Crystal-Wings LVN

Crystal-Wings is a LVN and specializes in LTC.

Crystal-Wings's Latest Activity

1. 

   Returning to Work After COVID

   Crystal-Wings replied to SilverBells's topic in Nursing

   Today was my first day back after almost 2 weeks off from work. I have no choice but to go back to work as my bills aren’t going to pay themselves and I alone support myself financially. It sucks but unless you have an alternative way of making money...
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   What to do with my dog?

   Crystal-Wings replied to Rosina's topic in Animal Lovers

   Why would you get a dog when you work that many hours? It doesn’t sound like you thought things through very well. Dogs are like children that never grow up.
3. 

   CNA left job without notice.

   Crystal-Wings replied to fournee's topic in Geriatric

   Write her up and make a copy for yourself. Then give it to the DON.
4. 

   Pediatric patients...parents are KILLING me!

   Crystal-Wings replied to lovelane78's topic in Private Duty

   I’m so glad I left private duty. I got sick and tired of dealing with parents just like you. We didn’t go to nursing school to figure out what games to play with your child nor are we the “help”. If you’ve gone through 8 nurses perhaps it’s you who i...
5. 

   New Grad Med Error in ED

   Crystal-Wings replied to Newgradacutern's topic in Emergency

   She sounds like a drama queen/do-gooder who couldn’t be bothered to offer any kind of follow up teaching for the error, and instead just wrote you up. I hate working with people like that because quite frankly our job is already stressful enough. Who...
6. 

   New Grad Med Error in ED

   Crystal-Wings replied to Newgradacutern's topic in Emergency

   I would suppose it depends on where you work and what your facility does for med errors as far as education goes.
7. 

   Please Help Me! I’m Over It!!

   Crystal-Wings replied to Nurse5678's topic in Private Duty

   I’m so glad I’m no longer doing private duty. I was tired of crap just like this. Long term care is hard, but at least where I work I don’t have to put up with families anymore and I’m not treated like a household servant.
8. 

   Are You or Someone You Know Burned Out?

   Crystal-Wings replied to PamtheNurse's topic in Educators

   Congress is a joke and so is trying to get them to do their job. You’d have better luck trying to get blood from a stone.
9. 

   Mandated to work Saturday?

   Crystal-Wings replied to Bella1988's topic in Nursing

   Gosh it must be nice having a Mon-Fri job with regular business hours. I never get the weekends off.
10. 

    How do I tell my educator that I don't want to orient a new hire?

    Crystal-Wings replied to ferrarij's topic in Nursing

    Grow a spine and just tell her. I swear a lot of the problems people have with coworkers on this forum could be solved if they just spoke up.
11. 

    How much are your nursing school expenses?

    Crystal-Wings replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    It was $27,000 for my 1 year program.
12. 

    Setting my orientee up for failure?

    Crystal-Wings replied to NightNerd's topic in Nursing

    Sounds like a tough situation for everyone involved. Hope you find a solution that works for everyone.
13. 

    How to Deal with Toxic People while in School

    Crystal-Wings replied to TheNursingdoll's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I ignored them and did my work. I didn’t care about anyone else in my class except myself.
14. 

    Medications Mixing and Nasogastric Feeding Tubes

    Crystal-Wings replied to kjeanw's topic in Nursing

    Enteric coated pills can never be crushed, and whole pills can never be put in a GT or NG uncrushed. When in doubt, call MD to get the order changed.
15. 

    Is anyone in California living alone on an LVN salary?

    Crystal-Wings replied to Sandyleesand's topic in LPN/LVN

    Yes, but I have roommates and budget my money. It’s doable, but you’ll have to learn how to manage your money. I was very fortunate to have a very good paying contract job for several months and managed to save up quite a bit of money before it ended...