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  1. unpaid speeding ticket = suspendended drivers license = nursing over??? please help!!

    pca_85 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Ohio???Uh oh. Time for me to

  2. unpaid speeding ticket = suspendended drivers license = nursing over??? please help!!

    pca_85 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same thing happen! Sorry you were actually handcuffed/impounded(I for sure would have fainted and vomited at the same time). It's a minor traffic offense and won't show up, I think, mine...

  3. job duties of lpn

    pca_85 replied to emmerosa's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Believe me, the incontinent patient would love to be able to, for lack of a better term, wipe themselves. I've worked with a lot of people with a poop phobia, they make enemies fast and don't last...

  4. Cna challenge lpn boards

    pca_85 replied to marineswife0809's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That brings up an interesting point, if someone did go through all these motions to sit for NCLEX, how many would be able to pass? NCLEX is tough, I have the practice book and I have no clue how I'd...

  5. Cna challenge lpn boards

    pca_85 replied to marineswife0809's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That is such a horrible and unsafe idea. I also have to wonder what facility in their right mind would hire someone that went through with this. Honestly, I'd be really close to qualifying, but I'd...

  6. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    pca_85 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ooooo, thought of another one. "Hello family member of a patient everybody hates. I'm doing fine, even though I'm pouring sweat and my uniform has more bodily fluids on it than a motel six carpet. Why...

  7. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    pca_85 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They'd never, she was related to higher ups. Love when that happens. Life is so

  8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    pca_85 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That lady was a joy. Right before I left that facility, she put a genteleman in a wheelchair wearing nothing but lift pad fashioned into a cape, stuck him in the elevator, and sent him to the chapel,...

  9. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    pca_85 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love this thread. I've put my answers in three subcategories, as they somewhat vary by the areas I've worked in. Hospital patient:"I will not tell you what your roomate has, I'd lose my job." "That...

  10. LPN homecare jobs in Cleveland area

    pca_85 replied to gypsyfirebird's topic in Ohio Nursing

    That's about the going rate for hospitals.....I wonder if my aunt who just started on a med-surg flooor and is miserable knows that.

  11. Petite Nurses

    pca_85 replied to Littlemisslizzie's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, my fellow short, tiny people: I'm glad we can all do so well with our underestimated-by coworkers-strength. To the original poster:I've actually never seen someone have trouble lifting except one...

  12. LPN homecare jobs in Cleveland area

    pca_85 replied to gypsyfirebird's topic in Ohio Nursing

    While we're on the subject, can anyone tell me what the starting rate is for LPNs in homecare round

  13. FED UP CNAS!!!!

    pca_85 replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ooooooo, I have some more! To the lovely young women eating the unresponsive patients candy:yes, its wrong, I hope it tastes funny, three of your lights are going off, a faller of yours is walking,...

  14. So much vodka.

    pca_85 replied to pca_85's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Awwww, thanks, i dont get that from anywhere else, it was kind of a secret. You guys are so

  15. So much vodka.

    pca_85 replied to pca_85's topic in Nurses Recovery

    You'll be happy to know I got a physical-kinda had to for nursing school, but I did get one. All is well they did extra bloodwork at my request....my poor liver is actually ok, think it's because I...

  16. Please help me!

    pca_85 replied to Roxyann57's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Some have resident assistants, basically help with activities and meals. Try

  17. Female nurse uniform

    pca_85 replied to donkey's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It's cute, i just dont know if it would agree with the frequent bending over and interesting colors of bodily fluids. Ah, all the colors of the

  18. CNA course possibly a scam?

    pca_85 replied to greenclovers's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    A lot of the programs out here have that requirement, it seems

  19. FED UP CNAS!!!!

    pca_85 replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My pet peeves: CNA comes into a room while you're up to your elbows in any number of bodily fluids and leaves the door open. Hello! Aid before you that leaves alarms off and gets an attitude when you...

  20. LPN Tuition-how much did you pay?

    pca_85 replied to avahsmiles's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Mine will be around 11K total for a twenty month, three night a week program--a perfect program...I'm not a morning person. School I'm transferring from was 23K for a 15 month LPN....this school is...

  21. Tossing Your Cookies...

    pca_85 replied to JasmDasm's topic in General Nursing

    Chewing a mint-a way strong one like altoids-helps, so does vicks vaporub under the

  22. Help me save my computer!!!

    pca_85 replied to momandstudent's topic in General Students

    When all else fails, try a system

  23. evening weekend LPN or RN program- no prereq's?

    pca_85 replied to Equinox_93's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Wayne County Vocational Center an hour south of Clveland has a three day a week evening program that lasts twenty months. Tri-C has an evening LPN program, so does the Parma school of practical...

  24. STNA Pay?

    pca_85 replied to amp83's topic in Ohio Nursing

    The highest I've found is harborside healthcare. 14.50 for prn aides on

  25. LPN homecare jobs in Cleveland area

    pca_85 replied to gypsyfirebird's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Not to be a downer, but Maxim is awful...look them up on the indeed.com forums. I worked for Fairview Hospital's homecare division, wonderful people. Very supportive and flexible. Almost family is a...