Trophywife81

Trophywife81 specializes in Med-Surg, gynecology.

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1. Myers-Briggs Profile Typing and Nursing

   Trophywife81 replied to metal_m0nk's topic in General Nursing

   INTJ here. For better or worse, nursing and I go together like two peas in a pod...

2. PCA pumps

   Trophywife81 replied to Mbshil's topic in General Nursing

   As others have posted, my facility runs fluids at TKO unless there is a physician's order to the contrary, such as NS @ 100, etc.

3. Clinic job??

   Trophywife81 replied to shine123's topic in General Nursing

   What about nursing, exactly, IS glamorous? Nursing is one of the least glamorous professions I can think of. The beauty of office nursing is the high-quality patient teaching you can provide--teaching that would be virtually impossible to give on th...

4. Is Everybody Moving to California?

   Trophywife81 replied to Sheri257's topic in California

   I am a Texas native who, because of my hubby's job, moved to Orange County from Austin about 7 months ago. After dutifully trying to be happy and comfortable in Cali, both my hubby and I are having to face the facts--our quality of life has taken a ...

5. IV Lopressor...who can administer it?

   Trophywife81 replied to HurricaneBreeze's topic in General Nursing

   I worked as an LVN in Texas, where LVNs have a quite wide scope of practice; the hospital for which I worked employed TONS of LVNs. On the telemetry floor I worked, I routinely gave 5, 10, even a few times 20 mg of IVP Lopressor. Per hospital proto...

6. Should I go for LVN or RN

   Trophywife81 replied to want2banurse09's topic in General Nursing

   LPN=LVN We are called Licensed Vocational Nurses in Texas and California; all other states refer to their basic nurses as Licensed Practical Nurses.

7. Tech saying they are a nurse

   Trophywife81 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

   I worked too hard and made too many sacrifices to become a nurse to have unlicensed personnel using for themselves the title that I EARNED...I can kinda, sorta look the other way if I see a CNA trying to soothe a dementia patient who may not know wha...

8. Should I go for LVN or RN

   Trophywife81 replied to want2banurse09's topic in General Nursing

   I have yet to see an LVN program that requires chemistry as a pre-req. If chemistry is not your thing (as it sounds like it isn't :/ ), then going through an LVN program will allow you to become a nurse sooner rather than later, and not be held up by...

9. how do you keep your sexy??

   Trophywife81 replied to healthcarefome's topic in General Nursing

   My "at work" fashion rules: 1. Scrubs that are comfortable, reasonably pretty, and that FIT WELL...I'm tiny, so I usually buy tops that are gathered or have a tie at the back , so that the top fits my waist a little better than those boxy unisex top...

10. Feeling so depressed....

    Trophywife81 posted a topic in California

    I haven't posted in a while, due to my life being turned upside down over the last few months....this post is nothing more than my "sob story", so thanks in advance for reading it. I'm a fairly new LVN, having graduated from a program in Texas back i...

11. Most memorable thing patient has said to me...

    Trophywife81 replied to Nurse Salt's topic in General Nursing

    Wish my most memorable pt. statements were as nice as yours! I was once caring for a 95 y/o post-surgical pt. who was experiencing confusion d/t all the pain meds she was on....after she started clawing at her surgical dressing, pulled her NG tube ...

12. new grad telemetry floor

    Trophywife81 replied to curlybear's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a fairly new nurse (

13. LPN for 6 yrs just grad from RN program

    Trophywife81 replied to happypea's topic in General Nursing

    Home health may also be a good fit for you. Good luck and congrats on earning your RN license!

14. Any LPN's with Bachelors in health care administration?

    Trophywife81 replied to kgard7777's topic in LPN/LVN

    I have a Bachelor's degree with a double major in English and history. It's a very "useless" degree! Thus after being frustrated with my limited options in using that degree, I went to LVN school and have not lacked for opportunities. I believe in th...

15. Extremely HARD TEST

    Trophywife81 replied to Trophywife81's topic in NCLEX

    Don't know how I did it, but...I passed!