BoredLPN replied to lillady1225's topic in Urology
I use to work in a large chronic unit...48 stations. Its craaazzy. In/out.....very stressful and I felt pressured to get them off and put the next one on. Ratios are 4 pts to 1 tech...12 pts to 1 nurse 4 shifts of patients. Very hectic. I transfe...
I came from peds mainly orthopedic peds. I guess it all depends chronic/acute and who (company) you are gonna work for. Been in the chronic unit for little over a month and its a high pace kinda of work. I find it really difficuilt to give 100% t...
BoredLPN replied to nur2007sing's topic in Urology
Thats why I scratched my head when I started in dailysis. Techs draws up heparin, puts it in the pump, and also give the initial bolus when they canulate!!! It gets better...they prep "packs" for the next few shifts and draw up heparin, label it a...
BoredLPN replied to skittlebear's topic in Urology
In my facitly (chronics) I do pretty much everything like the "techs" and a little of what the RN do. With some few expceptions like I access caths, dressing changes, mix baths, and heres the good part they pay me as a licensed but I don't give meds...
BoredLPN replied to nur2007sing's topic in Urology
I would never work as an RN in dialysis chronic unit. Not worth it IMHO. In my state HI and facility I work in...the techs give hep, NS, pretty much do everything except meds.
I just started into this field...4 weeks. Just got done with "clinicals" and classroom work. I am in a Chronic Unit of 48 stations. Ratios are 1:3 or when their short it goes to 1:4. I noticed 80% of them are "techs". They are resposible for se...
okay I got this response from EC: Hello, Thank you for contacting Excelsior College. Excelsior College scores exams on an IRT Method of grading. The exam questions are weighted, given a point value based on their degree of difficulty. Your to...
1, Is there any hospital need Japanese speaking nurse in Oahu?Our island's economy depends on tourist which the bulk is from Japan. I wouldn't say the need but it would be a plus. We have a shortage of nurses just like any US city so any nurse wit...
LPN school has gotten reallly expensive. 1999 I started my journey and the total cost for the 11 month program costed around 3,000. Thats with all the labs, books, uniforms, graduation etc...
How did you do it. I been an LPN for 5 years now. Need a raise badly. RN is the only answer. At this point in my life I have a family and other priorites no way a traditioinal college will do. How do you do it?? My brain ain't how it was when I...