I worked LTC for 2 years as an LPN. We all have our place in healthcare. Paramedics and EMT's are valuable members and I acknowledge that they have to get tired of bs calls all the time but one night...
Hi Kelly....I'm also Kelly and 42 and a hospice nurse. Anyway. I was taking care of my mother in law at the end of her life. She had ovarian cancer and she moved in with me the last few months of her...
As a Regent's (Excelsior) graduate, I won't argue the fact that it is not for everyone. I was an LPN for 4 years and continued with Regent's while I worked fulltime and raised my daughter. It was the...
They are patients. They will always be patients. You will never here the word client come out of my mouth when referring to someone I am caring for. It's ridiculous and I don't want to be referred to...
I feel your pain. I had a 4.0 and then took College Algebra. I ended up dropping it twice in fear it would ruin my GPA. Finally took it over a summer term and got a B. I took the B and thanked the...
When I was in the hospital we gave 1:1 report. Time constraints weren't a problem.....well as long as your relief was on time and ready to write. The charge nurse would then come around to each "pod"...
Naw. I'm a Nurse. That's all I am and all I will ever want to be. The public is confused enough at what we are. Throw in another title and forget it. I don't think we would ever recover as a...
Can you explain what you had to sign in the contract. Is it that you would work in the hospital for a certain amount of time?? I think your ratio is ridiculous and an experienced nurse would have a...
I agree with CocoaGirl. Try to find a privately owned company. I was a Dialysis nurse for 5 years and I would not work again....ever......for a Fresenius owned or affiliated company. Go to the...
Its never too late to do something you want to do. I believe that you can do this. I know there are a lot of non traditional and "older" students here. The shots and yuck stuff that you encounter get...
Please get out now. No job is ever worth your mental or physical well being. I have never been on the receiving end but have seen it done and did not condone it. I actually left the place where It...
Absolutely get the BSN. Masters is just not necessary right now. If it's your ultimate goal later in life, then do it then. You can take your time, go part-time at that point and get some of your debt...
Depends on what you are doing, but when I was in the hospital I made my own report sheet and came up with a system of abbreviations to check off including meds. I had different times on the sheet...