kiwilime81

kiwilime81 specializes in ortho, surgical, long term care.

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1. Overwhelmed in the first semester...

   kiwilime81 replied to RetrieverGirl's topic in General Students

   Yeah - I don't have a lot in the way of advice to offer you, but I just wanted to let you know that I understand being overwhelmed. Best of luck to you and you are not

2. Burned out - thinking about jobbing out at LPN

   kiwilime81 posted a topic in General Students

   So, the title pretty much says it all. I went to go see my Doc and was diagnosed w/ MDD and given Zoloft. I am so done and burned out with school right now and I don't know how I will ever get through...

3. do you ever just wanna yell..."Would you SHUT UP already???"

   kiwilime81 replied to coltsgrl's topic in General Students

4. Collaborative testing?

   kiwilime81 posted a topic in General Students

   Does anyone else do collaborative testing in their schools - you take the test on your own first and then get assigned to work with another student and do another scantron and then get your scores...

5. Loving Clinicals?

   kiwilime81 replied to Okhotneek's topic in General Students

   Well, this is my second year, second clinical in LTC. It is in the same NH as last semester so I at least had the advantage of knowing the residents, the place, and the instructor. That being said, I...

6. L&D so hard to get into....

   kiwilime81 replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I too am curious about this - I work occasionally as a doula (volunteer) so I have been in the birthing units independently with the mom and absolutely love it. I am 100% sure that is where I want go...

7. Dealing with smells...

   kiwilime81 replied to lvmama's topic in General Nursing

   LOL about the hoo-hoo's - we have one LPN on our floor who calls it "crotch-rot" and that about sums it up. Same for extremely obese patients who can't/don't bathe. I must be nuts because I have...

8. Funny OB things people say

   kiwilime81 replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

   :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle

9. Will Somebody Please tell me it gets better as a Nurse?

   kiwilime81 replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, my goodness, hun. Seriously, it is your job, not you. Get a new one now!!!! That patient/staff ratio is INSANE. I complain when I have 11 or 12 patients (and I work nights on a med/surg floor)....

10. Did RNs Have To Practice Bathing Each Other In NS

    kiwilime81 replied to me-too's topic in General Students

    I know for my school we will practice starting IVs on each other in third semester. We didn't have to practice bed baths on each other in nursing assistant training - we used dummies and then shadowed...

11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    kiwilime81 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ok, I am probably going to get in hot water with some of you for saying this, but I am a 5'8" 300 lb. CNA who is in nursing school to be an RN. Yes, I know - I am fat, I have accepted that that is...

12. uwm, uwmadison, or matc

    kiwilime81 replied to badgerbabe287's topic in General Nursing

    I am glad to hear that I am not the only person who had difficulties with MATC-Madison. I do feel that they turn out good nurses as others have said, but trying to get through the program was awful. I...