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I found this interesting. A modified form of fecal bacteriotherapy (Autologous Restoration of Gastrointestinal Flora - ARGF) that is safer, more effective, and easier to administer is being developed.[3] An autologous faecal sample, provided by the patient before medical treatment, is stored in a refrigerator. Should the patient subsequently develop C. difficile, the sample is extracted with saline and filtered. The filtrate is freeze-dried and the resulting solid enclosed in enteric-coated capsules. Administration of the capsules will restore the patient's own colonic flora and combat C. difficile. This procedure will avoid the hazards of standard FB, where infection from the donor could be transmitted to the patient and the requirement to deliver faecal samples into the duodenum via a nasal probe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal_bacteriotherapy This would be way better than having to use a donor sample.

These replies are too funny! Thank you for giving me the 1st good laughs I've had all week! My family members are looking @ me like I'm crazy, I'm laughing so hard! (Ooh my side hurts, my side-in my Donkey voice)

Thanks for your reply, but really, I was just curious. If u look @ my personal info you will see that I am not new to allnurses & that I have been a nurse for awhile...it was just something I had never heard of, something new, so I put the question out there to see what my friends here @ allnurses think. Nothing more, nothing less. I thought that was allowed? But again, thank you for your reply.

No one in my family has it. Like I said, I was just curious. Since I've been in nursing, I've encountered the fruity smell of ketoacidosis, the smell that you get when someone has c-diff, the smell of death or near death etc. I overheard someone talking about this so I just put this question out there.

When a person gets strep throat does it have a smell? If so, what kind of smell is it? Is it different from a "bad-breath" smell? Just curious....

I took it in August. I kept having to reschedule the date through Pearsonview (about 2 or 3 times). I used Studygroup101 & did the pretests through Excelsior & studied them, they were very helpful. I basically went over the tests & study guides in my Studygroup101 A&P CD. I passed with a C! And that is fine with me because I have a strong dislike towards A&P.

I doubt it. I don't think my supervisor cares that much. She's too busy dodging the phone, hoping that no one calls out (so that she doesn't have to go in to work).

It will be very challenging, but you can do it. You need to brush up on your math skills. Are there any tutors/math refresher course you can take?

I was charge nurse @ a LTC facility where I was a CNA for 5 years. I remember having a talk with the CNAs when I got my nursing license. I told them what my expectations were, I encouraged them to come to me with any issues that they may have, & I also stressed the importance of all of us working together as a team to take care of our residents. I didn't talk down to them or treat them as if they were not as good as I was since I was a nurse. I knew how important their job was since I had once been there too. Yes, my job responsibilities had changed when I became a nurse but I was still that same person who would get down in the trenches with them when they needed me. Of course, there were some whom might had not taken me seriously @ first...especially after those first few warnings..but a write up or two later, & they knew that I meant business & that I was not having any of the nonsense. Some people will try you just to see where your head is at. But just like parenting, if you say what you mean & mean what you say...stay consistent...& show no favoritism whatsoever, then slowly things will start to come together. Now there could be some CNAs that may have to be gotten rid of altogether, but those are usually the ones who don't want to be there or need to be there anyway. Whatever the case may be, you have to get a handle on this situation sooner than later. You are the nurse in charge, not them! Good luck with your role transition.

I've worked in longterm care facilities that employ med techs. They pass oral meds, narcs, give suppositories, patches, etc. They don't give any injections or do any IVs. If I understand correctly, the med techs I worked with (& this was in Missouri) went to school for 3-6months to be certified to pass meds. They are a great asset to have. With the med techs passing meds, this helped free up time for the nurse to have more interaction with the patient, to do assessments & whatnot. How disappointed I was when I moved to Tennessee & worked in a LTC facility that did not employ med techs. The nurses spent the majority of their time passing meds. I now work in a home healthcare setting where they spend 8-16 hours training individuals to pass meds in the homes that don't require a nurse to be in attendance. I really think that this should not be allowed because that is not enough time to accurately train anyone-meds are so important & in most cases critical to the patients well-being...but those med techs that I worked with in MO really knew their stuff. I miss having them around.

