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    Running out of time...

    nekozuki replied to mrsflowers's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I completed my LPN with the intention of bridging into the accelerated RN program at my local CC. However, because a BSN is my ultimate goal, it is faster for me to simply apply directly to a...
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    School and work!

    nekozuki replied to letlove's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If anything, I would suggest holding off work during your first month of the program to see how you adjust to the new schedule, rapid pace and test format. You may discover that the program is suited...
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    Roaches ON the patient

    nekozuki posted a topic in Private Duty

    So, this weekend I've been filling in for a patient new to the agency while my main patient is undergoing surgery. I was warned the location was small, cramped, dirty with an inexperienced mom and...
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    Roaches ON the patient

    nekozuki replied to nekozuki's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks for the phone number. The patient has since been removed from the mother and is doing well in one of the foster homes run by my company. It's definitely a story I tell new grads looking to get...
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    How much orientation should I expect to receive in private duty nursing?

    nekozuki replied to firefly101's topic in Private Duty

    Welp, my opinion is gonna be unpopular, but here it is, OP. I think the decision to go PDN definitely depends on the individual, the vibe/support they get from the agency, and fanatical drive to...
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    PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    nekozuki replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow. If my agency cut pay any more, it would be more lucrative to be a school nurse handing out Tylenol. The nurses wouldn't stick around, no way no
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    Top challenges of being a nursing student!

    nekozuki replied to dotdotcurve33's topic in General Students

    One if the top problems I saw in nursing school was students who had not been adequately prepared for a rigorous course of study. Education is so watered down in order to pass ALL students that the...
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    PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    nekozuki replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wow. I guess I lucked out then. The staffing shortage at my pediatric PDN place has gotten so bad that I haven't worked under 60 hours a week in almost two months, and it's scheduled to remain that...
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    Teaching Without A MSN?

    nekozuki replied to Nupe4sleep's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Because most LPN programs aren't taught at the community college/university level, BSN-level education is all that is needed (at least in central Florida). Even the director of the entire medical...
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    Select All That Apply

    nekozuki replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in General Students

    Good Lord, even reading the thread title made me hiss and swipe at my screen like an angry cat. I have encountered both one and all answers being correct on the SATA questions, and about a third of...
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    What is a Calling to be a nurse?

    nekozuki replied to Myoclonicjerk's topic in General Students

    "It's my calling" often comes from those who romanticize nursing, and have holy visions of themselves as stoic beacons amid the darkness of an uncertain world, yadda yadda yadda. Then you graduate and...
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    Is it okay that I hate LTC?

    nekozuki replied to fresitachulita's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    It's easy to go into nursing school saying "I'm gonna be a _____ nurse," but reality has a way of punching your aspirations and assumptions in the throat. No worries, LPNs work in many different...
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    Dealing with calls from work

    nekozuki replied to Katniss88's topic in General Nursing

    I'm definitely in an unhealthy co-dependent relationship with the staffing department at my job. I get calls several times a day as well. Sometimes, staffing will call me once, leave a message, then...
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    Nasty homes

    nekozuki replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Most of my patient homes have been cluttered but very, very clean. One was an apartment that was immaculate, but the building itself was old, so roaches sometimes skittered across the kitchen floor....
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    Millennials in the workplace

    nekozuki replied to ktwlpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We "Millenials" are living in a different world. There is no job security, no stability, no company that considers itself loyal to us, benefits are disappearing, pensions are a thing of myth and...
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    What inspired you to be a nurse?

    nekozuki replied to dc1994's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I chose nursing because a part of me is fascinated by the disgusting, the lurid, and the obscene. Seriously. All throughout nursing school, the instructor would bring up a disease and I'd always have...
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    What do you love about PDN?

    nekozuki replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    Getting to watch kids grow up and become a real part of their lives. Working independently Actually getting to educate families and help them implement treatment plans rather than handing them...
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    PD is like the armpit of nursing

    nekozuki replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    I am really grateful for choosing Pediatric PDN, because I feel like I'm getting better experience than I would scrambling around on a med-surg floor somewhere with an 8:1 patient ratio. Throw in all...
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    Do you know this nurse?

    nekozuki replied to KATRN78's topic in Private Duty

    Oh, Lord. I am 29, and that is totally me. Working 6 12's this week, but I also go to school full-time. I'm so busy that free time makes me jittery and uncomfortable, and I always feel guilty when...
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    Did anybody buy a nursing mannikin to practice skills at home?

    nekozuki replied to strawberryluv's topic in General Students

    My nursing school had the most terrifying medical dummies EVER. It'll be a cold day in hell before I ever purchase one of them to practice on. I'm pretty sure I'd hear creaking floorboards and heavy...
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    PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    nekozuki replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    From what I understand, my employer will elect to pay fines when the time
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    PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    nekozuki replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yep. It's odd, because a nurses don't get benefits, but office staff do. So, the janitor gets insurance, but I
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    PRN hours decreased because of the ACA

    nekozuki replied to kdhunley's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The more I read, the more confused I get. Is the difference between per diem and FT in title only? ALL nurses are considered per diem where I work, but we have regular schedules, must request time off...
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    Hows the LPN Job Market in your area?

    nekozuki replied to ecclecticlylovelylvn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Florida here, my entire class had jobs before our licenses even came in the mail. Tons of LPN jobs in PDN/LTC for new grads. A local LPN program uses my program for their peds rotation and still can't...
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    Who's applying to Valencia's RN bridge program for fall?

    nekozuki replied to FLNurse2015's topic in LPN to RN

    I am! I can't turn my application in until right before the due date because I'm taking a special service learning course that doesn't post grades until the second week of May (otherwise there will be...