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  1. Looking for a resource on natural childbirth...

    When my sister had her first child 2 years ago she had the same desire to have a natural birth. She had her birth plan all played out in her mind and in paper months ahead of time. Well needless to...
  2. Get fired or resign from new grad program

    .75 and 0.75 is a really big mistake. We were taught in nursing school on like the 2nd week of class to NEVER put .75 always 0.75 why? Because of incidents like this because .75 looks like 75. unless...
  3. Get fired or resign from new grad program

    IS everyone on here serious? I mean this is such an easy question it boggles my mind why some people who even consider the other option! Resign aka quit!! Hello....... that's why her current employer...
  4. I think your job as a mother is more important. Although you did not like your job you never returned to it! If your having doubts about being a nurse than you dont want to be on. Honestly there are...
  5. 4 year old son diagnosed bipolar on meds but need help

    This is a very hard situation! I know friends who have children with adhd and some freinds who have bipolar disorder. They were all diagnosed, and their symptoms were more evident when they were...
  6. Rationale for wound packing irrigation

    Wound packing especially if it is wet to dry is used to help remove debri. Debridment is needed to promote healing and to expose the "pink" granulated tissue. This "pink" tissue needs to be exposed in...
  7. How soon we forget.

    Most certainly NOT your planet, thankfully. When I go to my doctor I make sure that everything is taken car of and addressed. I make sure that he does not run out of the room after 30 sec of examining...
  8. any nurses/nursing students on methadone?

    I am so happy for you! Congratulations on being clean! It depends on the school policies and states. However, If they have known for a while and you start next week and if there is a problem they...
  9. Pressure sore care

    a facility I worked at pressure ulcer care were done by orders of the dr. Usually it was clean with NS, wet to dry dressings. If eschar was present the order is usually
  10. How soon we forget.

    I do also believe that this new health care bill will change the way the health care system operates. To what degree? We will have to wait and see. Since there would be a massive influx of patients...
  11. heartless DON or reality check?

    I think that she should have been told to go home by the DON without even having to ask. That is really
  12. How do you make potassium tolerable?

    For liquid put it in a juice
  13. Farmingdale State College

    I recently graduated from Farmingdale and I know for a fact that for all the nursing programs they offer the BIGGEST factor for acceptance is what you score on the NLN
  14. I have a question to nurse that smoke

    I smoke and I think it is absolutely a horrible habit. However I do not smoke a pack a day for instance I haven't a cigarette in 48 hours, i usually smoke maybe 5 or 6 a day if I'm out and about....
  15. Celebrities who were formerly nurses...

    Kim Zolciak from the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" known for her hit song "Tardy for the Party" is an
  16. Jobs not being advertised?

    I got my job by sending my resume to every facility (nursing home, dialysis, methadone clinics, psych hospitals) literally every facility that would have an LPN working there. My job did NOT advertise...
  17. Plz read!!! Nurse using drugs what should i do???

    Here are my thoughts: 1.) your freind's husband needs to get a job. 2.) You need to report her to the BON- Marijuana is illegal for a reason and I have known people who have gotten into car accidents...
  18. question for young nurses

    I am 22 and work 4 10 hour shifts at an outpatient Dialysis center on Long Island. In LPN school I barley had a social life although I did go on 2 one week vacations that year. I am not married and...
  19. Future of LPN?

    Nursing is run state by state just like marriage and drivers license and all those other professions that require a license. So I would think that the ANA cannot declare the "phasing out". If it was...
  20. School giving me bad reputation...

    I can't believe anyone would ever do that! Especially someone from your school! To have the opportunity to give a good reference and help someone in their career and life is a good thing. For a person...
  21. Future of LPN?

    LPN's are most certainly not going anywhere. In fact I heard that due to the new health care bill LPN's will be in greater demand! For a bunch of reasons, but mainly because it will be better for the...
  22. Suny farmingdale lpn program

    I just graduated from the LPN program. Acceptance is once a a year and it starts in the spring semester- january. Your grade on the entrance exam is the biggest criteria in getting into the program. I...
  23. I am 22 years old and have ligamentous laxity....my ligaments are "loose" and have to much movement than their supposed to. Their is no cure, surgery or treatment :-( Well actually my orthopedic said...
  24. "Mature" graduates finding employment

    Most of the people in my LPN class were younger, but when I took Pharmacology we were with RN students and this discussion came up. At my clinicals I asked a nurse about the topic and she stated...
  25. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    I also think that jobs that advertise: "Bi-lingual -spanish needed" should be considered discrimination!! Because they do not want to hire you if you dont speak Spanish-thats not fair! Although there...