Gem1984

Gem1984

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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...

  2. Time off

    Gem1984 replied to heidi94's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

  3. Continuing Education/ Help please

    Gem1984 replied to Yulie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

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

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

    Gem1984 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello, I am new here to allnurses. I wanted to express my frustrations. I am a new grad LPN. I just started working in a speciality clinic a week ago, and I am really feeling like all nursing school...

  5. lpn

    Gem1984 replied to nellie3124's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    The PN program? Or the

  6. lpn

    Gem1984 replied to nellie3124's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    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...

  7. lpn

    Gem1984 replied to nellie3124's topic in TEAS Exam Help

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

  8. Secretaries who believe they rule the unit or hospital

    Gem1984 replied to DesiDani's topic in Patient, Colleague 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

  9. Secretaries who believe they rule the unit or hospital

    Gem1984 replied to DesiDani's topic in Patient, Colleague 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...

  10. CEU for LPNs

    Gem1984 replied to vitiana's topic in First Year After Licensure

    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...

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    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...

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

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

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    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...

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    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...

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    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...

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

    Gem1984 replied to NicoV's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

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

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thank

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thankfully the staff I work with have been really great, and they have no problem answering my questions, taking time to show me things that I forgot or have never done. Overall my experience has been...

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I understand that, how you explained it is fine. I know nursing school doesn't prepare you to work for a specific company. Thats just common sense. It is clear to me that some posters understand my...

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh really, so nursing school is just to gain knowledge for tests, oh ok, thanks for telling me that. I guess schools shouldn't send students to clinical sites then! And I'm not an idiot I know...

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thank you, I am definitely big on asking questions, I am never afraid to ask a question or to get clarification or say, that I need a procedure/process explained to

  22. Written Job Offer Rescinded=jobless

    Gem1984 replied to RNlvn's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry this happened to you but like the poster above me said, you have to read the entire offer letter. I've been given many contingent offers of employment (from all the major...

  23. how long after passing nclex did your name appear on the nursing registery

    Gem1984 replied to khaty2015's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm in GA and my license number was on the registry less than 24hr post

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No problem and your clinical experience is basically the type that I experienced, places where I would have to stand around and literally do nothing, be used as the "tech" help, and be a childcare...

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

    Gem1984 replied to Gem1984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Not trying to be rude, but I know what the NCLEX is and what it measures! I stated my nursing school didn't prepare me for being a nurse well. (And that is a true statement, but I cant go into to too...