Wild Irish LPN LPN

Hello Everyone...I am a mere three months from becoming a LPN, very excited and proud of my accomplishment....Nursing is my "second career" that I started at 42....a little older than most students to be sure, but still young enough to do the job and...

Hello Fellow Nusring Students....I am close to enrolling in the LPN to BSN Program at UOP for the Fall, 2012 start....before I do I wanted some feedback regarding the program and what your thoughts/experience has been....How were/are the classes, how...

That was a beautiful article Jade...I have not been on these boards for quite a while and this was so timely for me....I am headed into Hospice Nursing PT to compliment my Skilled Rehab career...I have wanted to head in this direction since Nursing S...

I am sorry Mr. Wood...that wasn't a Tylenol, that indeed was a Viagra....

Famous last words..."I can assure that there is absolutely no chance that your people will wiped-out by Small Pox, it's all good...."

what a great article....I couldn't agree more....I am a fairly recent grad myself, a male and a tad older than my fellow peers when I started Nursing....I was so grade driven in Nursing School, and did very well (graduated top of class)...but that wa...

I was the young age of 41 when I became a nurse....best decision I ever made....wanted to do it when I had the chance when I attended college the first time around, but let the percieved "stigma" of being a male nurse deter me...well, everthing has i...

Corrections Nursing....sadly at least 85% of the inmates I care for have some kind of substance/mental health issues and or addictions....it is a great way to learn how to Tx these issues and develop excellent assessment skills at the same time...

early voting is available just about everywhere...no need for time off....

Monday-Wednesday 1800-0630....love this schedule, and at least for now it is set in stone, well I hope lol....

I loved my time in Nursing School, so I get what you are saying....but you know what is even better?, being a nurse afterwards....I love my job, and all the learning that comes with it....enjoy!

What a timely posting OP....I feel you, I really do....I too am that same gentle soul, well mannered and respectful of my fellow nurses....well everyone I come in contact with to be honest...when I started my first nursing gig out of school I found m...

I get what you are saying, and you are actually "by the book" correct....but, as nurses we should be able to read into situations and use our good nurses gut/judgement....doesn't mean she should have looked the other way, but perhaps used some common...

I have to agree...being the only male nurse on my team I too listen to my peers talk, at length about the men in there lives....and everything that goes with....in a way I feel happy that they feel comfortable sharing and being "real" in front of me,...

coffee is wonderful for my mind and soul when 0300 rolls around....just enough to keep me sharp and fueled for my shift "homestretch"....all in all I drink about six cups per day....

(shhhhh....I'm a boy....:) )

"so , how would you describe the color and amount of your sinus drainage?"......

I love your story....I too am an LPN on my way to BSN, and I love my nursing life right now....While I was in my LPN program I would constantly be looking for avenues for my career that would allow me to practice outside of a LTC setting, and I found...

that is the very reason I became a nurse in the first place....hot, slutty nurses....

oh yeah...I get it, I am writing this (while feeling extremely exhausted, and grumpy)....I normally work 3-12's in a row, with an occasional "bonus" shift at time and a half....wondering if that bonus is really worth it at this point....I look tired ...

That is some of the best advice I have heard here on AN, so very true....

you can feel very lonely when you make mistakes, lonely and foolish....I know first hand, as do many other nurses....I made my first big mistake a little over a month in to my first job, just after orientation ended....gave a wrong med that could hav...

lol...seriously I am offended that it was closed....one can come on and stir up craziness, day after day and for what?....to stroke a fragile ego?....OMG!....whatever, I will just turn my attention to the, "I just passed my NCLEX!" threads....that is...

Don't you just love coming by AN and while you are doing some browsing, come across that old favorite thread titled, "LPN's Suck, RN's Rule" or vice versa....seriously, this has become an issue in my head that shouldn't even matter...but it does....I...

because I love having my head banged against the wall...day after day....actually, I was expecting this response....I did so because no one to date has simply called these themes what they are, garbage...do expect they will stop?, nope...there is alw...