KarynicaRN

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  1. I just can't do it....

    glad that you found what you were looking for. I wish you the best of luck with everything in your
  2. Question for Female Nurses

    My husband works for a major soft drink manufacturer. He might not like me dating right now. j/k To answer your question...makes no difference to me at all what a guy does as long as he is
  3. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

    I have heard about it, but didn't know whether or not it was passed. I do agree that it should be a 4 year degree. Please don't get mad at me for saying
  4. performance eval not fair-- !

    I would consider that DON to not know her job and to not know YOU as a nurse. I think I would let the nurse supervisor take it up with the administrator, after all that is what she is there for. I...
  5. It's 6:59!!! For pity's sake!

    I hear you on this, and I understand your POV, but I have had a day nurse stay and stay and we can't get our shift started because she has the nurses station full of charts and she isn't done charting...
  6. It's 6:59!!! For pity's sake!

    Oh yeah, if I had been that LPN and some day LPN told me I was going to stay until 7:30am and call the doc, I would have a few choice words to say. Problem was the night shift LPN was TOO NICE, and...
  7. It's 6:59!!! For pity's sake!

    Oh yeah, it was bad. The poor night LPN was bullied by a day shift LPN and actually stayed until 7:30 am to call the doctor because the day shift nurse said IT WASN'T HER JOB! That poor LPN night...
  8. It's 6:59!!! For pity's sake!

    knew of a day nurse who told a night nurse (who was to clock out at 6 am) that she had to stay in the building until 7:30 am to call the doc on her resident who had fallen during the night. Doc...
  9. Lifting with family members

    I had an oncology nurse (RN) ask me to help move my mother in law in bed one time. MIL was dying and since I was a nurse, I went ahead and helped out. At the time I wasn't even thinking about hospital...
  10. Intolerant of RN errors

    talk about a mistake. We had an older RN in her late 70's (not that age has anything to do with this)....but....she incorrectly translated a written doctors order for lisinopril 2.5mg. She wrote 12.5,...
  11. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

    how about the word angina? I have heard it pronounced an jhy na.. sounds like long i and an gina short i... I was always taught long i.???
  12. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    i have had students drop out of nurse aide classes because they didn't do the research on exactly what a cna does. many reasons why people quit class is; having a 2 month old at home that is very...
  13. How Dare You Say That To My Patient!!!

    i had a tech go bazerk(sp) on the evening shift once. i was down in a room hanging iv vancomycin when i see the don pull up in her vehicle. i got finished with what i was doing, set the pump, and told...
  14. Time required for safe med administration

    i feel your pain. in most hospitals and ltc we have an hour window. one hour before and 1 hour after the time of the actual med pass. i heard an adminstrator go off on a nurse who was running 5...
  15. what are these people thinking???

    this happens all the time. you bring something to work with you and then some clown comes along and drinks it. in your case, they probably took a few sips and walked away. what a pain. when i was...
  16. Seeking employment with VA hospital

    here in illinois a rn without a bsn can be a nurse at the va. so can an lpn. in the military a bsn is usually required or at least you must be working toward the
  17. Clinical Intructor

    that is correct in my state of illinois. an instructor must have a msn to teach rn students, but can have a bsn to teach lpn. i had a clinical instructor who was working on her msn who was at the...
  18. Clinical Intructor

    just to clarify..my student did not realize that i was a registered nurse. i guess she just thought i was a teacher brought in by the college to teach nursing students and chaperone students in the...
  19. please don't let the math scare you away. i was terrified of not passing a mandatory drug calculations test which was given 3 weeks before graduation from rn school. we had 2 chances to get a 90 or...
  20. what should I do?

    yes, it was very difficult for me, but i had 3 children ages 12, 7 and 1 year old when i first started nursing school. we were told upfront exactly what to expect from school. we were told that...
  21. i finally spoke up to a couple of nurses that i worked with in ltc. one was coming in late every single night. shift started at 10pm. she waltzes through the door every single night at 10:15.pm. we...
  22. Dealing with smells...

    it will take time. at first you will want to run and hide somewhere, but believe me after years of doing this, you will get used to it. i like the idea of the halls coughdrops. it does work. your...
  23. Clinical Intructor

    to me it's the same thing. i have to be a registered nurse to teach a group of students be it nurse aides, lpn or rn students. i have to be up on the knowledge and know what i am doing. i had a...
  24. I hate the NCLEX-RN Exam

    i took the nclex-rn exam 12 years ago and it was a nightmare. i had to go through all 265 questions and i was literally wishing i could just turn off the computer and walk out!. when i had taken my...
  25. *Sigh* How do I tell my family?

    do what your heart tells you. if you miss this opportunity, you will regret it for the rest of your life. you will always look back and wish you had done what you felt was right for you. then you have...