JmarLPN

There is about 2500 employees. Rather or not it is due to the ACA, I think companies are using the ACA as an excuse to cut jobs as well as pay. It's too bad.

I can say with the company I work for it has already happened. RNs have gotten a 5.00 an hour pay decrease, LPNs and CNAs 3 dollar an hour decrease. Not to mention: dietary, maintenance, social workers, ect. all lost hourly wages. This, the company s...

Another great little gift idea is mini hand sanitizer from maybe bath and body. Lord knows we go through a lot of that! They usually have great sales around this time.

Hello fellow nurses! I love my job and am so happy for it, but it is the hardest thing I've ever done. I'm so fortunate to have the job I have and I regret all the times when I was a CNA I thought to myself "look at that nurse sitting there, stuffin...

I work in LTC and I think the residents would love this! Of course, the costumes should not interfere with work. The patients' days are so similar...sleep, eat, a little activity, eat, sleep....ect. I think holidays are special days for them and bri...

The community college I went to made me take a 5 credit biology class because I didn't take it in HS. It took a semester, and I actually enjoyed it! I think it helped in my A&P classes too. For LPN we were not required to take chemistry, which is...

Yes I was embellishing a tad bit. I knew nurses worked hard, but you never know just how hard until you're a nurse too. I just wanted to give all nurses a big shout out because this is not an easy field. :)

Have a box of tissues in the car for your ride home! Ha...maybe that's just me. I too, am a new nurse who started working in September and I can honestly say its the hardest thing I have ever done. I have days when I feel like I got this and I am a g...

That actually sounds perfect. I know I cannot physically, mentally, or emotionally handle working a 40 hr week in nursing. My husband thinks Im just being a diva of a sort, but anyone who's in nursing can testify to how challenging it is to the mind ...

Hmmm thats a toughie. Sounds like you didn't really like either one. Maybe since you will be part-time the teen rehab won't stress you out as much?!? Otherwise, I would say try other avenues. The thing with nursing is there is ALWAYS politics, so I h...

I think you're going to make an excellent nurse!

congrats :)

Wow your story is so heartfelt. I feel for you and your struggles. I personally think that you should try LTC especially since your heart is in geriatrics. Yes some places aren't as nice as others, but with your experience I'm sure you'd get your pic...

I work in LTC in Wisconsin and make 25.00/hr. The only benefit I get is PTO, no health insurance, which is okay for me because i'm under my husbands plan. I'm a new LPN, just graduated this past May so I consider myself very fortunate.

I'm sorry, but I learned in nursing school that its the NURSES job to verify abnormal vitals. So even if you did what she said, she should have been the one to recheck the BP, not you.

I once had a coworker who called in for the AM shift because Donny Osmund was on the today show and she didn't want to miss it. Funniest part is she ended up coming in on the AM shift and we were all Like, "we thought you called in lastnight for tod...

What you need to take away from the chapters is ADPIE (assess, diagnose, plan, intervention, evaluation)..... whatever your covering, tackle it like this: As a nurse, what would I assess for with this disease? How is it diagnosed? What plan do I have...

Great Job on passing med surge!!! That class is definitely not easy!!! I have friends that got A's and B's last semester and have actually failed the first 4 exams!!! It's very intense with tests every other week (if we are lucky, 3 of them we had 1 ...

Pharmacology sounds a lot harder than it actually is. You mainly learn drug classes, and a few COMMON meds and just know what normal side effects are VS side effects that could potentially kill your patient. I got this real neat drug flip book from a...

My advice is to be on your A game! Read before class, participate in discussions, and look happy to be there. My experience showed many instructors "labeling" students and those they thought weren't serious, they really gave it to them. Not to scare ...

Well, my first day is tomorrow...and I am SOOOO nervous! LOL

First semester at my school consists of : Nursing Skills, Nursing Fundamentals, Intro to clinical, and Pharmacology! Anatomy and Physiology were considered prerequisites into the Nursing Program.

This is why many people say "it takes a SPECIAL person to become a Nurse"! I can't see how anyone can scoff at such a career, especially since Nurses are the ones that care for you when the "loved ones" are too busy with their own lives to bother wit...

Hi all!!!! To answer your questions.... 1. I start 8/23/2012 at Milwaukee Area Technical College 2. My program is 2 semesters...Aug 2012- May 2013 (approx. 9 months) 3. I decided to become an LPN as I have been a CNA so long, I figured it was time t...

I prefer Noc shift for sure! I feel closer to the people I work with and the residents. I have more time to do more things with the patients. We do not just eat and talk, whoever said that is very misinformed. At least not where I work! It gets VERY ...