futuremombabynurse

If someone pointed a loaded gun at another person and shot three times, regardless of whether he missed or not, he would go to jail. The same should apply to DUI's. Your husband got lucky and never killed anyone. As someone who has lost people to drunk drivers, I have *no* tolerance for that. I don't care what's going on in your life, that behavior is unacceptable, and I think if the punishments were harsher, some of the people who do it casually would think twice, including teens. The people I lost were lost to a teenage drunk driver, and I wish he was rotting in jail, but instead he got off with a fine and a temporary license loss. Like somebody said before, driving drunk isn't just a mistake, it's a conscious choice that should be punished harshly. America is too lenient with punishments some times. We have a higher BAC limit, lower fines, shorter license suspensions and shorter jail time than most other developed countries. Even Canada is harder on their DUI offenders than the US. We need to step up and start doing more than slapping the hands of repeat offenders...what they need is a slap in the face.

Woowwwwww...ignorance. Add me to the list of people who don't do idiotic stuff like that. I'm the permanent DD in my group of friends, the one who orders water while everyone else drinks beer. When I do drink, my husband does not and he drives. And I agree that 1 DUI should equal a 5 year loss of license, IF NOT PERMANENT. I think 5 years for 3 offenses is too lenient...by that time, it should be permanent. You've proven you can't be trusted.

I get the same thing a lot, but my classmates are a little more understanding of my position now that we're two quarters in. I'm married, but have no children. Out of my class of 35 last semester and 20 this semester, only five of us don't have children, and the ones that do tended, for a while, to "wonder" about us and how we'd react in the "real" world. When I pointed out that while yes, I don't have to rush home from school to feed and bed kids, that doesn't mean I haven't done it before (with four younger cousins and four "adopted" nieces and nephews) nor does it mean I'm not responsible. In fact, I think that my husband and me waiting to have kids until I get my RN degree is rather responsible!:loveya:

I never had antibiotics for an earache until well into my adulthood, thanks to the old country doctor my grandmother took me to. (One of the reasons why at 23 I can still take Amoxacillin.) His earache cure: equal parts white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide, dropped into the offending ear. It WORKS. I had earaches at least once a month as a child, and this cured it every time. Other kids with the same problem ended up with tubes in their ears. Some of my favorite old wive's tales: If you say the word laxative, you won't need one anymore. (That's from my mom.) Rubbing alcohol cures insect bites. A red string on the forehead cures hiccups in babies.

Our school told us that as well. We were watching the neuro assessment video and our clinical learning lab instructors turned it off about halfway through and said we wouldn't have to go into that much detail unless we were working on a neuro floor. I agree with you...never hurts to know, especially if you've got a patient on another floor who suddenly has blurred vision or can't taste anything.

Oh yay! I think I'm going to take the CNA exam at the end of this semester of LVN school, so this'll be great to study with!

This happened the day of my first clinical...my very first patient, so needless to say, I was NERVOUS. When I get nervous, I tend to forget important things... My patient was a gentleman who'd been in a MVA and was a paraplegic. I remembered from the chart that he'd had some edema in his legs, and sure enough I could see the swelling. As I asked him about it..."Is there any pain?" :selfbonk: :imdbb: Luckily the patient just kind of smiled and laughed, but I had to fight to keep from slapping my hand over my mouth.

Good 'ol SA. Well, maybe "good" depends on how long you've been here...

At my school, if you're a day student, you get clinical orientation the first week of school and hit the floor on week two. If you're an evening student, you start clinicals second quarter.

I just applied as a hospital volunteer myself... From what I gathered from fellow students, my volunteer interviews, and instructors, volunteering is a great way to "get your foot in the door". A few classmates who work or volunteer at hospitals in town have already been promised jobs upon graduation...in 2010! The volunteer staff I spoke to said that because I was in nursing school, they would try to place me in a position with patient contact like floor help or transport, which gives you a) patient experience (however mild) and b)lets the floor staff get to know you, both of which can help you get a job. Plus, even if you don't get a job at *that* facility, hospital volunteer looks great on a resume. Good luck!

