Waht do I wish for in my break room? Natalie Portman. Though in a more semi-realistic way, I'd like to have a cocktail bar... that'd be nice. It's 5 o'clock
Absolutely not. Depression is a clinically diagnosed syndrome. Unless it affects the safety and well-being of others, you should not be impeded. If it does, appeal it. Depression is a syndrome....
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I'm an RN student that challenged, and successfuly, passed my LPN exam. We have the opportunity to challenge the LPN exam after our second year of the BSN, which is kind of nice to gain some...
Wow! Thank you for the overwhelming response. One of the main reasons I love this community. Thank you to everyone that shared their stories - they are definintely not easy to talk about. It was...
I'm still in school and I work as an LPN on the weekends. So I work roughly 24 hours per week while taking four classes and a practicum this semester. I can't say it's too stressful considering I'm...
I work as an LPN now whilst I finish my RN degree (we can challenge the LPN exam in our 2nd year of the BSN). It's tough to really see the difference between scopes of LPN and RN besides the IV and...
This is a rant. [rant: on]So a 20 year old girl was admitted to my ward yesterday with a fractured tibia sustained in an MVA. She was t-boned by a drunk driver. She had emergency surgery to fix it...
Group projects are awful when other members don't pull their share. I'm going through it now and was fortunate to have a good group. My previous 3 were absolutely atrocious. Grit your teeth and...
Not necessarily a funny phrase, but this is my ice breaker with patients: Pt. wakes up in his room after surgery with the blinds closed. Pt. asks the surgeon: "Why are my blinds closed?" Surgeon...
It's a sad reality that nurses are overworked, underappreciated, and used. But it shows our character when we perservere and still are there for our patients. Kudos to us! PS. At the hospital I...