Ok, so being a nurse, let me first say that I know better. I really do. However, for the last 11 years, Ive been a pack a day smoker. Its been pretty easy to keep it up: at first I had nursing school...
Okay, so I got screamed at by an incoming nurse during report. I decided to write a little post about this, and maybe I can get some feedback. First of all, you probably want to know what major...
Okay, so Im back, my blog has a new name and a new domain! If you havent already figured it out, I passed my NCLEX-RN boards! Two clues would have been that number one, I can afford my own domain nam...
Ive been trying to find the time to get this site back up and running! New look, new domain... but I retained all the same posts from the past and will have a bunch more new ones upcoming.
Most horrible thing witnessed in my nursing career thus far.. So after my confused patient had a very uneventful night, his bed alarm sounded. By the time I responded, he is in the middle of the room...
Making my first graduate nurse post, Id like to give my thoughts on the EHR, or Electronic Health Record for those nursing students. In comparison to paper charting, I only have one comparison:BETTER...
New career. New blog style, new blog name. Look for a new domain with redirect coming soon! All student blog posts will be retained and archived.
First post in six months... I know, I know, so sue me.Well quite a bit has happened. First and foremost, I passed my class. I did it, I graduated nursing school! We had quite the party and the local ...
This new class is really something else. Now let me start by saying I dont even think it does it justice to call it one course; its really four courses.Community NursingAdvanced PediatricsAdvanced Mo...
Ok, first and foremost, I got out of my living situation. Left the wife and now am living with my mom, who needs a little extra help due to some health issues. This is great in some respects, kinda c...
Since this blog has become a forum for both my relationship and school now, I figure I can just lay out there whats been going on. I warn you, this gets very Jerry-Springer-ish...First of all, when I...
Well, in case everyone is wondering, I made it through my advanced Med-Surg nursing course by the skin of my teeth! I was literally four questions away from having to repeat the class!Next is my comm...
Ok, Im convinced that I am suffering from burnout. Nursing school so far has really pushed me to my breaking point, and Im at least happy to report that I think my breaking point might be a bit furth...
My little issue with the blood transfusion got squashed. I was not in trouble for the miscommunication, however, I did get a verbal warning for not reporting off. There were no points deducted off my...
Ok, so my whole nursing career has pretty much taken a turn for the worst. Heres whats happened so far...First of all, I did majorly bomb that endocrine test. A 63% dropping my test average to 74.3%....
Title says it all. Im feeling pretty run down this week. I cant help but feel like I have some horrible disease that robs me of all my energy. Im thinking non-Hodgkins lymphoma; nursing school and th...
Talk about anticlimactic... When I got my first LPN paycheck, seems that the HR director forgot to put in my new pay rate, and, you guessed it, I was paid as a nursing assistant. I also might add tha...
One thought sums up my first night as an LPN.Wow... Thats a ton of paperwork. A TON.I never realized exactly how much. There is at least three ways we are required to double (I guess, technically, tr...
Ive decided to compile a list of things Im going to do after Im done with my ADN and after NCLEX boards are complete. These thoughts are what is helping me through this life-consuming program:Sleep 8...
I got to sit through a lecture from a professor, and the head of my nursing program, about doing a BSN program at the local university.My thoughts? Too soon... way too soon! Talking to me about a BSN...
I just happened across a member of the organization that gave me a $1000 scholarship for school. And guess what? He also has pull at the nursing home Id like to work at per diem. Says hed like me on ...
Another gripe I forgot to mention about the other days bullshit skills check was that the room was double-booked and I got to do my skills check in a room with an entire class of overweight, loud, sw...
So I failed my friggin skills check. And it was bullshit.First, lets start off with what I did right. I interpreted an ABG based on a case study. I selected the probable cause of my tracheostomy pati...
Well, I was officially hired as an LPN at the facility I worked at as a CNA. The hourly amount was $22 an hour plus shift differential, which means Ill be making $24.50.Needless to say, this is a pre...
After getting my LPN license, I start to drool at some of the things the RNs can do, and after having some practice, really cant wait.I had a great ED experience with plenty of skills practice, but I...
Ok, so I probably found some pretty decent LPN jobs.The rehabilitation hospital I worked at as a CNA hired me and is putting me on nursing orientation tonight! Unfortunately, I still do not have an L...
Apparently tired of watching YouTube and apparently out of coffee, my state BON has reviewed my documentation and officially awarded me an active nursing license number! Its official... from here on ...
Well, Im still waiting for those morons at the BON to give me my license number... I suppose theyll get to it after theyve drank enough coffee and watched enough funny animal YouTube videos.Im doing ...
Well, I turned in my letter of explanation for my ultracriminal underage drinking charge nine years ago. Hopefully, Ill have an active license number sometime this century!I already have a job waitin...
Being an LPN currently, or almost if you read my previous post, I am, of course, in RN school now!Its way harder, way more complex, and if I hear anyone say an LPN and an RN are practically the same ...
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