DizzyLizzyNurse

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  1. Dialysis, HIV and terminal Pts. Abuse?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Scarlette Wings's topic in General Nursing

    I shake my head at the resident in my nursing home who is 92 and totally out of it and going to the gynecologist for her annual pap. Or the resident with Huntington's disease who had to go for her...

  2. Biting your tongue when it comes to visitors!!

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to KSU-SN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I've had to chase family members out of other residents' rooms (I work in a nursing home). They get all mad until I say, "I also wouldn't allow a stranger into your mother's room!" They usually...

  3. What are some crazy things you've seen since being a nurse?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to MsbossyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Woah. Time for a new

  4. So ready to throw in the towel and it makes me sad...

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to FiduciaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I really do feel though that you are going to run into similar problems in most places if you do not learn how to stand up for yourself. How are you going to be able to stand up to a doctor on behalf...

  5. Applying for student midwife position, any tips?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Michelle123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I meant here, at least most of the programs I've seen in America, you need to work as a Labor and Delivery nurse for at least a year or two before they will take you as a midwife student. I think...

  6. Life as a New Grad Sucks

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to lifeasanewgrad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I keep reading that there is still a shortage long term, but in the short term it looks like a bad job market because of the nurses who lost their retirements and have to keep working longer than they...

  7. Brain surgery last week, then coming to ED for pain. Wait 4 hours to be seen.

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    If he went home after being assessed I would assume he was fine. Not an ER nurse but that makes sense to me. Just curious are you a student nurse

  8. keep running away from jobs!

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to pn5437's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember - if it were easy everyone would do it!!! And it wouldn't be special at all to be a nurse!! A new job, especially when you are a new nurse, is HARD! I worked as an aide in LTC for...

  9. Applying for student midwife position, any tips?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Michelle123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think you usually need experience before going to school? I'm not a midwife, just interested in it

  10. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

    Even the CNAs I work with, who are considered part of the nursing staff, are quick to correct a family member or residents or anyone else who would call them a nurse. And as someone else said, the...

  11. Conflict of interest, nursing family

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    Ask what the policy is. My coworker has had two of her grandmas, her grandpa, and her dad a patient on our rehab floor. I had my great grandma here. Just explain that you have to treat them like...

  12. So ready to throw in the towel and it makes me sad...

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to FiduciaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Completely agree. If you do not stand up for yourself, other nurses will have no problem letting you do their work for them. They also are totally ok with letting you take the fall for their...

  13. Previous LPN experience: Gave you a leg up on RN positions when you graduated?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to HelloooNurse84's topic in LPN to RN

    I'm in the same boat. I wanted hospital experience, but no one would hire me as an LPN because they only wanted LPNs with experience. So I couldn't get experience! At least by me there are nursing...

  14. What are some crazy things you've seen since being a nurse?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to MsbossyRN's topic in General Nursing

    This reminded me of the time I got bitten by one of my residents when I was a CNA. I was taking her dentures out and she suddenly decided she didn't want them out. Youch! I was bleeding all over...

  15. Should I Take the Chance/Sacrifice?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to HopeItWorksDNP's topic in General Nursing

    Can you get your LPN somewhere close by and take RN online? I have a friend who did

  16. Did I do something horribly wrong?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Silverbird501's topic in General Nursing

    The first time I took the 3rd semester of nursing I was having a lot of problems with my now ex boyfriend (I found out later he was running around cheating on me because I "wasn't any fun anymore"...

  17. What are some crazy things you've seen since being a nurse?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to MsbossyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love when I go to the dr's for a routine checkup and in my chart is my pulse written down and noooo the nurse did not take it. I monitor my pulse myself (is that weird? At work if we have extra...

  18. Previous LPN experience: Gave you a leg up on RN positions when you graduated?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to HelloooNurse84's topic in LPN to RN

    My LPN experience is in a nursing home. I hope that at least helps a little! Even though I know it's slower paced, I do have 43 residents at a time and I've been doing this for

  19. How many uniforms should I buy?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Rnstudent2011's topic in General Students

    Wow and I complain about the $35 set of scrubs I had to buy lol. It's not right. They should just have certain plain colors, like all white or blue top and white bottoms or whatever and let you buy...

  20. Which program to choose- RN or BSN

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to apoppyfield's topic in General Students

    At least where I live, there really doesn't seem to be a difference between ADN's and BSN's getting jobs. One of my coworkers got her first job working in a NICU with her ADN right out of school....

  21. Sharing your survival tips--How do you prepare each semester?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    I have enjoyed the hell outta my summer...... Take help when it's offered to

  22. How many uniforms should I buy?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Rnstudent2011's topic in General Students

    I am starting my 4th semester in a couple of weeks. I have clinicals 2 days a week. I own one uniform and wash it in between clinicals. I had to buy it from a specific store and it was $35 for one...

  23. I Think I am NOT Going to NS

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    I went to a CC (no waiting list) for my LPN that had a 95% to 100% passing rate for the NCLEX. No official exit exam but the final exam for the last semester was very very hard. I had all A's and...

  24. Which program to choose- RN or BSN

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to apoppyfield's topic in General Students

    I agree with this. I'll have my ADN in December and then I plan to get my BSN in a bridge program. You'll save thousands plus you can start working

  25. Working as lpn while doing adn program?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to peas&carrots's topic in LPN to RN

    Hello! I've been an LPN for 6 years. I work full time and go to school full time. It's tough; I don't have much of a life. But it's nice not to struggle with money. I work the midnight shift, I...