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  1. May 2008 grads....how are things going?

    sparketteinok replied to marilynmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    thanks for the pep talk...I sure do need those lately....you know, even though today I had 3 d/cs, 1 transfer, and 3 admits (one hit at 1400, one at 1405 and one at 1415), was so busy I couldn't see...

  2. May 2008 grads....how are things going?

    sparketteinok replied to marilynmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    P.S. I work 5- 8 hour days a week,, one day off in the middle of the week, every other weekend, 0645- (supposed to be 1515- yeah right)... is it just day shift

  3. May 2008 grads....how are things going?

    sparketteinok replied to marilynmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, sure wish I could've gone to the happy hospital yall all seem to work at.... I swear, I'm not a negative person by nature, but just by reading the entries here, it makes realize just how much...

  4. I need an LPNs advice....

    sparketteinok replied to windmill182's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't request to be belittled by anyone. I work hard, and I expect to be respected for it. The point I was trying to make is that there is a stigma, even from the most awesome RNs I know. Example:...

  5. I need an LPNs advice....

    sparketteinok replied to windmill182's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Pros: shorter time in school (mine was self-paced, finished in 16 months), more prepared (skillwise) fresh out of school than new RNs (in my opinion and experience), the ability to have less time and...

  6. Do you shower when you get off work???

    sparketteinok replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    Well I guess no one uses lotion. Or has any recommendations on good lotion that actually works. How can all the showering yall are doing not dry out your

  7. Do you recommend becoming a nurse?

    sparketteinok replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    [ oh just to add my about someone that metioned the nurse that does "nothing" but talk to her patients...being on the other side of the bed it helps when you do take the time to just say hello or let...

  8. Venting about classmates with families...

    sparketteinok replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    "High school "never" ends." Amen. Isn't it crazy that when you put adults together in a large work place, most end up behaving like sixth

  9. Do you recommend becoming a nurse?

    sparketteinok replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think my bubble has burst. Yes, I have a problem with giving less than great care. It really bothers me that there are days when my "good" patients get ignored because my needy or psycho or 3-page...

  10. Do you shower when you get off work???

    sparketteinok replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    OK- so everyone's showering like crazy- the real question is- how do you keep your skin from drying and cracking??? If I'm not just as obsessive about lotion, my hands crack and bleed, which, as we...

  11. Do you recommend becoming a nurse?

    sparketteinok replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    You know, after being yelled at by my nurse manager, hit by a patient, buried by skin folds while placing a foley, having poo slung on me, followed up and down the halls by family members, and was...

  12. Please help: new grad on tele floor

    sparketteinok replied to hollyberry678's topic in Cardiac

    Be ready to be more physically and emotionally exhausted than you ever thought

  13. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    sparketteinok replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Okay- here goes- who likes loogies??!! Yesterday, had a post bowel resect guy who also had LUL pneumonia, history of COPD, the usual. His surgeon came to visit, and I noticed 2 big brown blobs stuck...

  14. Do you recommend becoming a nurse?

    sparketteinok replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    May I just say, I am a new nurse, 3 months experience, and I am having a hard time adjusting. Now, granted, I did not work in the medical field before I went to school, so yes, it was ALL a culture...

  15. Venting about classmates with families...

    sparketteinok replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    The truth of the matter is, there will always be people that will say, my kid's sick, my dog's sick, I can't work/study because my life is too demanding....etc. etc. etc. The bottom line is, life in...

  16. Venting about classmates with families...

    sparketteinok replied to moncj66's topic in General Students

    OK, I am getting sooooo sick and tired of my classmates thinking that just because I don't work, have kids, or a husband..I have no problems. When did having problems only become exclusive to family...

  17. Shut up when I am giving you report...

    sparketteinok replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!

  18. Giving Report?

    sparketteinok replied to EvinsAngel's topic in LPN to RN

    We are required to use SBAR

  19. Shut up when I am giving you report...

    sparketteinok replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Hallelujah!! I am so glad it is not just me that thinks that interrupting "Did you do this?? Did you do that??", etc. is extremely rude and demeaning. Yes, there are definitely some things that...

  20. How do you get the nursing care done with hourly rounding & computer documentation?

    sparketteinok replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    hey guys, had 4 patients today, not only did I do patient care, but my sheets were up AND signed (imagine that), and charting was done by 1400!! It did make me feel good that I was actually able to...

  21. How do you get the nursing care done with hourly rounding & computer documentation?

    sparketteinok replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    Just got my a** chewed out today for not getting my rounding papers up (which were the night shift's responsibility to get up), and of course, for not signing them... oh- I'M SORRY- I was TAKING CARE...

  22. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    sparketteinok replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Had a guy just yesterday.... hocked a big brown loogie into his emesis basin (not the nice, throw-away paper towel I was attempting to hand him)...I rinsed it out, thank God... then his family...

  23. Am I just overly sensitive?????

    sparketteinok replied to skwlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've been cussed out on the phone by a doc, only to have him come up to the floor and be sweet as sugar with his patients.... again, I think all these issues are about the good ol American dollar......

  24. Pregnant and not know it?

    sparketteinok replied to ToxicShock's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm crazy, but I've had two kids, 8 and 10 now. Feeling the baby kick was absolutely the best thing in the world. However, now that I'm all old and fat, there are times when my belly moves (I...

  25. Failed the NCLEX-RN for the 5th time!

    sparketteinok replied to ZeldaJane's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    #1. Just WHAT is wrong with being a PN?? I know she went to school for RN, but if she can't pass the RN test, maybe she needs a confidence boost by taking (and hopefully passing) the PN test. #2....