PrettyNerd

PrettyNerd CNA, LPN, LVN

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  1. What would you be in another life?

    PrettyNerd replied to NurseYoshi's topic in General Nursing

    I would be a personal fitness trainer/own a

  2. What would you be in another life?

    PrettyNerd replied to NurseYoshi's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Please make that happen, that sounds amazing! I can see it as an assisted

  3. Do you like working in clinic/office?

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, do you like/enjoy working in a clinic/office setting better than nursing homes/bed side nursing? What type of clinic or setting do you work? How is it different than working

  4. First nursing interview!! Advice for potential first nursing job.

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi everyone! So if anyone has read any of my previous posts, then you know how much I was complaining about my situation. YES! I'll admit, I was complaining a lot, and I think a lot of it comes from a...

  5. Not having a car during nursing school.

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone! I would like to hear from those who got through nursing school without a vehicle. So this is my problem. I have been working at this ALF for almost 2 years. Really bad place to work, poor...

  6. LPN/LVN job options. (Current job is making me sick)

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

    Aaaw thank you so much for your kind words, encouragement, and understanding. I felt a little dissapointed today when the DON at work basically told me that my only option was LTC. When I asked if...

  7. LPN/LVN job options. (Current job is making me sick)

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

    I apologize for the repetitive posts, trust me, I hate repeating myself but I did it because I felt like I wasn't getting responses, or people weren't answering my question. Sorry. But thanks for the...

  8. Fear of nursing responsibility is holding me back from being a nurse. Please help!

    PrettyNerd replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your reply, I really need that push. It's basically just me and my demon thoughts in my head. I really don't have any friends nor did I keep in contact with my nursing classmates which...

  9. Fear of nursing responsibility is holding me back from being a nurse. Please help!

    PrettyNerd replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you though! That's what I keep telling myself to give me that push. I just really need need to grow some

  10. Fear of nursing responsibility is holding me back from being a nurse. Please help!

    PrettyNerd replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I spoke with my nursing instructors they didn't seemed too concerned and just suggested other areas but like I said it seems LTC is my only option at the moment. I'm just worried I wont be competent...

  11. Fear of nursing responsibility is holding me back from being a nurse. Please help!

    PrettyNerd replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Ok?....so I'm doomed then? Is nursing not for me? I mean I tried looking for slower paced jobs but haven't been lucky, and I don't want to keep waiting. I graduated last year, I don't want another...

  12. Fear of nursing responsibility is holding me back from being a nurse. Please help!

    PrettyNerd replied to PrettyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Hi again, had been thinking of the things that scares me about being a nurse. This is especially in LTC as I believe nurses here have a lot of responsibility. I really DO want to be a nurse and be a...

  13. Do all nurses make fatal mistakes?

    PrettyNerd replied to justtryintonurse's topic in General Nursing

    Makes me feel a little better knowing that other people out there are concerned about harming their patients. I've yet to work as a nurse partially because I'm terrified of making a fatal mistake, or...

  14. Lvns working in clinics

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello there! This is for lvns/lpns that work or have worked in clinics. I'm currently looking for my first lvn job. I really REALLY don't want to work in nursing homes, I'm a CNA in one and it's just...

  15. Searching for first job as a nurse (scared). Advice please!

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi awesome people! I've been wanting to write this for a while but my procrastination skills got the best of me Anyway, hope I can get some replies on here because this is really important to me. So...

  16. Having a hard time looking for first LPN job (I'm scared)

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi awesome people! I've been wanting to write this for a while but my procrastination skills got the best of me Anyway, hope I can get some replies on here because this is really important to me. So...

  17. Tell me why an LVN/LPN is a "real nurse"

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

    WOW!! I didn't check this after I got 3 replies, I wasn't expecting a lot of replies from people:) Thanks everyone for words of encouragement, I just want to be recognized for what I have accomplished...

  18. Tell me why an LVN/LPN is a "real nurse"

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

    Got the same thing when I told someone I graduated from nursing school and they said "Cool! for RN?" I said, "no, LVN" they said

  19. First LPN job

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all nurses! So, I'm very excited! I just passed my boards (YAY me!!) So now I'm looking into potential places to work. I've been suggested to try Home Health but being that I'll be a new nurse, I'm...

  20. Finding my place in nursing. Not liking LTC/SNF!

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi all! So I've been wanting to write this for a while now, this might get long so bare with me as I tend to ramble a bit too much at times. Need advice from experienced nurses or anyone really. Where...

  21. Finding my place in nursing. Not liking LTC/SNF!

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! So I've been wanting to write this for a while now, this might get long so bare with me as I tend to ramble a bit too much at times. Need advice from experienced nurses or anyone really....

  22. Advice from CNAs and Nurses. Working in LTC, feeling confused/overwhelmed.

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hi all nurses! So I'm currently writing this feeling a little down. I've had my CNA for quite a while now, however, I just started a new job at a SNF/LTC and it's very overwhelming. I knew it was...

  23. eligibility to test taking forever, feeling discouraged.

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey all! I'm just going to vent, no questions or anything. Just writing because I'm frustrated. I graduated nursing school at the end of May and I've yet to hear from the BON about being eligible to...

  24. Nursing students and their bad behaviors >:(

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in General Students

    Hi allnurses! :) So, I've been wanting to write this for a really long time now, I just want to vent. I'm currently in my last semester of nursing school, then I graduate, yay me! I believe nursing...

  25. pharmacology books

    PrettyNerd posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi everyone! So currently our class is on winter break, so yay!lol. But we go back in a week and I wanted to buy a few extra books to help me study (particularly pharmacology, since it's the hardest)...