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  1. New graduate LPNs: any luck finding jobs.

    twister431 replied to myperads's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    OMG, I'm scared as hell. I have just been hired to do some nursing with the heavy machinery Vent,s Trachs, Suctioning, and cathing. I'm new and Just got my license. What a heavy burden I feel to make...

  2. Male Nurses/female Patients

    twister431 replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    I do LTC so my approach is a little different I like to simply ask when it comes to hygeine that sort of thing. "Would you have a problem with me helping to get you ready for the night? If they say...

  3. Why do many nurses look down on LTC?

    twister431 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i just graduated from my lpn program and will probably stop there because i have been working in a assistted living plus facility. there is no better feeling coming home from work knowing you...

  4. TMA Chaos

    twister431 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone, I was just trained in as a TMA after two years on the floor. My problem is I'm too slow granted I just stopped training last week.I'm also about to start my second semester as a PN...

  5. TMA Chaos

    twister431 replied to twister431's topic in General Nursing

    thanks:bugeyes:

  6. nursing blues

    twister431 replied to twister431's topic in General Students

    Thanks, I just heard another nurse tell her story about how rough of a time she had with two full time jobs and three kids also doing gen ed's while doing nursing classes and she made it. I have no...

  7. nursing blues

    twister431 posted a topic in General Students

    Hello all, I think I just need to vent or may need some positive reinforcement. I'm almost through with my first semester of the actual nursing program, I always thought I would be the most...

  8. Ethical dillema

    twister431 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a class project due and would like to get some feedback, espcially those in hospice care. Here it is. The doctor has an order in for increased dosages of morphine for a terminally ill patient,...

  9. Ethical dillema

    twister431 replied to twister431's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all this information is very

  10. Ethical dillema

    twister431 replied to twister431's topic in General Nursing

    After recieving her last dose of medication she has lost consciousness and is unable to communicate. They give no information on non verbals like squirming around or

  11. Ethical dillema

    twister431 replied to twister431's topic in General Nursing

    this is a class project and gives no information other then her stated intentions by health care directive, but does that make it

  12. Ornery resident

    twister431 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello, I have a slight problem with one of my residents at a ltc facility. This resident is very,very rude. He thinks guy aides or nurses are all gay. He will not allow cares done by male staff,...

  13. New to research papers

    twister431 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello, I need some help. I'm taking an online nutrition course and I have a paper due on wednesday. I'm told to stay away from .com sites and I need to know how to find the following info. How does...

  14. Ornery resident

    twister431 replied to twister431's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You are absolutley correct, I'm not the boss. I do have some interaction with this resident cath care and such (he does not mind that). I do not want to say anything at all but it is causing a...

  15. Spring '08 Grades!!!! Be Proud!!

    twister431 replied to modelmama07's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Philosophy logic and critical thinking- A Anatomy-B Sociology family and marriage-

  16. What courses if any are you taking this summer?

    twister431 replied to williams3929's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm taking Chem 101 first session and developmental psych second session 4 weeks each. after that I take physiology and nutrition in the fall and start the nursing pathway program in january lpn-RN...

  17. Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    twister431 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I saw Sicko Michael Moores documentary and I have to say I am ashamed of our goverment for letting this occur to our health system. I know with every documentary that certain things arestretched to...

  18. On call status

    twister431 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a certified nursing assistant and when I'm not scheduled to work my boss always calls to get me to work. It should be noted that I've only called in sick one day in the last year and I personally...

  19. Ever have a patient comment on his lack of size?

    twister431 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very embarrassing thing for men. I myself have the shirvling up problem, whent aroused it rebounds nicely but it still is always in the back of your

  20. On call status

    twister431 replied to twister431's topic in General Nursing

    No, the only on call CNA's we have are the ones they want to let go without actually firing. They really do not get called in. I'm in nursing school so i cannot wait to actually get started with my...

  21. Nurse Phobias?

    twister431 replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

    That earwax is brutal, I can't take it. If I'm in the exam room, during ear wash, I will leave and get another nurse. No no no not

  22. Having hard time with Pre-Reqs

    twister431 replied to WannaBeMaleRN's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I just started anatomy this semester ,while I have not taken a test. I feel the same way you do about the class I'm a little overwhelmed. I think it's because the class is so important to my nursing...