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I, for one am very annoyed that anyone at all is expected to take unnecessary risks with their safety or the patient's. I am a single mom and the sole provider for my son and if I get hurt and can't work, pardon my french, we're screwed. I am a 120 l...

I am an LPN working on my RN. I am 43 and the single mom of a 6 year-old. When I started on my LPN I was 39 and my son was 2. I only wish I had started at 25! Just don't be 43 wishing you had done it at 25. That is what I tell my 25 year-old daughter...

Depends on the person. It's not for everyone.

Don't be discouraged. All of the nurses I know love being nurses. I love being a nurse, but it's easy to get discouraged and burned-out when you are constantly overworked and under-staffed and don't have time to do what you became a nurse to do, whic...

Yes, you can do it and, yes, your expectations are too high. There are no perfect nurses and no perfect nursing jobs. I get that you want to take the best care of your patients and you want to make a difference in people's lives (we all do) but you w...

I agree that the whole classmate bathing thing was a bit humiliating(and I, too, especially hated the tooth brushing) but, looking back, I think it was a good thing. I, personally, have always been a bit shy and I really think it helped to prepare me...