Nazarite

hey i've noticed you've posted before under the mississippi forum and are here on the coast.... well i would either get with the VA, which pays more and is much more secure....or if you don't need benefits, agency nursing is wonderful.....their LPN jobs pay between $16-19 an hour, usually sitting with developmentally disabled kids in their homes...it is one patient at a time, you are your own boss, and it's a heck of alot less stressful....look around in your area....I worked as an aide for an agency for years, particularly when i went to the ADN program at Jd.....i could tailor my own schedule.... anyway, i wish you the best...and don't let them use you up...because they will....... Good luck,:nuke: Nazarite

I don't know if I would answer no and if discovered it would appear they lied....you didn't mention if they passed an NCIC check....that is the FBI background check......that is the check that counts........honesty is always the best policy, rather than having to try to explain after checking no, when the truth was yes.....just food for thought......

I am so sorry for your loss... While I do understand the previous posters statements, I do have a somewhat different perspective and hope maybe it can help you.... I took care of a pt with cerebal palsy/mr , as an aide for about 6 years....the aide who took care of the pt prior to me was there for about 5 years......her and the mother were great friends.....or so the mother thought....the aide was married to a military guy, and they got new orders and moved away....and that was that.....no contact....nothing.....well, given that the mother spent a vast majority of her time taking care of her daughter, what had happened was basically the aides were her friends/support system......so when the aide just left, didn't call or email, etc....it was a loss to her......and she couldn't understand it.... So, my statement is that in a sense this constitutes not one but two losses for you.....your precious son and someone you thought was a friend...It could be, for this nurse that talking to you reminds her of your son and she doesn't know how to act/feel.....or it could be that maybe she really wasn't the friend she portrayed herself to be.... While I totally 'get' the need for a nurse to be professional, etc....I will say as far as my involvement with my pt, that her mother is one of my best friends and even though I don't take care of her daughter anymore, I will stay in touch with these people the rest of my life.......Have I crossed a professional boundary?...maybe.....but I've been in healthcare long enough to know who is who and what is what as far as that line/boundary goes, and I don't stay in touch or become close friends with everyone...but in the homecare environment there are some families that you cannot be around for a long period of time and not become like part of the family....have I been that way with all???? no, I haven't...but yes there have been a few and I cherish those relationships and thank God for them....... Unfortunately, it sounds like your nurse/friend either can't deal with it, and while using 'professional boundary' as a nurse sounds well and fine, I think maybe at the very least she could speak to you about it to at least give you some closure to the relationship..... Once again my heart goes out to you for your double loss, and I pray God Blesses you and carries you through your heartbreak.... Nazarite, RN

Hi, I used to be a wheelchair mechanic for an MR/DD facility, and the clients there had custom built wheelchairs... I have never ever seen that piece of equipment before...it would seem to me, given enough weight and pressure against it, that it would roll out laterally..... Typically what they do with customized chairs is add to the seat back a part called a 'lateral'...haha...it is attached to the seat back and comes around to the lateral sides of the wheelchair and holds the person up from under their arms...they can be adjusted as well to the area where the individual needs the most support.... Anyway, don't know if she has a regular hospital chair or a customized chair, because I am pretty sure one needs a customized seat back to have a 'real' lateral attached....and if at all possible I would have her assessed by someone who is a RESNA certified equipment provider...that is the most ideal situation to get the most optimal wheelchair arrangement...however if that is not possible or it is too expensive, there is a velcro lateral here: http://www.sammonspreston.com/Supply/Product.asp?Leaf_Id=562546 Well don't know if that helps you any, but I wish you the best of luck!! Nazarite, RN:nuke: ps; to the other poster....there are laptrays that can be attached to wheelchairs that go on just one arm...so if say she needs support for her right arm, one can buy a laptray that slides over the right arm rest, and it gives a place for her to rest her arm....now keeping the arm on the laptray...that is a whole other story.....good luck!!

I have to wonder if there is a genetic component... My father was a physician assistant....I am a nurse... My father's father, who he never knew growing up, has kids from another marriage that none of us know......all of them are Doctors and Nurses........I find that very interesting...makes me think it's in the blood......

I've never paid attention to what side of the elevator I stand on, but what I find hilarious is how when we all leave the shift together we'll get in the elevator, the doors will close, then we'll stand there yakking till someone finally realizes that noone has pushed the button to go to the first floor.... Last night I just stood there with a silly grin on my face, looked at my watch and listened to everyone jabbering.....It took about two minutes!!! That is hilarious to me...we are so exhausted that when we finally get the chance to jet out of work we kind of just zone out in the elevator.:lghmky:

hi, i just saw your post today and just wanted to let you know I worked as an independent contractor home health aide for a company called Nursing Management,Inc., they are based out of Biloxi, Ms, but cover a great deal of the state..basically they find and schedule jobs and bill medicare/medicaid, take their cut and pay you an hourly rate....they have a TON of LPN slots that are basically sitting in the home with MR/DD clients for 8-12 hour shifts with the pay ranging from 15-19 an hour.....since your a contractor your not obligated to take or keep a client and make up your own schedule, etc but keep in mind ALL liability falls on you and there is no nursing support so to speak in the office, you are required to carry your own malpractice insurance...i know RN's who work the LPN slots just to have the autonomy, as they don't have alot of RN slots.........i loved it.....anyway, their number is 228-385-9196....hope that helps and good luck...:) Nazarite, RN

