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  1. What do you do when CNAs dont work and just take breaks and watch TV?

    lupin replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I would have gone over to the CNA and asked if he was on break. Then I would have asked him to start answering bells as soon as he was done because people were needing help. Then I...

  2. Why can't RN take LPN positions?

    lupin replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    The reason an RN can't take the LPN exam and work as an LPN is because once you have that RN license you cannot hold the other license legally. In every state there is a line of separation between...

  3. "Funny Codes"?

    lupin replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I just remembered a code that one of my old nursing school buddies had. She was working as a CNA extern at a med center, which they will give nursing students who work for them as CNAs a semester of...

  4. Would you rather have a child said to be SS or abort?

    lupin replied to ICURN7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For those of you reading this, I am in no way suggesting a pro-life or pro-choice standpoint. I am just giving opinions and suggestions. As far as Sickle cell anemia goes, everyone is correct. It is...

  5. Rn Go Home ?????

    lupin replied to Haunted's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I moved here last year and really had no problem with getting my license. I have noticed that there is a lot of LPN utilization here which is a happy change from Maine where I moved from. A lot of...

  6. "Funny Codes"?

    lupin replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I've only been through two codes so far and both times I've made a fool of myself.... The first code was on a pt who had a flaming uti and pyloric nephritis who turned septic then coded on us. We had...

  7. How to get to work in a snowstorm?

    lupin replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    Last January I moved from Maine to Tennessee. When I was in Maine I worked as an agency nurse and usually had to travel more than thirty minutes out of my way to get to my assignment. I drove a 4wd...

  8. Protect your profession...

    lupin replied to markdanurse's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    OMG! I work on a spinal surg unit and I could not imagine doing all of the PT/OT for my 4-6 pts as well as run physian's orders, give meds, do my assessments, chart, do preop checkoffs, hang/start...

  9. Geodon?

    lupin replied to NurseErica's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like maybe your family member has a more severe case of Depression maybe? Severe depression can lead to psychotic images or maybe they have a psychotic element that is sepereate from the...

  10. HELP! I DON"T WANT TO GO THROUGH CNA first...

    lupin replied to lookingforward's topic in General Nursing

    OP: Perhaps you should ask if you can job-shadow a nurse before making the decision to go through nursing school. Many places offer that to people who may be interested in certain jobs. You'll get...

  11. Clogs while nursing

    lupin replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

    What about the Danskos? Are there any drawbacks to those? I mean besides being 112 bucks. And incidentally, I bought a pair of the payless "knock off" crocs and I love them! They're all swirly...

  12. What do I tell her?

    lupin replied to HisHands's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about your state but where I work here in TN I don't even have to have an assignment to be slapped with abandonment if you just clock out. That may be the hospital policy of where I work...

  13. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    lupin replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My mother and my grandmother both wanted to be in the medical field but due to the times (50's and 70's) and money neither were able to go. Mom wanted to be a resp. therapist and Mamaw wanted to be a...

  14. Posters that are not nurses

    lupin replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school, we were actually told to watch the nurses that were precepting us for mistakes so we could see the difference between the "right -meaning book" way and the "wrong-meaning...

  15. rules for student nurses

    lupin replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    Oops I guess I numbered mine wrong.

  16. rules for student nurses

    lupin replied to squeakykitty's topic in General Nursing

    13. Know the medications you are supposed to be giving, even if you have to spend 15 minutes outside a pt's room with the RX guide going through each medication. These meds can cure or kill and it's...

  17. what's easiest?

    lupin replied to greenr06's topic in Nursing Career

    Office nursing or occupational health seems like it would be a little less physically demanding, but with office nursing you see all kinds of patients in a work day. Occupational health you may not...

  18. What would you do?

    lupin replied to burnay76's topic in General Nursing

    If I were you I would find someone who works at the psych place near where you live now and do a little research. They may offer such a great package because they have really high turnover. Check out...

  19. Why are Newbies Such Whiners?

    lupin replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I sometimes forget to look at things in a different light. I do occasionally dwell on the negative. I am not a "newbie", I've been an RN a year and a half and an LPN a year before that, but...

  20. Deathbed visions

    lupin replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in NH care I saw a lot of people talking to others who were not there when they were "actively dying". Sometimes it was spouses who had gone before, other times it was parents or even...

  21. I Feel Like Hammered Poo-Poo

    lupin replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Tencat: It can be individual for how long it will take you to get adjusted to nights. I worked nights for about a year and it took me about two months to actually get a schedule that worked for me....

  22. Before I became a nurse...

    lupin replied to arizonanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I never thought nurses worked that hard (I worked as a receptionist at a peds office, the nurses seemed to have it easy....talk about the grass not being greener).:uhoh21: I worked at a Walmart as a...

  23. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    lupin replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, from my limited three years as a nurse: In the nursing home or assisted living setting, I have heard the shuffle of feet in a carpeted hallway, with no one there. Any nurse who has worked in a...

  24. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    lupin replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    Healer27: Some of the doctor's offices I applied to said that they didn't hire brand new nurses, they hired those that had some experience. Also, a lot of doctor's offices hire LPNs or MAs because...

  25. Good Bye to Nursing for me...

    lupin replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

    IncublissRN: I had a year's experience as an LPN before I finished my RN so I had a bit of nursing experience under my belt before graduation. I found it hard at first to be dropped into a new...