ksrose1

ksrose1

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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 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello all, Not really wanting an answer or reply, but just sending this out to the bedpan gods.......I am an LVN who was bullied into returning to school by the hospital I am working for, now I'm...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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....

  8. 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...

  9. 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

  10. $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....

  11. 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

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

    ksrose1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I just got off the phone and had to cancel a colonoscopy because I can't afford the $540 right now for my part of the testing. My husband and I are college students, I am an LVN working a...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. $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...

  18. Health Care benefits.....and frustration

    ksrose1 replied to ksrose1's topic in General Nursing

    Update.......I still haven't gotten my test done and was recently told that as of 1 July our hospital will no longer pay for our health insurance........I am now electing not to have the tests done....

  19. How was Nurses Week celebrated at your Facility

    ksrose1 replied to HIPPIECHIKRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital gave us a certificate that said happy nurse's week.....our floor supervisor gave us a "write up". We were told that if flushes were found on the floor and the person that left it could...

  20. How far can a patient go?

    ksrose1 replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    We have code grays at our hospital also, but is only used for situations that can no longer be controlled by the staff on the floor alone. If we called a code gray everytime a patient on our floor...

  21. How far can a patient go?

    ksrose1 replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    Who the heck is Press Ganey and what makes him/her or them such an expert? Do they have any experience in caring for patients? Or is this just another company that thought up a way to make some...

  22. How far can a patient go?

    ksrose1 replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any stories of having a patient removed, but have also have the same sort of experience....I was told by my unit director that "All patients need care, we don't have to like the patient,...

  23. thinking of withdrawing fundamentals 2nd semester

    ksrose1 replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Students

    Don't give up....you worked to hard to get to this point. Use the skills you have learned from life and get it together. Do whatever it takes to get

  24. The evil reign of PowerPoint Lectures

    ksrose1 replied to agoodusername's topic in General Students

    Hey at least you get something....my professor just spends time talking about his life, his family and Los Perisis (a power plant the city is wanting to put in) and doesn't really "teach" us...

  25. Need your help - trying to change school policy

    ksrose1 replied to CrystalShip's topic in General Students

    I don't think that you as students will have much luck lowering the standards, but I think you might make head way in getting assistance with