holmgirl21

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  1. 1 year vs 2 year LPN programs

    When I had gone to school, Alexandria Tech's course was a 1 year program. (10.5 months to be
  2. Lunch Break

    My favorite snack on the run are Luna Bars. Nuts over chocolate are my favorite. They are packed with protein and are made from soy nuts. They ususally get me through the
  3. Sick...

    I have been working in peds for almost 2 years...and I still get sick. Like you said, even with wearing gloves, and hand washing, you still catch those little bugs. I did come to the conclusion that...
  4. Getting hit!

    I had worked with a few alzheimer's patients that would get very out of hand also. Again, family refused to have any medication administered. The nurse that I had worked with would call the family...
  5. I recently had root scaling and planing done on my top and bottom molars on both sides. I received novocaine in each area. I have a very low pain tolerance, but the procedure didn't seem to bother...
  6. I try not to because like above, I don't want to be treated any differently. I know that I too get very nervous when I am working with a nurse or MD. The only downfall, is that I have worked with...
  7. entering nursing, but can't handle vomit

    I work in a pediatric clinic, and I too, cannot stand the smell/sight of vomit. One day our NP walked out of a room after seeing a young boy and she told me that he had vomitted all over the floor...
  8. Hand washing... use lotion?

    My hands too, crack and bleed nearly every week. There are only two lotions that I have found that help at all. The one, I only used once and was my father's...it was shipped in from Germany. I had...
  9. Please tell me I will have time with patients

    I work in Pediatrics, but in a clinic setting. It is great, because I do have the time to spend with my patients. At times, of course, it does get busy, but alot of times, I have time to sit and...
  10. Team Nursing...yay or nay

    Nay. We tried "team nursing" in our clinic when it opened. Needless to say, it lasted about 4 weeks. The managers decided to keep the "team" happy by going back to 1 on 1 nursing, rather than...
  11. Too busy for break?

    In the clinic situation that I work in, we had been receiving a one hour lunch break, which included lunch, and the two breaks for the 8 hour shift. We had combined 2 clinics and got new supervisors...
  12. The company that I work for offered and gave the vaccine to all of the employees that wanted it last week. Now yesterday, a bulletin came out from the state stating that we (health care workers) are...