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  1. do you think it is okay for a nurse to have bipolar and still be working

    krob0729 replied to navywife757's topic in General Nursing

    I was dx with bipolar about 6 years ago. The BON had to have all the documentation from my Dr. stating that I had been on meds, what it was, how long, and whether I had had any episodes. I haven't...

  2. LPN's just glorified nurse aids in LTC? Huh?

    krob0729 replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    wow, u described my night, except the resp part of it..we have a resp dept in house...we have over 20 trachs...but other than that, we got a pretty busy

  3. Did I jump the gun?

    krob0729 replied to estrogen's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    better safe than sorry. if u had done the other, you can bet all heck woulda broke lose over it..CYOA I always

  4. What is Pediatric nursing like?

    krob0729 replied to ladydame's topic in Pediatric

    i love my job. i work in a pedi LTC facility the children there are chronically ill. Just about all are at risk for having seizures any minute. Just about all are g/t's, just a few PO's. But when...

  5. How many questions did you take? Pass/fail?

    krob0729 replied to futuregaspasser's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    75/p

  6. When do you graduate?

    krob0729 replied to opalmRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    whats a

  7. LPN's just glorified nurse aids in LTC? Huh?

    krob0729 replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    it still is...i'm the charge nurse at

  8. LVN/LPN Magazines

    krob0729 replied to krob0729's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks..good

  9. LVN/LPN Magazines

    krob0729 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I notice that alot of the nursing magazines I have been reading are geared toward RN practices. Not that I don't enjoy them, I do, especially since I plan on enrolling in the RN transition program in...

  10. Nurse's nasty attitude in L&D

    krob0729 replied to RaeT,RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One day when she starts all of this complaining, ask her if she's so miserable, why is she still

  11. LPN's just glorified nurse aids in LTC? Huh?

    krob0729 replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i tend to ignore these kind of comments because they obviously have no idea what an LVN does. Where I work, the CNA's do the CNA job (no kind of invasive procedures at all, like f/c, They do nothing...

  12. North Carolina Professionals Against Medication Aides

    krob0729 replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    yes it

  13. Magnet Status

    krob0729 replied to HuggyPuglet's topic in General Nursing

    Have u got more info for me, because I'm not sure what you're talking about? I'm not an idiot, I swear..lol, but I've only been a nurse for 3 months and am just starting to learn about status's of...

  14. North Carolina Professionals Against Medication Aides

    krob0729 replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Time for my dumb question of the day.....What is UAP? I'm really not an idiot.. I SWEAR :chuckle I'm just trying to learn all these initials. It's like alphabet soup.. :rotfl:

  15. Give me the down and dirty of being a CNA

    krob0729 replied to onesmallspark's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above. Take a copy to HR and to each Nurse Manager on each floor of the hospital. Make sure you get their name so you know who to call and aski for. That's how most of the nurses I...

  16. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    krob0729 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was called to a room in assisted living because we had a 101 yr old man that was terrified because "his plumbing was gone!". Come to find out he must have been cold, and his "johnson" shrank back....

  17. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    krob0729 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I would have looked at her as seriously as I could without cracking a smile and said "Yes ma'am, I'm sorry, you passed about an hour ago, the funeral home will be here any second to pick you up"....

  18. North Carolina Professionals Against Medication Aides

    krob0729 replied to VickyRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i'm licensed and still have to carry my Rx Book with me to make sure i knowwhat to watch for and that it's not contraindicated with other meds i'm giving. No one unlicensed should be giving...

  19. Need Advice Nursing Or Rad Tech

    krob0729 replied to jenc12380's topic in Nursing Career

    I couldn't stand the site of a needle or blood when i first started, but the more you see it, the less it bothers you. Atleast for me anyways. The needles don't phase me at all now, the blood...

  20. Should this native californian move to Houston, Texas?

    krob0729 replied to USFguy's topic in Texas Nursing

    a FEW??? :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  21. LVN/LPN Magazines

    krob0729 replied to krob0729's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    excellent ... thank you very much

  22. My biggest fear come true...

    krob0729 replied to NurCrystal22's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you here mystic. Not only is she eating her young she swallowed her whole. There is such a thing as constructive criticism that is civil and doesn't sound near as much an a** chewing as...

  23. Firefighter to Nurse

    krob0729 replied to Firemedic7's topic in Emergency

    How funny that I saw this tonight. My best friend was telling me that a friend of her son's whom we both know, and is a Fireman, is starting his classes for his BSN the 22nd. I said wow, he should...

  24. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

    krob0729 replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agree. That little piece of paper with your name on it and the date of graduation make all the difference in the world. And yes, the more one goes forward with education to learn more and get more...

  25. Nurse Bulletin article-4-2005

    krob0729 replied to corollale's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in Tx myself and would like to know this. I'm gonna go do some searching and i'll post or PM you if i find