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  1. Sunrise Hospital

    Does anyone here work at Sunrise? If so, what is it like? I am relocating next year, and would like to know if the working environment is suitable for someone far away from home? Are there any LTC...
  2. Med Errors

    Insulin freaks me out! I had a potentially bad situation to arise from the administration of the wrong type of insulin (Humalog instead of Lantus). Luckily this patient's blood glucose never dropped...
  3. Lexapro

    I have been taking Lexapro for almost a year. I was taking Wellbutrin, and could not tell a difference. Honestly, Lexapro has made me a lot better person! It has really "mellowed" me out. Things that...
  4. are all psych facilities like this?

    I have been an LPN for 3 years, and just recieved my RN. I have always wanted to persue psych nursing, but in my area most mental health facilities will only hire RNs. I will be starting at a state...
  5. Stress and Burnout

    hello! i have a research project to do on nursing stress and burnout. i would like to know some of your experiences; for example, the exact "last straw" it took for you to realize that nursing may not...
  6. Admitting Diagnosis

    I work in LTC, but I think this d/x began with the unit secretary in the hosp. where the pt. was discharged: mixed edema. When she got to our facility nobody even questioned it. However, she was...
  7. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

    Hi everyone! My name is Tiffany, and I have been a LPN for 2 1/2 years. I am 24, no kids (yet), no husband (yet). I started back to school last January and will graduate in May '06 as an ADN. 1 more...
  8. What can you just NOT take?

    Rotting flesh does it for
  9. Sunrise Hospital good? Bad?

    That sounds horrible!!! Where do you work now
  10. Sunrise Hospital good? Bad?

    I plan on relocating to NV when I pass NCLEX. I have also considered Sunrise. I will be staying with family, and this hospital is very close to where I will be staying. That is a major factor for me....
  11. Stigma against Psych.

    I am lucky enough to live close to a state mental health facility that has been around over 100 years. My grandmother worked there as a nurse and my mother did as a NA. OMG, the stories they have...
  12. I worked in a hospital lab before I became a nurse; one guy had a serum glucose level of 1100. He was found unresponsive in his home. However, even though they were able to bring it down, he died from...
  13. Is a community college education a bad one?

    Locality, cost, and pass rates are definitely important. I have tried the BSN thing, and found that the environment was very competitive. I really questioned the qualities that particular BSN program...
  14. dress code policies in hospital setting

    I work in a LTC facility that requires all nurses and aides to wear white. Nurses must wear caps...I work weekends so I can usually get by without wearing my cap all of the time because the...
  15. So embarrassed, just want to vent.

    It sounds to me that no one in that office working could have been a nurse. Even if there was a nurse in the crowd, would you have wanted to work for people like that anyway? How would they treat the...
  16. Are LPN's/LVN's real nurses?

    It is just a title. I know some LPNs that can run circles around a RN. On the other hand, there are some LPNs that could not run circles around a tree. I felt very pressured to return to school to...
  17. NURSES! NURSES! Stop eating your young!!!

    You can not be eaten unless you allow yourself to be eaten. Either you get tired and show your own fangs, or become burned out because people run all over you. Experienced nurses also have a "knack"...
  18. It is hard being an LPN in a RN program because you KNOW the ones who absolutely won't cut it as a nurse; the ones who are always more focused on themselves and talk about themselves all of the time,...
  19. Sick of it!!!

    I have found that the only way to get things done is to raise CANE! After you try to resolve issues diplomatically and it doesn't work, bring out the horns and show that you mean business. If you are...
  20. Stress and Burnout

  21. Stress and Burnout

    thank you for your responses...i am a lpn going back for my rn, and i have days whether i have made the right decision or not. sometimes i wonder, i am just to nice to be a nurse. you can't please...
  22. Is this really true about employment in NV?

    Where do you
  23. Mentor Goodie Bags

    As "second level" students, we have to draw a name to buy a goodie bag or nurse survival kit for incoming students. Do you guys have any suggestions as to what to place in the
  24. Epocrates

    Do any of you guys use Epocrates? Would it be worth the
  25. Epocrates

    It is an electronic database tha can be downloaded to a PDA. It's supposed to have lots of good info about labs, diseases, and