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  1. Question of my ability to make right choice

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

    Thanks :) I

  2. Question of my ability to make right choice

    Fireflynurse posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi there, it is me again. After 6 months of working in three different places in three months , I start to question my ability to make the right choices when it comes to select a place to work after...

  3. Question of my ability to make right choice

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

    Thank you for your encouragement LPN954. You make me good about questioning my current situation and not afraid to look for a new one. Yes, I think I am going to take time and look around patiently...

  4. Question of my ability to make right choice

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

    Dear RNBearColumbus, I fear that I cannot read into the interviewers words so I make a wrong choice from job offers. I want to find a place that I can work and grow in a long run but so far, I haven't...

  5. Blue hair

    Fireflynurse posted a topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Hi nurses, I have been very well behaved since I was a little girl. I have kept my original hair color, original eye color, and act like everyone else wanted me to be for a very long time. Since I...

  6. Blue hair

    Fireflynurse replied to Fireflynurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I am glad to report that my workplace doesn't care about my blue hair :) actually, I had blue Peak a boo highlight done two days ago and the first night when I was at work, I let my hair down , no...

  7. Blue hair

    Fireflynurse replied to Fireflynurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Wow they are beautiful~~ thanks for the suggestions. maybe I can do that

  8. Blue hair

    Fireflynurse replied to Fireflynurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I suppose you are right. I should check with the management on the hair color

  9. I don't think I am caught up for nursing. med error

    Fireflynurse posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi after a month of working in this assist living facility, I felt that I don't have what it takes to be a nurse. Particularly when it comes to medication. My tough love supervisor called me and told...

  10. Nurses are truly underpaid

    Fireflynurse replied to holly2422's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Holly, I felt the same way in regards of the working environment that I had so I am going back to school for my RN this fall. Working in a hospital environment or home health care may achieve...

  11. Nurses are truly underpaid

    Fireflynurse replied to holly2422's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi Holly2422, if I don't see your ID, I swear that I wrote this post. I don't have any advice for you but I want to let you know that I am on an identical path as you are. I too chose leaving...

  12. Help! Interview Next Week!

    Fireflynurse replied to newlpn13's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    It sounds like there is something more that they didn't tell you at your interview. When a place asked specifically about handing conflict yet couldn't find a DON, they probably have issues in the...

  13. Assisted Living LVN's

    Fireflynurse replied to bradycardic's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes they should have so they would have proper care. Now, we haven't had a DON for over a month and with a CNA promoted ADON managing this place, this place is chaotic. Because ADON does not have...

  14. Help! Interview Next Week!

    Fireflynurse replied to newlpn13's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just be yourself and smile. Ask the tough questions that will help you later on. Good luck

  15. Assisted Living LVN's

    Fireflynurse replied to bradycardic's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am working in an assisted living right now as a new grade LPN. It is like the previous posted stated that most of time, you are the only nurse in the building. Which is not exactly safe for a new...

  16. It is a true calling or isn't it?

    Fireflynurse posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have always wanted to be a hospice nurse and I think it is a calling. However, last week a hospice nurse came into our facility to see one of our patient that we finally got her back to a certain...

  17. Broken Spirit from boss

    Fireflynurse replied to betweenus64's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes it was and everyone there was ok with it. Since I finished training ,they never gave me any hours due to my PRN status. Now, I am working in a better place that I am very comfortable with. Nobody...

  18. Broken Spirit from boss

    Fireflynurse replied to betweenus64's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    To the OP, maybe you want to slow down your med pass to ensure every step is accurate and everything followed procedure? I am new so I don't have much useful advise for you. The only thing that I can...

  19. I don't think I am caught up for nursing. med error

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

    Thank you

  20. The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    Fireflynurse replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Mortgage

  21. It is a true calling or isn't it?

    Fireflynurse replied to Fireflynurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    it probably wont change my belief anyway. 😊 Thanks again for your advice. They are wise

  22. I don't think I am caught up for nursing. med error

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

    midodrine. the MD has reduced the dosage. It is still required to reduce the side effect of dementia meds

  23. It is a true calling or isn't it?

    Fireflynurse replied to Fireflynurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thank you ekpark but if you see the 2nd part of my original post, you will see that another hospice nurse restored my belief or rather, she validated my belief. I don't know what an angel looks like...

  24. I don't think I am caught up for nursing. med error

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

    Thank you TheCommuter. After my mistake mentioned from my original post , I called the MD when I saw something that I suspected was the cause of consistent HTN in a resident. He told me that I did a...

  25. I don't think I am caught up for nursing. med error

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

    Thank you LeChien. My supervisor said the same thing during our phone call. It has been a few days since my original post. It turned out my DON already two weeks in from giving a month notice ( DON...