Lovely_RN

Lovely_RN MSN

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  1. No gloves ever?!?

    I understand all about people who don't know what they think they know reporting people etc. However, I can't see what there is to discuss with an experienced nurse who displays a blatant disregard...
  2. It took about 3 months of hard searching with a previous BA, two years LPN experience, and a
  3. methadone clinic..good 1st job?

    I worked LTC as an LPN and I got my first RN job in a methadone clinic. I say take the clinic
  4. I need to quit but feel like a heel.............

    Don't fall for the guilt trip. The DON said the same thing to me when I started my first nursing job as an LPN in LTC. They only say that because they know the facility is crappy, has a high turnover...
  5. 14k for a PCT program! What state are you in? In my state a PCT is a CNA with the EKG and phlebotomy certificate. Full time it's an eight week program or 15 weeks part time. 14k for that is taking...
  6. What is up with these Sickle Cell Patients?!

    I'm sorry you had to experience that. I have worked with nurses who had "issues" with giving prn pain medication because of their personal biases against
  7. What is up with these Sickle Cell Patients?!

    I think a lot of people, in and out of the health care professions, don't understand
  8. Degree vs Diploma?

    I work with many excellent diploma nurses and they don't have any trouble finding jobs but that's because most of them have at least 20 years experience! I would NOT recommend a diploma program to...
  9. The ability to access information is considered to be a skill! During my interview for my current position I took out my BB to enter some contact information that one of the managers was giving me....
  10. Why do hospitals do this? Isn't it easier to train someone who is already working as a PCT than to hire a new
  11. How come you don't work more?

    At my last job I cut down to four 8 hour shifts for multiple reasons and my co-workers had something to say about that. Now at my new job I work 5 days (still 8 hours) and folks ask me why I don't...
  12. Tell him to stop counting your money or go to nursing
  13. Narc count right, then WRONG

    Well you know how the saying goes: Fool me once shame on you; fool me twice...bet there won't be a twice right? Sometimes we have to learn by experience and hopefully you
  14. Thank you! Seriously what nerve. If you're still on orientation then you shouldn't be counted as part of the staff anyway. I wouldn't give her the two weeks because she seems spiteful so it's highly...
  15. Finally understand the Facebook no-no's

    There's also an invention called the smartphone. So you could be lying your bed posting away. Anyway, why is posting on FB any different than watching TV, reading the paper, or listening to the radio...
  16. I finished the BSN.

    COngrats!!!! Now you can do this
  17. Student Loan Debt. Where do you draw the line?

    That's awful! That woman's life is ruined before it even started. I've only heard of law and med school graduates with that kind of debt. What was her major? I have student loan debt but thank...
  18. Nursing Question

    I hate doing trach care. The worst experience I had was as a brand new LPN in a SNF. The patient had throat cancer and I swear he had the most copious secretions I have ever seen. At one point...
  19. Question for new nurses

    I definitely co-sign on making students have more realistic patient loads before graduating. I think that nursing schools need to tell their students how physically demanding bedside nursing can be....
  20. nursing and paperwork; what paperwork?

    Care plan? I haven't had to do one since nursing school. In the LTC we had pre-printed ones and in my current job it's generated by the computer; not that anyone looks at them. No, the paperwork is...
  21. What is the least amount you would work for as a RN?

    I won't accept less than I got as an LPN which was almost $24/hour by the time I left. If nursing wages drop that low and there are non-nursing jobs that pay about the same then i'll be done with...
  22. Wealthy
  23. Should I go back to school

    I would do my research first because the job shortage is regional. I live in the NYC metro area and jobs for new grads are very scarce; it's a different story in upstate New York. I've seen plenty of...
  24. Patients and the race card

    i don't think the poster who told his story was taking it out on you or asking you for anything much less an apology. i think him re-telling his childhood experience was merely an illustration that...
  25. Patients and the race card

    It very well could have been a nurse who was ignorant about pain management but it could have also been racism...who knows? I wasn't there and neither were you so there is no way for either of us to...