I just hit my 3 year mark as a med-surg/step down nurse but am trying really hard to get into NICU. I have been wanting to work NICU for quite some time now but have been applying for many NICUs...
SP1CEGRL replied to PrincessAlexis's topic in General Nursing
Ha! Just yesterday stepped in a patients very soft yellow colored poo that got flung on the floor without my realizing as I was changing a patient and his fecal management system came out, and poo...
So I was an LPN for 5 years who became an RN two years ago. I worked as an RN at the nursing home I worked at as an LPN for several months before I got a position at a local hospital on a...
I have always wanted to be an Air Force Nurse for many reasons. One of them being traveling and seeing what nursing was like all over the world. However this has always been one of my goals in the...
took my boards this morning at 8:00 and have been getting the "good pop-up" since I walked out of the testing center. Went all the way to 260-something questions - I really hope this trick is right...
Hello everyone!! Struggling nursing student here, hoping someone can provide me with some input. I am working on a case study where I have to create a detailed discharge plan for my patient who was...
WOW......just came back to this thread and about a year and a half after posting it.....i can see what a long way i have come. i was right.....that first shift was awful. i only did about 4 or 5...
I work at a LTC facility and our CNAs are not allowed to take our vitals.... they only do temps but I've watched CNAs sit right in front of me and make up every single temp after I asked them to go...
SP1CEGRL replied to Mrsearly2009's topic in Geriatric, LTC
if you have any more days of training, ask whoever is training you to let you pass meds on a few people, you will be awfully slow at first, but it is important to try to get some hands-on experience...
SP1CEGRL replied to Mrsearly2009's topic in Geriatric, LTC
as a BRAND new LPN at a long term care facility, I was given only three days of training and like you, I shadowed 3 different nurses, and each was on a different shift before I was thrown out to the...
I had a really hard time finding shoes when I first got into nursing! I bought three different pairs at the uniform store, and I got rid of them all because they would all hurt my feet after a day of...
I also received an acceptance letter for the Grant LPN - RN Transition program starting Fall 2012. I sent in my deposit today. I don't even remember which prerequisites were the ones that count...