I was 16 yrs when I became pregnant with my first child, 17 yrs & a senior in high school when I had my daughter (who is now almost 17 yrs old). I was an honors student, taking some college classes in high school. I'm from a small town of about 4000-5000 people. If you were a female & didn't have a baby by the time you were out of high school, then you were not part of the norm. It was mostly the girls from the African American community who had the babies. I would occassionally hear about some of the Caucasian girls getting pregnant but they would abort them or they would be away for awhile & when you'd see them the next time it would be as if nothing had happened (I assumed they had probably given the babies up for adoption or something). Our school system acted as if there wasn't a problem & looked the other way; they often looked down on us girls when it became apparent that we were pregnant. They took me out of all my college classes that I was taking when they found out I was pregnant. Also, any girl who became pregnant couldn't be a homecoming attendant or anything like that (it wasn't that way for the boys). Now my mother didn't speak much on sex, only saying that I'd "better not bring no babies home". (Even though she had me when she was 17yrs old too) Nothing was said about STDs etc. I did take full responsibility for becoming pregnant, didn't blame anyone but myself. I knew that having a baby would make life more difficult for me (to say the least), as I had helped take care of my younger brothers, sisters, & cousins since I was eleven while my mother worked 2 jobs. We had our local health dept. that attempted to keep us up on information on how to best take care of ourselves while we were pregnant & after we had our babies. There was the WIC (Woman, Infants, & Children) program that helped provide food & nutritional information for low income families (that is a great program). I remember a program where a local lady would come around to your homes with free books for your babies to encourage them to read @ an early age. We had a local family learning center who would provide daycare for us young mothers during the day while we were @ school. They also provided job skills training & GED training for mothers & fathers who needed it. When I went to LPN school they helped me with nursing supplies/clothing so I didn't have to pay out-of-pocket. There were other state programs (that they don't tell you about) that paid for me to go to LPN school since I was a young single mother. I didn't pay for anything. One program even bought me a car to get back & forth to school. Now that I have young teenage girls that I am responsible for, their father & I talk to them about sex,STDs, peer pressure,drugs, etc. I am not stupid enough to think that my children won't have sex because of all the good values that we have instilled in them. I am not naive enough to believe that when I am not around that they are going to behave the same way as when I am around. I also don't look the other way & pretend not to notice that I see how beautiful my daughters are, & that my 12 yr old has a body that is more matured & filled out than her 16yr old sister & even mine @ 16yrs. I know that if I notice these things then other people have too. I keep my daughters educated on sex & everything, encourage them to ask questions & let them know I wouldn't get upset when they do (they didn't believe that one till they tried it a couple times). I want them to know they can come to me about anything & everything cause I got their backs. I don't try to hide my past from them because I want them to see that I've been there & speak from experience. I just feel that in many ways, the solution to teen pregnancy can be started & found with the parents. We can't stop everyone from becoming pregnant @ a young age, because they are gonna do what they want to in the end. But we can keep them well educated & informed of all the pros & cons so that when the time comes for them to make a decision, they can make a well-informed one. Sorry my reply was so long. This is a personal issue with me. :)

@xtxrn Huh? Did I miss something? I could have sworn that I posted: "OMG...what an experience! Some people just have no respect for their jobs, themselves, or other people. BTW, I'm working on my RN too & I hope that u get yours soon (& that u get the job that u really deserve)." I never said that offenders didn't deserve appropriate care. I would never say/think that. What my comment was referring to was the totally unprofessional conduct of libran1984's coworkers regarding the missing narcs. No one should act/talk to anyone that way, regardless of what happened. Now if I'm misreading your comment, then I wholeheartedly apologize for misunderstanding.:) And I don't think it's easy for anyone to talk about mistakes that they may have made in the nursing field or any other field in that matter. But if just one person could learn from it, maybe it wouldn't be repeated or would be dealt with differently. I don't look @ the OP's starter post as being negative @ all.

OMG...what an experience! Some people just have no respect for their jobs, themselves, or other people. BTW, I'm working on my RN too & I hope that u get yours soon (& that u get the job that u really deserve).

I live in the Boro. It's true that there is some crime, but no more than any other city that I have lived in(& I've stayed in a few). From what I can see, Nashville has way more crime than the Boro, but, depending on where you decide to stay, it can still be nice. I'm an LPN & I make $25/hr, working nights full time, 8hr shift, Mon-Fri, no benefits, & not hospital. Since RNs are supposed to make more than LPNs, your pay shouldn't be too shabby if you moved here, esp @ Vanderbilt (which I hear is pretty nice with great benefits).

