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Pagandeva, you had me LMAO...you go girl..took the words right outta my mouth..for I too have severe gastroenteritis at the thought of returning to school, lol

I'm glad I saw this post. I was just hired with a home health agency. My first patient will have trach and G-button. My agency did give me ventilator training as well. I am nervous for I have done one trach and that was in nursing school in '08. And ...

Austin, TX area nursing agencies: 21.00-23.50/hr. This includes LTC, Med Surg, Home care... My agency is in Austin, TX but they have cases where I live here in the Killeen/Fort Hood area

Marilyn mom, I've never thought about low level acuity psych.

Blue Martian, of course you're not wrong! The point being what's right for each individual person or nurse. If your heart is in nursing, then it just is. I have the heart and compassion to care as well as the strength to see life and death but what I...

Hello all, I'm glad to find that some people are able to speak their minds as far as their true feelings about nursing. One thing you ALL should know is. You obviously can't be in someone else's mind when they are expressing whether or not they like ...

Hello to all fellow nurses! I just received my LVN license this month (january 8th, 2009-yay!) and have found correctional nursing interesting. My grandfather retired as a CO at Rikers Island in NY. I live in central Texas in a military communi...

Wow. thanks to all of the inspirational posts. I too recently passed the NCLEX on my spouse's b-day (jan 8th) and now am considering working as a correctional nurse. I posted questions on another thread about people who have worked in corrections. I ...

Hello I know you posted this over a year ago but I just received my LVN license this month and have found correctional nursing interesting. My grandfather retired as a CO at Rikers Island in NY. I live in central Texas in a military community. I woul...

thank you very much. I respect your honesty.

Hello I am in my second semester of the LVN program and am finishing up summer session I. Summer session II will be maternity and pediatrics and couplet care. For pediatrics, we have to write like this novel for a pediatric assessment to include tabl...

Fiona, thanks for your response. When you say 'public units' do you mean like the local Health Department? If so, that's a great idea. Thanks so much. I detect an "English accent" from the way you write!

p.s. Jules A, no I've never done one before!

Wow! what a fast reply! Thanks for your response Jules A. Oh I'm an army veteran, I was a medic ). I would LOVE to have any assistance...peds table, anything. I don't really need a care plan. It's more of an observation to figure out if the child is...

starbucks nurse, you went to work for an agency right when you graduated? just wondering if I read it right...don't you need experience before going out there alone working for an agency? thanks

hello nursing student here. No certain psychological/emotional issues shouldn't keep people from employment. But it depends on the nursing school you choose. When I started my nursing program, it asks whether you have been treated for a mental or pe...

Yes hello I'm in the LVN program at my school and am in my second semester (we learn the same skills) anyways I'm in Med Surg. I suggest a focus on the Endocrine System disorders and the Respiratory especially. 7 days left for my Med Surg. Mother/Ba...

Wow. just completed my first week in nursing school and I feel like I'm back in the Bachelor's of Nursing Program I used to be in when I was living in Hawaii. (didn't finish so I could have my baby)I attend a LVN program out of a community college he...

I'm currently not in N.Y. due to the military but I did some research for you....let me know if this helps! Brooklyn Adult Learning Center475 Nostrand Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11216 718.638.2635 Medgar Evers College Practical Nursing Program1650 Bedford ...

Wow you had me cracking up. You need to be a writer or submit your comical works to AJN mag. or something....very creative...yet probably true! lol....

Everyone has dittoed everything you've said, but you know your internal voice is always the loudest. I sort of feel like a fog. It's like I'm going through the motions...i.e. buying the books, registering, studying Math for Meds, but my mind is in an...

Hello. Native Newyorker here residing in TX as a military family. From personal knowledge, most any school in NY that has a nursing program is high standard for we have an excellent educational system. History says Beth Israel is one of the top rated...

Hello everyone. I'm new to this site. I restart LPN school January 14th, 2008 the same date as some of you here. I reside on Fort Hood in Texas. Seems like I'm a career student. I just graduated with My Computer Science degree. But always found my he...