You are very welcome, I know how you are feeling having been there not too long ago myself.....Look me up anytime on here and if there is anything I can help with, I'll be glad to.....If I were you, for right now, I'd just concentrate on graduating and passing the NCLEX.....those two are worry enough in and of themselves ...haha..... I am working where I did my preceptorship in school...I like the atmosphere, people, team environment, etc....but I think my thinking, priority-wise, once I got my license was the fact as a brand new nurse I am building my foundation so to speak, so learning and experience are the priority for me over the money...the money will come with time, but there will be no money if I do something foolish due to inexperience and lose the license....anyway, that is how I view being a new RN....it was like ok I have the license, now I have to protect the license...and the only way to do that is good experience.......Working on the floor is totally different than clinicals.....but I've got alot of experienced helpful nurses around me for support and I am eternally grateful.....That courage that got you in and through nursing school is the same courage that will get you through graduation, NCLEX, and then working as a new nurse....Hang in there...it is worth it....God Bless, Nazarite:nuke:

Hey, Well as a new nurse myself I can only tell you what I have heard or experienced as far as being new and from clinicals.... O.S. and Memorial are the only two from what I understand with a decent orientation for new nurses, which to me right now is most important... Garden Park pays a killer night differential, but doesn't have an orientation program per say and can't promise you will have the same preceptor..... Don't know much about Hancock Medical... Biloxi Regional has charting by exception on the floors(when I was there for clinicals) but seemed kinda of disorganized on their med/surg floors...their ER is computer charting and I loved my clinical there... I really enjoyed Biloxi VA clinical and from I what I understand there is a huge bonus for a sign on commitment, but I have been told there is a very good reason for that as they have trouble with retention which tells me it's probably not a great place to work....I do love their computer charting.... I work at Memorial...Brand new...they have a great intern program offered twice a year and as a new nurse I would go for that if I were you....Not sure of O.S. as far as intern program, but I didn't want to drive to Jackson County anyway.... Additionally I've noticed that people frequently tend to get at Memorial and stay at Memorial...which to me is a good sign..they are very supportive and team oriented.....they have computer charting as well, but I did like the V.A.'s version better, but oh well.... Well that is this newbies point of view...I'm finding out for me, as hard as nursing school was the real work begins on the floor and I go in everyday scared half to death and leave exhausted.....It's not fun...I question myself as to whether this was the right thing...etc....typical 'new nurse' syndrome, but I'm determined to hang in there.... I wish you luck on your new career and hope this helps... Nazarite, RN :nuke:

memorial starts new RN's at around twenty bucks an hour....that doesn't include any shift differentials, weekend special, etc....don't think there much of a difference as far as BSN versus ADN unless one is hired into a slot that requires a bachelors....and if there is a difference it isn't much.....wonderful place to work, very supportive, excellent benefits, and you can take pay in lieu of benefits if you'd like to start off making more than twenty...i think it comes to around twenty four an hour but i am speculating......hope that helps and good luck

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I can relate to how you are feeling right now, but luckily it is over for me and I made it......I'm kind of a 'worse case scenario' type of thinker, and so in order to deal with my anxiety with the NCLEX this was the thinking I came up with: I have graduated nursing school...I will NEVER have to repeat that again...amen! haha....And by graduating nursing school I have been given the right/privilege to sit for the NCLEX-RN...that having been said, even if I flunk it, I can take it again...and in my state there are no laws regulating how many times one can take it and have to take a remediation course....so my thinking was, I can take this thing as many times as I want/can afford..haha....but I never have to repeat nursing school....Thank God!!! So hang in there....the hard part (nursing school) is over and you made it...and even if you don't make it the first time it is not the end of the world and you can do it again.....I believe getting through nursing school gives us a 'stick-to-it-ness' that gets us through the NCLEX and through our careers...You can do this and you WILL do this..you've already slayed the bigger dragon...:pumpiron: God Bless, Nazarite, RN

Sounds crazy, but that song LOSE YOURSELF by EMINEM......:monkeydance:

Well, I don't know how you approached it when applying for these jobs, but I would suggest a couple things....Transparency goes a long way, and so bringing the subject up right off the bat is very important...you should bring it up before they even ask...they shouldn't have to feel like they are going on a fact finding mission about you....so I would bring it up with supporting documentation in hand...ie: certificate of completion of treatment, court documents, etc......another thing I would point out is if you are an LPN without a restricted license, then obviously you were good enough for your state BON, and I would state that at whatever facility....being proactive and your own advocate in these types of situations go a long way....let them know they are welcome to randomly drug test you at anytime, etc....just be very open and honest.....the only thing I think that could be the 'deal breaker' so to speak would be the drug charge.....some places are zero tolerance as far as that goes...is there anyway you could get that expunged? well that is my two cents and I wish you much luck because I believe recovering nurses with good recovery have skills, assets, and coping tools that can help a lot of patients as there is such a chemical dependency epidemic and at the very least can show patients that others do come out the other side to lead productive sober lives......God Bless, Nazarite, RN

JD graduate here and I would recommend getting your degree at JD....you would probably have a much harder time getting in a program in Ca, JD is nationally accredited by the NLN, and several graduates have gone on to other states, CA etc...JD is easier to get in and has a very high NCLEX pass rate and is probably alot cheaper than any CA school...hope this helps you make an informed decision...Nazarite, RN