krob0729

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  1. Criminal Record Discrimination

    don't give up. I just found out (1 year after graduation) that a girl in my class is finally being allowed to test and she had a 10 yr conviction on her record. she went to the board and fought her...
  2. Texas Excelsior Students

    I'm fixing to start those classes my self. I was told to NOT go to the one in Plano. They will do their best to flunk you because of some kind of resentment thing or something since there are soooo...
  3. CNA Question

    I believe it's our state. I know their not even supposed to turn off a feeding pump
  4. Pharm as weed out class? at HCC

    I sure hate to hear that. I went to a great school. NTCC in Mt. Pleasant. (Northeast Texas Community College) My instructors would hunt me down til my dying day if I acted like that. Our classes...
  5. He's going to be a very poor dr with that attitude. people won't want him as a dr. People like that are a waste of good oxygen. Well, I'd like to see a Dr. do his'/her job competently (sp) without...
  6. Am I In The Right Place?

    Wow...what a post. I am definately going to take this advice.Thanks for sharing it with us. Too bad they don't share 'little' things with us like this in Nursing
  7. We have hired a nurse with 10 yrs experience where I work. I orientated her last week (atleast I tried too). During my first med pass all she did was sit at the nurses station and read a book. She...
  8. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    I'm sorry you feel that way, but thank God the "older" nurse that oriented her the DAY AFTER I did had the exact same problem. Although, she did tell the preceptor "i've been a nurse for 10 yrs, i...
  9. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    Well, I do know the unit like the back of my hand. I've had the same kids almost the whole time i've been there.That's the only reason they wanted her to follow me i'm
  10. Medication Aides

    Well, let's see...I observed surgery in the OR one day in clinicals...maybe 2 (24 hours). Guess I need to sign up for my surgeon license...
  11. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    Well, first off let me say, thank you all for the advice. I logged on for a sec while at work and read the post. I did take your advice. Let me tell you about the night. Oh, and by the way, I...
  12. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    Not at all..actually, I was hoping to learn something from her since she is more experienced. She just absolutely did not want to do rounds with ANY of us during her orientation. I wasn't the only...
  13. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    She's
  14. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    Tell me about it...I hate orientating. I don't even know what I'm doing half the
  15. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    thanks all for the advice...i've got to head to work now..i'll keep an eye on her tonight and document everything. I'll keep ya'll advised tomorrow on how things went. Everyone just say pray a...
  16. Little Discouraged CNA

    honey, so did I. I started out in pre-algebra and had to work my way up to Statistics...that's 5 math classes in 2 yrs... most nurses I know started out in those classes. it's
  17. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    where do i document them? Do I keep them in my notebook? I know I wrote down what all she did that night with the meds in my notebook I keep. It's not 'official' documentation, but it's got the...
  18. Worried that experienced nurse may know nothing

    No...we volunteered it the following day. I even said something lastnight before she left. (the supervisor) She said well, it'll show tomorrow if she doesn't know
  19. New Nurses

    my first job is at a pedi LTC and I started 3 months ago. My rotation consisted of one night on each section (there were 3) on one wing, and one night each on each section of the other wing (three...
  20. Do you work overtime?

    gotta agree. i copied and framed my first check... 4 numbers and a comm????wowowow....i couldn't believe it
  21. Why???????

    I passed with 75 too and had tons of priority ones. Don't worry you did
  22. Care plans...what is and isn't necessary

    We care plan everything too. It's only about 3 or 4 pages long since it's on puter. But our orders rarely change so its the same month to month
  23. Pediatric LTC facility

    I work in a Pedi LTC Facility. I didn't see anything about one on the bb. Do any of you work at one? If so, how do you like
  24. Agency ban

    are the unqualified nurses HCSW 's what we call nurse aide's here or what? Thank you for explaining. I love learning how things work in different
  25. Not quite yet, but i've only been a nurse for 3 months, so just give me some time..l.