DaisyChains

I've just started my second nursing job, and so far, it's so boring and the nurses and staff are not friendly or welcoming at all. It's really hard to make myself go everyday, but this is a good company to work for so I really want to give it a shot...

some of you may recognize that i've been having a hard time lately with the anniversary of losing my mom, so i've started taking generic wellbutrin. i've taken it several times in my life, and i have to say it was amazing in my smoking cessation, and...

I've recently made a change from medical nursing to psych nursing. I used to document so well, I knew all the right things to chart in reference to the physical condition, but now i have no idea what to document on my clients. I'm the first LPN on t...

My grandmother had a hemorrhagic stroke a few months ago, and while she did have a headache and unilateral weakness at the time of the stroke, she has had no lasting effects. She is just as good as ever, even though she is obese at 80 years old. I'v...

i'm new to the injectable drugs that are so oily and while i've not recieved many complainers, i have a few concerns that i'd like some help with. 1: is using ztrack preferred? any reason not to use it, or to use it? today i noticed a good bit of th...

I've been in orientation for a new job for a few weeks now, at a job I'm "okay" with but It's a midnight shift and I'm not sure how I will do with that. Now, I have another job opportunity, and I'm really having a hard time with this. I'm afraid tha...

Please take the advice of those on here who say it's not our job to try to figure that out. My Mom was in chronic pain and who knows how many people in chronic pain ARE addicted or not, but chronic pain needs to be treated. Itching is very common wi...

I was going to post this in the student section {LPN to RN}, but realized they are still students, and I need to ask those of you who have successfully made the transition from LPN to RN or higher. I feel so discouraged, I know I can't afford any mo...

I feel silly, but "I am very, very lucky" will become my mantra at work. I know I AM lucky, and it seems petty to cry about a boring job with stuck up co-workers. See, you guys are the only nurses I ever get to really "talk" to! Thanks!

I'm so sorry about your situation, and while I haven't experienced it, I am getting ready to be in your position at my new job, and I've asked alot of the nurse there how they made it through night shift. Mostly, they all said it took a while to get...

It's been almost three years since my Mom became an organ donor. However, I have always wondered a couple of things and I've asked several nurses but no one knows. #1 Right before taking her to for removal, I am sure that the nurse poured a dark li...

After your responses, I felt encouraged to write to CORE and say exactly what was on my mind. I had such a bad experience with the CORE representitive, that they "donated" a certain amount to the funeral home to try to make it up to me. The CORE rep....

Every single one of you helped me so much. I have new terms/words to find definition for, new ideas to help me in my search, and support because now it's just me and my children. Very lonely feeling, so thank you. I do know that her kidneys, liver ...

So, I know of a patient who was transferred to our facility from another. The debate concerned a PICC line and that only an RN can give the first dose of Vancomycin. The Vanc was started in the first facility. But should the initial dose at the new...

So am I right in that the initial dose by an RN is because of peak and trough? I know that LPN's can get cert. for IV, and this facility does that. And for the person in Texas (I hope I got your state right :) here in Skilled Nursing Facilities, LPN...

If I read your post right, you might have gotten better grades if you'd read and studied more? If so, now you know your weakness and can take control of it when you go back. Don't give up on school. There are several people in the current class that...

hello, i'm a new lpn looking for a job, and wonder if looking for a nursing job has different rules than the jobs i've had before. (i've had only one job as a nurse, it turned out to be a scarily dangerous place to work. hard on my conscience, hard o...

I did a custom search on here first, but haven't found anything that shows in picture detail WHERE to give an IM. In school, I was great on the tests, but now that I've faced IM's in real life, I feel very very insecure. All of the IM's I've had to...