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Actually, my issue isn't with my fellow full-time workers on other shifts; my issue is with the per-diem/float staff who don't take care with our "stuff"...the three of us who share the cart on a regular basis have a nice compromise system going on.....

Hello! My first post as a licensed nurse; I passed boards on October 31 (whew!) I have been working at a LTC/rehab center on the short-term stay unit since graduation, and rapidly developed a mania for my cart arrangement. The scripts are generall...

We were in our summer clinical in July, 2004, on a med-surg unit at a large, regional medical center...my patient had a large, draining post-D&I wound of the hip (s/p ORIF, post-op infection). It had cultured for large amounts of MRSA, and she w...

Part time BOCES program; 2 years. First year, 2 days theory, 1 day lab and 2 days clinical, from 8 a.m. til 11 a.m. for all three. This follows the usual New York school year from early September until June 18th, then 2 weeks off, and on to 7:30 a....

I'm with klone, now is a good time to get over the "small time" issues, like "good looking" and "cool" and get down to the business of learning about caring for people who will often be far from "good looking" and "cool", with other nurses who will h...

I had forgotten how frustrating this was, because I have had the immense good fortune to be able to leave my LTC job to attend nursing school...reading a few posts brought it all back, and just as fresh as if it happened this morning. I have worked ...

Orange/Ulster BOCES, Goshen, NY...grad date 6/2005 (God willin' and the creek don't rise!)

I was hesitant for many years about going to nursing school (started the process when I was 22, but was overwhelmed by the paperwork, financial aid, not ready yet, I guess), and made all kinds of excuses. When the time came that I couldn't bear my ...

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I swear by Canons for two reasons...the new ones are reviewed very highly by my favorite sources (http://www.zdnet.com and http://www.cnet.com, pretty much the same places, and http://www.pcmagazine.com), and I have been told by my service center tha...

Jenna (dob 10/11/01) only "bites" when she's falling asleep...I've actually been bitten once, by my son, when he was teething. It all started because I was too lazy to get out of bed, and too cheap to buy formula, and evolved into probably the most ...

I love you people! My husband and I have quiet disagreements about our youngest (last) child...she wasn't anticipated to be here in the first place, and I had suffered an emergency, near-fatal ruptured ectopic (13 week) pregnancy just three months...

Good morning! I, too, returned to school after exactly 20 years out, and 14 years as a CNA, just this past September. If you've passed the entrance exam, you should be extremely proud, it was a bummer! I agree with the post about medical terminol...

Quickly, (one of three kids howling with hunger!) I'm taking my LPN at a BOCES--community college nearby (OCCC being the closest) don't offer an LPN, just the RN.

I am currently in the first year of a two year, part time LPN program in New York...I am student living in Pennsylvania (by about 6 blocks) and formerly working in New York. I am a CNA, for 14 years, but left my job with the County to go to school. ...

Hello, all...seeking advice or information...I am a first year LPN student, going part time, mornings. My dilemma involves a couple of fellow students. We have just started our clinical rotation in a LTC facility, one I happen to have just left aft...

Hello, Rapheal...a couple of thoughts on your post.. Besides this, there were three people who independently of each other, had the same suspicion. We are also all students, and are transitioning from CNA to LPN, and learning about leadership role...

Actually, Jenny, the facility I just left (CNA 14 yrs) was County-run, which has the same reputation, but actually has a lovely campus, (largely) caring staff, and a broad mix of social and economic levels as residents. I don't know where you are lo...

I appreciate your concerns, RN2be--it so happens that the two students in question were already under scrutiny for unrelated incidents, that nobody outside the faculty was aware of. We did make sure when relating the incident to our instructor that ...

I was a CNA for a number of years before beginning nursing school. The first time I even knew that adults used incontinent briefs I was 22 years old, and shocked by the revelation. In quick succession I was shocked by catheters, tube feedings, deat...

Far be it from me to judge anyone, although I must say...the more one learns about what recreational drugs, and excessive drinking do to the body, and in light of the fact that a nurse is obligated by her very role to advocate a healthy holistic life...

I would have to conclude that your classmates don't take themselves or the nursing profession seriously enough, and they should withdraw if they cannot refrain from using drugs/drinking. Much about this profession requires complete clearheadedness a...

Thanks, everyone, for your help--my classmates and I approached our instructor this morning and got the whole situation out in the open. (I actually navigated to the subject of this thread on the classroom computer, and told her that this was a con...

http://www.metamath.com/lsweb/fourls.htm http://www.studyguide.org/learning_styles.htm http://www.geocities.com/jeniskanen/studnt.htm These sites help define and identify learning styles, and effective classroom, study, and test-taking techniques gea...

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