auroranae

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1. new LPN grad & available jobs

   auroranae replied to Dito's topic in Maryland Nursing

   Sorry no one else has answered your query. I am an LPN in the Baltimore area. I have 27 years of experience and have worked in every venue from MD offices to Alzheimer's Units to Community Nursing to...

2. Why am I doing this, anyway?

   auroranae replied to PedsDrNurseTheo's topic in General Nursing

   It may be years before you hear those words spoken again, if ever. But the time in between is made totally worth while by the rare occasion you hear the words "Thank You". In 26 years I can count the...

3. Fibromyalgia

   auroranae replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

   In many cases those who are suffering with Fibromyalgia also have other illnesses that may or may not have been accuratley diagnosed... often rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, scleraderma and any other...

4. Indiana State University BSN students

   auroranae replied to EricJRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

   Hello all! I am an LPN ( nearly 24 years now) and have had the TCN modules sitting in boxes- yes they sent all of them to me at one time which was overwhelming to say the least- in my living room for...

5. LPN Home Care

   auroranae replied to pagandeva2000's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I have been working for a pediatric home agency doing private duty for chronically,terminally ill children since 1993. I have also spent the last 4 years working for a company doing home health visits...

6. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

   auroranae replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

   I was 15 when I started nursing school. I went to a vocational school while in high school. It was a 3 year program where we went to high school half a day then to the vactional school where we took...

7. Fibromyalgia

   auroranae replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

   I am having a mild flare up that has been getting worse over the past few days. I was doing really well and only taking naproxen every now and again. I tried Soma which did help a little, but I had an...

8. The nightmare returns---Hunter Group is coming!!!

   auroranae replied to prmenrs's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   [the co. has the nerve to claim it cares about the pts wellbeing, Yeah right and I'm blue w/ pink spots too] Hey can you send a picture of yourself? I have never seen a blue person with pink spots,...

9. Home Health Nursing Rates/Wages

   auroranae replied to belal.RN's topic in Home Health

   I am in LPN in Maryland who is an hourly employee. I am paid 18.50 an hour plus $.25 a mile. The hourly rate applies to all time that is associated with patient care- follow up calls to other...

10. Fibromyalgia

    auroranae replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    Tom- The problem you have is that you cannot look at a lab result and say "AH HA!" there it is! WEll, with FM you can do that in a sense... but it sounds more like "AH Ha, that's not it either!". The...

11. Race relations and nursing enviroments

    auroranae replied to bizzymum919's topic in International Nursing

12. Fibromyalgia

    auroranae replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    On the path to the FM dx I was told I had rheumatic fever. That scared my Mom nearly to death. My labs show that I probably had it at some time without knowing it since my last complete blood work up...

13. Fibromyalgia

    auroranae replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

14. Fibromyalgia

    auroranae replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    I am a nurse who was recently diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I have done alot of research on this and in many ways it is a catch all term. There are some lab tests that may suggest you have it, but the...

15. So what WAS nursing like in the "good old days"?

    auroranae replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Gradutated nursing school in 1984- I went to a vocational school while in high school and we were actually taught the curriculum for the AD RN program at the local community college, but being just...