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Good job owning up to it, the worse thing you could have done was try to talk your way out of it ~ hence the second chance. From now on, think clearly through everything before you do it and double check all work. Make sure to question yourself if ...

Isvalliant is right on target. FLY UNDER THE RADAR AT ALL TIMES!! If you have a question, find the answer out by asking another student or research it, if you ask the instructor they figure you don't know your assignment, if you ask a nurse in your...

Hate to say this, but they were pushing for BSN as the entry level when I went to school and that was16 years ago. Ain't going to happen.....if everyone is a BSN then a BSN has no supervisory "rank". BSN and LPN do two very different jobs and there...

Don't bother, they obviously are not a company that values their employees in any way, shape or form. Personally, I would not have called them the FIRST time after an interview three ring circus such as that. Remember, YOU are interviewing THEM as ...

Go for it, you'll adjust. If you have a husband he needs to pitch in ~ no reason why not if he has the interest of the family and you at heart. Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today, life is too short and it's not worth it. You don't...

Different people have different learning styles, just as some people study better at night than during the day. Study the way that suites you best and stick with it. You are obviously computer savy and can google things, I might suggest getting a M...

If I had it to do all over again I would have stopped at my BS in Human Resources. The pay definately would have been less but the stress load would have been immeasurably less as well. Now I owe student loans up the wazoo and realize why they cal...

Ummm, when did the 40's become old? :)

Guess what??? Next year you'll be 46 whether you go for it or not ~ want to look back at 75 and say, "gee, wish I would have lived my life instead of coasted...?" I graduated in my 40's with absolutely no science background and am now a Director o...

Coming from the administrative point of view, they pay so little because they can. If CNAs and/or nurses would stand together instead of tearing each other apart every time they turn around (ie: that's not my patient....ever hear that one?) and jus...

I had ET for about three years but it was after nursing school. It didn't stop me but did become more pronounced under extreme stress. Don't let it stop you from your dreams, many are better off than you and many are worse off than you. Go for it ...

For the heck of it, if you're on a waiting list you might want to check out physical therapy. They make good money, less work, less paperwork, still have patient contact and leave the worry at the door. You can also specialize in hands, etc. and ma...

Nope, never around, never stop talking medical, never a "different" slant on your life ~ just the disease process and how crappy the help is. I love having some diversion in my life. Good thing about it is that they're probably never around so you ...

Sorry guys, I have to disagree on a lot of things said here. Let me say first that I have a BSN ~ reason being I already had a prior BS degree and the time spent for the BSN would have been the same for the ADN. I am a DON and hire brand new LPN gr...

Badphish ~ I'm with you. Lighten up guys. The older regime wasn't perfect and THAT is when all the regulation came into play, now they are just adding to it for the sake of job security and yes, patient safety. I'll never forget going into my first...

StrawberryVanilla: If you like working in LTC you're probably going to be just fine. I've been in it pretty much since 1995 and last week I had my job interview ~ my first one ~ as I have been off work for 18 months now (see prior post above) and w...

When my children were growing up, I always tried to teach them that you don't necessarily hate the person ~ you dislike / hate the action that they may have committed. While this is very nice in concept it is very difficult in reality. Mine was put...

Man, reading all of this is really making me depressed. I was encouraging my son to become a nurse because he is barely hanging on and is usually in the hole every month after working a fulltime job (no, he doesn't overspend, his ex-wife gets the mo...

I agree with all of the above. Your time is exactly that, YOURS. Don't answer the phone unless you want to go in and don't call back. They won't fire you they have no basis. I was a DON and trust me, my CNAs didn't answer the phone unless they wa...

First of all Dsorn, and I do not mean to be rude, but you do not "wait" for a job, you go out and GET one! I know times are tough, I am looking myself after recovery from an 18 month illness. If your husband is trying to make it on a teachers salar...

PLEASE people understand that acute care in the LTC setting is NOT a fable!!! I have worked in both from midnight nurse all the way up to Administrator of a SNF (that is what they are now, Skilled Nursing Facilities). I have run hospital wings (psy...

Please pay attention to what Zookeeper 3 is saying. Support is VITAL ~ I lost my 26 year old son to a drunk driving illegal alien about 4 months before I was diagnosed with cancer (I was told I'd be dead by Christmas). Were it not for the people I ...

I'm sorry hon, I don't think they'll let us answer that. Try calling that major hospital in Minnesota and asking for a referral to a facility. Good luck to you.

Yes, you do have the right to post things. However, as previous people have said BE VERY CAUTIOUS. You have not graduated yet and instructors have their own way of doing things. I once saw a classmate of mine make a comment during a psych clinic, ...

Of course you made the right decision ~ you've got a job!!! WAHOO and good for you! Congrats and good luck. Midnight's aren't that bad really, it's how I got started and it's kind of nice to have the pace slow down (a little but not a lot), especi...