LelaRN

LelaRN has 20 years experience and specializes in ICU, Tele,.

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1. Help clarifying something on ekg's

   LelaRN replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

   It's funny this question was posted over 10 hours ago and not one reply, had you put up a complaint about nursing you'd have 20 responses by now LOL ! To answer the question, leads I, II, and III (the limb leads) are bipolar you have both + and -

2. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

   LelaRN replied to siringe's topic in Headlines

   That's exactly why when I get on Facebook, I chat with a few Friends/Family, then I play my Farmville and that's it. Momma always said, you can't just say any and everything that comes to mind without consequence.

3. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

   LelaRN replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing

   OK, WOW !!!!, yeah this thread is getting scary. This tells me that the people who refuse to dissect the animal, and argue with the professor about it. Makes me wonder if they'll stand over a patient who's coding and refuse to continue chest compre...

4. A&P prof's inappropriate response to request for alternative to animal dissection

   LelaRN replied to sarailyse's topic in Pre-Nursing

   You will find that in Nursing: there will be A LOT of things that you don't want to do, but in order to move on to the next thing you just have to do it and get it over with. That's why I still love and refer to that old Nike slogan: "Just Do It" T...

5. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

   LelaRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   If your going to stay overnight, bring your own, toothbrush & paste, and stop asking me to serve you juice and snack it's for the patients only. I don't care if the last nurse gave in to all your freeloading, you are a VISITOR not a patient.

6. Racist Patients

   LelaRN replied to Williss2's topic in Relations

   My response is only based on what I'm seeing where I live, and the the places I've worked as a Travel nurse : NYC, Baltimore,DC, Atlanta, places that are generally diverse. In the last 5 years I've noticed more and more minorities. At John's Hopkin...

7. Racist Patients

   LelaRN replied to Williss2's topic in Relations

   The only thing dumb and equivalent to stupidity is RACISM, so take your sarcasm and smack yourself....

8. Racist Patients

   LelaRN replied to Williss2's topic in Relations

   I too work in good ole Georgia right outside of the very diverse Atlanta; but I started my nursing career in upstate New York and it's the same both places. Let the pt. have their "White Nurse" little do they realize in some areas nursing is becoming...

9. A few observations about the nurses I work with from a new CNA...

   LelaRN replied to GaMBA's topic in General Nursing

   i had 10 patients, no clerk, no one but me and one other nurse and 10 pts each, it was horrid. there was a doct that came back from disneyland with her kids walked on the floor after dinner time and wrote new orders for everysingle patient. i gave me...

10. A few observations about the nurses I work with from a new CNA...

    LelaRN replied to GaMBA's topic in General Nursing

    OK.....I'm gonna try to keep this short, but I had to speak up, I was a CNA in both Nursing Homes and Hospitals, prior to becoming an RN, I know both sides of this well. In general I've found that bottom line, nursing can be a hard job, you can lite...

11. Having Problem with Manager

    LelaRN replied to LelaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked on this unit as a postpartum nurse for almost 5 years now, before that I was Tele, Med-surg. I had a great Interview with the ICU dept. to do a residency that manager accepted me and wanted me to start 3/17 for classes, all of a sudden m...

12. Having Problem with Manager

    LelaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    What would you do if a manager blocked you every time you wanted to transfer to another unit????

13. how do you keep your sexy??

    LelaRN replied to healthcarefome's topic in General Nursing

    I know exactly what you mean, this is important to me as well, especially still being young. I make myself workout, try to eat right, wear and do all the "girly" stuff I can on my days off to keep it Sexy. At work I try to keep it "Cute" and Profes...

14. When coworkers make prejudiced statements

    LelaRN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've dealt with this often, working on a post-partum unit, and was very tempted to put a tape recorder in my pocket and send it to Human Resources. This person couldn't stand the # of children Mexican women have and was jealous when she took them ou...

15. Failed the NCLEX-RN for the 5th time!

    LelaRN replied to ZeldaJane's topic in NCLEX

    to ms. "zelda" and others who are taking the nclex-rn for a consecutive time, stop letting anxiety win !!! if all of you have graduated nursing school, you can pass this exam. the hardest part of becoming a nurse was getting though school and you'v...