libragirl924

My dad, in the hospital and under the influence of narcotics from his open cholecystectomy (and he rarely takes anything stronger than Tylenol), called the urologist the "pissologist."

Medical transcriptionist for 14 years, plus looking for my first RN job, so I hear a LOT of fun stuff. What irritates me - 'or-oh-fair-NIX' instead of 'or-oh-fair-INKS.' My grandpa, Lord love him, has also had a few doozies - his Atrovent is "Astro...

AMEN!!!

It takes a lot to make me cry. Congratulations!

Awesome - thanks. I did talk with someone from Providence about the internship thing, so I think that is where I am going to start.

That sounds great - I do want to do NICU or OB, though - any good suggestions for that?

I want to relocate to Alaska from MN...will be a new grad RN (Lord willing)...no experience...this is kinda scary. Zoinks! Any advice for me?

I'm also a medical transcriptionist at the moment while in school and I hear the providers using this term a lot before I started school; I had to look it up, of course, because I was totally clueless. Also, I live with and take care of my 83 y/o Gra...

Just take a deep breath, get up, walk away and do something else for 5 minutes. THEN come back, "solve" one problem at a time, taking deep breaths between them if you need to, then solve another. Remember - you're a student and you're LEARNING.

This has GOT to be the week for instructors to tick us off - I was ticked at MY instructor when I commented originally, but I still stand by it. *L*

Don't give that bitter old cow a second thought - she's not worth it. Her need to feel superior to someone else isn't worth your time or energy. If anything, study harder and use the intelligence you have and she lacks against her.

And thanks, everybody! It was hard work but I am SO glad I passed.

I had several IV questions on mine - mostly dosage & drip rates, for which the equation promptly left my brain. All I could remember from my Med Concepts class was "Want over Have." *L* Apparently, I did ok because I am now an official LPN. (...

Thanks - still kinda in "***? Really?" mode right now. *L*

Oh, believe me, I partied last night at the wedding reception I was at, or so I'm told, anyway. *L*

Holy crap - I passed. One of my friends looked it up because I didn't have the cojones to do it. Yay!!! I think - I'm still completely and utterly shocked...

Apparently, I passed...according to my friend, who looked at the MN Board of Nursing website...I still haven't had the guts to look yet. *L*

I'm at work right now and I don't have the cojones to check it here and NOT start bawling...*L*

I have no idea what that is ~ please tell me!

Thanks - I just have this horrid feeling in my belly that is not good - the machine shut off at 85 questions...So, I guess that right now, I do have to trust in my faith that whatever happens with the test, happened for a reason and God is going to g...

Mine shut off yesterday @ 85 questions, too...I'm going to take the test one more time and if I fail it again, I am choosing a different career path.

I took my NCLEX for the LPN yesterday...I don't feel good about it at ALL ~ so, I guess you can add me to the list of 2nd time around-er's. *L*

Most of our faculty was/is wonderful; they weren't the issue. What was the issue for me personally (other than being the primary caregiver for my grandfather) was being completely unprepared and not dedicated enough to truly care about what I was do...

I didn't even tell my parents when graduation was or about the pinning ceremony, nor about failing 2 classes and having to petition to get back in because I couldn't handle my life. They have enough to worry about without my insignificant crap, so w...

I didn't go to my recent LPN pinning ceremony or my graduation because I didn't feel that it was a privilege that I had earned or deserved - I had to retake the two classes that I failed after I petitioned to get back into the program (the reason I f...