nuttpn

Nasty RNs aren't the only ones who will have their comments about LPNs. I've been an LPN for almost 5 years (will be finishing my RN program in Dec), part of which was spent working in rehab. Patients would dish the crap too. First I got the "Are you old enough to be doing this?" (at 20 years old and not quite looking it), and then would come the "Aren't there any REAL nurses here?" A smile and response along the lines of "According to the state board of education I am a real nurse" would usually take care of the problem. And as hard as it may be sometimes, some comments are best simply ignored.

I absolutely LOVED my crocs and never experienced any pain from wearing them. Until the day I stepped in juice spilled on the floor and took a face dive into a table before landing flat on my face on the floor. That was about a year ago, and I threw them out that day. I bought a pair of birks (because I love my sandals, and thought the clogs would be great too), but because the bones in the top of my right foot are slightly more raised than in my left, before the first day was half over I had cut out a huge chunk of the top of the clog so I could get through the rest of the day, and they found their way into the dumpster as well. New Balance running shoes are my favorite for comfort AND safety.

-to NEVER drop your pt's atropine bottle in the same pocket you carry your own eyedrops in so you don't forget it in the room while you console the dying pt's daughter at 2am...by 4am you will begin wondering if anyone had died from an overdose of immodium (because you'd had a bout of GI trouble yourself and taken it a few times because you were stuck at work) when your realize your pupils are fixed and dilated to 8mm, you are experiencing severe eye pain, and begin to develop a headache...you will feel like a jackass when both bottles fall from your pocket and you realize your mistake and have to call the nsg supervisor to come read the atropine entry in a drug book to you (because you've lost the ability to focus on anything within 10 feet of you) and s/he will not be successful at stifling their laughter...your vision won't be completely normal for nearly two weeks and it will take much, MUCH longer for your coworkers, friends, and family to forget (they still haven't)