Hey....your right by me! I'm in good ol' Effingham! It's been awhile since i've check up on these "where you from" threads. Those of you who work in springfield may know my boyfriend....he did his...
I live in Illinois. No,as an LPN you can NOT hang TPN or do anything with a central line, picc line, etc. Unless you want to keep your license, you let an RN do it. Now, we can PRIME the TPN for the...
Have to say, a pharmacist on the floor would be great. It stinks to have pharmacy leave at 9pm and they miss your msg about needing medicine, so then an Rn has to go to the "night room" on peds and...
Alichael, I have known someone close to me go thru gastric bypass. It is my "second mom"(what my best friend and i call each other's moms). She had tried dieting, exercising, and just couldn't...
That's nice of you to take in a classmate! My best friend's mom lived in New Orleans(well, Burus) and is in the nursing program. She only had time to apparently grab her computer(so she could continue...
In IL, we can't hang IV's with more than 40 meq of KCL, IV pushes(other than flushes), TPN, blood, or anything thru a central line, PICC or port, no heparin drips. There's a few other things we can't...