LPnicki4990

When you get on the scale, it is not necessary to remove your flip flops, glasses, watch, and pack of gum from your pocket. You weigh 259 lbs. And don't ask as your stepping off the scale how much you weighed last time. "Why, yes maam, I memorize the weights of every patient we have in the office." Wait until we are in the exam room and I log into your chart. I will take the time to look back and tell you you weighed 259.2 last month so you can be excited about losing weight.

So I am a new nurse working at a family physicians office. We recently got a new patient, he is an elderly man that, through the course of my assessment, I learned he has numerous medical problems, including diabetes (not well controlled), limited mobility, and difficulty chewing and swallowing food. He has absolutely NO family, or anyone to care for him at home. We did set him up with home health, but he is on a waiting list for the type of daily home care he needs and he disclosed many routine daily living activities, that he has trouble with. So, I was looking for some advise from some nurses with more experience as to what I can do to help him, or if I should even get involved. I was thinking about maybe bringing him some meals that he could easily heat up and eat. I asked him, and he said he would greatly appreciate it. I know as a nurse I need to keep a professional distance from patients, but is it a bad idea to get involved in this way? Are there liability risks in helping patients like this outside of work? He just needs a little help.

Really, no advise?

Im not sure what you mean by "shadowing." Is this something they do somewhere that Im not aware of?

So I graduated LPN school a few months ago, and was lucky enough to find a job shortly after graduation at a doctor's office. The girl who is training me has worked there for a while, and is very knowledgable about the job. The first couple of weeks, everything went fine, she was nice, friendly, and helpful. She seemed very eager to train me. This is when I was totally dependant on her and she could show off everything she knows. After that, when I began feeling slightly more comfortable with things (and I stress slightly, as you all know there is soooo much to learn, and it never ends), but it seemed like when I was starting to display some confidence and independence that she turned on me. I have come to realize that my trainer is a bossy, "know-it-all", control freak, and I don't know how to handle this. Of course she does know way more than me, I freely admit that, and I don't pretend otherwise. I have been there about 6 weeks now, and have gotten the hang of some of my job duties, but she still tries to tell me how to do things all the time. And she does this loudly in front of the practicioners to make me look like I still don't know what I'm doing. Or if she sees me hesitating on something or asking someone else, she will just take it over, and act like "she has to do everything." I tried to explain to her once politely that sometimes I just need a minute to think and make sure I am doing something correctly, and if she just takes over, then I will never learn. She just responded with "well, that is the only way I know how to teach." And when I do make a mistake, (which I'm only human and I have made many and will continue to make them), she talks to me like I am the stupidest person in the world! I am a very laid back person, who will take some crap to keep the peace, but I am getting tired of being treated this way. I feel like I am stuck because she is my trainer, and I still have many questions, and I really appreciate being taught skills that I didn't learn in school, but I don't really know how and when to assert my independence. There reallly is no set time frame for my training, so I am so unclear if and when I can stand up to her, or if I should just let it go. Everyone in the office seems to know how she is, but they depend on her because she does know so much, so they put up with it. Any advise on how to handle a coworker/trainer like this would be greatly appreciated!

Well, I passed!!!! PVT worked for me!!! I am a real now!!!! Got quick results! I couldn't believe it, like most everyone else, I walked out of that testing center feeling like I did not know a single answer on that test for sure! Good luck to everyone else going through this, it is one of the most stressfull things anyone can go through!

Took NCLEX-PN today, heard about this trick a couple days ago, so I tried it a few hours after the test, after it said "delivery successful" and got the "GOOD" pop-up! I hate to get my hopes up until I know for sure! Hope this is for real, but I will find out in about 36 more hours!!!! I can't believe how many people have commented on this topic, I had never heard of it or any of my nursing friends! Will let you know if I pass!