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This happened to my boyfriend at a non-nursing job. They interviewed, got copies of a license, made an appointment to do tax forms...then "oh well now we have to wait for the regional people(or whatever) to approve an open position!" I think it happens at a lot of places, and the scenario is a lot like roser13 said.

I thought the poster in that exact situation was an LPN? Forgive me if I'm wrong and misread. Personally, I think it would have been less mean-spirited if the situation had been explained to the woman, like someone mentioned earlier. I don't know what the actual situation was, though, so there might have been something else going on where only that male nurse was available?

That is just uncalled for.

Okay. I don't post here often, but I lurk a lot. My past semester was really hellish; I had some serious personal issues, my room mate/bf had to have surgery, couldn't work, got screwed when it came to workers comp. I have had to support me and him basically on my part time job a half hour away. That along with other stuff had made it a really tough semester...so tough that I found it hard to even wake up in the morning, let alone go to school. I squeaked through with a B average, and ended up getting a "Letter of Weakness" attached to my record or whatever, stating my lack of professional accountability. This was from one instructor from one lab. I'd rather not get into the details as to WHY I got the letter...as I'm not for airing my dirty laundry and making it obvious the exact situation, but I personally feel that the letter wasn't exactly...necessary. Like, I can see why I got it and also why I shouldn't have. Anyway, the new semester starts in a week. I'm determined to do better this semester, especially since the weakness-writing-instructor is an instructor for another one of my courses . I'm terrified that every instructor, upon receiving this letter, will be just WAITING for me to fail. Somewhere deep down I know they're all not all out to get me, but the fear is real and there. Things are *starting* to stabilize at home, with roomie working (but I just lost my job due to a car breakdown...that's a whole 'nother story though) and I'm going to buy most of my books tomorrow. Due to my home issues, I don't feel like I was able to bond closely with my fellow classmates and thus have been getting left out of study groups and all that. It started to change slightly towards finals time, but I'm just not tight with them yet. I want to get together with people and study, and spend more time at the library studying, and etc, etc...in fact I'm GOING to do it! Has anyone else had a rocky start and gotten past it? Any tips/tricks from those who aren't good studiers? Even just a smile and wave would do .

Okay, I'm still a student. But I do work in assisted living. Strange, though, because we have at least 2 residents who are wheelchair bound and need help with ALL of their cares. ALL OF THEM. Anywho: 1. To the resident who is all there who pooped in a toilet he knew was clogged: DO NOT complain to me because we didn't unclog your toilet fast enough! You knew it was clogged! We've got at least 5 totally dependent residents to take care of, and there are two of us to about 30 people, and one has to pass meds! There are at least FIVE other bathrooms for you to use. They are NOT too low for you to sit on, because almost all of them have those toilet seat lifters! And the toilet you clogged? Doesn't have one. Explain that to me. You're just lazy. You're too lazy to even go to your room to take naps so you just do it in the hall and complain if there's noise. Funny, though, how you can cart your @ss down to the nurses station (70 feet or so) to complain that we didn't answer your call light quick enough. Maybe if you didn't insist on having your depends changed only once a day, and insist that its changed during toileting time for everyone else, and weren't saying "yummy yummy yummy" while we're wiping you, we'd scurry on down there a little quicker! Also, you don't need a 0230 snack when you have seconds at every meal and you're grossly overweight. I'm not unlocking the kitchen to make you toast at 0300! Also, don't you EVER try to stick your hands in the narcotic cart during drug count at shift change again! I'll give a reason to have to use the motorized wheelchair in your room. 2. Miss Diva: I understand that you have company. I would love to make their visit more enjoyable. But if I'm rushing by at toileting time with a pocket full of gloves and a bag of soiled linen, it is NOT the time to TELL me to "get your friend a cup of coffee with milk and one of those muffins you had with dinner. Oh also, put some cream and sugar on her tray." I'm sorry, isn't there a coffee pot for resident use 15 feet from your room? And as I understood it, kitchen staff left hours ago. Don't worry, I'm sure Mrs. X can wallow in her own feces for a while while I make sure your friend has a snack. 3. Friend of Miss Diva: SHAME ON YOU for allowing Miss Diva to make those demands. You're a perfectly healthy middle-aged woman. There is no reason for you to be waited on when there are people that need my attention more! If I were in your position, I would have told the aide and Miss Diva, "Oh no, don't worry about that! If you can point me toward the coffee, I can get some myself if that's okay." 4. Not a patient, but my boss: Don't spout bullhockey about "not making the same employee work every holiday, and everyone has to take their turn" when I've worked every major holiday thus far and will be Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. And if you're going to pull that crap, give me some HOLIDAY PAY. Excuuuuuuuuse me for being a student and not being able to work "full-time" but its NOT okay to have my shift partner making $4-5 more than me for doing less work. Also, way to not give me that raise everyone else got. Also, when your staff calls you for approval to call an ambulance because a resident has so much blood in his underwear that its leaving a trail around the building, don't blow it off and say "its just hemorrhoids." THAT RESIDENT HAS NEVER HAD HEMORRHOIDS EVER! What? He had a stroke later? Maybe you should reconsider running an assisted living facility with that criminal justice degree, sweetie. 5. The diabetic who refuses to take care of himself: YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE AN AMPUTATION VERY SOON IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. OPEN WOUNDS ARE NOT OKAY! Also, don't crap in the shower. You can crap in a toilet, I've seen you go in there and do it. Just go before the shower. If you won't respect yourself, please respect those who make $8.50/hr and drive a half an hour to take care of you. *pant pant pant* Sorry all, I just needed to get that out.

