AZ_LPN_8_26_13

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1. Fired. How To Get Over It.

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to rninformatics's topic in Nursing Career

   I retired from nursing this past October and things like this happening are partly why. I've been getting phone messages about various positions open but I'm not really interested. I will keep my...

2. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   That's great. It's people like this, that I like seeing in nursing. Hey, bedside care is not for everyone. Just so a person understands that they may have to do at least their small share of it along...

3. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   My best wishes to her and I hope she makes it. Hey it's OK to have hopes and dreams.... One thing a person will find sometimes is that their exact route to where they eventually want to be may turn...

4. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   I see nothing wrong with this myself - so you do a few years of anywhere from 4:1 to 6:1 bedside nursing then move on. Do your time in purgatory cleaning poop, dealing with dementia and violent...

5. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't find it hard to read. Somewhat long-winded maybe, but IMO his writing is

6. Unrealistic nursing students

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in General Nursing

   Actually that's my only real regret - that I never thought of or considered doing this 20 or 30 years ago. Back then a medical career in a hospital just wasn't on my radar - not even a little bit. I...

7. My clinical instructor...

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Orizza's topic in General Students

   "You were so lucky to have a clinical instructor like this in nursing school period. My experience in an accelerated program was just the opposite. There was one clinical instructor my second semester...

8. My clinical instructor...

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Orizza's topic in General Students

   I will have to say without reservation or exception that when I was in nursing school, my *clinical* instructors were the absolute best. They were the most honest, down-to-earth, and genuinely helpful...

9. Being bullied at school (I thought we were all adults here!)

   AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to granolatrees's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   I actually somewhat agree with the post, but I still think bullying is real, it's a real problem, and no it's not just in the person's emotions or mind. And it shouldn't be tolerated. Having said...

10. Lawsuit Claims Nurse Was 'Worked to Death'

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    @ OP: There isn't now, and never has been a "nationwide shortage of nurses". There are plenty of qualified, educated American citizens willing and able to work as nurses. The shortage is of employers...

11. Night shifters-when do you eat?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to cassie77775's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked the overnight shift for many years now, even before I started working at a hospital. We are mandated to take at least a half hour clock out break during our twelve hour shift. I usually...

12. Are these true or false rumors about LPN

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to mcclot1993's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Teaching plans are created by determining what a patient needs to know for their continuing care and their ability to learn.The RN makes the call as far as what the patient needs to be taught and how....

13. Are these true or false rumors about LPN

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to mcclot1993's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It all depends on where you live and what the defined scope of practice is. Where I'm at an LPN can do practically everything an RN can - the only things only an RN can do are care plans, teaching...

14. Job Fair Hints

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to dnsonthego's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    A lot of it depends on where you live. Where I live, the local Chamber of Commerce, and also the businesses themselves together, helps advertise job fairs, and ads are run in the paper, on TV,...

15. Being bullied at school (I thought we were all adults here!)

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to granolatrees's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The problem with workplace bullying and nursing school bullying is that it is not your "schoolyard" "give me your lunch money" type of bullying. If it were that easy to pin down it wouldn't be a...