norinradd

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1. How are you treated by RNs

   norinradd replied to amylc's topic in LPN/LVN

   I have been treated GREAT as an LPN/LVN. I graduated from PN school in 93' and have had so few proplems. I fight against systems that in my opinion hurt LPN/LVNs, but the people have been great.

2. LPN IV Push

   norinradd replied to 2rntish's topic in General Nursing

   Youda said: "An early post said the difference was education, not the actual performing of the task. It is not difficult to do an IV push. But, does an LPN have the training, critical thinking skills, etc., to understand what CAN do wrong and what to...

3. Why Does It Seem That RN's Hate Us and Hospitals Don't Believe In Us??

   norinradd replied to brown eyed girl's topic in LPN/LVN

   Good nurses respect good nurses. Some bad nurses are RNs. Some bad nurses are LPN/LVNs and as such their mistakes are more likely to be repeated as not "that nurse's mistake" but rather "that LPNs mistake". Hospitals have a problem. What are LPN/LVNs...

4. Certications for LPN????/

   norinradd replied to MYRN2016's topic in LPN/LVN

   I can only say about my experiences. I am a BLS and ACLS instr and will soon have my PALS instr. I have my PICC cert from Bard. I have had several in-house chemo certs. Most national nursing organizations still have RN as a min requirement. I found t...

5. I think I know the answer to this...

   norinradd replied to freckles2's topic in LPN/LVN

   In a doctor office, nurses call in orders all of time. How is this different? Can you see a doctor defend himself be saying, "Well I signed these blank Rxs and... nevermind". Doctor's office's are a world on to their own. So much that goes on is done...

6. What you wish you would have payed more attention to.

   norinradd replied to student Missy's topic in LPN/LVN

   I hate to tell you but terminology will be important now. You will be reading orders written by doctors that love the stuff. You will be the one trying to translate what the doctor just said to patients and families. Acting professional... just as im...

7. Prioritizing??Need Help

   norinradd replied to dcoffee's topic in LPN/LVN

   Sounds like your time management is pretty good. You got a lot done in a short time. Advise: First things first! Constantly triage. Ask for help when the "have to" things aren't getting done. Know that everything is not "have to". If you do this you ...

8. No jobs for LPN graduates anymore?

   norinradd replied to Bala Shark's topic in LPN/LVN

   I noticed at a friend's graduation that 80% of the ADN grads had jobs already, but only 30% of VN/PN students had jobs while I heard time and time again that they were looking forward to a career in ER or critical care. I felt they had been given a d...

9. LPN's Are they really being phased out?

   norinradd replied to amber_n_schultz's topic in LPN/LVN

   For my area (Dallas/Ft.Worth) the answer is yes. Despite the shortage of nurses, more new hospitals are RN only and others are going that route by not hiring any new LVNs. There are still jobs, but the flexibility is less.

10. lvn and picc lines in texas

    norinradd replied to rionurse06's topic in LPN/LVN

    PICC lines have always been part of my job. It really does depend on where you work. I ask up front when I interview what the limits will be. I enjoy working toward the edge of possibilities. If you don't, that makes me no better than you. It is a pe...

11. Should patients be allowed to refuse LPNs and CNAs?

    norinradd replied to flashpoint's topic in LPN/LVN

    A patient may refuse anything but that does not mean they should be offered whatever they wish. Send staff in as usual and chart everything she refuses, from ADLs to meds. I am ashamed of the nurse who would belittle your own co-workers for fear of a...

12. I was fired for refusing to give injections incorrectly!

    norinradd replied to katlpn6's topic in Safety

    Sorry it didn't work out but you don't want to work were you don't feel safe. On paper at least they can let you go in the early stages for any reason. If they stated why on paper maybe, but face it, it's not a place you want to work. As for,"From wh...

13. Nurses wearing white

    norinradd replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    I have no real problem so far as they are uniform white and not thin scrubs. I know to much about my co-workers anyway without knowing who prefers thongs to bikini. I have more of a problem trying to degrade a group of professionals by making us colo...

14. Male Chest Hair and Scrub Tops

    norinradd replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    Never asked for scrubs to be my "uniform" they look tacky because they where made to not look like anything, just to wear in surgery. I don't see any more reason for me to wear a t-shirt as a woman should. As noted previously, cleavage is more of a d...

15. Do you feel the LVN/Lpn Is being left out in the nursing profession?

    norinradd replied to kjmta57's topic in LPN/LVN

    I was an LPN in Oklahoma for seven years and have been an LVN in Texas for five, but I still don't know what an LPN/LVN is. The level of education and our freedom of practice vary so much from state to state and even hospital to hospital. We are the ...