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The sad thing is if someone did stand up to her guess who would be written up. Although sometimes it would be worth it just to see people like her get so red in the face you think their going to have a stroke lol Oh well, she'll sink her own ship, p...

that's a stinky way of putting folks on call, where I work we have a list and we just take turns taking call, it's worked pretty well.

I worked as CNA at a nursing home and rehab the first year I was an aide and through the first half of the LPN program the past 9 months I've been working at a hospital on the medical care unit and it really helped me out not only with patient care a...

If you can't get into a hospital position or don't want a hospital position skilled nursing/rehab would be a pretty good place to start, brittle diabetics, lots of fresh hip replacements, occasional IV antibiotics or fluids. Like the Commuter said LT...

I'll be finishing my 18 month program next month on the 17th :-D it may seem long but it's still intense but not nearly as intense as the 12 month programs it also allows you to get a good amount of clinical hours. Best of luck it flies by trust me!...

The commercials for Lipitor don't bother me, what does bother me are the commercials for all those weight loss pills and diets where they a physician endorsing that because it is just crap.

I don't know about MA's but I worry that medication aides will start replacing nurses in nursing homes and assisted living, heck I've already seen it happen at one assisted living facility where I live.

I got hired for a nursing postion for when I graduate in may at the hospital I've been working at as a CNA my starting pay is 12.27 with a 2 dollar shift diff for night shift. I live in VA this is kinda low but the hospital will pay all of my tuitio...

I think forcing yourself to get up and get outside and excercise is very important. I can relate to you in the fact that after doing a few night shifts I could just sleep forever lol but if I make myself get up and excercise, go shopping, go see fami...

Don't feel bad, since the start of nursing school I've gained 35lbs started smoking, and recently dx with HTN. If nursing school won't kill you though I guess nothing will lol

I graduate in 5 weeks and I am 18. I've been a CNA since I was around 16 I feel kinda awkward about my age because I know peope's perception of 18 year olds and so I'm sure there's many people who are like "He's 18 and he's going to be a nurse!" but ...

I got hired for a night shift position on fri. sat. and sun each week when I graduate, I've worked this as a CNA before and usually by the end of a twelve hour shift by the time I do my 45 minute drive home I wind down enough that I can get about 6 h...

Out of curiousity are there an IV drugs that can be used as antipyretics?

Echoing what a previous post said, people will respect LPN's more as the nursing shortage increases and the demand for nursing care skyrockets. There simply aren't enough actively practicing RN's and LPN's around and yet hospitals ban LPN's from thei...

I absolutely agree with you! There are so many types of cancer that afflict families and instead of just focusing on one type of cancer or one gender that's affected by cancer let focus on every type. My Grandad is finally cancer free after a battle ...

I was lucky enough to see this when I did my rotation through the ED very young man around 17 or 18 spont. pneumo and the nurses explained that since he was tall and gangly he would probably suffer from a couple more. He came in with an O2 of 98 % on...

I actually had my first psych clinical yesturday, I enjoyed the patients so much. But afterwards on my way home I got very upset, the conditions those patients had just broke my heart, I feel like there is nothing I could do to help them. I listened ...

Definitely drop off your resume in person, it allows you to make a good impression with your employer. Best of luck and don't get discouraged.

If you're dealing with the Employee Health department of your facility it is illegal for them to reveal any type of medical info. with the NM's. I asked about this when I was hired because I had to have a physical etc done for them. They also said th...

Hi all! Well, the countdown until graduation has finally begun, 8 more teeny tiny weeks!! My application to NCLEX has been sent off and my instructor is encouraging us to start applying for jobs. Well, since August I've been working on the medical un...

Thanks everyone for the good vibes! Sorry for not posting yesturday how it went, my internet service was acting weird. Anyway the meeting with my NM went wonderful!! She said that she was actually getting ready to call me when I came to her office ab...

Me personally, I would take it with a grain of salt. Now if the LPN's were taking 6 or 7 pts a pop while the RN's were taking 4 without acuity, blood inf., central lines, etc being taken into consideration then I might would think something fishy was...

While I agree with you, I also think that sometimes due to our personal experiences and trials that it's just not that black and white. Thank God, I have never had to take care of a pedophile or rapist but to be honest I don't know how I would reacte...

A lot of people don't realize that it is the nurses and CNAs that are on the unit around the clock, it's funny and kinda sad that some of our patient's families are shocked when we tell them "No, I'm sorry, it's 2am and we don't have a Dr. on the uni...

There are tons and tons of other threads out there that wound up as nasty (most of them) try searching for them.