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  1. Jury duty...

    leopold replied to RNmaria's topic in General Nursing

    just got a summons the other day. I will actually be on break but I'm going to try to get out of it cause if it runs into my school schedule I will be

  2. Help With Cna Training!!!

    leopold replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    Contact your state board of nursing. They will have info on their web

  3. Aides giving the "new nurse" problems

    leopold replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was an aide for two years and it never occurred to me to interrogate the nurse like that about meds or conditions. Really, it's not supposed to be my business (according to our facility...

  4. I need personal advice

    leopold replied to vlada'smom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm very sorry for your situation. I went through something similar. You may have already made up your mind about this but you mentioned a word in your post that sent up a red flag for me: cycle. What...

  5. Britney demanding background checks for her L&D nurses..

    leopold replied to Peachy720's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Maybe she should do a background check on her

  6. Getting CNA if not required?

    leopold replied to GirlCalledJack's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    where I am, all you need is three months of LPN class to be eligible to take the CNA certification, you don't have to do a special course or anything. It's always cool to have it, if you're interested...

  7. post-clinical day depression

    leopold replied to elizabells's topic in General Students

    I was so miserable my first clinical rotation I thought I was going to throw up every time I went in.Then I started feeling better and more at ease and moved on to my next clinical and felt the same...

  8. Question ABout Clinicals

    leopold replied to cdietrich404's topic in General Nursing

    Really, you get used to it. I never thought I would ever in a million years want to work in LTC but I did for a long time and really, I never even thought twice about the icky stuff. Showers were hard...

  9. need advice-respect from CNA's

    leopold replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Just my input as a former CNA studying to be LPN. First of all, that female CNAs remark about your age was inappropriate. Second, I have worked with some excellent nurses (some of whom happened to be...

  10. How many of you had a different career/education before becoming an RN?

    leopold replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    I am doing my LPN, will probably go for RN. I got my college degree in philosophy and Latin American studies, my master's in International human right's law and worked many years as a...

  11. Medical Terminology Hell!!!!!

    leopold replied to ChristinaV's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Actually, med term was one of my favorite classes. I have no idea why because I am really horrible at memorization. But it was so cool to learn a word, then see it in a context and say I know what...

  12. This is why I rarely go in for physicals...

    leopold replied to jkaee's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Here's my exam horror/humor story. I went in for my pap, having put it off for two years because I am insanely hung up about people seeing my privates (don't even ask about...

  13. question for LPNs

    leopold posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm about six months into my program and I am really starting to get worried. We are starting to do some pretty serious procedures in lab which require lots and lots of practice just to check off on...

  14. This is why I rarely go in for physicals...

    leopold replied to jkaee's topic in General Nursing

    What a jerk! I've sort of become accustomed to getting better care from NPs than from docs. Don't let her get you down, I went to my doc and wanted to get on a smoking cessation program and it took a...

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

    leopold replied to December716's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, I don't know why that is -- maybe so they'll go to bed early? I've heard that there has been a lot of debate about how to make culture changes so that residents have more control over their...

  16. Any advise for a (new) male CNA?

    leopold replied to Ekklesia's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yes it's true that being a CNA you can pick up a lot of bad habits, I was one for two years and really had a time of it in my first few nursing labs (where they teach the basics like hand washing and...

  17. Cna

    leopold replied to perlita17's topic in General Nursing

    Are you applying only for jobs advertised? The way I got my first job was I just sent out about 50 resumes to every health care facility in my area. It took a couple months but the responses poured...

  18. What was the cost of your LPN school

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

    Mine (LPN) is about $6500 for everything but it's hard to get into and hard to stay in. Other one I know of with a pretty open door policy -- will take anyone -- costs

  19. half way through and feeling bleak

    leopold replied to leopold's topic in General Students

    Yeah I've been like a heat-seeking missile since I started this. Absolute total focus on school to the point where I sort of forgot why I was actually going to school. Why am I sitting here talking to...

  20. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

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

    I had a pt ring the call light over and over again just to make sure it was

  21. Yelled at by NA for shaving pt.

    leopold replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yeah, we did learn in school not to shave pts on anticoagulants. I even brought it up once in clinicals cause I had to shave a patient on anticoagulants and my instructor just said, "well, yeah,...

  22. Why on earth does no one make eye contact?

    leopold replied to z's playa's topic in General Nursing

    I'm usually so preoccupied that I barely notice people around me. I've at times ignored a person standing right next to me simply because I was so caught up in my thoughts that I din't really notice...

  23. CNA Info

    leopold replied to andreamae's topic in General Nursing

    And just try using your nursing education to report a change in assessment. Your a CNA, not a nurse. %$!@$%@#% student thinks they know everything... The nurses I worked with expected me to report...

  24. CNA Info

    leopold replied to andreamae's topic in General Nursing

    If the person is in bed it's easy cause all you have do is roll them to one side, roll the diaper or pad under, do pericare, roll them back and just pull the diaper or pad out. Sometimes, if the pad...

  25. The Bullying Thread

    leopold replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    That's disturbing. I cross my arms across my chest a lot. Usually it's because I'm feeling very insecure. I also put my hands on my hips but I notice I only do it when I don't have pockets to put them...