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  1. Online nursing degrees

    nurseangel78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was considering getting my associates degree online. Has anyone gotten theirs online and if so how long did it take (LPN to RN) and do you recommend doing it this way vs. going to

  2. Online nursing degrees

    nurseangel78 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    The clinical portion is what scares me to death. I am a new LPN, just graduated in Aug 04', so I don't have a lot of experience yet. I have been accepted into college, but put on a waiting list to...

  3. Call Offs

    nurseangel78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Our new DON at a LTC facility I work at just announced to the staff a couple of days ago about a new policy she has in place. She states that if you call off sick for any reason whatsoever, even if...

  4. Call Offs

    nurseangel78 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    I called out sick last week with a doctors excuse. I was unable to find coverage, so the LPN social worker worked the shift that i was suppose to work. When I went back to work she looked so...

  5. First Foley

    nurseangel78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I inserted my first foley catheter tonight! YAY for me!!!:yelclap: I was kinda nervous about it knowing that I had never done it in school or at work before, so one of my CNA 's which was a PCT 2 went...

  6. First Foley

    nurseangel78 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    I really do understand where you are coming from, I have never been a CNA but I do believe that becoming a LPN before a RN is going to make me appreciate all of these "titles" even more. I never knew...

  7. First Foley

    nurseangel78 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    PCT is a Patient Care Technician. I think it's somewhere between CNA and LPN, not really

  8. First Trache Patient

    nurseangel78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC, when I go back to work on Tuesday, I will have my first tracheostomy patient and I'm scared! I never did it in clinicals, but had to do it once for a skills check-off for nursing...

  9. Nurses and Blood Draws?

    nurseangel78 replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Before I became a nurse I was a Phlebotomist, and still am. I don't draw blood that often where I work, but if they need me to I will. To whoever said nurses can't draw blood, well, there definately...

  10. Call Offs

    nurseangel78 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with you, we are human beings too, and things happen to us in our lives or families lives that prevent us from working sometimes. I believe this policy is stupid and disrespectful to...

  11. I passed!!!!!!!!!!!

    nurseangel78 replied to Gerusha's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    CONGRADULATIONS!!!!!:yelclap::w00t::smiley_aa:balloons::rotfl:

  12. Nurse with Dental Problems

    nurseangel78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I feel so bad....about my teeth that is. As a child, I did not visit the dentist regularly for cleanings, filings, etc... Now as an older adult I have been to the dentist much more often but not for...

  13. Nurse with Dental Problems

    nurseangel78 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    I went to the dentist this morning. Another abscessed tooth. Either root canal or extraction. I can't afford the root canal, so here goes another one gone. I do not have any insurance, because I only...

  14. Nurse with Dental Problems

    nurseangel78 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    I am looking into the schools, colleges, clinics dental work thing now. Hopefully I will luck up and find something soon. If that does not work, I will just have to find a dentist that does financing....

  15. Do you believe humans have souls?

    nurseangel78 replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I believe that we have

  16. I took my NCLEX PN for the 3rd time, whatya think?

    nurseangel78 replied to mzkathrina's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I passed with 80 questions answered. A lot of other people in my class that took the test were saying that the computer quit at either the minimum or maximum amount of questions and they all passed....

  17. Evening Shift

    nurseangel78 replied to malusport's topic in Nursing Career

    I work in LTC. I work on Tuesdays and Thursdays evening shift 3-11pm. I am still in college, so I work two days a week. I really thought I would hate evening shifts because I have 3 kids and a...

  18. Different shift pay rates

    nurseangel78 replied to Plagueis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work at a corporate assisted living facility in the Skilled nursing/ Alzhemiers Unit as Charge LPN, and nobody gets shift or weekend differential. We have asked about it since we got a new executive...

  19. Funny Names for Nurses

    nurseangel78 replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    OB/GYN Dr.

  20. Stuff named after you?

    nurseangel78 replied to Jellibum's topic in Nursing Humor

    My name is Angel, so everyone at the LTC facility that I work at thinks that god sent them an Angel to take care of them. How

  21. Dilemma with Narcotic Med Count

    nurseangel78 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    I think at the next nurses staff meeting, this issue should be brought up.There definately needs to be a policy on what to do if this happens again because I don't want to be blamed again for...

  22. How did you find your niche?

    nurseangel78 replied to wannabenursetx's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new nurse, graduated August 2004. I went through clinicals and loved it. I still have no clue as to what field of nursing I want to work in. Right now I am working at my first job since...

  23. Poll: Nurse for life or do you have an "after nursing plan"?

    nurseangel78 replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    I think that I will continue to do nursing for the rest of my life here on earth, but I will continue to work part time, maybe full time, but not 12 hour shifts or longer because I don't want to get...

  24. Dilemma with Narcotic Med Count

    nurseangel78 replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    This missing pill dilemma has been solved. The DON and her boss were working it out Tuesday when I went into work. They had to go back to figure out how it got missing. I still don't know exactly what...

  25. Post Fall Neuro Assesment?

    nurseangel78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work at an Assisted Living LTC unit. Tonight one of my patient's fell in the dining room and hit their head against the wall. I Did the incident report and post fall assesment, patient was fine for...