Limik

Limik

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  1. If it wasn't for bad luck....

    Limik replied to galenight's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry to hear about your horrible string of bad luck! You know the old saying... that which does not kill you makes you stronger. I'd say you're probably the strongest person on earth right...

  2. Excelsior Program Lpn To Rn

    Limik replied to sassyd1999's topic in Georgia Nursing

    IVEY???? OMG, my family used to have a place at Holiday Hills...is it still there? I have lots of good memories from spending the summer there, at the pools. OF course you are 11 years younger than me...

  3. Excelsior Program Lpn To Rn

    Limik replied to sassyd1999's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hey sassy , sorry I haven't responded before now. Work has been crazy lately:eek: . Like you I have done a good amount of my prereq's through a local college. I have only taken a CLEP exam for one...

  4. Excelsior Program Lpn To Rn

    Limik replied to sassyd1999's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hey sassy. Iam pursuing my RN through Excelsior. I don't live in Atlanta area, I live in a small town called Ivey, closer to Macon,GA. I don't know of any study groups but I just wanted to let you...

  5. Raises for no one, except-(sorry, long post)

    Limik posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in desperate need of some guidance. When I started my present job one year ago, I was promised a "substantial" raise in 6 months. Around the 8 month point I mentioned this to my office manager....

  6. NO Lunch-- Ever?!!

    Limik posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all. I need some advise about a situation that continues to occur at work. I am a nurse in a physicians office (the only nurse by the way). I love my job, however, it seems that over the last...

  7. NO Lunch-- Ever?!!

    Limik replied to Limik's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your very sound advice. I do need to sit down and make my complaints very clear and I plan to do that very soon. Wish me luck and again thanks for the great advice.

  8. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

    Limik replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I live in a small town in Georgia and make $14.00/hr in a doctors office. I will soon get health insurance, profit sharing, and retirement benefits. Oh, and I'm supposed to be due for a HUGE raise...

  9. Looking for honest opinions

    Limik posted a topic in Operating Room

    As some of you now I am an LPN who is an office nurse for an orthapaedic surgeon. I love my job and my doc is great. I routinely assist him in office procedures and minor in office surgical...

  10. Anyone ever hear of this?

    Limik posted a topic in General Nursing

    I woke up yesterday morning with swelling and horrible pain under my left jaw . I have had the flu recently, got a little better, then relapsed with a severe sinus infection. I went to the doc again...

  11. Anyone ever hear of this?

    Limik replied to Limik's topic in General Nursing

    Hey all, thought I'd update. I saw the ENT again today. Turns out I definitely have a stone in the duct! I am due to have it removed on Friday. He is going to make a small incision in the floor of my...

  12. Anyone ever hear of this?

    Limik replied to Limik's topic in General Nursing

    I'm taking 800 mg of Ibuprofen. Doesn't really touch the pain though. My doc offered other pain meds but I declined, I'm not big on taking a lot of meds. I am starting to rethink that today

  13. Anyone ever hear of this?

    Limik replied to Limik's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah letina, I think parotitis and salidenitis are interchangeable terms from the reading I've done. I can attest, it is excruciatingly painful! And sjt, you are exactly right, I am sucking on lemon...

  14. I need Sympathy!

    Limik posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just need to vent a little. I have the FLU!!! I have been sick for a solid week now. Every time I think I am getting better I have a relapse and feel 10 times worse. Today I have lost my voice,...

  15. Have You ???

    Limik replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I really used to hate this when I was a school nurse. :angryfire I would send the child back to class with a note explaining that there were no actual signs of illness and no need to call parents,...

  16. Poll: Do you use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer as an adjunct to handwashing?

    Limik replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I do use alcohol based hand wash and I've read all the data on its effectiveness. Honestly though, I never feel like my hands are really clean after I use it. I use it in between patients but as soon...

  17. Is this a nursing task?

    Limik replied to Limik's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify,I never said she worked for years doing this type of work. This is the first time she has ever worked in Orthopaedics in any capacity at all. She worked with general surgeons as an...

  18. Uniforms at the office

    Limik replied to JnJTyson's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I work in a small ofiice. Until this week I have been wearing any color of scrubs that I want. We are changing to all ciel blue, indigo, and hunter green combinations soon. We will wear mostly solids...

  19. Will LPN/LVN be phased out?

    Limik replied to sstromberg's topic in General Nursing

    I can't see it happening either. LPN's are an essential part of the healthcare team. In the office that I work in, my doctor told me he had no need for an RN. Said he would only ever hire an LPN....

  20. What does your screenname mean?

    Limik replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    My name is not very imaginative. It is the first two letters of my first and middle name, and the first letter of my last name. Wasn't very creative the day I signed

  21. "Just an LPN"....does anyone else get discouraged?

    Limik replied to DeniseLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i know it's been said before but the people who say "you are only an lpn", are the same people who a. have no concept of what an lpn does, b. so full of their own self doubt that they have to try to...

  22. Major career move...need advice...

    Limik replied to bennett_480's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Hi bennett . I had similiar circumstances 12 years ago. I went to LPN school with two kids under 5. It was tough,money was so tight, but I knew if I didn't do it then, I never would. Do what you...

  23. Finish the Sentence: "Doctors practice, Nurses ____________?

    Limik replied to allamericangirl's topic in General Nursing

    Doctors practice, nurses

  24. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Limik replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I hate people (almost always non-nurses) that say every two minutes, "Well in my previous position, we did things this way", usually in telling me how to do a nursing related task. Hello, I have been...

  25. How did you find out about allnurses?

    Limik replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    I was searching for sites for on-line nursing schools too. Found allnurses and have been coming here ever