postmortem_cowboy

postmortem_cowboy

ED, ICU/DOU/Tele, M/S, Gero/Psych

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  1. Words of Wisdom...

    postmortem_cowboy posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This is off a stand up glass thingy I bought a few years ago in nursing school, it made me think, this is the kind of nurse I really want to be... Nurse's prayer As I care for my patients today,...

  2. Male pts.

    postmortem_cowboy replied to anonymurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    well, in all actuality, that was the second patient of 2 that had surgery in a 24 hour period from a single surgeon that boffed both. The other, was a patient that was under anesthesia for over 10...

  3. How did you know the LPN/LVN route was for you???

    postmortem_cowboy replied to couldntbhappier's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A few things... #1, why stop at your LVN unless that's what you want to stay forever. At the mid point of the RN program you can always go and take your boards for your LVN, so that when your done...

  4. I can't get a job, i'm so sad.

    postmortem_cowboy replied to Lmex's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    At least someone understood where I was going with that posting... lol...

  5. Words of Wisdom...

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

    Tee-Hee!

  6. Male pts.

    postmortem_cowboy replied to anonymurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    Should have told him to get his testicles out of the boiling pot of water and that might help.

  7. New Job... been off for a while...

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

    Thanks commuter!!

  8. New Job... been off for a while...

    postmortem_cowboy posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OY!!! Ok, so I haven't been around for a while, have been dealing with a couple of different issues lately, #1 being stupid earthlink. We switched over to their phone service along with their DSL,...

  9. Words of Wisdom...

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

    ..... or smack someone upside the head with yer steth.. lol... ((bonk!)) Ok, so maybe the prayer should have been like this. God, give me the strength and wisdom to help others, heal wounds and show...

  10. I can't get a job, i'm so sad.

    postmortem_cowboy replied to Lmex's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No, but it's a job, and it's a paycheck, and it's also nursing experience... may not be a glorious job, and by all means I wouldn't want to do it either, but if it's a job that's willing to hire her,...

  11. lpn burnout

    postmortem_cowboy replied to nosyzeke's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not a problem... I think at one point all of us do or will feel the effects of burn out... it's just natural to our profession...

  12. Male pts.

    postmortem_cowboy replied to anonymurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    Alot of things "should have" happend, but didn't, the story I told was to illustrate that male patients don't necessarily speak to female nurses in regards to these types of things.

  13. Docs yelling at nurses....

    postmortem_cowboy replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    One night working a M/S unit, I had a CNA come to me and tell me one of my patients had gotten up with her assistance and the foley "dropped" out of her, to my dismay and utter disbelief, it sure had,...

  14. Nursing Research Paper

    postmortem_cowboy replied to Doc to be's topic in Men in Nursing

    There's also a good thread on male patients that I'd just responded to here in the male forum, where male patients respond easier to male nurses and females with females as well... could do a paper on...

  15. nclex ?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to witter11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Your welcome, anytime! Trust me, anything that will make you more "appropriate" for the floor your seeking to be a part of, do it. You won't regret it and the hospital will take that as a sign that...

  16. Young Nurses

    postmortem_cowboy replied to gt4everpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well my opinion is, it doesn't matter how old you are, can you do the job and be effective at it, some old nurses who've been doing it umpteen years can't, so who's to say that a young kid with...

  17. Male pts.

    postmortem_cowboy replied to anonymurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    I wholeheartedly agree. I've had male patients that would totally open up about their concerns and also have had female patients that wouldn't. Case in point, one night I took a M/S shift, had a post...

  18. nclex ?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to witter11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh yeah, and to answer the first statement... lol... yes there are cheaters in every class, but like you said, they are only cheating themselves, they are the ones who spent a year cheating off...

  19. nclex ?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to witter11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Advice meaning? need to narrow it down just a wee bit... lol... And yes i've worked the ER at Garden Grove hospital, East Valley hospital in glendora, Chapman Medical Center and also Gardena memorial...

  20. I Finally Got My Acceptance Letter For Lpn Class

    postmortem_cowboy replied to godsgift2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    May all the wishes of luck be with you!!! keep your nose to the grindstone and don't let up, it may seem like it's too tough sometimes through the year you'll be going to school, but it'll be like...

  21. lpn burnout

    postmortem_cowboy replied to nosyzeke's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not a problem Tina, always glad to help out a fellow nurse. There's just a fine line between rude and stern, watch that line and don't step over it. If you can look at the situation objectively from...

  22. Young Nurses

    postmortem_cowboy replied to gt4everpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Be thankful you found your calling early, it took me going into the service, finding one path that looked right and following it for a while to realize that it wasn't where I wanted to be in life. By...

  23. nclex ?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to witter11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yeah but the only problem with that school of thought, is that you'd be memorizing answers, not being able to think on yer feet, and that's what nursing is, being presented a situation and being able...

  24. CNA to LPN

    postmortem_cowboy replied to Knorremeisje's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Touche` and duly noted and thank you for agreeing.. lol.. oh yeah and tag yer it pagan!

  25. Young Nurses

    postmortem_cowboy replied to gt4everpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm old and a nurse... does that count? Age does have alot to do with the maturity level of what we do, but frankly, out of the 30 students that were in my nursing class, over 3/4's of us were all...