lpn20rnsoon
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I worked for a large assisted living corporation a few years back, we got a nice gift card we signed for receiving it. Next paycheck it was deducted from our pay!!! Know how you feel.... Something like a nail but with grooves that's twisted.
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you see a kid throw up in wal mart and start a list what could be wrong with the little guy...... and you're the only one not freaked out by the vomit on the floor you notice when someone goes to the bathroom & does not wash their hands... or have people stare at you for washing yours by CDC guidelines....
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I work LTC, over the years there have been 'no break' jobs.... But now days, it doesn't matter if I "have" 30 minutes, I take them. Starvation, dehydration, burn out, and general poor health leads to actual medical issues. Been there, still there and not going back.
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This will be my second time, two weeks it'll be said and done. I own my failure, I didn't take the time to take care of me. I have an anxiety/panic disorder (thank you hormones/heredity) and it controlled me that weekend. A simple 'please help' to the doctor and I would have done this August 2012. I knew my stuff, I just couldn't actually DO it. Like the person who failed the labs at your CPNE, I did the same. But, I went back to the motel and had a full on panic attack that had me incapable of functioning. I was worried how I would drive the 6+ hours back home and couldn't until Sunday. The panic continued when I got back home, and continues to this day. I am under MD care, have medicine that controls it. So I see no reason to give up and not try again. The CPNE is as fair as any clinical or lab in any other nursing school. I felt the same nerves in LPN school, I just was able work past them. The CA was so concerned over my anxiety she actually pulled me aside to speak nicely to me. The CEs never seemed mean, in fact they were very, very much on the students side. It was all me, I let my anxiety/panic go unchecked. In no way was the CPNE, CA, or CEs responsible for my failure. Thanks LunahRN for your supportive, positive posts concerning the CPNE and Excelsior. I feel my education has been quite excellent and 'rigorous' but fair.