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  1. Silly back injury! UHGGGG

    leopold replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I was working in a restaurant, went running into the kitchen and landed ass down and legs up on the greasy floor. It was a hard fall. Didn't have any problems for about six months, then developed pain...

  2. Alternative Loans - here's what I've found

    leopold replied to ArkyCCRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Thanks for the info. I'm kind of in a pickle right now cause I had to quit my job for health reasons. I do have a cosigner though. Do all of these loans require you to be employed? I thought Sallie...

  3. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    leopold replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm curious about facilities that require all baths to be given in the morning. How many baths does that add up to for each CNA? What do the people on evening shift do? Where I worked, CNAs (morning...

  4. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    leopold replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Beware of seasoned CNAs. There are many great ones out there but there are also many that just want to do the minimum and get out. Ask these kinds of CNAs a question and they'll tell you the first...

  5. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    leopold replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've had situations like that, where the resident was in actual real danger because they couldn't support their weight and two aids had to be there to help do the bath because the poor thing was...

  6. Denver School of Nursing

    leopold replied to adventuregirl's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Are you talking abou the BLS for healthcare Providers book? I had to do that too. I don't know where you are doing your CPR course, I did it through the American Heart Association. You really only...

  7. Bi Polar disorder??

    leopold replied to cramble's topic in Psychiatric

    To really get an idea one place to go is http://www.nami.org They have community message boards for people with all sorts of mental illnesses, and one specifically for bipolar. You can log in and...

  8. Has your definition of a nurse changed?

    leopold replied to Carolyn_61's topic in General Nursing

    yes yes yes! I had only a vague idea about what nurses did before I decided to become one and I remember when I was a CNA reading all the nursing magazines that were lying around and thinking holy...

  9. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    leopold replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not sure where all of this is going but I was taught as a CNA and also as an LPN that elderly residents should not get a full bath every day as their skin is too fragile. This is what I have...

  10. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    leopold replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know about the damp cloth. As a CNA I too was taught to give these long, detailed bed baths with nail soaking and back massage, lotion and the works, towels placed just so, drapes, etc. etc....

  11. What's the funniest thing you've heard a patient say?

    leopold replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was giving a little old man a bath and I started washing between his legs and he said "it's no use rubbing me down there sweetie, I'm 87 and nothing's going to happen."

  12. Weeding out of nursing students

    leopold replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    I needed a letter to get out of jury duty and the director of my program wrote "...is a student from Feb. 2005 and she may continue until Feb. 2006." MAY? I'm an A student. I've passed all my labs and...

  13. What field of nursing would you NEVER consider working?

    leopold replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Spinal cord injuries. It just breaks my

  14. Nurses and Nursing Students: what was/is your biggest pet peeve in nursing school?

    leopold replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    I hate that check-off thing. Every teacher teaches a different method and then when you do it you fail because you're not doing it "right." Not only that but there is a growing animosity between...

  15. Co-sleeping?

    leopold replied to amber1142's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My sister found a "crib" that could be attached to the side of her bed. So she was always next to her baby but there was no risk of rolling over. Neat

  16. Weeding out of nursing students

    leopold replied to Tweety's topic in General Students

    At my LPN school if you get below a 77 you are out of the program. Period. If you want to do it again you have to start the entire thing as a new student and take every single class over again even if...

  17. What was the cost of your LPN school

    leopold replied to mrscableman's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Four months for LPN? That must have been really really

  18. NS needs help with Anxiety

    leopold replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Anxiety attacks and me go way back. So I really understand what you're going through. It may take the Lexapro several weeks to kick in. There may be an anti-anxiety med that works better for you. I...

  19. how much do DONs earn per year?

    leopold replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The one at the LTC where I worked earned $90K. At least that was the

  20. CNA needs help with BP's

    leopold replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    When I was doing my CNA training we had to do it manually. Digital was considered "unacceptable." I lost a lot of sleep over that. The way they taught us was to palpate the brachial artery til you...

  21. About to give up on being a nurse

    leopold replied to Lorel's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm. The BSN program I applied to accepted all my college credit transfers from 20 years ago. I have been through college all the way up to my master's and nursing school is the hardest thing I have...

  22. How do I provide the care the residents need in such little time?

    leopold replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have worked every shift as a CNA and I agree that day shift has to be on board with the fact that residents are incontinent and they may be wet when the shift starts. However, there are residents...

  23. Friend who's meds are making her worse...?

    leopold replied to rambisisking's topic in General Nursing

    wellbutrin also lowers your seizure threshold and I don't think that goes well with all those stimulants. She shouldn't just stop taking the meds right away all at once, she will crash hard. She needs...

  24. First time teaching MedSurg Nsg

    leopold replied to NsgTeacher's topic in General Students

    Yeah, group projects sound great but what usually ends up happening is a couple of people do all the work and the rest coast. I had a med/surg teacher who was actually a truly horrible human being but...

  25. My english is horrible !!!

    leopold replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

    I know where you're coming from, I lived in Spain for many, many years and did not speak the language when I first went there. By the time I came back to the US I was fluent. You have to put yourself...