livinglighthouse ADN, RN

I feel like I am a lucky one.........I worked in the hospital setting for 8 years, Med/Surg, Oncology, Cardiac/Neuro, Case Management. I started in home health last year and I agree that the first year is tough.......and you feel like you are worki...

In a typical 8 hour day most home health nurses I know use that time very differently and not always in a strict 8-5 linear fashion, nor seeing patients starting first thing in the morning...........I am curious how people set up their days to work f...

I just started a new job at Kaiser and am 2 months into my 90 day probation. I inadvertently created a hippa violation. Here is what happened. I had made some word/excel documents with checklists to help me remember tasks with my new job. I wanted...

Just want to let everyone know how things ended up..........Had to meet with Compliance Dept today, signed a disclosure that I will not share or distribute hipaa information and that I verify that the email had been deleted and trash bin emptied as w...

Thank you for your reply. I did not report it as my thought was that the information was sent to myself, and that the info was something part of my job, not unauthorized access to info. Deleting it I figured my only error was accidentally emailing ...

I have been in the hospital for 8 years now.....I have begun to specialize in chemotherapy, palliative care. I got an offer from a big hospital in Sacramento for HH Advanced Illness Management............the offer is M-F 8-5pm, one Saturday on call ...

the benefits are very good....and the case load is 15 for the first year and then 20 thereafter....

I currently work FT in Nor Cal making $42 base pay...we do not own a home so would not qualify for a tax home.........would I end up taking a paycut to travel???? We are mostly interested in the traveling, not necessarily getting rich (unrealistic, p...

If you have all your pre-reqs done you get preference in the nursing program......so I would really like to have these last classes done this summer. But am I crazy to try to do both??? I have 3 kids home for the summer.......I have NOTHING planned d...

I was alternate #3 this semester and got in. Ultimately 6 alternates got in. We have a class of 48........I think each school is different and a lot has to do with how many students are accepted. I didn't find out until the beginning of December t...

I had family orientation last Thursday, then this Thursday I have a 4 hour orientation (lots of paperwork I hear) then start classes on Monday. the first 8 weeks we have no clinicals, dosage calculations/pharmocology, theory, med/surg, lab and fundam...

My school is Butte Community College in Oroville, California

And it was great, I think all nursing school should do this. They did a powerpoint to show the number of hours the student is in class and the number of hours they should be studying at home so the family understands the workload. They also talked ...

At the school I'm starting at I've heard pushing ANY IV meds without your instructor present will get you immediately expelled. No ifs and or buts.

I start in two weeks and here is what I've been doing/will do. 1. Read the intro/first chapter in each of my textbooks 2. Getting a message 3. Stocking up on school supplies and snacks to keep in my car 4. Getting my house in order 5. Reading wh...

We have a family orientation next week on the 14th (this is where your spouse, kids, parents come) this is pretty cool that our school does to help prepare the families for what the student is going through for the next 2 years and they give ideas of...

As my husband so graciously likes to remind me it's not.what you say but how you say it. I have an extremely strong personality and have had to work hard to find the ways to say things to get my point across without being rude or condescending. I fin...

I'm thinking of Tabers and Davis Drug Guide and possibly RN Notes. The textbooks I know I'll want a hard copy of for studying......but the others I'm wondering if I really need both. What are your thoughts?

So, now I have so much to do in only 2 short months. I would love to hear some suggestions on specifics of what to buy beforehand. What resources were most helpful to you? Backpacks to books, organizers, calendars, stethoscope..........anything you...

I just found out last week that I'll be starting in January, I was an alternate....

I'm concerned that I will be at a disadvantage in nursing school starting next semester with it not being fresh in my mind. I have netter's anatomy cards at home..........do you feel like you used a lot of anatomy info and terms in NS??

they started that and I retook Micro and Physio, but they changed it back before I had to retake Anatomy

1. Flashcards, flashcards, flashcards - indispensable tool for learning anything 2. Highlighters- I use them on everything. Don't be afraid to mark up your book. Get different colors for various tasks. 3. rewrite your notes, just the act of doi...

thank you, all very helpful information.

After I finished my pre-reqs I had to apply 3 times (the first semester after they weren't taking new apps as they were switching to a lottery system rather than a waiting list). Our program is a pure lottery but you do get your name in an additional...