NotMyProblem MSN

NotMyProblem MSN ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN

Med/Surg, LTACH, LTC, Home Health

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  1. Failed nursing class 6 months away from graduation, need Advice

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Nurse Lizzy's topic in General Students

    I don't see where anything is lost since you will probably need that bachelor degree to find a nursing job anyway...depending on your area. Seven years for a two-year degree sounds the same as six...

  2. Advice for a brand new LPN at a LTC facility

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Scrublife16's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You have to analyze each situation and pick your battles carefully. Your best weapon is the facility's policies and procedures against workplace harassment, discrimination, and violence. Follow the...

  3. Should i do PCT when i already have CNA license and that my long term goal is to do LVN

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Dee87's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    PCTs are labeled as such because they do not have the certification that you have. You are a CNA. There is absolutely no need to engage in training as a PCT. As for the pay being higher, as described...

  4. Advice on gift for retiring nurse

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to AngelKissed857's topic in General Nursing

    Card....or flowers....or nothing at all (leave the gift-giving to her colleagues since it's a violation of

  5. Advice on gift for retiring nurse

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to AngelKissed857's topic in General Nursing

    Cold hard

  6. Terminated

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to sdugan07's topic in General Nursing

    If you could at least tell us what the patient did, then we could provide examples of how we'd respond/proceed if in that particular

  7. We are human too

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to IdrilRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I try to lay healing hands on my patients. I never ​lay lips on

  8. Advice for a brand new LPN at a LTC facility

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Scrublife16's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A lot of nurses that you encounter in LTC facilities are "mean" because that facility is more likely the end of the road for them. (This is not to say that all LTC facilities will be like this). They...

  9. New LPN, advice on landing 1st job

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to the_murse_factor's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Does your resume 'highlight' your clinical experience as a student nurse? Have considered adding a letter of recommendation from one of your instructors to accompany your applications and resume? Is...

  10. New RN-BSN school admit, feeling discouraged.

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to cleslie92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I entered nursing at a period when people were more respectful and grateful of people trying to help them. The field itself has evolved so much that if the attitudes had remained constant, nursing...

  11. Re-Take NCLEX

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Panthony's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Your username/title suggests that you're already an

  12. Lpn to Rn online

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Iamloved528's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Except for the clinical examination at the very end of the program, Excelsior College's LPN-RN program is 100% online. But this program is only for the

  13. Nursing student who is lost

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to jsm87's topic in General Nursing

    Earlier this morning, I commented on a thread where an OP is about to risk being thrown out on her *** because of a situation involving a 'friend'. Seems to me you're doing a darn good job without...

  14. New Nurse anxiety on the job

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to NurseSu12's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You have less than two months of experience. The anxiety will leave once you learn the residents' names, routine, facility, and coworkers. You may begin to relax a little around months...

  15. Stuck up RN?

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Mr. Nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how to tap dance around the questions I'm about to ask, so I'll be direct with no offense intended. Is your mom overweight? Does she have joint problems? Is she asthmatic or have any kind...

  16. Did anyone else feel this way?

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to ransomemilys's topic in General Nursing

    What "big tests" are you referring to? The NCLEX? The quizzes? I applied to college at 44 years of age after not being required to study for any test in years. As stressful as my personal life was...

  17. What keeps you going as a nurse?

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

    1. Payday 2-10. Lack of knowledge in how to do anything

  18. can I go back to the floor yet?

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to simbaman's topic in General Nursing

    Even though the floor would welcome you back, you might experience a 'delay' in your transfer from ICU. It

  19. DON Harassment feel trapped

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to ptcwhit's topic in General Nursing

  20. Discouragement

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to dec2007's topic in General Nursing

    A nephrologist blew a gasket with me one night during the summer over being called about labs. I knew dialysis patients always had critical results. But one of the on-call hospitalists just was not...

  21. DON Harassment feel trapped

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to ptcwhit's topic in General Nursing

    I respectfully disagree. As an agency nurse, she needs to allow/let her agency handle it. Also, as an agency nurse, she does not need to allow herself to feel complacent in any place. It's wonderful...

  22. LPN to RN, LPN to BSN, RN to MSN

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Findingmypurpose's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I hope you realize that Global Learn is not a college and in addition to what they charge, you will still have to pay every penny of what Excelsior charges for their courses and/or exams. I went...

  23. LPN is it worth it?

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Nurse2bNorman's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My winning streak as an LPN held constant for 24 years, even though we, as LPN students way back when, were told that LPNs were being phased out. When I was forced back to school for the ASN 7 years...

  24. Lpn to Rn online

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Iamloved528's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I did six years ago. It was a terrific experience for me. The college has made quite a few changes since then, but if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't change a

  25. Feeling extremely underappreciated

    NotMyProblem MSN replied to Medic2RN_'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, if you're planning on becoming a nurse, search the allnurses forum for any thread that's titled, "you know you're going to have a rough shift when...." I tell ya, you ain't seen nothing