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  1. Theme song to your Nursing career?

    porridge replied to sMoLsNurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Send in the

  2. Ready to toss in the towel

    porridge replied to chcgoblue's topic in General Nursing

    All I can tell you is what I've been feeling more and more these past few years: Life is too short and precious to spend in a job where you feel unappreciated, demeaned, and easily dispensed with...

  3. I hate nursing..

    porridge replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am very sad to say that at this stage of my life I regret becoming an RN and even worse I am too old to do anything else. I got into it for love of people and for the most part I adore my patients...

  4. I was reported by the social worker.........

    porridge replied to Vonique's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    While I'm sure that made her pathetic little day - and that she really enjoyed bragging to friends about how she so bravely and heroically took action to save the world... er, the patient, from the...

  5. I don't want to regret staying in Nursing....LPN-RN

    porridge replied to NurseOTPT's topic in Nursing Career

    I hate to say this so much it hurts, but if I had my druthers, I'd rather not have become an RN. I'm too old to do anything else so I'll keep breaking my back until I retire, but you're young so you...

  6. Your work environment

    porridge replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in places with great, positive, supportive environments, and I've worked in places with exactly the opposite. In my experience, a great deal of it has to do with the type of management in...

  7. I hate nursing..

    porridge replied to flygirls2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I truly believe that nurses are the "Victorian servant class" of the 21st century. Working all hours; wearing our bodies out until we're in chronic pain; being abused by all and sundry; taking the...

  8. Nurses, have you been been spit on, pushed, scratched and verbally or assaulted?

    porridge replied to Brian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Let's see... I've had a fork stuck in the back of my hand; been hit, kicked, scratched, pinched, verbally abused, spat on, had pills spat at me, and fallen on. I haven't been bitten... yet. Gotta...

  9. Are LPN's being phased out in hospital setting??

    porridge replied to fozziebear's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would say that, rather than being phased out, LPNs are being squeezed into increasingly restricted areas of practice, i.e. LTC and jails. Of course, each state is different, but in northern...

  10. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

    porridge replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in LPN to RN

    I'm in northern VA. Only two more semesters (three classes) and I'll finish my transition. I plan to go straight into my RN-BSN transition before I run out of steam and decide I can't face any more...

  11. TIPS/Info for passing NCLEX

    porridge replied to paula77720's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This may sound a bit silly, after all the wonderful technical advice on this thread, but I really do think the thing that helped me more than anything during my NCLEX exam was that every time I felt...

  12. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    porridge replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not under my license. I did not go through years of nursing education to risk it on someone with a week's worth of medical teaching. I don't know many nurses who would, if any. It's not an...

  13. LPN versus CMA

    porridge replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Couldn't agree more. Never heard such nonsense. LPNs are nurses. They can work hospital, nursing home, and clinics if they choose. Their education is far lengthier and more in depth than that of a...