Plagueis

Plagueis

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  1. Human Anatomy / A&P I Club for Fall 2007

    Plagueis replied to Kensington's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm also finally taking A & P this fall, starting on the 5th. Just looking at the book, and the parts about chemistry, cells, and tissues is already freaking me out. I'm looking forward to sharing...

  2. Calling in sick??

    Plagueis replied to LUVtxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I am a single parent who doesn't have a significant other as backup to stay home with a sick child. We have more single parents than ever these days, and they may not have someone available all day to...

  3. Finding an LPN job w/ benefits loosing battle

    Plagueis replied to HotmaleSPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't know what area of New Jersey you're in, but here in southern NJ, I have seen plenty of nursing homes advertising for LPNs, and the ads often state that they need full-time LPNs. Nursing homes...

  4. CNA training scared the he** outta me!!!

    Plagueis replied to dorselm's topic in General Nursing

    I am a CNA who is planning on going to nursing school this year to become a LPN. I have been doing this job for almost two years now, and I am still exhausted and stressed out after work, even though...

  5. Clogs while nursing

    Plagueis replied to Leselberry's topic in General Nursing

    All of this talk about how great crocs are has got me interested in purchasing a pair, since my feet have been starting to hurt me recently. (I've been doing 16-hour shifts a couple times a week...

  6. Job loss, domestic violence, help on advice for getting back on the horse!!!!!!

    Plagueis replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry about your situation. All I can say is that most LTCs are short staffed, so you should look into every one that's nearby, even if they don't advertize, to see if they need help. I would...

  7. Are most LTC understaffed? Are most nurses in LTC overworked, understaffed?

    Plagueis replied to Bala Shark's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yep, most LTCs are understaffed, at the nursing and aide levels. It's pathetic that there are around 17,000 nursing homes with over 1 million residents depending on them for care, but most of them are...

  8. what your hospital policy on sick days?

    Plagueis replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    I'm late in posting this, but I understand that in your observation that certain people call out ("It's the CNAs that abuse the sick time"), and I assumed that you were stereotyping CNAs as call out...

  9. what your hospital policy on sick days?

    Plagueis replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    Well, where I work, the race, economic and marital status of the CNAs and nurses is not correlated to whether someone calls out or not. White nurses and CNAs call out just as much as racial minorities...

  10. Should you wash patients everyday?

    Plagueis replied to prchater's topic in General Nursing

    At the nursing home where I work, residents get showered twice a week. More often than that wouldn't be beneficial for their skin, from what I've been told by

  11. Do nurses, DR's, health care workers get randomly drug tested?

    Plagueis replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC, and us CNAs and the nurses had to pass a drug test before getting hired. However, there hasn't been any drug testing since. This seems to be the same policy in other nursing homes in...

  12. The Teas Test gives me butterflies!!

    Plagueis replied to RN,BSN84's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is the test that I have to take to get into the LPN program. Testing begins next month, and I bought the study guide. I am worried about the science portion the most because it seems like the...

  13. Any Reasons To Choose LPN over RN?

    Plagueis replied to JBirdAngel's topic in General Nursing

    In the local papers around here, there are actually more openings for LPNs than RNs. It may be because there are more nursing homes than hospitals in the area. I know that the LPNs I work with have...

  14. Money from a patient?

    Plagueis replied to jack4408's topic in General Nursing

    I do think that the idea of donating the money to the hospital/nursing home is a good one. I have also heard from a few nurses who mentioned that in the past, sometimes the patient wouldn't take the...

  15. Seeking Advice

    Plagueis replied to maddiesmommy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm not a nurse yet, but as a CNA, I feel that I am able to observe what LPNs and RNs actually do on a daily basis, so I can see for myself if it is something that I really want to do. (It is.) My...

  16. Medical Terminology

    Plagueis replied to lisabeth's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took this class last year, and it helped me a lot with the human biology class that I took the next semester. This was one of the best classes that I took, so I highly recommend it.

  17. What is the DEAL with all the group projects?

    Plagueis replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in General Students

    :yeahthat: I'm with those who hate group projects. Every time I've been assigned a group project, there has always (always!) been someone (sometimes more) who doesn't pull her or his weight, but gets...

  18. Need to Vent...Grrrrr!!!

    Plagueis replied to shippoRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm sorry to hear you're going through this, but as someone who used to live in the Caribbean, I found that sometimes it does take a while for things that are sent out from there to arrive in the...

  19. Are LPN's professionals?

    Plagueis replied to aklpnstudent's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Unfortunately, some of the nursing career books that I have read refer to RNs as professional nurses, and LPNs as "technical" nurses. One book didn't say that only BSNs, and not ASNs, were not...

  20. Statistics

    Plagueis replied to JaxiaKiley's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wish you all good luck on the statistics finals. Mine is tomorrow, but it's not cumulative, thank goodness. It's on hypothesis testing, correlation and regression. I keep thinking, "Only one more...

  21. Calling In Sick.

    Plagueis replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    You should not feel guilty at all for calling in sick. Everybody gets sick. However, you should find out the call-out policy at your workplace. Where I work, if we call out on a weekend day, we have...

  22. Putting my dream on hold

    Plagueis replied to maddiesmommy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I attended college before, a long, long, time ago, my grades were horrible. I flunked out of a few classes, and got Cs and Ds in others. However, I am doing a lot better now in college, and the...

  23. Holiday policies- what does your unit do?

    Plagueis replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, nurses and CNAs who are scheduled to be off on a holiday, such as someone who is off on Mondays, are off on that day. They don't change the schedule to make them come in. They tried once...

  24. Write-Ups & Disciplinary Action

    Plagueis replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    That is a ridiculous punishment for using the Internet at work. And there were no previous write-ups? Come on! :angryfire I am surprised that you found out who told on you, since I've heard from some...

  25. I got Fired today....

    Plagueis replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear that you two were fired. I wish you both the