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  1. Fired for refusing to draw blood without an order.

    I recently left a clinic job where the current and previous office managers tried to tell me my job, (I was the only nurse and only 1 doc). Didn't take me long to let them know how things worked. Not...
  2. 75 Questions Doesn't feel any better than 265

    Two years ago I passed with 75 questions thinking I only knew the answers to 2 of the questions, I understand how ya'll feel, Cheer up I'm sure you all
  3. What is it really like to be a new graduate nurse????

    I think stress the careplans less and the verbal interactions with the doctors, and other departments in the hospital setting would have helped me more. Also I would like to see the students teamed...
  4. Spoiled my kids!!!!! No more discount sneakers for those two, name brands shoes like their friends!!! Kind of silly but kids are happy. One teenager and a pre-teen really enjoyed going all out at the...
  5. disciplinary nightmare

    Been in front of the board of nursing several years ago, positive outcome by the way. Any way the advice from the others is in the mark!!! Good eye contact and take your time answering questions,...
  6. Working in Hospitals

    I just started working in a hospital after 10+ yrs in LTC and 3yrs in clinic and it is hands down much better for me to be in the hospital. When I first became an LPN I thought hospital nursing was...
  7. Feeling like I blew it!

    I haven't met a nurse with kids yet that does not panic when it is their own kid. I know and admit to turning into a complete idiot when one of my kids is hurt!!!! Good thing DH is able to focus on...
  8. How long did you take to test?

    75 questions in 40 mins, sat in the parking lot 30 mins crying over thinking I failed. Two days later results in and I passed. Three years of school and it all rode on a 40 min period of time...
  9. Got my NCLEX results :)

    Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I to thought I would die when the test shut off at 75 Mary
  10. Got my NCLEX results :)

    Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I to thought I would die when the test shut off at 75 Mary
  11. Understaffing? Your opinion

    Had a job in LTC once as an LPN that sounded very much like the OP described. Me, 3 CNAs on a good night and 65 pts!!!!! Usually only 2 CNAs and sometimes only one. The house supervisor was no help...
  12. Does it pay to challenge a test question?

    challanging test questions is all in the approach. I personaly questioned the instructor on many questions and always had material to backup myself during the sessions. I didn't always gain my...
  13. My Impressions of NCLEX

    I took the nclex today to, had an hour drive home in the pouring rain, cried all the way home. Mine shut off at 75 also and I felt like someone had hit me in the stomach with a 2x4! Mine was mostly...
  14. Worried about co-worker

    I have recently started a new job and during the orientation process all the new hires are together for many days. So here's my concern, one of the newbies is always discussing her "medication...
  15. EMTs past or current

    I'm an emt cardiac tech and an RNA, hoping to drop the A next week after I take boards. Also have been an LPN and CNA. All of that experience, I thought helped me during nursing school and I think...
  16. Rn Nclex

    One of my classmates had the max 265 and passed!!! HOpe the rest of us can do that. I take mine on the 23rd of June, wish me
  17. How strong is your immune system?

    How funny this question is asked today!! This week I was on orientation at a peds clinic for 2 days and last night and today have felt like $h!t!!! the N&V!!! We saw so many kids with N/V/D...
  18. RN or LPN???

    My son was 16 monthes when I started LPN school, it was hard to be away from him but with creative planning we made it through! Now he is 15 and I just finished the RN program (also have an 11 yr old...
  19. Family in room during a resusitation?

    I work in EMS parttime as well as being a nurse. One code that family was present for they excepted the situation well. I was on the ambulance dispatched for difficulty breathing, got on scene to...
  20. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    8 hr shift vs. 12 hr shift (for the evening nurses out
  21. New Nurse Tech in the ER, I would like some advice

    I for one have always liked to work with new nurses. (Was an LPN for 12 yrs, finised RN and waiting to take boards now). Unless like you said only one good vein I would allow the newbie to have a try...
  22. New LPN troubled with CNA's

    Been there too! I left LTC because of CNAs with attitude. Where I worked the night crew was so lazy, took breaks way past the time allowed, complained about everything and everyone on the other...
  23. Are CNA's considered "Nurses"?

    Having been an LPN for 12 years I take personal offense that "LPN, CNA Just doesn't cut it any more" I started as a CNA, worked my way through LPN school, all so I could provide more for the patients...
  24. My Fearless Boy & a "lost"ear

    Glad to hear your son is okay and has no hearing loss. Love it when the kids note the "dirty gloves"!! Its hard not to let others know you are a nurse when your kid is in the ED, my two accident...
  25. Drug Testing

    Drug testing is pretty standard for most health care agencies now. Where I used to work, drug testing on hire and if employee was involved in any accidents while at work also. We also had to have a...