scoutgirl17

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1. LPN REGRETS?

   scoutgirl17 replied to Julie2356's topic in General Nursing

   Im apologize for all the rns out there who demean LPNs. Im an RN who has worked with LPNS for all of my 14 years of nursing and find you guys invaluable. You are capable of performing many of the jobs RNs do but I feel new LPNs lack good assessment s...

2. It's not fair....

   scoutgirl17 replied to Nurcee's topic in General Students

   You poor thing. You should try being up here in Vt where we do have snow days-lots of em!!! I remember from my student nursing days (Ive been an RN for 14 years but I'm going back to school for my masters so technically I am a student nurse again)hav...

3. Nursing without a net

   scoutgirl17 replied to RobinM's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Geeze Robin I know how you feel. I've had days where I have had 3 or four OBs walk through the door at the same time. But in my case I was the only RN on the floor who did labor patients. (Its a very small unit with total of three nurses-one for eac...

4. student interested in L&D

   scoutgirl17 replied to lauri's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I dont know if you are willing to relocate or not. If not I recommend starting at your local hospital in another area if necessary and talk to the ob nurse manager and let her know you are willingto float into ob if she needs you. Be willing to be ca...

5. New to the field

   scoutgirl17 replied to wormily's topic in Med-Surg

   Dont be afraid to ask any question no matter how stupid or embarrassed you might feel. Also remember you are there for your patients so if you have to wake up a tired cranky physician who has a reputation for chewing up nurses who call him at 3am and...

6. Post Op Dressing Changes

   scoutgirl17 replied to krag's topic in Med-Surg

   We change them once a day unless otherwise ordered - example for a pressure dressing. We use that time to assess the wound for s/s of infection. We also use peroxide to clean the staple area.

7. LPN's and IV's

   scoutgirl17 replied to Judy T's topic in Infusion

   I would go directly to your director of nurses and have her drag out that huge dusty policy and procedure book and have her point to the exact page that will give you the answer to your question. I dont think it should be you that has to find the ans...

8. LPN futhering ed to RN

   scoutgirl17 replied to jaylex's topic in Ambulatory

   I'm sorry to hear you've been doing RN work for LPN pay. I have nothing against LPNs but most that I have worked with in my 14 years of nursing seem to forget that they have had at most what? half a year of training? Whereas an R.N has had anywhere f...

9. Non-Female Midwives

   scoutgirl17 replied to NightNurse's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Good luck. I remember in nursing school we had a male student. He was fine in the nursery, but the patients did not want him to check them post-partum, and absolutely refused to have him in their room during labor. Also where I work the nurses do th...

10. ob nursing

    scoutgirl17 replied to llk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hello! There are other ob-gyn nurses out there. My specialty is labor and delivery.