vintagemother

vintagemother BSN, CNA, LVN, RN

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  1. Bible Verses To Get You Through Nursing School

    vintagemother replied to Ashleyy3's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Kakamegamama: Thanks for the post! You mentioned a scripture that is dear to me and had to start praying daily for awhile during a rough personal time while taking prerequisites: Philippians...

  2. Night Shift �

    vintagemother replied to kimj0591's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, I took things go help me sleep. At first Benadryl or Trazadone or both. I later on added an adult beverage to help with sleep and relaxation. I do not recommend doing that! It's habit forming and...

  3. Nursing Student car-pooling woes

    vintagemother replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    I carpooled in LVN school on clinical days. We had a 3 person rotation of drivers, so no gas money had to be exchanged. Our clinical sites were quite far away-45 mins to 2 hrs! Carpooling was a...

  4. Frugality thead:work less, spend less

    vintagemother replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have an iPhone 5, used to have a 4. I go through Virgin Mobile. Unlimited text, data, talk for $50 flat. I've had this plan since 2013. They use sprint towers, you have to buy your own phone, but I...

  5. Scrubs and Stethoscope

    vintagemother replied to amber0627's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    The koi yoga has a really high waist band. It covers my belly button! And when I fold it down, the pants become low rise pants... I have a big bottom, though, so that may be the problem. They are...

  6. New employer requires I bring my antidepressant Rx and get "cleared" from my MD

    vintagemother replied to ORRN21's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My first employer made us sign a form indicating which meds we took, the form included a space for anti depressants: I was not happy. I asked the HR lady, who provided the form, whether I needed to...

  7. Did I make the wrong decision? 2 year ADN vs. LVN-Bridge

    vintagemother replied to annne484's topic in LPN to RN

    I don't think you made the wrong decision. Like the previous poster said, a bird in the hand Is worth more. I think it's hard for us LVNs/LPNs to go back to school to "learn" a lot of the same stuff...

  8. The Stethoscope

    vintagemother replied to Flyboy17's topic in General Nursing

    In what manner have nurses embarrassed our profession by expressing our disapproval? I read that some (few) nurses have made rude comments to the hosts of the view. But what else have "we" done as a...

  9. Nurse Retention ideas

    vintagemother replied to CCU-Flight RN's topic in General Nursing

    Money. Plus morale. Low wages stops nurses from applying, as well as stops them from staying. Morale...well it has to do with how respected you feel as a nurse. When nurses see a colleague get fired...

  10. My WORST mistake in hospice...sniff

    vintagemother replied to BerryhappyRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I'm so sorry this happened to you. You do, as the other poster said, seem to be a caring, thoughtful and compassionate nurse. Reasons like this are why nurses have to be hard, and are sometimes...

  11. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    vintagemother replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly, even in our good old Cali, the ratios only apply to acute care facilities. SNFs and ALFs get away with some strange calculations of minutes per staff member which includes the admin staff who...

  12. What time do you clock in?

    vintagemother replied to justmehappy's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think I understand what you're saying, but I see it differently. If you are able to start on time and still get tasks done, you are the efficient one. I have always said that I'm slow, as a nurse....

  13. Scrubs and Stethoscope

    vintagemother replied to amber0627's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Amber, if the store states they never heard of Koi, they are likely misrepresenting themselves, as koi is a widely known mfr of scrubs. That being said, one thing I love about koi (besides the fact...

  14. Mom of 2 looking into becoming Lvn put down by recruiter at kaplan

    vintagemother replied to Rose90's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    HeatherMaizey: your story has some similarities to mine. I was married and he didn't want me to go to school. I did anyway. We ended up splitting during prereqs. I was jobless at the time, and needed...

  15. Frugality thead:work less, spend less

    vintagemother replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, equity is another benefit of homeownership! Some posters mentioned the maintenance costs of homeownership, but I put a lot of "sweat equity" into my homes. 😀 some repairs were required,...

  16. Night Shift �

    vintagemother replied to kimj0591's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm definitely not a night person. However, I was able to adjust to working nights as a CNA and later as an LVN. I never worked full time nocs, but did work then PRN 2-4 nights per week for 1-2 yrs....

  17. Frugality thead:work less, spend less

    vintagemother replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I believe in home ownership. While my reasons may not be applicable to every geographical region, in mine, there are important reasons to buy. #1) you can beat inflation. Rents go up annually. Your...

  18. Taking vitals - what to do when you can't feel radial pulse?

    vintagemother replied to newuser321's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Practice. Practice. When I was a CNA, I practiced taking pulse and BP measurements on everyone around me--my kids, my ex husband, my nieces and nephews, my mom, etc. with practice, you'll get it. As...

  19. Bad nurse manager

    vintagemother replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    I've had some excellent nurse managers. I understand that their job is not to be with me all shift On the floor, but to handle administrative duties. My best nurse managers were available when needed,...

  20. Scrubs and Stethoscope

    vintagemother replied to amber0627's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    If you tell us your body type, we could probably help more. I'm thick/curvy, and love love love Koi and Greys anatomy. (I'm size Med/Large) I've seen skinny nurses wear these also. And yes, Littman...

  21. "Throwing Out" questions on a test

    vintagemother replied to DawnJ's topic in General Students

    I'd be ticked off if my schools did this. Instead, what my profs do, is after the statistical analysis, they simply make the entire test out of a lower total number of questions, therefore everyone...

  22. Firearms

    vintagemother replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    We were instructed to crouch and cover our vulnerable areas. I forget the name of our training. It was not CPI, which allows defensive blocks. Thankfully, we were allowed to implement restraints prn...

  23. 3rd shift

    vintagemother replied to Angela89's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I rarely say this, but 98 SNF pts is too many. SNF means skilled nursing. That means they need "skilled nursing", which requires medical interventions by the nurse, based on MD orders. I have seen...

  24. Student going into Nursing program seeks help finding a way to pay for it

    vintagemother replied to tlee2017's topic in General Students

    You also have the option of a Sally Mae or other private loan. I think that their collection practices are brutal, their customer service is also poor, based on multiple friends complaints. I did not...

  25. Mom of 2 looking into becoming Lvn put down by recruiter at kaplan

    vintagemother replied to Rose90's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I attended Kaplan as a single mom. My son was older than your kids. It was hard work. But it was worth it. I secured a job within 60 days of graduating. When my loans came due, I was able to afford...