lsvalliant

lsvalliant

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  1. ONE RN PER SHIFT, the rest LVN and TECHS.

    lsvalliant posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi all! I am starting my nw psych job in Gero (voluntary unit) in a couple weeks and I'm really excited to finally be going into psych from med/surg. :loveya:Its a brand nw unit and the manager told...

  2. Disgusting conditions on my floor. What would you do?

    lsvalliant posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi guys. I'm a nw nurse so I hope this isn't normal. I've noticed that my floor seems really dirty compared to some of the floors I did my clinicals on in other hospitals. For instance, one night my...

  3. interview for psychiatric assistant on monday

    lsvalliant replied to Fatima41200's topic in Psychiatric

    hi fatima. dont let one rude person get you down. I've been on here for a yr and only experienced a handful of rude people. How did it go, BTW? Did you get the

  4. anyone find out that they have a mental illness

    lsvalliant replied to misssarahRN's topic in General Students

    I went to an ADN program at a community college and there was psychiatric services included in the student health clinic services. Do you pay a health fee at you school? You should look into it cuz...

  5. Tattoo Cover Makeup?

    lsvalliant replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Students

    I haven't tried them, but how bout a watch over it or a thermal under your uniform for sleeves? I have a tattoo wedding ring and they couldn't say dice about it. Haha made me feel good about breaking...

  6. Ill And Depressed Working Night Shifts

    lsvalliant replied to lsvalliant's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thank you for all your responses!.. so its been a week since my last night shift (took some pto) and i'm already starting to feel better. i can't believe how bad my body got screwed up!!! i still...

  7. Ill And Depressed Working Night Shifts

    lsvalliant posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    hi everyone! has this happened to any of you guys.... i'm a new grad working on a busy med surg floor. i was orienting during the days for a month and doing great, but as soon as i switched to nights...

  8. I hate nursing

    lsvalliant replied to prettylittlenurse2b's topic in General Students

    Like sweetsounds said, there are alot of opportunites in nursing that are out there other than what they are teaching in nursing school, which is primarily med surg and a few specialties. Med Surg is...

  9. A New RN, Quit Job after 5 Months

    lsvalliant replied to I_Scream's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi everyone, For those of you that have quit your first new grad job, I TOTALLY understand. I'm on my last two weeks of my med surg orientation and called in sick tonight because I'm just too...

  10. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

    lsvalliant replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

    I live in So Cal. It is very possible to work OT and make that much. But the nurses on my floor warned me. "Do not make over 90K or you will get reemed on taxes". I guess that pushes you into a...

  11. Disgusting conditions on my floor. What would you do?

    lsvalliant replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    haha. hopefully I will be in a galaxy far far away when they or JACHO shows up. I wouldn't even know what to say if they asked

  12. Disgusting conditions on my floor. What would you do?

    lsvalliant replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    Yes flatbelly, our floor is exactly like yours. On nights we dont have housekeepers, but they do come during the day to clean. We don't have an aid most nights so everything is up to the nurses. I...

  13. Disgusting conditions on my floor. What would you do?

    lsvalliant replied to lsvalliant's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously, I watched as my preceptor poured mouthwash over the floor to clean it. I'm not making it up. The actress story has been all over the news in recent months. I knew it happened at the...

  14. Why so many fail out of our program?

    lsvalliant replied to lizzyberry's topic in General Students

    Personally, I really feel that the program I went to tried to weed people out. It seemed like if the majority of the class was doing well by midterms, the final would be insanely hard. But if 9/10...

  15. Making Friends in Nursing School

    lsvalliant replied to anewday's topic in General Students

    Here's how I did it in nursing school. Take my advice.... "friendly, but not friends". That will keep you out of the drama that is sure to come. I found that the cliques in my class (that were...

  16. Seeing mental illness everywhere

    lsvalliant replied to Jules A's topic in Psychiatric

    I think of mental illness as being similar to medical illnesses in that we are ALL at risk for aquiring them at some point in our lives. Some people suffer with mental illness chronically and others...

  17. The New Grad Delima

    lsvalliant posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I really wanted to go straight into psych after nursing school. But, I was affraid that by not having any med surg experience it would be harder to change specialties later. I took a med surg job...

  18. new grad and I already hate working

    lsvalliant replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Oh and as far as the ICU interview goes. Dont tell the manager you want to go for your CRNA if thats what your planning on doing. Tell them thats your dream job and you'll be there forever. And be...

  19. new grad and I already hate working

    lsvalliant replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in Medical-Surgical

    hi 2benurse it! I know exactly how you feel. Im a new grad in Med Surg and I feel like swallowing a bullet, and I'm not even out of orientation yet! I did really well in nursing school... I was the...

  20. Am I just burning out?

    lsvalliant replied to aloevera's topic in Psychiatric

    Yeah, I think bipolar disorder is like the newest and coolest thing to have. I've seen some "real" bipolar patients and it is obvious when they are in the manic phase. These people are the real...

  21. How to get psych experience??

    lsvalliant replied to dianabay's topic in Psychiatric

    HI DIANABAY! We have alot in common. Im a new grad RN and I started off recently in Med Surg to get some general nursing experience and I hate it (check out my "new grad delima" post in this forum)....

  22. The New Grad Delima

    lsvalliant replied to lsvalliant's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm glad to know I'm not alone! Its been a month since my post and I am still as miserable and stressed out as ever on my med surg floor. VENT>> I'm so affraid of losing my license if I screw...

  23. Are you happy being a nurse?

    lsvalliant replied to aei29's topic in General Nursing

    am i happy? i just started my nursing career on a busy med/surg floor. most days i feel like crying the days before i have to go to work. i dread it! however, by the time i'm their and it slows...

  24. How long to get CA NCLEX-RN results?

    lsvalliant posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Did anyone wait longer than 72 hours to get their results on the BRN website? Tomorrow is R-day for me and I'm worried I will wake up and not have the results. Does that mean I failed or the BRN is...

  25. Harder to get a job than I thought

    lsvalliant posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in June 08 and I am finding it harder to find a job than I thought. I'm tying to figure out why so many hospitals are giving me the blow off... maybe it was because I only had a permit...