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to be brief, there is a group of unruly cna's on the unit. Management of all levels knows about it, relies on the lpn's to handle it, with no backing. 1 in management is part of their clique. Nurses are threatened by cna's that if they are written ...

Situation: a nurse that follows me has tried in the past to set both the morning nurse and myself up by saying she "mysteriously found" drugs in a cup in the cart hours after shift change. This was several months ago, nothing came out of the incident...

well, suddenly this nurse has not shown up in 2 days (called off twice now), so, no "meeting" as of yet. However, I have a witness statement that my cart was clean and checked prior to her taking the keys on said date, and her signature that the cart...

that's the issue. It's only on one shift, at which time management isn't there to "have to deal with it". Several nurses and family members have gone to upper management, which ended up landing myself and 2 other nurses on the shift a stern talking t...

Brand new nurse, 1st job at an ltc/rehab. 1st 3 days I was put on my own, in crazy land, my 1st med pass takes 4 hours, with 2 bouts of tears, guessing at things I should have had help with, (that didn't happen) getting yelled at, no time to potty mu...

Thanks. I've spent the day going over and over in my head what it is specifically that is bothering me, and what it is that is keeping me slow. I've come up with a myriad of legit things that slow me way down during my pass that I cannot control, suc...

Hi all. I have tried to look up florida statutes re patient abandonment. I am in school for lpn while working as a home health cna, as an independant contractor. The agency is aware I am in school and does not seem to take kindly to that. I am on a h...

thanks for all the great info :) I'm currently praying my husband can pick up a part time job, and if he gets hired, this will allow me to find employment elsewhere. I only have to make it through September, and, luckily my school is aware of the sit...

How is the best way to deal with an entire group of rude classmates? I cannot switch my seat, (not enough seats in class), I've talked with the professor 3 times now, I was given the impression that he was not thrilled with my complaints,:angryfire a...

Very true is all I can say..I am still in the lpn program and made the mistake of inquiring about how my grade on a test went from an A to a low C when we actually graded them in class and I had an A. The answer I was given was that the instructor ac...

Do you think Pharm can be self taught? Our professor seems to think so. We are given a hand out and chapters in the book to read, then tested. Is this the norm for learning this subject? The handout consists of a power point, and the pics/diagrams ar...

thanks so much:) back to studying, I have a med surge test today...

thanks for all the input:) I got a B on the 1st test, so I guess my study habits are ok. I just feel as though I'm being rushed through it, and would like a better understanding of it all, and it seems like there is not enough time. I've spoken with ...

thanks..my book is pharmacology and the nursing process by Lilly/Harrington/Snyder, fifth edition..well, back to studying I go..

thanks :) I'm keeping on plugging away. Its just scary to know that 1/2 the class failed the first test, and it seemed I was spending every waking minute in my book or writing it out, and still feel as if I know very little..but, onward and upward wi...

Thanks, I'll try..It's just hard to not have control of a situation like this. I never in a million years would have guessed this would happen during school. I guess I'll just have to hope for the best..

I made it through the 1st quarter and maintained a 4.0, we are on Holiday break until the 2nd of Jan. I had a minimal invasive surgery that was planned for the 1st day of break so I could go back to school as scheduled. Last night I took a turn for t...

Thank you all, for being supportive and the ideas, and listening:)...I will be speaking with the director monday, I'll let you know how it goes:)

seats are pretty much assigned according to name now that the class is full.

I have spoken with the more mature few in our class, they feel intimidated to go to the professor, they say because we are stuck with him for the next few months, and don't want to further anger him. I did think of going the chain of command route, b...

silly question maybe, but I need some tips on how to study/memorize info when I'm sick...I've been down all week with the flu and who knows what all else..so far I've made A's on all my weekly tests, but Tuesday we have yet another 4 chapter test, an...

:) thanks, I think I will..

very true...never even gave that a thought, lol...I just awoke from a nap to find I had memorized one of the things I needed to know. Funny how that happens, and I feel a little better, too. thank you :)

thank you...I've been told by a few people that I study to hard and that is how I got sick, but I want to try to maintain a 4.0 avg..its just trying to memorize these 2 things, and keep up in class...all while trying to rest...at least I got sick whe...

Hi. I went to orientation a week ago, and we got our homework for the week before school. I spent a better part of every day this week studying A&P, and thought I could retain most of it...this morning I took my in-book quizzes, and did horribly:...