Songbird,RN

Cream and Sugar, I wish all my student's parents were like you!!!

I think it is so funny how some of us, as nurses, are so quick to diagnose ourselves with the worst case scenerios! I have done this so many times, and I think we just have too much information!!! I am laughing so hard and am glad I am not the only...

In our school district, I am responsible for taking care of our approximately 80 staff members in addition to the students (700). I am glad to help them, as it gives me a chance for some health care teaching and also a chance for comeraderie. I do ...

I am in Missouri, and we have the Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education manual for managing school health! Does your state have such? You might contact your Association of School Nursing and ask. This manual has so much wonderful information...

I just don't understand someone taking the NCLEX over and over. Maybe I am wrong, but I would not want a nurse taking care of me if they had to do this. I took my NCLEX the morning after the Joplin tornado, not knowing if my parents and family were...

I love my school nursing job! Yes, I never know what is going to walk through the door whether it be a wound requiring a band aid, a severe head injury, a broken bone, or just a need to talk. That barely touches what walks through my door on any g...

Hey Hygiene Queen, I love your attitude!!! When I was 18 years old, living in Alabama, and visiting California, I could not believe how I was made fun of. Just because of my thick Southern accent, many made fun of me and thought me stupid. I alway...

Hi Jennifer27, CPNE is really really difficult to pass, so many many kudos to nursemami4. I took my CPNE in Madison Wisconsin over 2 yrs ago and passed. Only 2 passed, so here is my recommendation, for whatever it is worth to you. I would highly r...

I owned an RCF for almost 20 years and all the medications your have mentioned were counted each shift and doubled locked. We had no problems.

You are very sarcastically funny!!!!!! Why don't you try school nursing? I am closing in on 60 and know I cannot run around and do floor nursing anymore. I was in nursing management in residential care many years and also Hospice. I love these ju...

I would use that earring oppertunity to make that child feel special and loved! Such a little thing!

I passed on the first time, but only with the help of Sheri Taylor. Find her easily on the internet. She has 98-99% pass rate!!!!!

Hi, I bridged as an LPN with Excelsior and found the program pretty easily done while working. The trick is the CPNE, which is especially difficult. I went through Sheri Taylor in Atlanta for studying for the CPNE and literally think I would not ha...

Don't worry, you did your very best. And be happy your license still hangs on the wall.

I had the noro virus so badly once, that I literally made my bed on the bathroom floor. I just couldn't walk further! Never been so sick in my life. NEVER want that again!

Well I hope you are my nurse when I am old and cannot make decisions for myself. As an RN, and former hospice nurse, I am so apalled by this, I can hardly speak!! This man had the right as a patient to have every effort initiated to save his life. ...

I thought Excelsior was the way to go for me since I was in my 50's when I graduated!! It was hard, but Study group 101 is what I used and I also used the study guides, picking them apart, making sure I knew everything on them for the tests. Gradua...

I am curious about you lemmyg! What is your view of partial birth abortion? Do you believe the baby is a person with a soul? I just have to know!

I am a school nurse, sitting at my computer, waiting for my next patient to walk in. Your story brought back many memories of my days as a hospice and elderly care nurse. It made my cry and thank God we have the wonderful privilege to serve others ...

Realmaninuniform, I SHOUT ditto, ditto, and Amen to ALL you have said sooooooo well!

I became an LPN in my mid 40's and then an RN at age 58!! Yep, that is a current picture!! I don't plan on retiring at 65 either. I love my job as a school nurse and becoming a nurse is one of the greatest joys in my life!! Keep going and may God ...

You just MUST tell!!! Worry about passing boards!! Worry about your future patients, that is, if you do pass boards! This counterfeit instructor is stealing your education and you will have to pay for it. Wake up, don't even thing about it-TELL!

I was in my 40's when I went to LPN school and sold my prized antique 1908 Steinway Grand Piano to a doctor in Kansas City, MO. That sell paid all of my tuition then. In my 50's I decided to finish and get my RN. Not wanting to go in debt at a lat...

I am certainly against universal health care for many, many reasons. MOSTLY, because, when you do the research , you see that it is not working in other countries where the tax rate is astronomical. To call me not compassionate, uncaring and selfis...

Do you have letters and references from your former place of employment? Have you brushed up on your interviewing skills? Something will come along soon, just keep you chin up and keep trying! Ask the Lord to bless your efforts! :-)