Honestly, this just sounds like a "can't please 'em" situation. She's upset about something, and it's not your job to figure it out and kiss up to her to fix it. It sounds like you've gone out of your way to be extra nice to her, without any sort of reciprocation. I don't think this is something *you* can fix. I had a friend like this. She just wasn't happy with herself, and thus went around belittling others. There are a few women like this at the assisted living facility I work at too. I'm still a student, and not in the "real" world, but my best advice is to just keep being nice to her and just kind of brush off the rest of the crap you receive. If you take the high road, she'll either realize how she's acting and change, or you'll just look better. Good luck!

Good shoes with good arch support, a stethoscope (mine is a cheapo one but it's been fine for first semester), more than one set of scrubs, some kind of smartphone for nursing apps, good deodorant (My clinic site is always a billion degrees and I've sweatthrough my scrubs ewww), and a coffee maker

I guess I was lucky to have both good and bad nurses at my clinical site this semester. There were some that were willing to put residents through excruciating pain because they would rather use an EZ-stand instead of assisting in transfers. Or they'd snap at the students and treat us worse than maids...and get mad at us if we didn't have time to finish doing everything on a resident's care sheet, but they would be out for 10 smoke breaks. Then there were some that were the nicest, most helpful nurses in the world. They were always happy to answer questions, would come assist us if we needed it, and were excited to help us learn new skills. These were the people that were the best to their residents, and you could see the smiles the residents had after dealing with these nurses. Seeing both in the same area definitely gave all of us an idea of what and what NOT to do!

Hi there, this is my first post...I've been lurking around for a while, but I finally got the courage to post. Here's my question/dilemma...I have recently been diagnosed with depression on top of my ADHD...and it's been a really hard 6 months or so. I have a really hard time paying attention in class, and all I want to do lately is sleep. I've been having trouble sleeping and so once I do, I fall into this deep almost-coma and I've slept through my alarm on more than one occasion. It's been affecting my schoolwork, obviously, and I'll pull myself out of a rut for a while and get stuff done, but then something goes wrong and it all seems to come crashing down around me and I just want to sleep for days and days. Some days I want nothing more than to study and do well and be a nurse...and I'll sit down and work for hours, but then others I just sleep all day long. It seems like I do way better with being prepared and ready for clinic than theory courses...I don't know why. I just get this, like, paralyzing fear of doing ANYTHING and then I don't do it so I feel worse for not doing anything and then I feel worse about feeling bad etc, etc. I've been to the doctor with concerns and she put me on Prozac, which...kinda (?)...helped? I don't know how much of a difference there was, but m boyfriend said I was less sad. But now I've run out of my prescription and my insurance got screwed up, so I have to go in and get that fixed during business hours...good thing my classes usually run till 5pm. I need to talk to someone, I know and I know that our campus provides help, but I just...can't go? Also, I just wanted to add that I'm well aware that I'm self-destructing here and that its NOT okay...and I do know that I want to be a nurse. I LOVE my clinic rotation, even though its SO HARD for me to get up that early in the morning to go. I can't describe how good it feels to help out my residents (working in a nursing home this semester), even though we're changing underpants and giving showers. There were a couple occasions when I stopped a care aide from doing something potentially harmful to a resident and my instructor told me she was really proud of me for acting like a "real" nurse. I also did a job shadow at an ICU ward and I couldn't stop talking about how awesome it was. So I know I love doing nursing things, but when it comes to the actual "school" thing, it becomes terrifying and I become paralyzed? Maybe I'm so scared of failing out that I'm causing myself to fail? Anyway, enough of my whining. I was just wondering if anyone else has these problems and could share some advice or experiences...or maybe it'll help knowing I'm not alone. Thanks for reading my novel :)