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  1. Critically ill pts wanting to go AMA?

    beshacohen replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can understand an A&O x4 patient at risk of death wanting to sign out AMA. Some people just don't want to die in a hospital or nursing home. Some people are terrified of the thought of losing...

  2. Do you want to be jobless after nursing school? I didn't think so...

    beshacohen replied to Manny92's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I voiced this fear to one of my instructors a few weeks ago. Her take on it was that as a DON she would rather have a mature employee with a little life experience in her tool kit. She said that she...

  3. What "bad habits" are LTC nurses known for??

    beshacohen replied to Nola009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know some of the nurses where I work do this. I don't and some of the residents get irritated with me because of

  4. Hows the LPN Job Market in your area?

    beshacohen replied to ecclecticlylovelylvn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm also in PA, about 2 hours away from Philly. There are plenty of jobs for LPNs here, just not in

  5. two weeks as a CNA, and something doesnt seem right?

    beshacohen replied to Eddiejf321's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I would bet my license that your facility has a policy requiring two staff members to participate in any transfers using a lift. At my facility all transfers requiring lifts require two staff...

  6. Obamacare? what are your thoughts

    beshacohen replied to nija315's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    America is not a civilized nation. Civilized nations have a security net. Civilized nations take care of their own. A civilized nation has a single payer health

  7. Do HACC's A&P classes require animal dissection?

    beshacohen replied to Tashie27's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I took A&P I and II at the York campus. We used models, photos an drawings to learn anatomy. The was no

  8. I can't get over my failure...

    beshacohen replied to jead1's topic in General Students

    Another way of saying this is: Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. You can't change the past....

  9. Why are Coworkers Discouraging me from doing my LPN

    beshacohen replied to badbwoyjojo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am an LPN, currently in a bridge program, with 6 months of school to complete before I finish my RN training. I really wish I had gone straight to RN. I never wanted to be an LPN, but I thought I...

  10. Written warning for a care plan written prior to my employment

    beshacohen replied to LTCNS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Get out of there. It's a toxic environment. Find another job before you get sucked in any

  11. If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    beshacohen replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    Um, "Nurse"ladi, if you DO attend nursing school you had better check your attitude at the door. The instructors will devour you if you let them know you think this way. They are all powerful, and...

  12. If you are not a nurse, do NOT use the title, please

    beshacohen replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Students

    Thank you for this post. Well said, and

  13. Are LPNs dying out?

    beshacohen replied to smartiipants's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Central PA here. Most of the hospitals in my area are going for magnet status. They phased out LPNs a few years ago. LPNs are needed in long term care and home

  14. When a med runs out

    beshacohen replied to CYoungLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It makes me INSANE to go to get a dose of a scheduled medication and find that there is none, or even worse, that the card is still in the cart, empty. This stuff happens because people don't...

  15. Discount on Nursing Central at the publisher right now.

    beshacohen posted a topic in General Students

    I just bought Nursing Central at 20% of the regular price at www.unboundmedicine.com. This smartphone app gives access to Davis, Drug Guide, Tabor's Dictionary, a bunch of journals, and several other...

  16. Can nurses refuse to perform/assist circumcisions and abortions?

    beshacohen replied to crunchymama91's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Circumcision is a surgical procedure. As an LPN you won't be in an environment where they are done. I doubt that a circumcision (or abortion) has ever been done in long term care. Don't worry about...

  17. Where do you all get textbooks from

    beshacohen replied to maj0079's topic in General Students

    Not from the school bookstore. Not ever. They mark everything up to full retail. Ooooooo I hate them. Amazon is pretty good. I have picked up a few things on craigslist and from bookbyte.com. I...

  18. Nervous - Entering RN Class at 3rd Semester

    beshacohen posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I am an LPN, who just completed a bridge semester at the local CC. In January I will step into the 3rd semester of an RN cohort that has been together for the last 2 semesters. I am aware that I am...

  19. Didn't get into the CNA training I applied for

    beshacohen replied to liketheairport's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Apply again. They might like see just how serious you are and accept you this

  20. Your best advice: How to do well in A&P?!

    beshacohen replied to Boston_RN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't cram for tests. Short study session every day of the week will help you retain information. Adult learners remember about 10% of the material presented in lecture. You need to reinforce...

  21. How was your peds class (theory portion)?

    beshacohen replied to barcode120x's topic in General Students

    My LPN Peds class was terrible, due to a really terrible instructor. She kept contradicting herself and veering off topic, while using tests created by another instructor. She tested us on material...

  22. Class of 2014

    beshacohen replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in General Students

    December 2014. 2 more semesters with the summer off. I am counting the

  23. why are you going the LPN route?

    beshacohen replied to Cynt87's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I messed up. I should have gone to a second degree program, but I didn't know that they existed. Also, I did not know that hospitals were phasing out LPNs. I was hoping to get a job at a hospital...

  24. Are all the nursing programs that difficult to get into?

    beshacohen replied to olivia60's topic in LPN to RN

    There are other schools. And yes, many of them accept and graduate students who don't have As and Bs in all of their pre-reqs. The kind of smarts that allow you to do well in the pre-reqs are not...

  25. Dreading L&D/Peds

    beshacohen replied to bagface's topic in General Students

    Ack. I started to write something about my own experiences as a veteran of infertility in an OB rotation. None of it really matters. All I really want to say is that I dreaded it. I got through...