saraleigh

saraleigh ASN, RN

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  1. Switched to LVN from the Business World and am UNDERWHELMED!

    saraleigh replied to Guest1188630's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I went to LVN school in Southern California about 10 years ago and my first clinical site was pretty much the same as your experience. We had lunch at a nearby sushi place who didn't mind if some of...

  2. What have been your favorite gifts from families?

    saraleigh replied to HiddencatBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever you do, please don't send

  3. Using Your Nursing Credentials to Validate Anti-Vaxxer Theories

    saraleigh replied to Helen Crump's topic in Disaster Preparation

    None of these products caused a world-wide pandemic. We are treading in much deeper waters here (regarding Covid-19) and as such our actions and words have much greater consequence, literally and...

  4. Nurses That Never Worked In A Hospital...

    saraleigh replied to guest1143647's topic in General Nursing

    It's in alphabetical order

  5. If Nurses are "Essential", Why Can't We Be Treated Like It?

    saraleigh replied to Catalin's topic in General Nursing

    Are you

  6. COVID-19: How to handle working with staff who don't take precautions out of work

    saraleigh replied to cmcrawfo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    No testing of staff whatsoever in Southern California hospital. Two thirds of our patients are covid positive and we have been working out of ratio for at least a week. And yes, some of my fellow...

  7. Oxygen requirements & level of care

    saraleigh replied to Ele_123's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I work med surg tele with ratio of 1:4 and more often than not have covid patients on heated high flow or oxymizer. It really is unnerving to have one on both high flow and the non rebreather

  8. COVID: I'm ready to leave the hospital until the end of the pandemic guilt

    saraleigh replied to CardiTeleRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In my SoCal hospital we can't test for either of these in the absence of

  9. Age vs Years Nursing

    saraleigh replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

    Got my LVN in 2012 and my RN in 2017; 39 years old. Prior to nursing I worked in

  10. COVID-19 and extinction of human species

    saraleigh replied to DannyBoy8's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They also didn't wash their hands in

  11. California Nurse: Ratio Laws and Rest Periods

    saraleigh replied to JacobBrown's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'd say that is pretty

  12. Useless Shift Report Information

    saraleigh replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    At least they asked and didn't just pretend to

  13. What is it like to work in a good hospital?

    saraleigh replied to Green Tea, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I continued to work in SNF after getting my RN so that I could be "picky" about my next place of employment, i.e. relatively better benefits/pay and day shift schedule. It took about 18 months and...

  14. Generation Z

    saraleigh replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    More like Gen X; this happened almost 20 years ago. I am confident that a person of Gen Z age group was not directly affected by an event from

  15. Nurses Week Giveaways - WIN Up To $4,000! Nurses Week 2018

    saraleigh replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    ... Something outside of my

  16. California NCLEX delays

    saraleigh replied to taylorwade1222's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    See this thread:

  17. California BRN Processing Times Poll

    saraleigh replied to secondlifenurse's topic in California Nursing

    1) Applying for license-by-exam (currently a working LVN) 2) Date application was filed? 5/15/17 3) Number of weeks since you applied? 11 4) Electronic App 5) Graduated from Palomar College May 25th,...

  18. Tips for dealing with CA BRN?

    saraleigh replied to jjfab189's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am in virtually the same situation. Submitted full app online May 15th. Received letter requesting that I resubmit fingerprints. 2nd Livescan sent May 30th. I made a complaint to DCA via email and...

  19. NCLEX Results California

    saraleigh replied to surfergirl166's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I don't mean to hijack your thread, but I am wondering if this is at all related to wait time for authorization to test. I applied May 16th, graduated May 25th, and registered / paid PearsonVue June...

  20. Sharp New Grad Residency October 2017

    saraleigh replied to onajourney's topic in California Nursing

    Me

  21. Age of Nurse = Level of Experience? Or Not?? The survey says...

    saraleigh replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I am 36 years old. Nursing is my 2nd career; in my former life I worked in marketing/advertising. I have been working as an LVN since 2012 in several specialties. 3 weeks ago I completed my ADN; just...

  22. Endocrine System & Blood Questions?

    saraleigh replied to CedarGirl10's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'll play... Anabolic and

  23. My NCLEX Experience: Preparations, Study Tips, and Acing the Exam

    saraleigh replied to lilmonsterkray's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I second this advice. And you are fortunate to have attended a school that utilized HESI. My LVN education was all HESI, and was all I used to study for the boards; I passed at 85 ?s. I will add that...

  24. Embarrassing topic: sweating

    saraleigh replied to quazar's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Try this Amazon.com : Dry Idea- Stain Clear- Multi Protection (Clean) Antiperspirant Deodorant 3.25 Fl oz :

  25. LTC's are a joke

    saraleigh replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    From working in pediatric PDN, I learned that suspensions/compounds are far pricier than their "typical" (and able to be repackaged) solid forms. You can order it, but whether or not...