my NCLEX-PN next Thursday) and there is a girl in my class who has the license plate Nrs4Kdz, that is also part of her email address. She has a ...

Physicians are licensed to make medical diagnoses. A medical diagnosis is specific and related to a pathological disease process. Medical diagnoses are relatively uniform and are treated the same from individual to individual. Registered nurses are ...

As a certified breastfeeding counselor I will tell you that I have never once used shields. The risk of the decreased milk supply just isn't worth it to me. I agree with the other posters who recommended using a breastpump for a few minutes first. ...

I agree with the other posters who have pointed out that we probably take care of rapists and child molesters on a fairly regular basis.... we just don't know about it because they haven't been caught. I'm the daughter of two police officers, so I te...

Well, I "cheat"... my husband makes wooden and acrylic pens with Cross refills... very nice to write with and very easy to identify MY pen. My papermates used to get walked away with all the time because people didn't think about them not being thei...