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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 I had a GTube clog at midnite. The resident was on...

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 life. Hospice came in and I developed a close rela...

I actually lost 25 pounds the first year......gained 10 back....boo, hiss.

Graduated ASN 1999. Was an LPN 4 years before that. I'm a Hospice Case Manager.

I worked for a National Cable company programming cable boxes with pay channels.

Awesome!!! Congratulations!!!

Nope. If I'm sick, I'm sick. They can live without me.

Congratulations!!!!:cheers:

I don't have a story but I had a crap day and some of these are priceless. Thanks.

It wasn't Florida. I took the boards in Florida.

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 only way I could have done it. It is legitimate th...

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 as a client by anyone who cares for me. Its impers...

The only thing that bothered me as a student and after I graduated was a patient with a trach that had Pseudomonas. A smell you never forget. Nothing else grosses me out.

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 Lord that I got that. I wish you luck.

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" and get quick report from each individual nurse. I...

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 profession. Just my opinion. Sometimes it is better to leav...

Hey. Congratulations to all of you!!!!!!!

Absolutely. One of the best nurses I ever worked with was Bipolar and functioned extremely well on meds.

It's unfortunately a normal feeling. Most of what you learn will be on the job but I agree that you know more than you think you do. This is why it will be very important that you carefully consider the first position you take. Be sure they have a co...

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 difficult time. No wonder you are questioning your d...

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 specialty boards and check the dialysis forum. There is ...

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 easier, I think. They did for me anyway. Good luck...

Congratulations and best of luck to you!

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 happened. The nurse that was going through it was not...

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 paid off. I'm 42 and am getting ready to start a ...