OLD&GOLD

Dear Concerned, My best friend has an 18 month old and a 10 y/o. She takes kids to school and daycare, cleans and puts meal in crock-pot. She sleeps from 9 to 3 . She picks up kids, does primetime with them and when her spouse gets home he cares for kids and she sleeps from 8 to 9 and then gets ready for work. Hope this helps. OLD $ GOLD

Butterfly, I applaud your decision to get your R.N. by the former Regents program. When you get there just remember your comrades at the L.V.N. level. Maybe you can be an example to the others that suffer the "I am a real nurse" syndrome. After last night at work ,I am thinking of getting my R.N. My CNAS were busy with a combative patient and I was ordering meds online in Medroom. A new supervisor watched a patient walk out the door and then came to tell me she had fell. I went outside and assessed her,got her up and then brought her in. No assist from the supervisor, only a passing make sure you do a report. Truthfully,most of the R.N.s here are great about helping and do watch for problems while we are so busy. Lord, I did have to look to see if it was a full moon.

Dear Concerned, There are primadonnas in every field. I currently work with an R.N. supervisor that thinks L.V.N. S are not real nurses. If you do your :twocents:job correctly and treat others with respect it will reflect well upon you. I trained my last supervisor on inserting peg tubes in old sites. She had never done this even in the hospital. She in turn trained me in some new procedures. If you show a willingness to further your knowledge, R.N.S pick up on it and appreciate it. Of course, there are always those that are insecure of themselves and find a need to belittle others so they may feel better.