ksrose1

ksrose1 has 16 years experience and specializes in Nursing Home, Dementia units, & Hospital.

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1. Attention nurse bullies... and victims!!

   ksrose1 replied to Xtina, BSN, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I personally don't think that those that bully even realize in the beginning that they are bullying. Then as time goes on they believe they are trying to improve the nurse. As someone who has been...

2. You're Hired!: The New World Of Hiring Nurses??

   ksrose1 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   It took me three months to get the job I have now when we moved to El Paso. I've gotten so tired of all the test you take when you apply for a nursing job. My husband is a business major and I...

3. School is kicking my ***

   ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Well, it's now March and this road I started back in 2006 has almost reached it's end.....I sit here and can not believe that in 54 days I will have completed my classes and should be a GN. I look...

4. School is kicking my ***

   ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I am half way through the first semster of my nursing program......as a class, we've laughed we've cried and now we are starting psych.....and I'm sure we will all laugh and cry again. We have lost a...

5. School is kicking my ***

   ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Another update....WoooHooo......I am just completing my third week of the LVN bridge program....yes ladies and gents I said nursing program. In fact I just returned home from my first day of...

6. LPN School Advice

   ksrose1 replied to cayces's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   If you really want to work in a hospital, I would try to stick it out in your current nursing program if you can. I am an LVN working in a hospital and yes I pretty much do most of what the RN's do....

7. School is kicking my ***

   ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Okay so here is another update........I am retaking my microbiology, the class is a killer, my teacher doesn't like computers so his tests are usually fill in the blank with no word bank and he counts...

8. Being an RN is there a lot of blood and guts???

   ksrose1 replied to SexyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a med/surg floor.....it's more poo and pee. Still body fluids and a lot more

9. $100,000 in student loan debt?

   ksrose1 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   When you pass your boards and get your license it doesn't state where you went to college.....you just become LVN, RN, BSN and MSN......I stated before I wouldn't pay extra for a certain college....

10. Health Care benefits.....and frustration

    ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in General Nursing

    The one I work for is not the largest but it is kinda big and I have crappy insurance to begin with and they are claim that the economy is making them do all of the cuts

11. Health Care benefits.....and frustration

    ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in General Nursing

    I agree totally with "It's me" our system is broken.....but I don't really feel that government based system is the way to go either....look at the country right now. What is the answer? How do we...

12. Health Care benefits.....and frustration

    ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in General Nursing

    So the long and short of it is that I am taking better care of my body and will hope that I don't end up in the ER. I am stoping the bills before they get higher. My primary care doctor is the one...

13. Health Care benefits.....and frustration

    ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in General Nursing

    That is just the hospital part. I did pay the doctor for the test which was $179. But is I pay the $270 and make payments for the rest.... I will have no insurance to return to the doctor for the...

14. Health Care benefits.....and frustration

    ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I think so too. I have cared for at least four patients that were illeagals and there is one on our floor that has been there for almost a month getting daily dialysis. So I guess what I will...

15. $100,000 in student loan debt?

    ksrose1 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently going through the motions to get my ADN.....we have not borrowed one dime for it. If we can't pay for a class, I don't take it until I can. This fall it will get harder, but are doing...