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IMO It's my dream job! Still in long term care, but off the floor! An office to shut the door, yet still interacting (interviewing) the residents. I'm an MDS assistant but I'll learn all the ropes, which all my years of being on the floor are a bi...

I refuse to learn bad habits and I've been in long term for 8 years. I'm stubborn and want to do it right. If management gets upset because I can't finish as fast as the other nurses on a med pass, well guess what???? I'm only doing what is right a...

During the early days of LPN school, we were practicing head to toe assessements. I went home that night after school and my husband was my guinea pig. While listening to his heart, I heard the weirdest noise, like I was rubbing my stethescope agai...

So I need feedback here... Just when exactly is it appropriate for the DON to post the next months work schedule???? Here it is the 7th of Nov, and the schedule is only filled out until this coming Sunday. Repeated questions to the DON along with gen...

I really need (please) an oncology nurse who has the time, and who could help me with questions concerning my husband who has liver ca, secondary. Major health issues unrelated to CA for past 20years. RA, polymyositis, greenfield filter placed last ...

My dear friends.... Roy my beloved husband passed away the 16th of Oct, just 1week after coming home with hospice from the hospital. He never got better, stronger, just weaker every day. His last words to me 2days before he passed were "I love everyt...

hi all, roy was in hospital last week (home fri) from an 11day stay from infection/dehydration. cancer now found in bones (ribs,pelvic,spine) and lungs. we have hospice now, another round of chemo drugs was 1st introduced to us as option, but after ...

hi all, roy was in hospital last week (home fri) from an 11day stay from infection/dehydration. cancer now found in bones (ribs,pelvic,spine) and lungs. we have hospice now, another round of chemo drugs was 1st introduced to us as option, but after ...

Hello all, Was driving Roy to chemo tx last Fri, when he started complaining of being cold, shivering, and pulse rate 140. Was yawning like a horse..was all I needed to pull off highway real quick and pulled up to where I work. (nursing home wich ac...

Thanks everyone for your kind, uplifting words of support! Sorry it's taken me awhile to reply and to thank you all for your advice/concern. Roy had his 1st chemo tx last fri, he was so weak before the tx the nrs asked if he was paralized. I said no,...

I know of 3 recent LPN grads with no exp who are working at St Francis & at Southcrest Hosp in med-surge in Tulsa.

Yes, before he was having sex with a student...but at 2am I was officially informed via the web site that I, HIS WIFE :chuckle passed the NCLEX that I had taken Tuesday of this week!!!! What a relief, now I'm going to use the spa package my dad have...

Thanks all for your replies, they have made my day! Sorry, if I offended anyone with TMI, must have been all the caffeine when I posted this morning...or the lack of sleep :wink2:

Hi fellow okies! LPN student here in NE OK, go SOONERS! OK, and Cowboys & also TU. Wow 3 bowl games to watch! I love living here, came from Calif. many moons ago. Am a full time student, caregiver to my husband, ranch hand, mom of 3 college stude...

Congratulations, you must be sooo very proud of yourself! Good luck to you in your new nursing career!

What would you do? I had an incident happen the other day & need some feedback please. A person has passed out completely, is twitching, (seizure?) and when awake is disoriented, & is adament about not going to hospital. Pale, cool clammy ski...

The patient was a home health nurse & he always carries his medical supplies in his car which was available at time. Does this explain? And in answer, yes I have a BP monitor at my house, (FYI, this was not at my house but at a public event) f...

Then I had the correct line of thinking...that when person is unconscious thats when ER help should have been called. Way I was looking at situation was, even if person was awake when amublance arrived, the way the seizures were coming closer togeth...

Yes I agree with all above... At 1st I just came here for the advice pertaining to my nursing career, but have found out there are also alot of warm hearts here!

Yes I agree with all above... At 1st I just came here for the advice pertaining to my nursing career, but have found out there are also alot of warm hearts here!

Oh my gosh, so glad there is a good ending! Thank God!

Oh my gosh, so glad there is a good ending! Thank God!

Sorry to hear about your sons condition, your son & family are in my prayers dear lady....

Thanks Karen, wonderful tips!

I just finished my 1st quarter of the most intense school work I've ever enountered for my LPN program. I'm the oldest student in my class, so needless to say I really had to struggle through all my classes. Anyway I call my husband who is disabled &...