vintagemother

vintagemother BSN, CNA, LVN, RN

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  1. Clinicals

    vintagemother replied to binzy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    In my state, of your clinical hours add up to the correct number and you don't officially graduate, you can still challenge the boards to take your NCLEX under the alternative methods. I met a young...

  2. Nursing School Orientation Day

    vintagemother replied to guest07/14/15's topic in General Students

    On our orientation day we were given all of our books for the program. It was a private school in which our "tuition" included $1500 worth of books. So we had to bring suitcases/crates to carry out...

  3. Quit First Job After 3 Days of Orientation

    vintagemother replied to CaseyFutureNurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    And when these so called assisted living facilities that are supposedly "non-medical" do hire nurses to work on the floor, they start admitting residents who need a higher level of care, such as...

  4. Trouble with relating medical dx to nursing dx

    vintagemother replied to AQEELSMOM's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is what I was taught. Well said

  5. Manager who is not a Nurse

    vintagemother replied to OncMurse's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    As a new grad LVN, I worked in an LTC ALF where my boss was not a nurse. (Not to discount other LVNs, but I've been in school taking RN prereqs so I have a pretty sons foundation in the reasons "why"...

  6. Nursing shoes!

    vintagemother replied to wkl1210's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    After awhile you won't notice the "heaviness". Eventually after I broke mine in, they now feel like a wonderful pair of comfy slippers custom made for my foot. I have a few new pairs I've not yet...

  7. Weight loss in Nursing

    vintagemother replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    No flack from me! I have been prescribed Phentermine too. It works as long as you work your weight loss

  8. Taking Pharm before Patho?

    vintagemother replied to phiaflyy's topic in General Students

    I never took patho. Pharm was a hard class but you can do it! None of the ADN or BDN programs require it. I passed

  9. "No One Respects My Religious Beliefs"

    vintagemother replied to Mikey31079's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Muslims do have to pray a certain number of times each day. From what I understand some Muslims choose to do it quietly so no one else knows while others feel they need to observe certain rituals...

  10. Nursing shoes!

    vintagemother replied to wkl1210's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Nikes with a sole insert will probably work well. As a CNA I wore them and they were great. There are all white leather nike shox as well as other all white leather nikes that may be cheaper. I'd...

  11. Fired 6 weeks into orientation

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

    I PM-ed

  12. Why would nurses voluntarily sign up at for profit schools?

    vintagemother replied to RNdynamic's topic in School, College Programs

    I've attended public college for my prereqs and completed my LVN at a private for profit school. I attended the private school because I needed to start earning good money fast. My program was 1 yr...

  13. Base pay of RN BSN in LTC

    vintagemother replied to RNinject's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Keep in mind that the average pay takes into account the top pay rates for nurses with experience and likely does not reflect new grad rates. Plus. Like I said, at Least in my area LTC pays less than...

  14. Nursing Diagnoses for psychiatric nursing

    vintagemother replied to dancer25's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Maybe what you meant to ask is how to best use NANDA to write psych care plans? If that is the case, I can tell you my in patient psych facility uses the following for nurses: Risk for medication...

  15. Textbooks keep/rent?

    vintagemother replied to Mysticmomma's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I abused my books so badly....I'd be afraid to rent them. My books went from my car to my house to my kids games, etcetera. My fear with renting is that I'd damage them. That being said, after I...

  16. Clock watching for the 7 minute clock in window

    vintagemother replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My facility does not issue a write up if you clock in or out within the allowed window. I would never abuse the system by always clocking in late intentionally, (but within the window) but most of my...

  17. caught a med error. ...stress. ..

    vintagemother replied to thatnurse17's topic in Patient Medications

    Yes to that! ^^ I've BTDT and suffered the

  18. Nursing Student Shoes for Talls?

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

    Allegria makes a line of shoes for medical people who need good foot support. http://www.alegriashoes.com/debra/ Nike free runs are also nice, but aren't full

  19. Clock watching for the 7 minute clock in window

    vintagemother replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have the same 7 minute window. The way I look at is that it gives me almost a 15 minute window to be late. Because I'm new, I've started trying to clock in at 6 minutes early, that way I get a head...

  20. Base pay of RN BSN in LTC

    vintagemother replied to RNinject's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In my state, not yours, RNs in LTC aren't paid much more than LVNs. (25 versus 22 for LVN) ....Unless they are in an admin type of position (like a DON or something) I think it's because they don't...

  21. Can nursing school earn you a CNA?

    vintagemother replied to garnet235's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I'm not in your state, so you might want to check the website in your state for certifying CNAs. In my state, you can become an CNA after the first semester. You still have to take the CNA test,but...

  22. Pegnant in school

    vintagemother replied to Snow321's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I've seen people do it, though I have not. As long as your school will allow you to miss a few days to give birth... And you have Childcare in place, hey, a strong determined woman can do anything. I...

  23. mens shoes in nursing

    vintagemother replied to RandomRN's topic in Men in Nursing

    I always put a supportive insert in my work (and workout) shoes - be they clogs or nikes! Nike shox will make u taller. But they are good

  24. I really need help

    vintagemother replied to mike2014's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Mike! As the OP said, 25 is not old! (-; I was 30 when I started my prereqs. I do understand that you want to finish quick, though. I guess I'm speaking as a person who just *knew* I'd be...

  25. Does anyone else have this problem?

    vintagemother replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in General Students

    I learned about hyperhidrosis while in nursing school and jokingly self diagnosed myself with it. I was over 30 when I learned there's a name for this condition. I just laugh at myself when I leave a...