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2 babies, breastfeeding, one baby with chronic ear infections and sugery and many sleepless nights, and every thing else in life. it was hard, somedays almost impossible, and always challenging. my classmates had study groups that i couldnt attend because no daycare, and no one in town to help you get a good nights sleep before your inal exam. BUT its definitly do able. if you are commited and you want it, its yours. think of your children watching you graduate, and it will be wonderful for you to tell them you did it, what a good role model. some days it s what drived me have to work harder i know going back to school for this was for me, and for them to give them a better life. the best thing that helped me, my teacher told me, when you kids, teach them. you learn the best from teaching others, it sounds silly and sometimes they look at you like your crazy but teach them. i played games like name the bones on the body, wheres your femur? etc. you can do it!! i found support form my kids, this site, and any where i can find it. best of luck to you the hardest part is deciding what you want to do, and your almost there. good for you

In psych: " just re-direct" pt " targeting you" In LTC: "can you give ..... PRN?' " crush c pudding" In hospital: " involved family" ...never good "flow sheets" "pathways and protocols" ha ha good thread, just my experience!

so my availibility is mon to fri days due to i ask daycare hours. and i just stated a new job and toke a casual position due to my limited availibility. my employer called me and asked if i can work tommorw because somone is sick, i said yes. then she said the person you are filling in for works the next night, can you work nights? me: no im sorry, im not able to , and its not in my availibility employer: (curtly) may i ask why? me: yes, i have daycare issued, my daycare is not open nights, and i dont know anyone in town to help me. emplo: well are you trying? me: yes, if you can find somone for the night shift, ill work that day if needed. emplyo: well , the people here dont "Beliieve in NUrses working mon to fri days!" me; well ok this is my availbitiyl wich i gave when i got hired. (politly) call me if you need me. can she ask me why im not availible???? i should have said NO you may not!!!!! and 2nd. dont speak for all people when its you that thinks this. 3rd- nurses are people too, people who have daycare, and possibly limiited availibility, was she implying because you are a nurse you should not be a nurse if you can t work shift work or weekends? i love my job am i looking to much into this nasty comment? ok thanks for the vent

thank you very much for everyone replying to my question. I was studying for my LPN national exam. I had been using the study guide, and came to this question. I completly get it now, and i wrote the exam, and this question was my last question on the exam, nearly word for word. I m so thankful i asked, and thank ful you all toke the time to explain it.

Catheter question. there is a question in my study guide and i dont understand. Question:pt has become aggitated and accidently disconnects the urinary catheter from the drainage system. What would the best course of action for the practical nurse to take? 1. irrigate the cath. and reattach the cath. to the drainage system 2. attach a new drainage system to the catheterr, and moniter urine output. 3. tape the cath. securely to his leg, and moniter urine output 4.insert new catheter and attach a drainage system. appartently the correct awnser is 2. i dont understand the ratioale? if it is a closed sterile system, why woulnt you change everything, since the cath is now contaminated. if it was a condom catheter i can see it being diffrent. but it says urinary. ive tried looking this up, and cant find any info about this, if anyone has some insight id really appreaciate it. thank you.

21,000 private college too, 12 months, 6 hour days. b.c.. i heard if you work in a small town for every year you can get your loan forginivn by 1/3, every year.

thank you everyone, im sorry to be so uptight. i admit my wording was off

one more thing.... my point was that its two diffrent job descriptions...same title? i know what lpNURSE stands for where i come from lpn progrm is less than a year and rn would be 5. 4 but with a year of pre reqs. lpn/nursing assistant is my progam title. i just wanted feedback from the horses mouth not a progam director

sda reread my question and the postings i have gotten, mabye then you will see what i am talking about. you have no idea how far ive gone to research this job, what scares me is this site. i asked a simple question and feel like i got my head bitten off, i wont ask here again, unfourrtantly. i just wanted some helpful feedback, not critism, not carreer advice, not job descriptions. and certinaly not ignorant comments from people. you have no idea how hard ive worked to get to where i am, and no idea how hard im prepared to work in the futrre, i take none of this litley. if sonone else has somthing rude to say, save it, i heard it, over and over, so dont keep posting

thanks multi, thats exactly what i wanted to say.!!!!!!

no offence taken, if you take the time to read these responses ive gotten you can clearly see that some do consider lpn nurses and there are some who dont, i do and obuisly have the greatest respect for them , as i hope to be one, i know exactly what one is. my question was directed to rns asking how they felt about calling lpns nurses. not the job desription etc, although i appreatie any feedback. this is a learning process, i am a student, please dont critize somone who is just asking a question. im wondering why you would take the time to reply to a email you didnt know what it was about.

thank you, im glad to know i wasnt asking a tottaly obovius question, there seem to be many factors that decide what a lpn is

s.shaw kamloops!

Thank you!! thank you!! for the reasurance, i feel alot better

thanks , i appriate the imput. i didnt enter a course i knew nothing about though, its just since ive started everyone seems to say 2 diffrent things, and i didnt know what a cna was because im from canada, i know that it is licenced practical NURSe i just was wondering how a rn and a lpn are both "nurses' and if it bothers the rns. NOt that theres anything wrong with lpn.