LoriAlabamaRN

LoriAlabamaRN

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  1. FAILED NCLEX 5 times! Can anyone please give advice??

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to kemerick's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It seems that everyone who has followed Suzanne4's program has passed. Don't give up. You worked too hard to get where you

  2. Southern Nurses Please Help!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to AngelicLady's topic in General Nursing

    I live in southeast Alabama, at the hospitals the LPNS start out of school at about $10-$12, the RNs about $15-16. You can make mroe at a LTC facility, I make $22 with one year experience. It's a...

  3. Lost Job because of background!!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to SeanyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would ask to meet with the human resources director, bring a copy of whatever you checked online that showed no felonies, and explain to them that you did not mean to deceive them, that you honestly...

  4. What a week, just a vent!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to L&Dnurse2Be's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the others, and might I add that you should think about moving that durn

  5. Venting...

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to SillyLilly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am so, so sorry. What horrible timing! If I were youo I would call the hospital and ask if they have a wheelchair rental program, or call the festivities location and see if they are available....

  6. Can someone please help me?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to cobie_84's topic in General Nursing

    If it makes you feel any better, any fracture is an automatic state investigation, and 9 times out of 10 nothing comes of it. Keep a written record of what happened (I would get it notarized just in...

  7. $$ for nursing school

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to WannaBeMaleRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I worked as a CNA on the 11-7 shift at a local hospital, which then reimbursed my tuition. It worked out very well, since with the tuition reimbursement there was no post-school commitment (that was...

  8. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    My stepfather always pours turpentine on his cuts, swears he has never had an infection. He closes the really deep ones with

  9. Another Five Star Visitor Thread

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    haha! i think you meant back in his

  10. Need Help!!!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Indiana_Rn's topic in General Nursing

    Can you request a longer orientation, one where you are progressively let on your own instead of just cut off? I'm so sorry you are going through this. I don't think changing jobs is the answer since...

  11. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    My mother and grandmother would never allow me to go swimming for an hour after I ate, since to do so would result in fatal leg cramps. I also had a "very knowledgable" family member who insisted...

  12. Did I screw up here?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to NurseFlower's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you have every right to choose the position that is the best for you. It sounds like you did so in a professional manner, so you have done nothing wrong. My husband works PRN at my facility,...

  13. Cussing Co-Workers

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean. I've had my share of pottymouth coworkers. I usually say something to the effect of "whoa, I think you meant to say "sugar" or something. If that doesn't work, I speak to them...

  14. Please Help

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to achood_RN's topic in International Nursing

    I don't understand- help you with

  15. Advice needed about co-worker issue=LONG

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    Wow... sounds like permanent PMS! Seriously, could she be going through menopause? I think you have handled the situation admirably so far. Do you feel that you know her well enough to approach her...

  16. Does anybody work as a CNA?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    While I was in nursing school I worked the 11-7 shift as a CNA at a local hospital. Had I known then what I know now, I would have worked at a nursing home. Much slower pace, more time to study. Good...

  17. Another "OMG i can't believe you did that!" family member story

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I would have loved to call the police, but I'd have lost my job. Customer satisfaction blah blah blah. But you should have seen them... it was enough to make a saint

  18. how do you afford to live while in school?

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to gordonarkell's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Can you work part

  19. Three more days till surgery!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    My prayers are with you! I'm having a myelogram on Thursday at the same time, let's think of

  20. The dreaded panty line.......

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to colleen10's topic in General Students

    I worked with a gal who wore beige thongs... didn't work out too well. You could see the shadow of the underwear in front but since you couldn't see it in back it made it look like she was nude and...

  21. Another "OMG i can't believe you did that!" family member story

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    One more situation... like I said, the dividers in our shared rooms are cloth curtains. They hang in the center of the room dividing the room into two equal halves, about 15 feet of space each. On one...

  22. Another "OMG i can't believe you did that!" family member story

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    The Rehab wing of my LTC facility is short-term, but occasionally along with the physical rehab patients we get a hospice. We had one recently (Patient X) who was actively dying, in a shared room with...

  23. 900 mg's of Seroquel????

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to NurseCard's topic in Psychiatric

    Wow... I have never heard of a dose that high either. I think that the most I have given is

  24. Quit after a week!

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to McArdle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I almost choked when I read that the nurse manager did nothing! I would be on the phone with the administrator, the owner of the facility, the state reporting agency, the ombudsman... whomever I had...

  25. reinstated license after suspension

    LoriAlabamaRN replied to bclily's topic in General Nursing

    My very best advice is to get a job not involving narcotics, even if youo are not the one giving them. I worked with a nurse who had recently gotten her license back after diverting, and she simply...