spunky1281

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  1. miscarriage

    I recently just went through a miscarriage and found out the baby passed 2 weeks before my body aborted it. I ended up choosing not to do a D&C (mostly because the baby was already out before I...
  2. oral fluids in labor

    I received an epidural during my labor and was never restricted on fluids. It was very dry in there and I felt like no matter how much I drank, it was never enough. Something mad me so thirsty I was...
  3. St. Cloud Hospital

    I've been really trying and have had only 1 interview lately. I really would like to get into the clinic or hospital but never hear anything after interviews? Anyone have any connections to get me in....
  4. Nursing staffing

    Wait a second. It shouldn't be how many staff are on that is the issue. It is what are the cares like. If there are 42 residents and they are all pretty much independent with only needing the assist...
  5. another victim of nclex waiting...

    get Kaplan's NCLEX book. helped when I failed it. I learned it was because of my nervousness that I failed. The book helped me quite a bit and i was much calmer the second
  6. I'd be very careful with this. If you speak up about it, it may backfire on you. Nursing instructors tend to stick very tightly together and going over their head or calling them on something could...
  7. lumbar back pain

    I'm not asking for medical advice. I'm asking if anyone has ever had it and if so, what they found out about it..... I work with enough doctors that if I wanted to have it looked at, I
  8. lumbar back pain

    I'm not sure if anyone has come across anything like this...but I'm hoping... About a month or 2 ago, I think I twisted wrong picking up my 2 yr old son. Since then I've had lumbar back pain...
  9. Thank you! I too, get sick of LPN's not being referred to as
  10. Nurses working in doctor's office

    I work for a pain management clinic and our RN's primarily work in pre/post-op. One of our RN's also floats to clinic and works phone triage and works with our insurances (pre-authorizations). I don't...
  11. Free CEU credits/contact hrs?

    where did you find
  12. Whoa. Slow down. It isn't as bad as you make it out to be. I went to school full time for the LPN program, raised an infant, and worked 32 hours a week. Instructors told me I had to quit my job or cut...
  13. peg/gtube question

    I had a LTC resident pull out his Mic-key gtube. I am an LPN and have never been trained to deal with them coming out. The charge nurse was an RN. If a resident pulls it out, do they get sent in to...
  14. Can A School Deny Me Because of Hep B?

    ummm nope that would be discrimination. Now, its borderline discrimination to deny someone because of a tattoo or piercing.... Threaten them with a discrimination
  15. Changeover- Worst Night of my life (vent long)!!!!

    Yep, that is how a changeover usually goes. I have never seen a changeover go good (well except when I trained in-those are nights guaranteed to go smoothly). For some reason residents have this thing...