tothepointeLVN

tothepointeLVN LVN

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  1. There's nothing worse than a FAT nurse!

    tothepointeLVN replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Students

    Empathy for all

  2. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    tothepointeLVN replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I guess you just came across as putting your needs before the patients while at work. I'm sure your a loving caring person and want the best outcome for everyone but I don't think change in your...

  3. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    tothepointeLVN replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've been a psych inpatient in the past. Trust me the last thing I want is my roommate driving me bat crazy because they want a smoke. Trust me they are bad enough when there are Q2h breaks or when...

  4. Nurses and other healthcare staff smoking alongside patients!?!

    tothepointeLVN replied to SweetPEI's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Not directly aimed at you but I think not allowing psych patients to smoke is unusually cruel. Being in the middle of a psychiatric emergency is not the appropriate time to force a smoking cessation...

  5. Need some help. Insight, support, just something

    tothepointeLVN replied to jamie.glaze's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It is unfair that your NCLEX paperwork was held up for a few students. This happened with my LVN cohort. They waited to send until a couple of people had submitted their makeup hours and retaken the...

  6. Best way to become a FNP

    tothepointeLVN replied to AJ Healthy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The answers your going to get are going to be primarily based on whether the posters feel that RN experience is an integral part of NP education or not. Also factor into your decision whether you will...

  7. Barely passed Teas for Texas Woman's Univ -- is there still hope?

    tothepointeLVN replied to 1luvofnursing's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I would try not to worry about it since nobody has invented the time machine yet so the only thing you can do is have the outlook that your grades and other factors are enough. If you have to take it...

  8. There's nothing worse than a FAT nurse!

    tothepointeLVN replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Students

    Then you maybe denying yourself some good quality advice. I used to be a bodybuilder before I became obese. Remember how you see someone is only a snapshot of their life

  9. Recommended Stethoscope for STUDENT!

    tothepointeLVN replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    double ditto on that one. maybe a cheaper stethoscope is ok once you know what your looking for but when it comes down to it how often are you going to use your stethoscope and how long for when it...

  10. What do you think about TV nursing comedy/drama like Nurse Jackie?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    Y'know what got me about the show Mercy. They are all wearing their nametags on lanyards and as they are doing patient care the id badges are whacking the patients in the face over and over and over...

  11. There's nothing worse than a FAT nurse!

    tothepointeLVN replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Students

    If your a fat patient having a fat nurse might not be such a bad thing because we aren't going to curl our noses up at you regarding your appearance and all the other lovely things that happens when...

  12. What do you think about TV nursing comedy/drama like Nurse Jackie?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    I like season 4 better because there is finally some consequences and how she's changing. Before it was like "lalala stealing drugs doing drugs I get away with everything and blame it on someone...

  13. To tuck it in or not - that is the question

    tothepointeLVN replied to RCBR's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I think it depends on how long your scrub top is. If its longer than past the fullest point of your hips then yeah otherwise I need that length to cover my

  14. dilemma regarding antipsychotics

    tothepointeLVN replied to evanpatten's topic in Psychiatric

    Yeah I've personally experienced this. Inpatient they'll often go up on the doseage on everything you are taking till either it gets you through the hump or you stop complaining then your outpatient...

  15. To resign early or risk getting fired?

    tothepointeLVN replied to NYtoCAtoNY's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think when it comes down to it technical proficiency alone is not enough. It might keep a patient alive but may not make them want to live. How your patients perceive is important. They aren't going...

  16. Why is there so much rudeness?

    tothepointeLVN replied to KB1975's topic in General Students

    I didn't get to dissect anything in Anatomy. The campus I took it at didn't have the proper facilities for sterilization or something. Which makes me nervous since I'm now taking the Physio for my...

  17. To resign early or risk getting fired?

    tothepointeLVN replied to NYtoCAtoNY's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There's worst things in the world to have an employer want you to be happy and smiling. If that's you only problem then I think you have it good. Just Smile. Barbara sang a whole song about it thats...

  18. What will YOU do with your first "real" paycheck!?

    tothepointeLVN replied to DZcarrie's topic in General Students

    I'm still waiting to buy my

  19. I'm hearing some nurses with bsn/masters have hard time getting a job?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Aongroup1990's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    A master's degree nurse with no experience that's a hard sell right now. My best bet would be to try and get her into home health or hospice or some other kind of community based nursing. Some acute...

  20. She got fired...

    tothepointeLVN replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    i need a hero, i'm holding out for a hero 'till the morning light she's gotta be sure and it's gotta be soon and she's gotta be larger than

  21. Why is there so much rudeness?

    tothepointeLVN replied to KB1975's topic in General Students

    Latin Latin? or will Pig Latin

  22. Why is there so much rudeness?

    tothepointeLVN replied to KB1975's topic in General Students

    Well that's sound advice I often tell people directly when they ask why they aren't successful in their studies that it's because they can't read and I mean it literally. I encourage them to do more...

  23. Why is there so much rudeness?

    tothepointeLVN replied to KB1975's topic in General Students

    I think this comes down to the real core of the issue. I have often felt on AN if I don't agree with what has been said that I am attacked

  24. help please! morphine side effects!

    tothepointeLVN replied to missnurse2012's topic in Patient Medications

    No disagreement on that. It's like pulling teeth sometimes in report to get the last dose given in mg. Because they won't say 0.25mL they'll say 25 or 5 or 1 meaning 0.25mL, 0.5mL and 1mL

  25. help please! morphine side effects!

    tothepointeLVN replied to missnurse2012's topic in Patient Medications

    Well here's the thing. A lot of hospice companies in my area all do this in many cases the standard order set is in mL not mg. I can see writing it like that for the family but for the nurses no. The...