I loved the picture you painted...such a wonderful thing to have 2 people care about each other & support each other that way. I remember going to LPN school & working 24-36 hrs on the weekends...my husband & I had 2 young children then, he worked full time also. In doing prereqs for my RN, I worked full time nights @ a hospital, part-time evenings @ a nursing home, & went to a community college during the day carrying 12-16hrs a semester. I finished my prereqs in 3 semesters. My husband worked days & stayed home with our then 3 kids then. It was very hard. Now for various reasons, I'm doing the last leg of my RN online. I work full-time nights, so it's actually better this way.@inpatientlywaiting, just remember that prayer changes things, have alot of patience & use any free time wisely...yes family is very important...you & your husband be pillars of support for each other & keep your eyes on the prize. Also remember that children are very strong & resilient creatures. You all will make it through this. This too shall pass.

I wish someone had warned me that I could go straight through Excelsior & not through side companies-like RUE. I'm using Rue's books but some of them don't even follow what will be on the final test of certain classes, ie.,Lifespan of Developmental Psych. I just buy studygroup cds & study them & pass with them & send their books back. Oh, my precious, wasted, money $$$$$$$!!!!!!!:crying2::crying2:

I feel really bad that the OP has had to experience this. It's true, some LTC facilities are like this, but not all. I originally worked as a CNA for 5 yrs before I became an LPN. I got my CNA through the LTC facility that I worked at, went to school for 3 months. It was very demanding work @ times. It's true that we had nurses that did not believe that they were supposed to do "CNA work", but we also had nurses that weren't scared to get "down in the trenches" with us so to speak. But working in LTC as a CNA did have its good moments too. When I made my residents smile from rubbing their legs & feet with lotion; when I went that extra mile to make sure they got that special snack they like or put their things away in their rooms just the way they wanted them, or even just pushing them around outside in their wheelchairs for little walks. Just doing those little things meant alot to them. Being a CNA prepared me for becoming an LPN & allowed me to understand things from a CNAs point of view, it made me a better nurse overall. I feel that people should be a CNA before becoming a LPN/RN because it gives you a different outlook on things, makes you see all the colors in the picture, not just shades of gray. As far as the OP's talking up medical assisting, I feel that if you don't want to become a nurse in any way, but still want to be in the healthcare field, then go ahead & do Medical Assisting. But, if you do plan on becoming a nurse & don't want to get your CNA first, then go ahead & go to school to be a nurse. Think of it like this, How long does it take you to go to school to be a medical assistant? Almost a year, maybe? It takes about the same amount of time to get your LPN. Why waste your money? And remember this: No matter what they tell you-a medical assistant is not the same thing as a nurse.

Hey. Everyone! I've been a LPN for almost 10yrs now & started working towards my RN about 3 yrs ago. I have all my prereqs out the way except A&P1 & I test for A&P 1&2 Aug. 15th. (When I was in MO the RN program that I was getting ready to attend @ a community college didn't require me to take Anatomy & Phys1. They accepted what I had taken from my LPN program so I only needed A&P2. So I took A&P2 & passed it. Fast-forward I move to another state another program- and I need A&P1. Go figure? So I did one that had A&P 1&2. I'm thinking I should've just did 1.) I buy my books through RUE. I also use the Studygroup cds. I'm studying for Transitions & Health Safety now, already passed Lifespan. I will then enroll in the EC program. As for the CPNE, whenever that time does come I may take some prep classes-I haven't decided yet. I have the Mosby's Physical Assessment video DVDs that I plan on using to help me get ready. This is a great group! I wish everyone well with their tests. :)

OK. Well, if none of the "higher ups" have come to u directly to discuss this situation, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Unfortunately there is always someone spreading rumors & lies about other people if for no other reason than to hear their own voice. Even if u are upset about it, don't give that person who is lying on u the advantage of knowing it by showing it. (Don't let em see u sweat:)). When someone talks about u, it means that they're thinking about u, u are on their mind. Chalk it up to jealousy. It just seems 2 me that this person is-what we like 2 commonly call these days-a Hater. Yep. And I do believe that the saying goes "Haters make me greater." So rise up from this. We all get talked about. For those who think that they don't, they just don't have bionic ears.

What? I thought she said she wasn't having an affair with her boss...Did I miss something?

Poor girl(she just didn't know no better,bless her little heart!) It's still very funny though.

Lol! :lol2:

I have worked 8hr & 12hr shifts. I have even worked 16hr shifts before. There was even a time when I worked 40hrs a week full time with one job, worked 24hrs a week with my 2nd job, & went to school full time. It was very hard on me back then (but I had to do what I had to) & all I did was sleep on my off-time. Now I work 5 nights a week, 8 hour shifts. I tell you, working these 8hr shifts tires me out. I would much rather take three or four 12hr shifts a week than work five 8hr shifts any day.

And some of us probably wouldn't even have a job!