sistasoul

sistasoul

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  1. How long did it take you to feel comfortable in LTC?

    sistasoul replied to vanilmil's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    This is my fourth week out of orientation at a LTC facility. I find it impossible to get the med pass done in 2 hrs. I run all night long, never take a break and have taken an actual lunch once since...

  2. Feel incompetent

    sistasoul posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all, I have just started my first RN job and am so frustrated and scared. I work in LTC and have 20 residents to care for. I barely have time to pass meds on my residents and do wound treatments...

  3. Nursing Student annoyed me

    sistasoul replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    The instructor may have been tied up with another student. I feel a ratio of 8 students to one instructor is not effective. This instructor may have been like the instructor I had my last semester- no...

  4. Nursing Student annoyed me

    sistasoul replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated in May and I know how frustrating it is for both students and nurses. Students are petrified of making a wrong move in clinical and have to rely on either their instructor or the...

  5. New RN in LTC facility

    sistasoul posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi all, I graduated in May and passed the NCLEX in July. After not finding a job in the hospital I applied at a LTC facility and was hired for a position there. It has only been 2 weeks but it seems...

  6. Artificial Fingernails and Direct Care Staff

    sistasoul replied to pumpkin92356's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have just started at a LTC facility and 2 of the nurses I have worked with have fake nails. One of the nurses are not that long but the others' nails are definitely longer than a quarter of an inch...

  7. what did you learn in the real world that you wish you learned in nursing school?

    sistasoul replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree. All of those process recordings were rediculous. While I was working as an aide in school I seen firsthand that the nurses did not have time to do all of the things school had us...

  8. MEOW! Catty nursing students

    sistasoul replied to OldShoesRock's topic in General Students

    These women sound like the type that will make the units they work on toxic. The type that have to belittle others to make themselves feel worthy. I have zero tolerance for this type of behavior and...

  9. CNA or EMT while in school, CNA being a "dirty job" help please

    sistasoul replied to KdnRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I was a CNA while in nursing school. We could not insert Foleys or start IV's. We could perform EKG's but were not trained to read them. We could straight cath patients. Even as a NS I was not trained...

  10. How many patients?

    sistasoul posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hello all, I am currently an aide on a telemetry unit and when I graduate in May I am hoping to work on the med surge unit in my hospital. I did a clinical rotation there and one of the nurses there...

  11. New Grad Blues

    sistasoul replied to sunshineyday's topic in General Nursing

    I was reading this post and the part that stuck out to me was, "There is no being timid and afraid in nursing because nurses and doctors sense it and they will pounce"!! This is called bullying....

  12. "Performance" Anxiety?

    sistasoul replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Students

    It is normal to be nervous. I was a nervous wreck any time I had to go to clinicals because of fear of being watched by the Clinical instructor. We did a poll at the end of school asking how many...

  13. LPN's managing RN's in LTC setting

    sistasoul replied to Thor77's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I did not mean to offend anyone. I was reading the posts on this thread and I may have been confused as to the way some of the posts were worded regarding this matter. I did not in any way...

  14. Scared, Disappointed, Stressed. Very long but I need some advice.

    sistasoul replied to Comfortably_Numb's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hello, I just had to read your post as the title was calling out for help. Please get out of that house. Your story has made me cry as I know how it feels to be at the end of a mother's verbal abuse....

  15. LPN's managing RN's in LTC setting

    sistasoul replied to Thor77's topic in General Nursing

    I find this thread interesting. I am a new grad RN and have been applying to LTC/rehab facilities for a job. I have never put a Foley in or straight cathed someone. If I am the only RN on the floor...

  16. do not rehire?

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    Hello Working, Thank you for the smile. I needed that- NOT hire you.

  17. do not rehire?

    sistasoul replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Rif Thank you for replying. Do you think it would be inappropriate to ask the manager I interviewed with why I did not get the position? I would like to know so I do not make the same mistakes on...

  18. Am I Weird? I Love Med-Surg!

    sistasoul replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad I came across this thread. I just graduated in May and I interviewed on a med surge unit. It makes me feel good hearing that some nurses actually like this unit. Keep your fingers...

  19. Grades don't matter!

    sistasoul replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I just graduated and received 2 Bs and 2 B-s for my four nursing courses. I worked really hard at theory and in clinical but was always envious of my fellow classmates who rocked in clinical. I...

  20. Are Student Nurses Prepared for "Real Life?'

    sistasoul replied to paperdreams's topic in General Nursing

    Hello all, I just graduated from a ADN program in May. I found the clinicals were more structured around careplans and other types of paperwork such as risk management, quality management, etc. I was...

  21. I failed again 5th time!!!!!!

    sistasoul replied to SugarPlum2003's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi Sugar When you pass the test you are going to make one h--l of a nurse. To be able to keep going through the stress of the NCLEX that many times shows you are determined and a fighter:bow:. I do...

  22. Work all night -School during the day, can it be done?

    sistasoul replied to myty23's topic in General Nursing

    I just graduated from school in May and stopped working my last semester. The studying, clinical prep, clinical assignments, oral presentations took at the very leas 40 hrs a week (this was with just...

  23. PCA a good or Bad idea?

    sistasoul replied to AngelaChanel24's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I worked as a CNA while in school and enjoyed it. It was stressful at times but I learned so much. I used a lot of communication skills and loved to talk to the patients. Communication is so important...

  24. should I cut my hair?

    sistasoul replied to picurn10's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Exactly. Short hair is more maintenance than long hair. If you do not get it cut regularly it goes into a horrible stage for a while where you can not pull it all back into a pony tail. Then you have...

  25. Tips for being a successful nursing student!

    sistasoul replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Students

    Hello all, I just graduated school in May and the best advice I can give any nursing student is one word- perserverance. The ADN program I went to it was like scratching and crawling your way to the...