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  1. Question about previous hospitalization/misdiagnosis

    neuron posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I was wondering if I could get a little bit of advice. I am an LPN student, about to graduate in December, and I will take my exam and apply for my nursing license. The question is about 8 years...

  2. Just another "no friends in nursing school" rant

    neuron replied to prettywishes's topic in General Students

    Same here... Imagine being 9 months in nursing school and having no friends to hang out with! Guess you can't force it. Seems like the one's with friends don't talk about things I like ( talks poorly...

  3. disability/becoming a nurse

    neuron posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi, I wondered if anyone can direct me to the right place or if anyone has experiences with this. I am a nursing student (a little older) and became a CNA five years ago. My second year, I was working...

  4. Come to work or get fired-Hurricane Irma!!!

    neuron replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like a LTC..threatening

  5. Come to work or get fired-Hurricane Irma!!!

    neuron replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would think the facility would evacuate. Yes someone has to be there to care for the residents, but you have to protect your life too. What happens when you all need

  6. Hurricane Irma

    neuron replied to GetBackToClassRN's topic in School

    Hurricane Harvey was my first hurricane. Stores and businesses were closed, streets were like ghost towns. I can see Irma being the same. Hopefully Hurricane Irma will

  7. Hurricane Irma

    neuron replied to GetBackToClassRN's topic in School

    I hope ya'll evacuate. Houston wasn't under mandatory evacuation, but Florida is? Means

  8. Where is a good city to work as an LPN I'm thinking about relocating

    neuron replied to Kaila2217's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    rural

  9. Gastric Tube tricks no clogging

    neuron replied to kgreentelern's topic in General Nursing

    when you mix crushed meds with applesauce (if anyone has noticed), it makes the clumpy medications a nice thinner/smoother consistency when other thick substances (pudding) doesn't. I wonder if the...

  10. Refusing to change/toilet pts

    neuron replied to ShockMe's topic in General Nursing

    If the nurse has 4 or 5 patients I see that, she/he can change the patient, but when you have 35-40, it is probably different. But when the CNA/PCA is sitting around, they can go ahead and change the...

  11. Refusing to change/toilet pts

    neuron replied to ShockMe's topic in General Nursing

    I think it all comes down to responsibility. It is not the nurses responsibility to toilet/clean patients (meaning soiled undergarments), when the CNA or PCA is on duty. They 'can ' do it, but it is...

  12. Clinical instructor feels I'm not competent?

    neuron replied to Holopugs's topic in General Students

    Your mistakes are your own and so is your anxiety as far as your practice goes. Do you only get nervous in front of others when evaluated? Don't let these darned clinical instructors tell you that you...

  13. Help

    neuron replied to SeanSilver's topic in General Students

    I really believe nursing is becoming more 'unisex' meaning it is not male nor female. A lot of what nurses do are 'traditionally' male. Setting I.V. pumps, calculating dosages, setting up O2 and...

  14. Nursing, Hurricanes, and Floods.

    neuron replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's great that people are coming to help, but I can't help to think how on earth are they going to get

  15. Nurses! Let's stand up and help the victims of Hurricane Harvey!

    neuron replied to guest042302019's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I live in southeast Texas and if we wanted to help, there is no way on the freeways that we can commute. They are all

  16. Sabotage? Failed by 0.1%

    neuron replied to gpnbe1a6's topic in General Students

    The nursing student is still PAYING the school and (indirectly) the nursing instructor. If they aren't going to do their job, then, sorry go back to bedside nursing. Nursing school has the fend for...

  17. Sabotage? Failed by 0.1%

    neuron replied to gpnbe1a6's topic in General Students

    It amazes me how judgmental and insensitive posters can be (nurses for one) to students as if the instructor is error free. This doesn't make the poster a bad nurse (to be). Let's face it, there are...

  18. So worried....Should i quit RN program due to legal/background issue?

    neuron replied to jss1985's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    At our school a student has to be cleared before starting the

  19. disability/becoming a nurse

    neuron replied to neuron's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    What if the only job you have experience in is physical and your past non-CNA job is not readily available (lack of jobs). Truthfully, CNA is 10x more physical than a nurse. A nurse may lift a patient...

  20. Tell me why an LVN/LPN is a "real nurse"

    neuron replied to PrettyNerd's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    There are some (and I've seen a few) LPN's and ADN's who work in the hospital. I believe they will seep through the 'cracks' of the 'only BSN in hospital campaign' because there are excellent LPN's...

  21. Full Code patients in Long term care

    neuron replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The codes that have occurred on our rehab floor (also long term) where dialysis patients (same day receiving dialysis as well). This has made me more aware of the condition changes coming from...

  22. Sabotage? Failed by 0.1%

    neuron replied to gpnbe1a6's topic in General Students

    Yes, but they can appeal in a mature way. Aggravate? So unfortunate, instructors will do the very thing that they don't want done to them: Being thrown under the

  23. Tell me why an LVN/LPN is a "real nurse"

    neuron replied to PrettyNerd's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The person that said that probably was not a nurse, RN or LVN, and was probably someone who hasn't been through nursing school? What I have learned is that co-workers will say 'just an LVN' because...

  24. Sabotage? Failed by 0.1%

    neuron replied to gpnbe1a6's topic in General Students

    I think you should, sounds like she just doesn't want to go back and fix it. Print out the email and go to the

  25. Full Code patients in Long term care

    neuron replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would think that a 'full code' means that the family of the patient still has hope in that life can be preserved or prolonged somehow. Even with an end-stage liver/renal patient, they choose to be a...