Sandi0302

Sandi0302

sub acute, ALF. Currently in RN school

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  1. Opinions please...

    Sandi0302 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a 29 yr old LPN, and I have a 9 month old son. My boyfriend and I are getting married in the spring and going to try for our second child next summer. My family and being a mother is the most...

  2. Ocean County Community College

    Sandi0302 replied to janepearson's topic in New Jersey Nursing

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

  3. nurse & dr affair, what should I do?

    Sandi0302 replied to sandee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    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...

  4. Isn't it the pt's right to...

    Sandi0302 posted a topic in General Nursing

    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...

  5. I'm gonna do it...

    Sandi0302 posted a topic in General Nursing

    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....

  6. I dont know if this even exists but...

    Sandi0302 posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I am an LPN wanting to go on to get my RN, and I am looking for the quickest/easiest route since I have a 9 month old and have to work full time. Anyone know of ANY programs available that will let...

  7. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    Sandi0302 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    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,...

  8. Anyone hear of the ATI program?

    Sandi0302 replied to leeniebeanie_2767's topic in General Nursing

    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

  9. Do you belong to an Nursing Association?

    Sandi0302 replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

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

  10. Who here did LPN to RN?

    Sandi0302 posted a topic in General Nursing

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

  11. Nursing & website is depressing!!!

    Sandi0302 replied to SeanyRN's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  12. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    Sandi0302 replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

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

  13. I'm gonna do it...

    Sandi0302 replied to Sandi0302's topic in General Nursing

    Its Ocean County College in

  14. help! new job and already miserable

    Sandi0302 replied to Purple Princess's topic in General Nursing

    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....

  15. Flu shot or not?

    Sandi0302 replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    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

  16. RN's who cover an LPN

    Sandi0302 replied to yumaRN1990's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  17. Pregnant and can't lift?

    Sandi0302 replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    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...

  18. Frozen and Frustrated

    Sandi0302 replied to frozztozzNak's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot of other nurses feels the same way you do. It takes some people a lot of trial and error before they find their niche. You'll find your's, dont

  19. LPN to RN through testing?

    Sandi0302 replied to mc3's topic in General Nursing

    My LPN course had MOST of the clinicals in the hospital, and , like i said in my previous post, we learned a lot more that we are actually able to practice. Nothing out of our scope of practice, but...

  20. Fear Factor, Nurse Style, Five Stunts... lol

    Sandi0302 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in Nursing Humor

    SICK!!!!!

  21. Agency nursing...

    Sandi0302 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just signed up with an agency today, just per diem for some extra cash for Christmas. For those of you who work agency, is there anything I should know? Any advice? Thanks

  22. Discouraged LPN

    Sandi0302 replied to LPNMeg06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The community college near me is "not pursuing" the bridge program any longer. I called today for info and they are doing away with it now that they have a one day a week program, which I will be...

  23. Remind me again why I'm going back to school?

    Sandi0302 replied to Jamie Dale's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Have you tried Excelsior online? I had started out doing LPN to RN with them, and they were helpful. Tuition they let you figure out how you want to pay, which for me work out to about $75/month....

  24. i decided not to have my son circumcised-need feedback

    Sandi0302 replied to nursemn's topic in General Nursing

    My son is 9 months old, and he had a circ done. I believe the Dr used lidocaine gel, but he did use something. They told me he didnt even cry, which i believe...he is a toughy. I have heard of grown...

  25. Planning our future and outsourcing

    Sandi0302 replied to Mudwoman's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...well, if they start requiring MSN, I am sure there will be a lot less people going into nursing, and I my friend, unless someone else is willing to pay for it, will become a cop. If one is...