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  1. Insulting pay raise

    shakeytails posted a topic in General Nursing

    I finally received a pay raise. I've been here for almost 4 years. I'm the only LPN on night shift in charge of as many as 64 clients (inpatient detox and rehab). It's been at least 2 years since I...

  2. Bowling Green Tech. College - Glasgow

    shakeytails posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone attend/know anything about their nursing program? It's a 2 year program for RN, but you may quit at the end of 1 year with a diploma for LPN. Glasgow's a long drive for me, but with my...

  3. critique my cover letter!

    shakeytails posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    been working as an lpn in psych for a year since graduation. the pay really sucks and we get cut a lot. looking for a prn or pt position in ltc- it pays a lot more and i enjoy working with geriatrics....

  4. Question for psych nurses!

    shakeytails replied to Blue4me2's topic in Psychiatric

    Never. In our facility we are not allowed to enter a patient's room without another staff member either with us or standing at the door to watch. We also have cameras everywhere. They're not...

  5. critique my cover letter!

    shakeytails replied to shakeytails's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thank you- there's definitely some parts of your letter I can incorporate into mine. I love your 3rd paragraph! Don't you just love it when a patient - out of the blue- thanks you for something...

  6. critique my cover letter!

    shakeytails replied to shakeytails's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thank you both! I'll definitely double-check the grammer. I'll add something about geriatrics. How do you say "I just love working with old folks" in a professional way? Except for clinicals, my...

  7. Two Patient Identifiers

    shakeytails replied to pippy48's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Name, DOB and armband is what we're taught. However, at the nursing home where we do clinicals, the pts don't wear armbands. When passing meds, our instructor has us take the pts picture out of the...

  8. Easy Recipes for Nursing Students

    shakeytails replied to Commanderzoom's topic in General Students

    Those breakfast burritos sound great! They've got to be better than the couple of slices of toast that I often settle for as I'm in a hurry to get to class or

  9. Easy Recipes for Nursing Students

    shakeytails replied to Commanderzoom's topic in General Students

    I marinate stuff for several days as well, it hasn't killed me yet. Usually I take the easy way out and just use plain Italian salad dressing as a marinade. You don't have to cut up the...

  10. Easy Recipes for Nursing Students

    shakeytails replied to Commanderzoom's topic in General Students

    One of my favorites- Mushroom Stew Into crockpot put- 1 pork tenderloin, cut into 1" chunks (or whatever lean pork is on sale) 2 small packages of sliced 'shrooms 2 big bell peppers, cut into big...

  11. My A&P Elephant

    shakeytails replied to keithjones's topic in General Students

    CNA and Psych classes are easy, and for me- so is math. My A&P class was rough, especially since I've been out of school for over 20 years. My A&P class was 4 credit hours - 3 for lecture,...

  12. LPN progam and taking pre reqs for RN program??

    shakeytails replied to butterfly78's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Depends, what are your RN pre-reqs? Mine were A&P1, Math, Psych, and a computer class. Other classes- English 1&2, Humanities, Public Speaking for me transfered from college that I attended...

  13. 10 day express CNA training

    shakeytails replied to vinceharrisky's topic in General Nursing

    Another good reason to take the class at a community college is that you'll be familiar with the equipment and it will be easier for you to pass the skills portion of the test. At ECTC, they do the...

  14. Nursing Student

    shakeytails replied to carissabest's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I'm not so sure about that. I was always an A student in HS and didn't have to work at it, so I didn't learn how to study. I found out the hard way when I attended an Ivy League college that I...

  15. 10 day express CNA training

    shakeytails replied to vinceharrisky's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about all of them, but my college does a "fast track" CNA class- I think it's two weeks long. The classes fill incredibly fast, and I think most if not all of the fall sessions are full....

  16. LPN to RN near ft. knox? Galen School of nursing??

    shakeytails replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in General Nursing

    Elizabethtown is a whole lot closer to Ft. Knox than Galen, and much less expensive IF you can get accepted.

  17. Inexpensive Immunizations?

    shakeytails replied to SierraMoon's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the same boat. I called "the little clinic" and was told that they don't even have the vaccines in stock. I need MMR and Varicella. I found the Portland Clinic in Louisville. MMR is $45,...

  18. Taking the NLN PAX RN on Friday...

    shakeytails replied to mich9385's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just took mine today, the computer version. At the end I was afraid to look at my scores because I was afraid I'd totally bombed the science part. I've been out of school for over 20 years, and...

  19. I want to be a nurse so bad--but don't know how to make that possible

    shakeytails replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    Where there's a will there's a way, right? I'm 43 and lost my job last fall. Right now I'm taking classes and trying to get into one of the community college nursing programs. I'm living off savings...

  20. Bowling Green Tech. College - Glasgow

    shakeytails replied to shakeytails's topic in General Nursing

    No need to be offended. I realize that all the RN programs are competitive. I might have a chance getting in with a 1:4 or 1:5 acceptance rate; 1:20 or better- probably not yet. Glasgow is just...

  21. CNA pay - Elizabethtown, Louisville, Leitchfield

    shakeytails replied to shakeytails's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! That's about what I guessed pay to be. I've heard in L'ville it's possible to get $14-15/hr IF you don't want benefits AND you get lucky. An LPN in my Anatomy class was telling me that...

  22. CNA pay - Elizabethtown, Louisville, Leitchfield

    shakeytails posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting CNA classes tomorrow, partly b/c it's a required prereq. for all the community college nursing programs, and also b/c I need a job that can be flexible with my school schedule. I live...