ElizaW

ElizaW

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  1. Different Types Of Coworkers

    ElizaW replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Try to have a little sympathy for the second career nurse. Not all of us feel as entitled as your example. Some of us had the calling to enter nursing and resisted it (for whatever reason.) I...

  2. RN's forced to do CNA work

    ElizaW replied to rnckr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There is no such thing as "CNA work" It's all nursing. The part within the CNA scope of practice gets delegated to the CNA but that doesn't mean that the nurse is no longer responsible for those...

  3. Omitting information on a resume

    ElizaW posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    In another thread someone mentioned that omitting a previous job on a resume can be reason for immediate dissmisal. I was gobsmacked when I read that. Is it true? I don't understand why omitting...

  4. How do you deal with overbearing family members?

    ElizaW replied to liveyourlife747's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Overbearing family member here. Last week my sister was told (by her surgeon) that her gallbladder was, "Rotten. Not only did this scare her, but it also made her feel as if she was something to be...

  5. Is it OK to tell an interviewer you want a flexible schedule?

    ElizaW posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm a new grad LPN, license in hand, applying to staffing agencies because I think they will allow me to pick my own hours. I'm taking pre-reqs for an ASN degree and I need to have class days off. I...

  6. Did anyone pass NCLEX-RN by using only ATI study material?

    ElizaW replied to astarrh1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also had a HUGE amount of SATA questions. I just assumed that many of them were experimental questions that didn't really count towards my test score. the NCLEX does that. On the NCLEX-PN 25 of...

  7. NCLEX review?

    ElizaW replied to Scrubs_girl's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    (without violating any security and disclosing anything......) Learn normal lab values. Start now. Then, when you know them, you can start learning normal lab values for children. Children of all...

  8. Ati exit pn

    ElizaW replied to mjaybx's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I used VATI for my NCLEX review because I paid for it as part of my school tuition. I did nothing else - just that. I passed with 85 questions. I think any review program is fine if you apply...

  9. Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    ElizaW replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    The dress code at my school did not allow us to wear any visible jewelry around our necks while at clinicals. Do you know the rules at your

  10. I think I made a boo-boo...

    ElizaW replied to MeganNCA's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You were practicing outside your scope and the repercussions could have been huge for you and for the patient. Thank goodness they were not. You made a mistake, and the best thing to do at this point...

  11. Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    ElizaW replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Everyone in my class was presented with a Gideon's Bible (New Testament and psalms only) as a graduation gift. I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, but the New Testament means nothing at all...

  12. Know it alls....

    ElizaW replied to CatheterCathy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    One person's "Know it all" is another person's Hermione Granger, smart, knowedgable, motivated and excited by

  13. Anyone ever felt this way starting out ..

    ElizaW replied to kay0324's topic in General Students

    You haven't failed until you have given up. Don't let anyone grind you down. Just keep on going, no matter what. You'll get

  14. Anyone attend Lancaster General College or Lancaster County Career and Tech Cntr

    ElizaW replied to kiss04bam's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    OP - you might want to re-think your decision to go to HACC. Many, many students take pre-reqs there thinking that they are nursing students. You're not really a nursing student until they accept you...

  15. Late stage dementia patients - what are they thinking?

    ElizaW posted a topic in Neurological

    I am pretty new at this, working with my first late stage dementia patient. I learned a little about this in school. Very little. I consider a patient to be disoriented if s/he cannot tell me his/her...

  16. Should I take a caregiving job?

    ElizaW replied to esteshLVN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Take it and keep looking. How can it hurt to have a little money coming

  17. Help!! Which school would you choose?

    ElizaW replied to heroldbe's topic in General Students

    Please clarify one point. Is it 5k - 7k more for the entire program or 5-7k more per year. If it's tha latter your decision is a

  18. Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    ElizaW replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    My clients invariably ask me what church I attend. That's when the wall goes up. I can't tell them the truth. They wouldn't accept it. So I say I am spiritual but not religious - not a lie, also...

  19. Are you a nurse with "alternative" spiritual beliefs?

    ElizaW replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    You must be quite a bit younger than me. In my day Catholics wore crosses and Jews wore stars of David. I still think it's disrespectful to sport the iconography of a specific religion as a...

  20. Lpn or rn: Really need help

    ElizaW replied to luckerbrit's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I know people with averages from 3.2 to 3.8 who DIDN'T get in to clinicals at

  21. Lpn or rn: Really need help

    ElizaW replied to luckerbrit's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    The Central PA RN job market is very competitive right now. York Hospital hired ONE of the grads from York College's last graduating class, and she was already employed at the hospital. There are a...

  22. Looking for students of York County School of Technology

    ElizaW replied to PaddyCake's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    There are schools that focus on helping students succeed. I suggest doing some research about other area schools before committing to