Hello, I am currently in school for LVN (step 1 of...a million before CNMW), and our instructor told us we can sit for the CNA exam (I'm in Texas) after we finish this semester. Now, I'm an RMA, and I have a job working in a clinic, but it's a new clinic and business is slow. My question is, should I sit for the exam "just in case" (it's EASY for a CNA to get jobs here, and near impossible for a MA), or just stick with what I've got until I graduate in 2010? I know the job is hard, but it would pay well and I'm currently the sole provider for my family thanks to a certain national cable company being stupid (layoffs due to bad planning) and the economy sucking (no jobs for my husband). Thanks! :typing

Coming from South Texas, I'm in the minority of people who don't speak Spanish with some level of fluency, and I can offer a suggestion... While yes, the hospital should definately look into getting interpretors, there are two things that can be invaluable. First, even though a lot of the mothers may not speak English...if they have older children, nieces, nephews, etc, the children may. During Holy Week, a lot of families who come here to shop use their children as interpretors and almost every family I've encountered has at least one child fluent in English and Spanish. Not 100% guaranteed, but something that can help in a pinch. Also, get a book of Medical Spanish. There is a good one by Lipincott in the Made Incredibly Easy series, as well as a pocket version. There are specialty-related phrases and common answers laid out, and it pays to have a couple of basics under your belt. (¿Con qué frequencia vienen las contracciones? ¿Cuánto duran los Dolores? Un minuto / dos / cinco...¿Tiene historia de un problema medico?¿Tiene alergias a las medicinas?Respire lentamente por la boca...etc.) http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/labor_delivery_gynecology Has some good phrases to start out with. One more suggestion...learn about the culture as well. An inservice on cultural aspects of Mexican families during pregnancy and birth can cut down a lot of frustrations with things like entire extended families piling into delivery rooms, etc. (Someone could also present some useful Spanish phrases )

I'm in a diploma LVN program right now, and aside from the office staff constantly losing paperwork and almost the entire teaching staff being hardcore ex-military, it's really good. I'm an evening student because I work full-time during the day, and the school is really good about getting people done and out as early as possible (e.g. if you're done with skills lab at 9:30, you go home at 9:30, if you're done at 7 you go home at 7, etc.) My only problem has been this semester with my clinical instructor being EXTREMELY strict about time, requiring us to be at the clinical site 15 minutes early (not suggesting, REQUIRING), when I get off work at 4:30 and have 15 minutes to drive across the medical center in San Antonio during rush-hour traffic. (Almost as bad as driving through downtown, but no one-way streets at least.) My advice is to PAY ATTENTION IN A&P! Integrated Human Sciences (our A&P class) was called "the cull class" by the coordinator during orientation, and she meant it. We lost over a third of our class to that subject. So, while the rest of us are moving on to site clinicals and more skill-oriented subjects, those 11 are retaking A&P, paying for it again, and have an even higher passing threshold to deal with (at my school, first time around is a 70 or above, second is a 75 or above, after that you get dismissed). Good luck!

Answer this question: Would you rather file charts, answer phones, and fight with insurance companies all day, or see between 15-50 patients a day in 2-3 minute intervals doing repetative vitals and lab tests all day? Okay, now of the one you chose above, would you rather do that or actually work with patients (albeit there is still some repetativeness in the normal duties), see more things, do more things, and get paid what you're worth, and choose where you want to work instead of being confined to a doctor's office? I'd go with LVN.

Hi, I did a Medical Assisting program with the intention of going to nursing school after working a few years. Well, my school dropped the ball as far as the "We'll help you get a job after you graduate!" and this 3.87GPA, 99 on the RMA exam student, couldn't find a job because everyone wanted 3-5 years experience (NO NEW GRADS! is common on the ads here), and the most my school would do is to give me the fax or phone number of some place that might be hiring (who would either ignore my faxed resumes or hang up on me because they wanted experience too). So, I just started nursing school. And now, a semester into my LVN program, I finally got a job as an MA, not because of my previous credentials, but because I'm a nursing student! But I have to say that the med term and some of the clinical skills have helped in nursing school, especially (at this point) vitals and charting. Ganbatte ne!