vintagemother

vintagemother BSN, CNA, LVN, RN

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  1. Being a Mom vs. a Nurse. How do you handle it?

    vintagemother replied to pixie6089's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm in a similar position...I desire part time work so I can be there for my kids, but of need to accumulate a certain number of full time hours to be eligible for certain programs. I don't know the...

  2. Burnt out on studying - how to recharge?

    vintagemother replied to Baubo516's topic in General Students

    I'm dealing with this burn out now as I am completing my final semester of prereqs for the RN program. I also dealt with burn out about 3/4 through LVN school. Things I did/do to deal with burnout:...

  3. LVN-to-RN Program at American River College-Sacramento

    vintagemother replied to tanna898's topic in LPN to RN

    I'd love to read responses to this question, also as this school is on my list of those to apply to when the next app period opens in

  4. Pregnant in nursing school.

    vintagemother replied to suanna's topic in General Students

    From what I've seen in nursing school, schools are A LOT more supportive of pregnant mom including the need of single moms than they used to be. When I first entered college in the 90's, the climate...

  5. Nursing school is killing my relationship!

    vintagemother replied to jarielle22's topic in General Students

  6. LVN to RN bridge program California

    vintagemother replied to kat.aguas's topic in LPN to RN

    In so cal, do all of the community college bridges require experience? I've noticed up here that some programs don't list that on their website as

  7. Infernal Equinox

    vintagemother replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi Viva...yes we missed you! I've been looking for your good mental health articles here! As far as your question...I have noticed that for last several years the months of Oct and Mar have always...

  8. LVN to RN bridge program California

    vintagemother replied to kat.aguas's topic in LPN to RN

    Sounds like you're in So Cal....in north CA, if you just have to work there are only expensive private school options such as Carrington and Phoenix. They are short, include prereqs and allow you to...

  9. Xavier or Gurnick?!

    vintagemother replied to pchadha1's topic in California Nursing

    Why not get an accelerated bachelors? It costs more but since you have a BA it could be done in about 1 or 1.5 yrs. not incl prereqs. Check put the college of continuing ed at csu stanislaus and...

  10. Have a question about med carts...

    vintagemother replied to Js10886's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In CA I've been taught you can't bring carts into rooms. For complicated medication/treatment regimens, we got creative with setting up everything in a tray we carried into that particular residents...

  11. How does nursing school and clinicals work?

    vintagemother replied to GEB16's topic in General Students

    It was 12 months so yes I guess that was accelerated. But there are no part time programs on my area, some programs are a little longer. We had no breaks

  12. How does nursing school and clinicals work?

    vintagemother replied to GEB16's topic in General Students

    Labs at my school were not as hard or structured as labs in my science prereqs. In nursing school, labs consisted of watching the instructor use a mannequin to demonstrate something and then usually...

  13. Help with orientation

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

    I used to wish that orientation was split up, so that you recvd orientation before you start and then after 2 weeks or whenever their training was finished with the trainer that we could get another...

  14. Statistics

    vintagemother replied to studentnursemon86's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'll tell you this: I have 2 ladies in my A&P class who took stats before I did. They said its do easy...it's just about plugging numbers into formulas. Their instructors and mine do provide you...

  15. Statistics

    vintagemother replied to studentnursemon86's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Me too!!! But I'm committed to figuring it out! I leave class with a headache because I don't know what that man is talking about. I'm willing to settle for a B in this class, even though I had As...

  16. NEED TO VENT

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

    OCNRN 63....you made me smile! Thank you!!

  17. PRE-NURSING HELP.

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

    Don't forget to consider the fact that many CSUs are closed to new applicants for Spring term. Furthermore, if your financial aid has been exhausted at the CC/JC, you will still be eligible at the...

  18. need tips for a new lpn student

    vintagemother replied to starnurse2b16's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The biggest piece of advice I can give you is to commit to successfully completing school. I think that commitment is more important than raw intelligence. Make a decision that you will do whatever...

  19. NEED TO VENT

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

    I'm so sorry to hear about your difficulty getting into a bridge program. I think the path to become a nurse is long and it's also not straight. It's either expensive, time consuming or both. At...

  20. Nursing students on medication

    vintagemother replied to kjnsweets's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  21. Restraint without order

    vintagemother replied to Nursebirdy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  22. Nursing students on medication

    vintagemother replied to kjnsweets's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    @ Kjnsweets: If I understand correctly, a nurse at your job told you that when she was a nursing student she and other students on a "board" or "committee" were given power to decide whether another...

  23. Reporting Neglect in Home Health

    vintagemother replied to Sherriblu's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm a pretty relaxed mom but even I think 2 year olds shouldn't wander the house while I sleep. My method was to put them in a child safe room with me while I lightly doze with one ear and eye open,...

  24. New Grads - Where are you now?

    vintagemother replied to Ambitious83's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

  25. treading water: burnout and compassion fatigue

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

    I agree with what RubyVee said about your carrying a lot of stressors. Between your husband being ill and your concern for him, your being a sole bread winner and the demands of a high stress job, it...