juzme

Hello fellow nurses, I have been an LPN for going on 11 years; worked in LTC for MH/MR, LTC for the elderly,hospital setting and currently homecare. I have always debated and even started at one time working on prereqs for an RN program. I love ...

My sister was d/c from a med/surg unit after a 3 day stay for a severe asthma attack(unsure what triggered it) upon her d/c the nurse gave her a paperwork and said the company, carecentrix, would call her to set up a homecare nurse to come and see he...

Yes, Congratulations and Good luck!!!! Welcome to nursing!:-)

:hug: 1st of all, take a deep breath! really that does help....right now you are in panic mode, it's sounds like. It is like a panic attack, this will pass and you will be able to think clearly. Now no doubt, your nursing director has seen this befor...

hi, 1st of all...always follow standard precautions with whomever you are caring for, because and I'm sure you know that we may never know what someone has. But when a resident, client. etc. is found out to have something communicable appropriate iso...

:hug:first of all hugs to you! you are not a bad nurse, get that out of your head! and congratulations on your mommy to be status:-) ahh homecare....if you read some of my old posts(even though my client is alot older)you will see what i went through...

oh geez, im sorry just reread your question...lol I need to really pay attention to posts after I take a nap and before I respond!lol...I hope you get some correct info:-)

Hello and welcome!:-) I am not in your state but please make sure of the IC laws in your state. I was going to work for agency as an IC according to them BUT according to IRS I was not and after taking out my own taxes and the paperwork I would have ...

thanks Brandon! I needed that:rotfl: it feels so good to just laugh!!!!!

Ok, you say you are mad and not sure you should be? well I believe anyone can feel anyway they want to....they are feelings! But how you choose to react to those feelings are an entirely different subject and you chose to deal with your feelings by v...

first of all; HUGS TO YOU!!!:hug:You are a new grad, you need to give yourself at least a good year to feel even remotely comfortable! Nursing is very hard! You are not going to catch everything or ever stop making mistakes BUT you can minimize them ...

I must say when I read comments about why the nursing field is this or that, because women dominate the field I have chuckeld to myself! See, I worked in a factory of mostly men and let me tell you there were the men who gossiped, the men who back st...

have you tried a position in home health as a nurse for 1 client? I have 1 client and the nurse's who are coming on board have tired of work such as yours and they also come from hospitals. There a few things that drove me crazy at 1st but now the f...

"we informed the patient that this kind of behavior was not tolerated and he was welcome to leave and seek health care elsewhere. This should be the normal way to deal with this!" midwife2002 I was thinking the same thing madwife2002! that should n...

And it was great! I know that I could never be in that environment FT again but it is so great to go back on my terms and great pay;-) I really enjoyed seeing everyone, the clients, the staff. And I actually felt like a regular nurse(I did assessment...

Good for you! At 56 and have plenty of energy..I love it:-) Good luck to you in any area of nursing that you pursue;-)

I am so sorry for your loss:( Please give yourself a break, you are dealing with alot! Apologize to your coworkers and let them know what you just went through, there are people out there who still care about other people. Most new nurses really stru...

just beautiful to watch! there is so much to still learn about the human brain:-) thanks for posting Littlemouse!

ut oh...i responded also!!!!lol

A BMI of 35 is 100 pounds over your ideal weight for your height. The hospital is not talking about vanity pounds here.

This is a subject that can and will elicit many passionate responses and can be handled rationally if we can be honest about the issue. This is not a skinny vs fat issue nor is about an obese nurse not working as hard as a skinny nurse. Like another ...

Check this out...I know an RN who went back to school in her late 40s and still in her 70s working home care and she still loves working..she has a different case now(we use to work on the same case)she makes fantastic money and loves still pulling i...

I think I am with you Esme12!!!!

LOL my self esteem must be low, I have never called myself a great nurse! But I try to be a good nurse;-) a safe nurse, an advocate for my patient and when I don't understand something I look it up. I ask questions....I apologize when I am wrong or w...

Thank you everyone for your input:-) whatever position we hold; CNA, MA,LPN, RN or even an advanced degree it is important to just try to enjoy where ever you are in life...if you want to go on then do so, if not then that is wonderful too...whatever...