nursesaideBen

nursesaideBen

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  1. LPN travel nursing

    nursesaideBen replied to cocobear1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Here in Virginia and other southern states, LPN's with 2 years of experience can travel working in Med/Surg, PCU, long term care, and home care. A couple of my friends are travel nurses and they say...

  2. Is LPN school really that hard?!

    nursesaideBen replied to clarissairene's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Nursing School eventually equated to Hell for me but then again I was working part time weeknights and weekends and going to school and clinicals on weekdays. My class mates with the exception of a...

  3. Our coworker wants to be the manager and we get to interview him...

    nursesaideBen replied to Freshman RN's topic in Emergency

    :chuckle Oops! Sorry about that, but you know what song I meant

  4. Our coworker wants to be the manager and we get to interview him...

    nursesaideBen replied to Freshman RN's topic in Emergency

    Taps whenever someone dies? Hell why not Eric Clapton's "Stairway to Heaven" or ACDC's "Highway to Hell" lol that's ridiculous, as far as questions I would ask stuff like You've only been here a x...

  5. No You Can't (Long)

    nursesaideBen replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you very much for the encouragement, I think you may be right about giving it a shot, at least then I wouldn't wonder if it could have been a good fit for me. Thank you so much for posting!

  6. No You Can't (Long)

    nursesaideBen replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Psychiatric

    Thank you for your response, There are times when I feel I am overwhelmed but I've been told that's normal since I just recently came off of orientation. The people I've spoken with told me I wouldn't...

  7. Nursing Shoes For Men, do they exist?

    nursesaideBen posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    Hi all, I have a problem, my white tennis shoes from Target just aren't cutting it anymore, my feet ache SO bad when I get off from work it actually is begining to affect my mobility for the rest of...

  8. lpn

    nursesaideBen replied to countrylane123's topic in General Nursing

    Unluckily that tends to be the policy at most facilities. I actually have both my ears pierced and was surprised when the hospital was okay with me wearing

  9. S.o.s

    nursesaideBen replied to nursesaideBen's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for all of your encouragement. I had a really good night last night so in general I'm feeling better. I'm still just really nervous and scared over all but I guess those feelings won't be...

  10. S.o.s

    nursesaideBen posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone. I'm an LPN, new grad, and I work on a busy medical telemetry unit. I had five weeks of orientation and this past monday night was my first night off of orientation, and I felt like I was...

  11. Lidocaine with Rocephin IM?

    nursesaideBen replied to StNeotser's topic in Patient Medications

    How about with Geodon, we use IM Geodon a lot on my unit for combative pts and they always complain of it hurting like crazy does anyone know off the top of their heads if it can be diluted in...

  12. Nurses - Leading your subordinates (Nurse Aides, Nurse Techs, Med Aides)

    nursesaideBen replied to brotherbear's topic in Nurse Management

    I too dislike the term

  13. The Waiting Game

    nursesaideBen posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ugh... Just got back home from taking the NCLEX PN. The test stopped at question 92 and I feel miserable!! I had a ton of OB questions which OB is my weakest subject as well as a bunch of the critical...

  14. The Waiting Game

    nursesaideBen replied to nursesaideBen's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry to hear that! I hope things get straightened out, and I'm that they will, best of luck to

  15. The Waiting Game

    nursesaideBen replied to nursesaideBen's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I called the BON this morning and found out my results... I am Licensed Practical Nurse baby!!! I have NEVER been this happy before!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you all for your

  16. Best/Worst States for LPN opportunities

    nursesaideBen replied to TurboJamer13219's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm lucky, Virginia tends to be kind to LPN's. I work on a medical telemetry unit and at the hospital I'm at there's one or two LPN's in each unit including ER, PEDS, CCU, and even OB. However most of...

  17. Anyone ever talk to a potential employer waay before graduation??

    nursesaideBen replied to dschueler's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Yup, in my interview with my nurse manager at the hospital last august when I applied for a CNA position there I told her I was interested in finding an employer that would hire me as a nurse once I...

  18. I finally got my NCLEX-PN result today...

    nursesaideBen replied to PedsRN-07's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That's WONDERFUL!!! Congratulations:balloons: :) :smiletea2:

  19. Need help with inservice for CMA's

    nursesaideBen replied to Donna Jo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would inquire about what time of med errors they're making as in, are they no getting them on time, giving wrong dose, wrong drug etc. Then I would look to see if there is a particular drug of drug...

  20. The Waiting Game

    nursesaideBen replied to nursesaideBen's topic in General Nursing

    Haha probably at this point I would give you $500 dollars if you could guarantee I passed! That's a good point, they probably do have inside info lol. I hope you did well today, I'm sure you did!...

  21. Welcome to the Jungle!

    nursesaideBen posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, everyone I finally graduated and was pinned tonight! The past 18 months have not been easy and I've taken a physical and emotional toll due to the stress and chaos. But somehow I survived with...

  22. Welcome to the Jungle!

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

    Thank you all!!! Yes I'm 18 turn 19 in July. And as Commuter said it has been a difficult journey getting here. Before my mother passed she was a Certified Medical Assistant who worked in dialyisis...

  23. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    nursesaideBen replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    Precious Pain- Melissa Etheridge What we'd like to inflict on some of them sometimes hehe Bring Me Some Water- Melissa Etheridge For those shifts where you go 12 hrs with nothing to drink by the time...

  24. Introduced as "The Nurse"

    nursesaideBen replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    Lordy, I graduate this thurs. from LPN school and whenever I go ANYWHERE with my grandparents they make sure that everyone knows that I'm a nursing student lol I just hate it when I go with them to...

  25. big bad nursing myths busted

    nursesaideBen replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    LPN's are the retarded version of RN's :angryfire Med/Surg and LTC is full of all the lousy nurses who don't know what their doing If you enjoy taking care of Hospice patients then you enjoy watching...