AZ_LPN_8_26_13

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. Just took my NCLEX-PN today

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just finished my NCLEX-PN today, one step on the road to eventually becoming an RN w/BSN. Will not know if I for sure passed for a while I guess.... I really don't see why on a computerized exam why...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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....

  14. 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...

  15. 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,...

  16. 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...

  17. 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

    Unfortunately many of these people will pass and go on to be nurses. And they will be this way in the workplace. It's a real problem of the nursing profession - a sort of "elephant in the room" no one...

  18. 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

    These are the tactics I've used and continue to use. I'm an older guy, I just got my LPN, and I am enrolled in an LPN to BSN program, so I've got some schooling left to go. Like I said I'm an older...

  19. why is the corrections facility hiring so much?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to luckie's topic in Correctional

    You have a nursing job though. I would love nothing more than to be stressed out over an LPN job, even in a correctional facility. The job I have now is plenty stressful, with lots of hard work and...

  20. why is the corrections facility hiring so much?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to luckie's topic in Correctional

    I am in Arizona, and I don't think there's a lot of turnover here either - I really don't see too many new openings, not anymore than anyone else really. Corrections facilities here in AZ are actually...

  21. Apparently washed up

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

    I've always believed this to be true - There never really ever has been a nursing shortage. Only a temporary shortage of new nursing students and people will to work for like $9 an

  22. why is the corrections facility hiring so much?

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to luckie's topic in Correctional

    As a new LPN grad I've applied to a couple of corrections openings. I do have a background in security and training in PCI as well. No callbacks yet So I suppose for me corrections isn't going to be...

  23. Are these true or false rumors about LPN

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

    This is basically why I became an LPN - to be able to enroll in an LPN to BSN program where I live. I have been looking in the big-city area where I happen to live and doing a job search for the past...

  24. Job Fair Hints

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

    " Are we producing too many health care workers or are the facilities downsizing/eliminating jobs too rapidly?" Probably both factors are at play here. When you go to a job fair you must be dressed...

  25. Could Obamacare cause a shortage in nursing again

    AZ_LPN_8_26_13 replied to RescueNinja123's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think it's a safe bet that most prison inmates don't give a rip and aren't either one. You have to have a certain amount of obedient civic-mindedness to call yourself either one. I happen to be...