Sandi0302

I will be applying to the one day a week program at OCC.

Was is everyone attacking the original poster for her opinion? There really isnt anything one can do about situations like these unless they do actually effect the workplace, but, then again, doesnt it? How can you concentrate just on work when you have your "fling" working with you? Hence the saying "Don't s*** where you eat". Everyone has their own personal moral standings. Some things offend people more than other things. Marital infidelity highly offends some that still believe marriage is a sacred thing, unlike celebrities...but I digress.... No, you cannot stop it from going on, and it is likely that any other place you work will have it also. One nurse I work with actually brought her ugly "playthings" to visit her on the 3-11 shift. In my opinion she is a filthy thing for it because she has three kids. However, it didnt happen on my shift and I didnt see it, so i kept my mouth shut. As a previous poster said, what goes around comes around.

Amen. I worked in a Level 1 Trauma center ER for four yrs (Not as a nurse, but as a tech), and EVERYTHING you said is true. I think we all had a love/hate relationship with it...loved the challenge, different things everyday, but high burn-out rate. One time this guy was complaining about how long it was taking for his wife to get her TOE xrayed. "Sorry sir, there are 7...yes 7 trauma pts on the other side right now, so it's gonna be awhile" Personally, I think we should have Nurses Tell It Like It Is Day during nurses week..."Hey buddy...@#$% &%$!" :)

Whats an ATI? I think it sounds like when I was in LPN school and we had to take an NCLEX-like test on the computer...is that it?

Refuse care from a NA? I work in an Assisted living facility, which has quite a few Russian/Ukrainian/Georgian employees. Some can speak English very well, others okay, and three speak very little English. I am the day LPN. We all have to carry around portable phones with us to communicate (which is great). However, whenever one of the girls that speaks little English calls me, they need to speak with the med-aid (who is Gerogian) to tell her, so then she can tell ME what they said (ie translate). This is seen as a problem because it is not everyday that this med aid is there to do this. The other problem is that one of the residents one day refused care from the one girl because she cannot understand English well, which in my opinion is a hazard. According to the GEORGIAN administrator, the resident cannot refuse care from any staff member...am I wrong, or isnt it the pt's RIGHT to refuse care from anyone?

What does a nursing association do for you? Any perks? I have also heard that LPNs cannot join? (If that is true that is re-damn-diculous)

I was just wondering how already being an LPN helped you in getting your RN, any advice, ect. Thanks in advance. :)

I dont think it is this website that is depressing to me, but how nurses themselves eat each other alive. I think it is NURSES who dont respect nurses, not people in general. I have been given nothing but respect from non-nurses for being a nurse. Look at how we talk to each other "Oh, I am an RN, your an LPN, you're not really a nurse." Or I am a BSN, you're only an associate/diploma RN, your're not really a nurse" The constant, "I am a nurse more than you are a nurse" is REDICULOUS, downgrading and sad. We are all in this field together right? Oh, and i think the one that really floored me was "Oh, psych nurses arent real nurses." :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire $#@%!@# STOP THE BULL PEOPLE!!! As far as the other threads about people quitting: happens in EVERY job field, and those aren't typical. We'd really have a true nursing CRISIS on our hands if that was the norm, and NO ONE would go into nursing school. Good luck to you, and I plan on going on for my BSN...so therefore i must like what I do :)

That was REALLY uncalled for...I am sure they were just trying to help...

Its Ocean County College in NJ...

I work in an ALF, and ours is NOT like yours, but we have a nurse who came from a similar facility where the aids were "universal" workers and served food and such...which in my opinion is too much. In our facility, they get assigned residents, bring them towels, shower them , bring them down for meals. Thats it. We have seperate kitchen servers, housekeeping, ect. To me, it just sounds like it borderlines on slavery. If you are really close to finishing school, maybe just wait... Good luck!

I gave myself one last year because I was pregnant, and this year I will be getting (or giving myself) another one because I was recently diagnosed with asthma

I have officially decided to go back for my RN ( I am an LPN). My local county college offers a "one day a week" program aimed towards those in the health care field with full time jobs and/or kids. You do at home online work during the week and once a week for 12 hrs you have the clinical. I am going to apply for the 2008 class, and finish my pre-requs in the meantime. I have it all planned out and I am so excited! Oh, and my SAT scores were higher than required, so I am set. I was wondering though....I thought for RN Biology and Chem would have been a pre-requ, but theyre not? I took them at Rutgers and were hoping they'd account for something...guess not. My Microbio will though.

Oh geez, are you insinuating that because THIS LPN didnt know what she was doing that ALL LPNs dont? I didnt judge the RN that didnt know what to do when her pt's blood sugar was 54 , so don't judge someone just by the title. Personally, I dont think it's worth ANYONE'S license to cover ANYONE.

Lifting a pt is different than lifting a box. No one, pregnant or not, should be lifting a person on their own. That is the way people get injured. As far as lifting while pregnant, the first trimester is the most critical, and the tri where the risk for miscarriage is highest. I have said this in another post, and I will say it again: An unborn child isn't worth risking for anybody or any job...period.