Gem1984

Gem1984 has 1 years experience.

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1. Nursing in the Carolinas and GA

   Gem1984 replied to H51205's topic in General Nursing

   The grass is not necessarily greener. For me its the entertainment that keeps me out here because the pay is pretty low compared to the West, where I'm from. Like you said the cost of living mess is bs unless you are purchasing a home. Northeast GA m...

2. Time off

   Gem1984 replied to heidi94's topic in New Nurse

   If you knew before you were hired, you should have discussed the time off with your employer when the offer of employment was made. If you didn't know when you were offered employment, you can ask but most likely you will not get the days off because...

3. Continuing Education/ Help please

   Gem1984 replied to Yulie's topic in LPN/LVN

   I believe CEfast either has some free ones or they offer a trial membership.

4. lpn

   Gem1984 replied to nellie3124's topic in TEAS

   The PN program? Or the NCLEX-PN?

5. lpn

   Gem1984 replied to nellie3124's topic in TEAS

   I hate to be mean but, I really hope, you're just making a bunch of typos, because, if you reading comprehension is as bad as your writing, thats probably why you cant pass the TEAS. I really cant understand what you were trying to say in your respo...

6. lpn

   Gem1984 replied to nellie3124's topic in TEAS

   You'd be better off, talking to nursing advisors for the programs, that you listed.

7. Secretaries who believe they rule the unit or hospital

   Gem1984 replied to DesiDani's topic in Relations

   That can make things hard. I worked in a unit that used CNAs as secretaries but our primary role was as a secretary and the nurses and secretaries worked together on patient care tasks.

8. Secretaries who believe they rule the unit or hospital

   Gem1984 replied to DesiDani's topic in Relations

   Wow that's quite harsh. I have worked as a unit secretary/clerk/HUC or whatever the hospital chooses to call them and I never behaved like I knew more than the nurse or as if I were their boss. Some secretaries have bad attitudes, but so do some nurs...

9. CEU for LPNs

   Gem1984 replied to vitiana's topic in New Nurse

   Check with your BON. In GA it's 30 credit hrs but I dont know if that's national. Also check with your employer to see if they have access to CEdirect and any other learning resources that include CE credits. Also join LPN organizations, they offer h...

10. I feel like nursing school didn't prepare me for work

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN/LVN

    Are you an LPN? I ask because as an LPN in my state, there are few positions for LPNs in EDs and hospitals period, so in a doctors office, or other "common LPN facility" its harder to get all those skills so quickly because you may be in a specialty ...

11. I feel like nursing school didn't prepare me for work

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN/LVN

    Im an LPN, but your program experience seems quite similar to mine.

12. I feel like nursing school didn't prepare me for work

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN/LVN

    Well, I don't think it was really an instructor issue as it was a program issue. Most of my instructors were great. The problem was, as others have stated, the actual clinical setting. We had lost a few clinical sites and had more students than some ...

13. I feel like nursing school didn't prepare me for work

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN/LVN

    Thank you so much. I have been studying things pertaining to my specialty along with nursing fundamentals, to give me a refresher. Its helped me out a lot. I have been taking every opportunity to learn things or do stuff that I either hadnt done or o...

14. I feel like nursing school didn't prepare me for work

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN/LVN

    Thank you. There is no one to mentor me. I have my preceptor and thats it.She's a nice person overall but she can get snippy at times and there is a big age gap, so we dont always see eye to eye on a lot(I don't say anything I just listen to her, bu...

15. As a CNA, What Was Your Starting Pay? 2015

    Gem1984 replied to NicoV's topic in CNA/MA

    My first CNA job was in 2004. I made $8.25 base but I took the no insurance option and made $9.50.