EmmyBP

Good for you! I wasn't trying to be rude in my last post - I apologize if it came out that way... I truly had never heard of anyone getting that high. CONGRATULATIONS to you!!!:smiley_aa

wow!!! 265 I've never heard of anyone making it that high!

I am an LPN student currently... My first day of clinical - at a nursing home - I ended up crying at the end of the day... wondering what the heck I had gotten myself into. I had never been in a nursing home, I had never had any experience with older people - all of my grandparents were dead by the time I was born. It is tough being in the position you are in. 'This too shall pass' You want to become an RN for a reason, keep that reason in you mind at all times. It does get easier. I have been in clinicals for 5 months now, we are currently covering med-surg and in a hospital. There are days that are harder than others, but you can make it through it. I have come to appreciate the older generation much more. I still don't love geriatrics and never will, but it's ok because there are lots of opportunities out threre. Personally I can't wait for our maternity and pediatric rounds! best of luck to you. Emmy

Well, OK. Take a deep breath........ you sure have a lot going on. I have been having some issues lately- made an appt to see my counceler, and she gave me a wonderful cliche- well everyone's heard of 'One day at a time' if your having a really hard time it's difficult to even focus on 'days' so when your feeling like that - "One foot in front of the other" (and the body always follows) might be more appropriate. Please try to get in and talk to someone, and take some time out for yourself. BREATH...... best of luck to you

no, what are they doing blueyes?

well - not a nurse yet - but that does not sound good to me! Sounds like a GI bleed. I would call your doctor immidatley in the morning (providing you are currently stable- not vomitting more)! heck you could call your doctors office right now- I'm sure they have someone on call - explain the situation and see what he/she has to say about the situation. good luck- hope you feel better -

Very true! does make me thankful for what my family does have - especially during this time of year.

good post! And you are right in a lot of ways - my sister is the same way... with always being behind on her mortgage payment but somehow finding the money for the kids to go to ski club, just finished an addition on her house, the kids have anything and everything they could want. It is just ridicilous! Complaining about gas - while owning a chevy trail blazer ect... That is NO way to live. I don't know how the country is going to dig out of the hole the administration has put us in, I am increasingly worried about the future - financially and democratically. But if what you say is true- "I think the middle class has to take at least SOME of the blame for the current sitution." what do you propose needs to be done to change the current trend?

Well I'm glad that I'm not the only one... I am starting clinicals on monday at a LTC facility and am NOT looking foreword to it!!! We had a tour - looked through our 'patient's' chart ect. on wed and by the afternoon I was in tears talking with my clinical instructor. Side note - I have issues with death. there I said it. I had such a hard time with even the tour because some of the patients were obviously so close to death... The teacher is very understanding and is willing to help me through this, but I also feel a bit silly. Here I am going to school to be a nurse (LPN) and I'm scared of the patients. How good is that. I know that I just need to get over this 'block' that I seem to have but don't know how. The teacher is going to be bringing me on a 'field trip' to the morgue (aaahhhhhhhh) when we are at the hospital to try and get me over this. I am also expecting to be counting the days left there - because I already know that I DO NOT want to work with geriatrics. Well thanks for letting me vent - I hope you don't think I am silly. :uhoh21:

Yes, I have the same problems. Ok- maybe I'm exaggerating... I am in a LPN program with a class of 20 - out of 20 about 1/2 maybe a few more are trully serious. There are 2 people in the class that are constantly making jokes and comments- and the one that is really irritating - asking STUPID questions:angryfire . Makes me wonder how they were accepted into the program in the first place.