Sandi0302

Sandi0302

sub acute, ALF. Currently in RN school

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  1. LPN to RN through testing?

    Sandi0302 replied to mc3's topic in General Nursing

    Thats exactly what I am looking for...something to make it a little easier. I already have some credits from a four year university...Bio, Chem, Microbiology, Algebra, English. Things are different...

  2. Ever give yourself a flu shot before?

    Sandi0302 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Yep! Last year I gave myself

  3. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

    Sandi0302 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to say...I have never been as thankful to a nurse/nursing staff as I was to the nurses on the Labor and Delivery Floor where I had my son...they were WONDERFUL and i think all of us have...

  4. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

    Sandi0302 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    HAHA!! My jaw dropped when I saw the original post. I thought only us LPN's were the ones deemed "Not real nurses"...I truly cannot believe this. First of all, you are a nurse and hats off to you for...

  5. Help! Pregnant and don't know what patients to avoid

    Sandi0302 replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    Her unborn baby, as was mine when I was pregnant a yr ago, takes priority over staffing and pts. The God honest truth? We had a pt that was HIV positive. When I was pregnant, if there were no...

  6. compromising quality of care

    Sandi0302 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN in NJ. We have CMA's (certified medication assistants) that are allowed to give medications to pts under the license of the RN. My question is this: Does anyone feel that health care...

  7. compromising quality of care

    Sandi0302 replied to Sandi0302's topic in General Nursing

    It's in an assisted living facility. I just dont think that when I get my RN that I would take on that risk of having someone give meds under my license. The CMA's here also do dressing changes,...

  8. LPN'S Supervising RNs'? How would you feel?

    Sandi0302 replied to cowgirl4u's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I am an LPN and work in an assisted living facility. I was in one situation with two RN SUPERVISORS who are very experienced (20-30 yrs each and i respect them both) where we were required...

  9. New Nurses Trouble with Experienced Nurses

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

    I have had some negative experiences when i was new with "experienced" nurse, all of them were my age. My first job the "older" experienced nurses warned me about what was going on, and then learned...

  10. "Umm...I need the RN."

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

    Wow Ive never heard that one before. Does anyone rememeber those commercials from yrs ago..."Ask for a real nurse...ask for an RN" WHO made

  11. What you make as a nurse Vs. Cost of living

    Sandi0302 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! Or better yet, WHY do pro athletes make as much as they do? Alex Rodriguez of the NY Yankees makes $25 million a yr to hit a damn baseball. Please dont get me wrong...I am actually a BIG...

  12. Opinions please...

    Sandi0302 replied to Sandi0302's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you again for your opinons/advice. The "deal" that I thought was being pitched wasnt what I thought it was. They require you to work 24 hrs a week while going to school full time, which isnt...

  13. All Lpn's Please Read

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

    WOW...I am an LPN in NJ, and you guys have it MADE. In NJ they are pretty much pushing all LPN's out of hospitals, although i did see an ad in the paper for a hospital hiring them. The hospital that...

  14. Personality Type and Nursing

    Sandi0302 replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    I was an

  15. Opinions please...

    Sandi0302 replied to Sandi0302's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your insight. I am going to look further into what they are offering, if it is possible for me to do this, etc. I will keep you guys posted.

  16. Opinions please...

    Sandi0302 replied to Sandi0302's topic in General Nursing

    I came to the internet to "ask total strangers" the question I did in the hope that maybe some had ideas that I didnt think of yet. The comment that LPN's are not real nurses was not directed at me,...

  17. Opinions please...

    Sandi0302 replied to Sandi0302's topic in General Nursing

    I guess my biggest fear in school getting in the way of having our next child. The embarrassment comes from over and over again hearing that LPN's are not real

  18. Opinions please...

    Sandi0302 replied to Sandi0302's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa, whoa, and whoa. I have a very high sense of self-worth, thank you. I take pride in who i am as a person. I am an excellent mother, attractive, and I have a high IQ, need I go on? However, I am...

  19. Co-worker hitting up the Dr.s for meds during shift?

    Sandi0302 replied to babiesX2's topic in General Nursing

    I have asked a Dr for an RX when I worked in the ER. The doc's were great and didnt mind. I think the big question is...why are you EXPECTED to come in to work sick? Dont tell me no one else has...

  20. RWJ nurses union gives 10-day strike notice

    Sandi0302 replied to lee1's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I just wanted to say good luck to the nurses at RWJ. I used to work there as a CCT. My last year there they were going to strike (or did...cannot

  21. Anyone sick of being told...

    Sandi0302 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    THat you are not really a nurse because you are an LPN and not an RN? It really infuriates me. Yes, I am currently enrolled in an RN program, BUT...it makes me so angry. I want to know when this...

  22. Anyone sick of being told...

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

    What is an STNA? It sounds like what a CMA (certified medication assistant) is in NJ ~ an aid that can pass certain meds. From what I remember, here the training (I THINK) is only 3 weeks. Thank...

  23. LPN to RN online?

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

    I am an LPN currently working on my RN at an accredited online program called Excelsior. A nurse I worked with at a rehab facility got her RN that way. I have to work full time and will soon have a...

  24. Should I apply at a nursing home that was recently negatively reviewed?

    Sandi0302 replied to ceryna's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree with the previous poster: Go the hospital route, especially if you can get into the ER. I worked in an ER before becoming an LPN, and it was great experience. I'm now in RN school, and I...

  25. too little to be a nurse?

    Sandi0302 replied to prinzessdy's topic in General Nursing

    Thats terrible that they would assume that ur nursing care wouldnt be sufficient because of ur size... When i worked as an aid in a level one trauma center in the ER, there was a nurse who was 4'10,...