Private Peds Nurse LPN

Private Peds Nurse has 23 years experience as a LPN and specializes in Mostly Peds.

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1. Burned out and hate nursing

   Private Peds Nurse replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Sorry you feel burned out....I have been a nurse for 25 yrs and I might get tired and burnt out sometimes, but then I take a rest and get renewed and back to work. Compared to most jobs out there...I...

2. overloaded!

   Private Peds Nurse replied to pinkpunkca's topic in General Nursing

   I went into home health nursing. Not only does it pay better, but, it is much calmer and not 1/3 as stressful as hospital nursing! You have one patient vs 7 or more patients. Did, I say I love what I...

3. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

   Private Peds Nurse replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

   You didn't know??? Oh at least 10-12 times a day!!! Now where did I put that bedpan???? Get real, real nursing is NOT TV

4. I accidentally swallowed some dish washing soap

   Private Peds Nurse replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

   And your a

5. Help! I'm a new grad and can't find a job

   Private Peds Nurse replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

   Have you possibly thought about the military? If I were younger, I would have tried the military if I had it to do all over

6. Toileting Morbidly obese patients?

   Private Peds Nurse replied to 07302003's topic in General Nursing

   First of all, please be very sympathetic and ask the patient if there is anything you can do to help them with voiding and so on. It is very embarassing for most obese patients ( or anyone for that...

7. Come to America to Have your Baby!!

   Private Peds Nurse replied to hope3456's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   What can I say other than America does NOT take good enough care of OUR OWN NEEDY LEGAL citizens, but, we provide care for illegal immigrants? My mother is 72 and disabled as my stepfather is also,...

8. What punishment should this nurse get?

   Private Peds Nurse replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

   Oh...one more thing...I am sure glad I don't work for holier than thou you the boss...who is sooooo eager to fire and throw to the board like live alligators!!!!! Shame on

9. What punishment should this nurse get?

   Private Peds Nurse replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

   First of all...why are you being so hard on this nurse???? I have had vent patients before, and beleive me if something were to happen, she would have jumped up...quicker, more than likely, than if...

10. DON threatened the Nursing Staff - pending Dennis landfall

    Private Peds Nurse replied to pensacola_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh my gosh!!! What a nightmare to work for!!!! There are many more jobs that have health insurance and benefits. Have you ever thought about doing home health????? One in particular has benefits...

11. Tom Cruises' take on Psychiatry

    Private Peds Nurse replied to Katydidit34's topic in Psychiatric

    My opinion on the subject is this, 1st of all, I saw him on Oprah acting like an idiot before he even opened his mouth about Katie Holmes, who is in her 20's, 2nd of all,he claimed to have never felt...

12. "Rewriting" Home-care flow sheets

    Private Peds Nurse replied to billssisbeth's topic in Home Health

    I do my nursing notes on the computer...that way, they are very legible. My Supervisor loves it, she can read everything. She at first did not want me to do them on the computer, then when I went...

13. Heavily Tättooed: Can I get into nursing???

    Private Peds Nurse replied to YukonDave's topic in General Nursing

    I have to tell this story. Tatoos do not bother me, but, a while back when I was a supervisor at a nursing home, I had a male CNA who on casual dress day came in wearing colorful silk scarf, white...

14. anyone considering going back to school to become an RN?

    Private Peds Nurse replied to Kirstie04's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks CeCiRN, I have just started getting my ADN and I am taking the study guide, program. I am too old to be able to sit in the classroom, and besides I just don't have the time to go back to...

15. anyone considering going back to school to become an RN?

    Private Peds Nurse replied to Kirstie04's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My advisor says if you really study hard, there should be no problem taking a test Q month or two months. I hope to be finished in 1 through 1 1/2 yr. The clinical is a 2 1/2 day weekend, and then...