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I was diagnosed in 2010 with semi-circular canal dehiscence in both ears. It is not a fun disorder. My balance was off, when my heart beat increased causes my eyes to bounce, and I can hear my own voice as if I were talking in a loud speaker directing it to my ears. When my eyes moved, the sounds of sandpaper rubbing on a balloon were played in my head. I tried different medications to help but in time only got worse. I saw an ENT doctor all the time. Finally it got so bad that on April 16, 2013 I had surgery to fix it in my left ear. I was off work for two weeks to recover but I was ready to go back in 2 days! My s/s have decreased to a minimum to almost nothing! I finally have my life back to where I once was! If you want to know more about this disorder then look up "Inside Todd's Head" on YouTube. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

When you are ready to study, go to http://www.learningext.com and it will take you to a nclex study place. I failed my first LPN nclex.....I was told about this program and studied it for 5 weeks. The program was designed by the same people that make the questions on the exam itself. When completed the study course, you will take the post study exam.....if by chance you fail the post study exam, it will let you know where you are the weakest and make you study before retaking the post study exam again. I loved the site, it gave me more insight on test taking strategies and how to choose the right answer for the questions. I am an over-thinker. I always looked too deep into the questions while the whole time the answer is always in the question itself! Try this program! It is very inexpensive while Kaplan and sites like that charge from $300 and up.....this site starts at around $50! This program isn't for everybody but it really worked for me! Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

My advice is don't buy those stupid books for studying the test. Go to ncsbn and look up nclex study! Or you could go to http://www.learningext.com and study the course for nclex strategy there! Those are the same people that make the test and they want good nurses to pass! I failed my LPN exam once and learned of this site! It works miracles and wonders! Please try this site first before buying any study books!!!!! I got the exam cram and don't get me wrong, it is a good study tool, but it doesn't get you where you need to be. This site, while performing on it, if by any reason you complete the study course and the course states you are not ready for the exam, it will tell you where you are weak and make you become strong in that area before taking the post study nclex at the end. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

I may not be a single parent or a person that is stressed for money, but my advice is every college has scholarships in the financial aide department and there is also programs at the libraries where they have books on grants for single parents wanting to go back to school. I come from a long line of nurses.....my mother struggled for her nursing degree, she found a scholarship through the Coke company that paid all of her schooling, expenses, and a little extra for what ever! Companies are dying to give their money away because it is a tax deductible for them instead of paying taxes and losing money! Start with the colleges for scholarships first then look online after. I went through nursing school on my own without help financially from family and found a scholarship for nurses in the college I attended and it paid 90% of my schooling, got the rest online! Best of luck to you! Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

Sometimes nurses forget what they were thought in school about compassion, empathy, sympathy, and most of all, stand up for our own kind. They have been nurses for too long building up a hardness and lack of caring. Sometimes they need to be reminded of why they became nurses in the first place! I did the same thing in a similar situation. I am a LPN in a nursing home where we have to participate every week in the lab to help draw blood. A patient moved while in the middle of lab draw and wound up sticking myself. Same thing.....followed protocol and got lectured on how stupid I was sticking myself, I stopped the RN charge and reminded her that even though she was my superior continuing to talk to me in that manor was hazardous to her health! Also reminded her that she needed to recall a memory of when she were anew, the stupid yet careless things that she did in periods of her career. That stopped her dead in her tracks and made her think! A year later, she and I are greatest of friends! Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

When I was a new LPN grad, just passed my boards, I applied to about 2 jobs. I learned something from the license grantor at the ARSBN. Since she and I became very close due to the constant calls about license, then became about study's, then became good mornings on a daily basis with texts.....she told me that when you go fill out an application, put on there "New LPN/RN graduate.....benefits of being brand new is that I am up to date with knowledge and I am able to be molded and trained to fit the career duties that I am applying for and to benefit the patients/clients in the care they need and deserve". I put that on my résumé, I was called by 5 nursing homes, home health, hospice, wound center, and 2 Doctor's offices within a 2 day grace period! Each one was in competition with each other since I used that against them! Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

The best thing for a new grad is to start where you feel comfortable. If you filled out application after application, then keep looking. But always keep the one that calls you close for there is a time frame when that position needs to be filled. Look into hospitals, doctor offices, and nursing homes. When turning in your résumé, make sure that you put on there " I am a new grad RN able to be molded and trained to fit the position that you want me to perform"! They look at that and think, hey, I can benefit this person and myself by training him/her to what I want them to do! Plus being a new nurse grad, jobs close to home is great and all, but remember those jobs that are a little further from home. Traveling 10-45 minutes shows dedication! Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com

When it comes to a hospital settings, it is part of the therapeutic regimen for the patient to participate in the washing.....it is part of their ROM's and AROM's. assist them the best that you can, but if a patient says "no they want you to do it", then by law all you can do is encourage them to help. By setting a timed schedule, you will better your time management and your skills. Do the priority first then what ever you feel is important would be next. Another thing is, when you walk into a patient's room and start caring for them, try to do as much in the time frame that you can while you are in there.....vitals, body check for red areas and sores, repositioning, and if You have to do the therapy for the patient (PT or PTA not available) while you have to do the ROM's on the patient, grab a bath pan and cloths, performing those tasks if able and patient not in casts or post surgery, you can easily do bed baths at that time. Before becoming a LPN, I was a CNA for 7 years.....that was what I would do, in a nursing home setting that is. Always consult your nurse over that patient first.....ask about allergies, frailty of skin/bones, medication reactions, watchful s/s of hyper/hypoglycemia, and always talk to the patient while doing this.....it gets them to be more motivated an most of all, gets them to trust you as a person and as a nursing staff! Nothing is greater than a patient telling the administrator or director of nursing that "you" and only "you" made them feel worth healing during their most depressing time in life. I hope this gave some good insight to what you were asking. Sent from my iPhone using allnurses.com