KacyLynnRN

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  1. Ivy Tech Question

    KacyLynnRN replied to mycorysmom's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Hey all....when talking about Ivy tech... just a thought here... I am an ASN student at IU in Columbus, Indiana. I've heard that the Ivy Tech in Columbus, Indiana just started an ASN program...this is...

  2. Early Morning Clinicals

    KacyLynnRN replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Students

    I have had to leave for clinicals as early as 5 am... it's just a fact of life in nursing school that you will go to bed late, wake up super early and go to clinicals at the crack of dawn. Just think...

  3. going to LPN school after failing RN program

    KacyLynnRN replied to Purple Princess's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Some nursing instructors make me SO mad!! When I was in LPN school, one week before graduation might I add, I accidently cathed a woman's lady parts twice, when I was getting ready to try a 3rd time,...

  4. What do/did you say when...

    KacyLynnRN replied to Nalini's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    hahaha! I got SOOOO sick of this question, I'm back in school for my RN!!! :) When people ask me why I am an LPN 'instead of an RN', I just smile and tell then it was what was right for me at the...

  5. LPN's who can't pass NCLEX-RN??

    KacyLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all... this may sound like a dumb problem, but it is really starting to freak me out!! I am an LPN, and current RN student, I will graduate in May of next year. Anyway, there have been 3 girls I...

  6. LPN's who can't pass NCLEX-RN??

    KacyLynnRN replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Meownsmile, thanks for posting...yes I totally agree with you, that the RN thought process and the LPN thought process are completely different...I have been really shocked to learn this as I am...

  7. Does Johnson & Johnson Commercial Really Help Nursing?

    KacyLynnRN replied to Snoopd's topic in General Nursing

    I think the long waits to get into nursing programs have more to do with lack of instructors...because they are paid peanuts for long, hard work from what I hear....also I don't know if there would...

  8. Hospital shut down yesterday!

    KacyLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    A 300+ bed hospital here in Indianapolis, IN. shut down yesterday due to finances. Over 200 nurses lost their jobs. The closing has really shocked everyone around here. Our hospital has had 260...

  9. Hospital shut down yesterday!

    KacyLynnRN replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    cheerful, I agree with you and sad thing is, I live here!!!!! Last year at my hospital, 260+ people lost their jobs, new management took over which is AWFUL by the way, over 60% of our regular...

  10. Help - What style of scrub tops do you prefer?

    KacyLynnRN replied to NewNurse2be's topic in General Nursing

    gotta have my scrub tops with 2 big pockets...have to have all that room to carry all my stuff in!!! :) I don't see how people that wear those shirts with just one little chest pocket do it. Where do...

  11. ARE THERE ANY NURSES OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY "ENJOY" or HAPPY WITH THEIR JOB.

    KacyLynnRN replied to dream8's topic in General Nursing

    Do I hate my job? Yes! Do I love my job? Yes! I hate: always being short-staffed, never having the amount of time I would like to have to sit down with my patients and talk with them, edcuate them,...

  12. LPN's who can't pass NCLEX-RN??

    KacyLynnRN replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone, for your responses... I don't anticipate having problems on the NCLEX-RN (had none with the NCLEX-PN) but the few LPN's that got through RN school and didn't pass borads really has...

  13. Scary doctors!!!

    KacyLynnRN replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh my gosh Nerdse that is tooooo funny!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the laughs!!! Kacy :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  14. Anyone here work night shift-past or present? Need advice pls.

    KacyLynnRN replied to jetta1's topic in General Nursing

    Jetta, I am a 'day shift' person too, but I did work nights (7p-7:30a) my first year out of nursing school. My advice is: don't drink too much caffeine before midnight (save it for when you are...

  15. "A monkey can be trained to do what you nurses do"

    KacyLynnRN replied to angel337's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me, I would have written down everything about the incident as soon as I could get away from it, such as exactly what was said, witnesses, etc... then ASAP written a letter detailing the...

  16. Hospital shut down yesterday!

    KacyLynnRN replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    SmilingBlueyes...I think you misunderstood...I do not work at the hospital that closed down. It is just very close to the hospital I work at now. My hospital's still open...but we haven't been doing...

  17. Glad I got malpractice insurance

    KacyLynnRN replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care what other people's opinions are of me carrying malpractice insurance are...I have heard it all, including that I will be a target if I have insurance...I would rather be a 'target' and...

  18. I'm giving my notice tomorrow

    KacyLynnRN replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    I'm right there with you...we had layoffs at our hospital last year, got a new, difficult & uncaring boss who has made the work environment less than friendly, to say the least...we have lost more...

  19. anyone who didnt pass with 85 questions

    KacyLynnRN replied to Ms.RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had 85 questions and I

  20. Online LPN programs?

    KacyLynnRN replied to CRNA010's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    the only online program I know of is:

  21. Acceptance of online BSN (from ADN) degree by employers...

    KacyLynnRN replied to IamRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I get my ASN in May of next year, I am going to enroll in an online RN-BSN program, but I plan to enroll in one of the several colleges that offer all online BSN completion programs in my state....

  22. Least favorite subject?

    KacyLynnRN replied to LydiaNN's topic in General Nursing

    Peds and OB...hate it, hate it, hate it!!!! In Peds, I was constantly nervous and I felt like the kids parents were breathing down my neck all the time, and OB freaked me out because I haven't had...

  23. Appropriate interception or invasion of privacy?

    KacyLynnRN replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with you...if the courier had given me the package, I'd have taken it in to the patient...what patients do, as long as they keep me out of it and I don't get in trouble, is their own business....

  24. Nurse/patient Ratio.....

    KacyLynnRN replied to Ari RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work day shift (7am-7:30pm) on a med/surg unit...each nurse used to have 4 patients per day, 5 if it was really crazy, and 2 nurses shared 1 tech/CNA as well...last year they laid off a bunch of...

  25. Could you get fired for something you write on the boards?

    KacyLynnRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    This morning I read an article about 2 cops that got fired for posting a sexual movie of themselves on a website (they didn't identify that they were cops, indicate where they worked, or anything like...