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  1. Best way to avoid bedside care?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    The original question asked about avoiding bedside care, not avoiding all patient care or all direct patient care. My interest in nursing doesn't come from wanting to work behind the scenes developing...

  2. Best way to avoid bedside care?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    Money is the main answer to why I don't remain a scribe, though intellectual and career growth are also part of it. Where I work medical assistants and scribes make $12 to $14 an hour with zero...

  3. Would more nurse aides solve the problem of always feeling short-staffed?

    Lemon Bars posted a topic in General Nursing

    From hospitals to LTC facilities, it seems that nurses everywhere are feeling short-staffed every day. I wonder if instituting a ratio of nurse aides to patients would go a long way towards solving...

  4. Entitlement - Are We Making The Problem Worse?

    Lemon Bars replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

    At an an outdoor school/camp where I worked at we would wet folded paper towels and freeze them. When the kids asked for an ice pack for something minor we would give them a frozen wet paper towel...

  5. LTC's are a joke

    Lemon Bars replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The facility I'm rotating in now charges between $5,000 and $8,000 per month per resident, yet there are only a handful of thermometers, blood pressure cuffs and pulse oximeters in the whole place....

  6. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    Lemon Bars replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Getting good information from a forum like this is tricky sometimes. No matter how carefully you word your question, there always seems to be some people who will make assumptions about you and give...

  7. New Grad RN.... work options that do not involve a hospital

    Lemon Bars replied to new.grad.rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel ya, new grad! I am only at the start of my BSN program, but I am already searching for pathways towards non-hospital, or at least non-floor nursing work. I agonized over my choice to go to...

  8. In what setting does an RN do the most thorough physical assessments and health histories?

    Lemon Bars posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please share your knowledge experienced nurses! I am two weeks into a BSN program and I am enjoying it. We are learning, or at least being exposed to, the taking of fairly detailed health histories...

  9. Are they training me to be a nurse or a doctor?

    Lemon Bars posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I just completed the first week of my BSN program. I am a little confused with the way some of the material is being presented both in class and in my textbooks. We are discussing taking a history,...

  10. Are they training me to be a nurse or a doctor?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I researched several different healthcare careers, and did some shadowing. However nothing I saw led me to understand that I might be taking the lead role in meeting a new patient and then taking a...

  11. In what setting does an RN do the most thorough physical assessments and health histories?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    Alright everyone. I'm a starting to get a clearer picture of what RNs can do in various settings. For the last few years I have been working at entry level jobs such as nurse aide, medical scribe and...

  12. In what setting does an RN do the most thorough physical assessments and health histories?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your reply and the attached Guide. I will study the assessment guide.

  13. In what setting does an RN do the most thorough physical assessments and health histories?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    This is as I feared. Another long series of classes where I will intensely study everything only to find that only a small fraction of what I learn will be applicable to my job. (Just like statistics,...

  14. In what setting does an RN do the most thorough physical assessments and health histories?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    I know. But they attend the monthly nurse meeting and share most of the same duties with the LVNs. Sometimes things they do have to be double-checked by an LVN or RN, but where my I work they are...

  15. In what setting does an RN do the most thorough physical assessments and health histories?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, so JBudd you are saying that a head to toe assessment of each patient by their nurse is common at the start of every nursing shift? I never observed this as a nurse aide - I suppose I was too busy...

  16. In what setting does an RN do the most thorough physical assessments and health histories?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

    In my mind a clinician is someone who makes a diagnosis and prescribes a treatment, so I suppose nurse do meet this definition. However, at the clinic where I work, doctors, physician assistants and...

  17. To old for nursing school?

    Lemon Bars replied to wannabeny's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I find it incredible that your family and friends would tell you to give up on your (quite reasonable) career goal at age 28. Pardon me if this sounds blunt, but this is not the attitude that...

  18. Advice wanted, as an older RN student, what thing should I NOT do?

    Lemon Bars replied to hamsterwheel's topic in LPN to RN

    I am an older student as well, age 44, and starting a BSN program in about one month. There were quite a few immature younger students in my pre-requisite classes, and as I already have a bachelor's...

  19. Do I stand a chance at getting into nursing school?

    Lemon Bars replied to winnie5294's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Your grades will limit you, but I know there are associate's degree RN programs you can get into at some community colleges. Also you can qualify for some LVN programs, then bridge to RN, then go for...

  20. CSU Chico BSN Program Spring 2016

    Lemon Bars replied to Knucks's topic in School, College Programs

    I got accepted today with a final score of 93! It was 4.5 years ago that I decided to go back to school for a career change. Whew! It's been a lot of hard work. I can't wait to start some actual hands...

  21. CSU Chico BSN Program Spring 2016

    Lemon Bars replied to Knucks's topic in School, College Programs

    I think I have 86 or 87 points. Good grief I did not think it would be this competitive! I have not heard a decision

  22. Public Health RN job outlook?

    Lemon Bars posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    What's the word on the street from RNs who have looked for jobs in public health recently? I'll be a new grad in a couple of years and would like to work in a community health clinic type of setting....

  23. PHN % patient contact vs. % administrative vs. % education

    Lemon Bars posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    Hello, public health nurses! I am finishing up pre-requisites and hope to start a nursing program soon. The idea of working in the community doing preventative healthcare and health education is very...

  24. Alternative ways to get into a provider role?

    Lemon Bars posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am currently a medical scribe at a primary care community clinic and I have completed more than enough prerequisites to apply to nursing school. Actually I spent two years applying to physician...

  25. Alternative ways to get into a provider role?

    Lemon Bars replied to Lemon Bars's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thank you for this suggestion! I've never ever heard of this career before! I will look into