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Have any of you experienced this? My hopes are to get in to Downey Adult School's LVN program. I tested in February, and was accepted in to their 5 week Pre-Lvn course. From the 60 that take this class 30 are chosen to move on to the actual year long...

Hey everyone, just wanted to see if anyone is going to Downey Adult School's orientation/testing on Feb. 1st? I'm starting to get a bit more nervous about it, seeing as they only accept 60 in to the pre-vn program. So from what anyone knows about the...

No it isn't a joke, and I don't recall saying it was an insult. Sure there are a lot of flamboyant gay men in the nursing profession, however, there are just as many non-flamboyant gay/straight men. My point was that we are still trying to correct th...

Working as a cna (in lvn school right now) I had to perform a lot of peri care. In school, and even when I got my first job, doing peri care on women was always a little awkward. It got easier over time, but I would have never have tried to pawn my p...

Peds is like my dream job. I say go for whatever makes you happy.

So my mother has been in the hospital since Saturday night. They have done a few ekg's, an echo, an ultrasound, ct scan, stress test, etc. and found she had fluid surrounding her left lung. They did a procedure to remove it yesterday and sent it down...

It was in the afternoon. Curtains should have been drawn. I was offended that he exposed her saggy breasts to the world! I really hope you don't treat your pts with this level of disrespect :/

Well congrats. Yoy must live in the most understanding town in America.

The sad truth is that most people automatically assume males who work as nurses are gay because of the social construct of it being a "womans" job.

Well she was admitted after my mother, so i doubt he knew her too well. She gets her care at home, but needed to be admitted. I know this because her regular nurse came by to check on her. Regardless, I really hope when I'm old that I have a nurse th...

Also, tobe clear, i didnt say he opened it every time i closed the curtains. I said i closed it once and he opened them. While he was changing her diaper. I mean come on, this guy needed to have it closed.

I think I just offended him when I closed the curtain. Like I was intruding on the way he was giving care. Even though I was doing the right thing.

So here's my situation. I am currently knocking pre-requisite classes out to get in to an ADN program at my college. I have an opportunity to become an LVN first, and then bridge to ADN with no wait list or competition. This would also be a great ide...

No i cannot be sure of that. But regardless of whether she was fully coherent or not, she clearly said she did not want him to change her. He made no attempt to see if she would be ok with someone else. That is what bugged me most about it.

I just got accepted to the pre-vn course at Downey Adult School. This is a 5 week course, and then the 30 top students are brought back for the LVN program. The total cost of the program is 10,099 dollars with 2000 due on the first day for books and ...

There was also a very awesome nurse who stood up for my mother yesterday. She was fasting for a stress test since the night before. They took her at about noon to go have a scan and then get ready for the stress test. The cardiologist was supposed to...

I got in! Woohoo

Yeah I agree. Just so you know though, I wasn't trying to say this just happened with men in nursing. I was just talking about this instance.

I know this. But I specified which gender because of the circumstances. And how after my mother witnessed a nurse, who is male, treat their patient that way, she did not want care from a nurse, who was male.

Yeah I think I will say something today after my mother wakes up. Most of the nurses here are really nice. I've been here for 3 days now so I'm starting to get to know the staff. I keep apologizing to them for my mother. She is usually a pleasant per...

When I worked as a CNA my duties were pretty much the same with a few exceptions. I was assigned a hall with usually around 20-30 residents. Would perform bathings, feedings, etc. The only difference of duties between the female staff and I, is that ...

I wouldn't be caught dead in a tunic lol. Not only is it probably the most hideous thing I've seen in a while, but i think wearing it would cause more confusion as to what you do there haha.