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  1. Sorry To Upset You, But....

    lisa41rn replied to lisa41rn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    WOW, you took a lot of time to work on nearly every sentence I wrote. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, but please I don't want YOU to take it personally!! I don't even know you obviously. I don't...

  2. Sorry To Upset You, But....

    lisa41rn replied to lisa41rn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Crabby people are everywhere. Guess we're never going to change that. If you haven't experienced this from LTC, consider yourself lucky. I got off the phone that one time and the social service...

  3. I don't understand this profession..

    lisa41rn replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I too am a second career RN. I've been working an entire three months and feel like crying more than feeling happy when I leave work. I had more patients today than...

  4. New Grad Boston Rn's Making $55/hr??!!

    lisa41rn replied to lisa41rn's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Thanks. I think you're right. I couldn't imagine Boston paying double of NH. I would expect higher pay, but double-plus!! Just thought I'd check on it, but going to MA would mean paying income...

  5. Is nursing REALLY worth it?

    lisa41rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've just begun my first nursing job the first of July. The floor mgr states I'm set to go on my own, without a preceptor since I'm doing well. Things have been good until today. I really try to...

  6. Now I am really questioning nursing

    lisa41rn replied to socalirn's topic in General Nursing

    You need to learn to be thick skinned if that is possible. I graduated from high school in 1982 and wouldn't think of going into nursing then. I worked part-time in high school at a hospital and saw...

  7. Is nursing REALLY worth it?

    lisa41rn replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your support everyone!! I agree this med-surg floor I'm on is a stepping stone for me and I will keep moving ahead. As far as helping the CNAs - you're right they are suppose to be there...

  8. Is nursing REALLY worth it??

    lisa41rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've just begun my first nursing job the first of July. The floor mgr states I'm set to go on my own, without a preceptor since I'm doing well. Things have been good until today. I really try to...

  9. New Nurse Needing Advice....again!!

    lisa41rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm on one of the best floors in the hospital, but the preceptor I'm with makes me concerned. She's always so quick to medicate patients. Before she's even assessed for pain, she's pulling the pain...

  10. Inactive RN wanting to return to practice... is it possible...?

    lisa41rn replied to Buttercupkitten3's topic in Retired Nurses

    Kathryn: Don't give up!! I graduated in 1997 and ended up never practicing until now!! I brought up my kids and once my youngest startest first grade finally began focusing on my nursing career....

  11. Giving Up On Nrsg Seems Easier...

    lisa41rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm still in my internship, but feel I go home worrying too much. It's so exhausting I feel like quitting already. Nothing devastating has happened, but I just think through every patient when I...

  12. How Do I Get Into Hh??

    lisa41rn posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm just getting back into nursing. I'm eight classes away from my BSN. My plan was to finish my BSN and get a year or two of med-surg experience before getting into HH. Do any of you feel that is...

  13. Thoughts From Experienced Nurses Needed

    lisa41rn posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new nurse, still in my internship. While I don't have a problem with the fact my preceptor is 15 years younger than myself, nor do I think she has a problem with our age difference, my issue is...

  14. Assessment Experts!!

    lisa41rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I felt I gave a thorough assessment, got out of nursing and now feel shaky when it comes to giving a really good assessment. I don't feel a lot of nurses do give good assessments and they...

  15. Too Many Crabby Nurses!!

    lisa41rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm really amazed to find so many grouchy nurses on the floor I'm a "student" on. These aren't long time nurses, but fairly new nurses with only one and two years of experience. I can only imagine...

  16. MedError/Dismissal...What2Do

    lisa41rn replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    That's great!! You will be sure to never make those same mistakes again. As serious as the mistakes may have been, I see nurses doing similar things. Examples - I had a patient with a pneumonectomy...

  17. A Nursing Shortage??!!

    lisa41rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was offered a position as an RN in a LTC facility 3rd shift. I went in for a few days while waiting for a class I'm taking to finish up and then was going to work full-time there. Well I hated the...

  18. Too Many Crabby Nurses!!

    lisa41rn replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your post. You're right, I was just venting that day. Fortunately I ended up with probably the nicest nurse a couple days later who has been on the floor for nearly 12 years who really...

  19. Too Many Crabby Nurses!!

    lisa41rn replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all your responses!! It's nice to see so much support. For those who don't fully agree, that's fine. However, as I'm just getting back into nursing, I feel I'm well aware of how...

  20. A Nursing Shortage??!!

    lisa41rn replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your post. I realize if you don't want someone to give you a bad reference, you don't use them, but I did just that many years ago and that person was just in a bad mood and gave a person...

  21. coming back to nursing - need advice

    lisa41rn replied to jill4058's topic in Nursing Career

    Go to your State BON website or call them and find out who offers RN reentry courses. I'm just finishing one. It's three months long and fairly intense. Two months of classroom time (two months/two...

  22. For Those With Children...

    lisa41rn replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing

    When I started school in 1994, I had an 8 month old and a 2 1/2 year old. My third came after shortly graduation and I ended up waiting until she was in the first grade before getting back into...

  23. I Think I Hate Nursing!!

    lisa41rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Help! I'm getting back into nursing after eight years and am taking a refresher class. Today was the first day on the floor and I hated it. I wasn't alone. I don't think any of the other ten girls...

  24. preparing for nclex

    lisa41rn replied to BamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I took the NCLEX eight years ago and didn't work much, ended up letting my license lapse as I chose to bring up my kids. Then, I decided to go back into nursing and bought every NCLEX book I could as...

  25. RN refresher course needed in NYC

    lisa41rn replied to nursetali's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in an RN re-entry program now and have one month left. The cost was almost $2,000.00 and is held at a local hospital. The cost is refundable if we get a job and work for that hospital for six...