Diahni

Diahni

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  1. Tell me am I the only "old"LVN at Excelsior College?

    Diahni replied to ginger1023's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hey Everybody: Fifty is the "new" thirty, and don't forget it!!!!!! Diahni - 35 years old for the past

  2. plantar fasciitis ouch!

    Diahni replied to ann945n's topic in General Nursing

    Some things that work for me... Always have good arch support and a squishy sole - I always put those gel inserts in every pair of shoes and sandals I own. If you have no arch support, it pulls on the...

  3. LPN Starting Salary

    Diahni replied to pat8585's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    DOZ: Hang in there, 12 sounds very low, particularly if you are considering all your hard work in school - Yes, it is a joke. Please look around more! I have seen jobs at Kindred Care, a well-run...

  4. EMAIL thank you letter after job interview?

    Diahni replied to newmomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! A real person wrote this, not a

  5. EMAIL thank you letter after job interview?

    Diahni replied to newmomRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! I am sure many people email thank yous. So what? Just because everybody else at the table is speaking with food in their mouths doesn't mean you have to do it to. I'm not surprised that job...

  6. Which Hospice companies are Good to work for?

    Diahni replied to Raine08's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi Raine, I'm in your boat, on the other side of the US - One way for you to research this is good ole Google - if somebody has a beef with a company, be they consumer or worker, it will, no doubt,...

  7. Need Excelsior Clarification

    Diahni replied to LilDKessler's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Hi, Berkshire County - in the western part of the state - we have about a month more of winter here than on the coast - I grew up in Cambridge and Lexington. Btw, I just heard from Lunah on another...

  8. Tell me am I the only "old"LVN at Excelsior College?

    Diahni replied to ginger1023's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Four months??? Good

  9. Tell me am I the only "old"LVN at Excelsior College?

    Diahni replied to ginger1023's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Ginger - look on the Excelsior web site - I heard that the wait time for the CPNE has improved greatly. I hope so.

  10. Tell me am I the only "old"LVN at Excelsior College?

    Diahni replied to ginger1023's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yeah! I am both impressed and inspired. Please tell me - I like the idea of a comprehensive clinical test, one of the reasons I am at Excelsior. After passing it did you feel ready to take on an RN...

  11. LPN Starting Salary

    Diahni replied to pat8585's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A couple of things - let's face it, you have to be happy, or at least content in your environment. Like the TV ad says, "Priceless," eh? As for salaries, it looks to me that the large national...

  12. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Diahni replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Missnsurse1, One of the occupational hazards of being in the health biz is that we forget a lot of people don't have any training. I remember a guy showing me a big sore on his hand - it had been a...

  13. Co-sleeping?

    Diahni replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi Malanya, A contrast to your "toxic waste" story - I heard a guy say he was going to be a "hands on" kind of dad. The wife said, you mean diapers, too? To which he said, AWWWW, you don't think I'm...

  14. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Diahni replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    but why didn't she call for help

  15. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    Diahni replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    Miami Night Nurse: Another issue in the mix is that many of the Saudi families are intermarried. This may be good for family finances, but not so good from a genetic standpoint. I don't have the stats...

  16. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Diahni replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's been said before but

  17. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Diahni replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    wow - that's good to know! tea oil! The pesticide shampoo give me the creeps! thanks,

  18. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Diahni replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Maybe they should have given him a different

  19. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Diahni replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Somewhat off topic, but important: Do you need Nix or other pesticides to control lice? Obviously these products aren't available in some countries. I have heard of dangerous stuff to use, like...

  20. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Diahni replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Good one Viva! Did you ever take a career aptitude test? They never seem to test for one's ability to deal with this kind of thing. But when you start nursing school, boy, it becomes very apparent...

  21. Anybody work with addicted population?

    Diahni posted a topic in General Nursing

    HI Everybody, I'm a newbie, and very much enjoyed working at an addiction center during clinicals in nursing school. Does anybody work in this field? If so, please tell me what the issues are. Is it...

  22. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Diahni replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    same goes for spectral auras, poltergeists, and anything else that goes bump in the

  23. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Diahni replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Theoretically, yes. But you've got to take under consideration how much you like your job.

  24. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    Diahni replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    P.S. Somebody posted before about the people - I think one finds warm wonderful people everywhere in the world. The laws and lack of civil rights, however, would scare me

  25. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    Diahni replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    traumahawk, I'm with you! If somebody went to work in SA, I'd think it would be for the adventure, or to write a book about it. I'd be afraid of Sharia, which owes nothing to international law....