lionrn

lionrn has 18 years experience.

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1. Roll call for VMI October course in Las Vegas!

   lionrn replied to lionrn's topic in Legal

   Thank you sirI! You and Thunderwolf have both provided inspiration for this leap, and I am very grateful. So who else is going?

2. Roll call for VMI October course in Las Vegas!

   lionrn posted a topic in Legal

   Who else is going to LV for this course? I'm set for the 6 day course plus the 2 day practicum ("apprenticeship"). With the VMI suggestion of 3 hours study each evening, I may not leave the hotel the entire time, but I'm open to suggestions! I have n...

3. Hospital Workers Suspended for Peeking at George Clooney's Medical Info

   lionrn replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

   Resubmitting: didn't appear to post the first time. Please accept apologies if this double posts!

4. Need information about Norco

   lionrn replied to edsdcs's topic in General Nursing

   Different Pt's, different responses. And of course some MD's have their preferences too... Generally APAP is a very good general physiologic pain reliever all by itself. Vicodin and Lortab have higher APAP/hydrocodone ratios per tab, Norco has a lowe...

5. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

   lionrn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the commiseration flyer, and just as importantly: thank you for your work too! Lion

6. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

   lionrn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks leslie! It was many years ago, and the record's clean now, but it obviously left a mark in me. I never did figure out that "I know about you" thing, though I thought I caught a glimpse of a peculiar psycho look in his eye when he said it. Of c...

7. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

   lionrn replied to Brian's topic in Relations

   Are all nurses cannibals? No. Are some? I don't think, talk, or act "nursely" enough for some. I make friends and do fine after a while, but still the environment always carries a weird edge. My Pt's have always loved me, and I get along fine with mo...

8. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

   lionrn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've had a couple of experiences with this: Driving to work for noc shift, an officer told me I was speeding. I agreed I was going 40 mph, but honestly didn't realize the 40 zone ended a block back: this block was a 25 mph zone. Officer looked at my ...

9. We Are Twisted?

   lionrn replied to theplugger's topic in Humor

   I've only seen this in a formulation called "cafergot:" includes caffeine and ergotamine to bust migraines and cluster HA. There have been days when I have skipped the morning caffeine ritual (at whatever time of day morning is for that shift), and f...

10. Pros and Cons of VM verse AALNC

    lionrn replied to nursemomceo's topic in Legal

    Resurrecting this thread from a few months ago; I've thought about this one a bit. So why would Vickie make such a point of putting herself and her product so much in the forefront? How could that be an advantage to her students? Think about it - eve...

11. LNC organization alphabet soup! (humor, OK?)

    lionrn posted a topic in Legal

    You know how things start out seeming reasonable, but at a certain point you just have to laugh? Well that's about where I am right now after spending so much time sorting through LNC courses. Please join me for a brief interlude from that endeavor t...

12. State Boards of Nursing and CLNC vs. LNCC?

    lionrn replied to lionrn's topic in Legal

    So does this mean if I'm licensed in your state, I will not earn continuing education credits in your state for taking the CLNC course? How about for taking the AALNC course? Are continuing education credits awarded simply for passing the LNCC exam? ...

13. State Boards of Nursing and CLNC vs. LNCC?

    lionrn replied to lionrn's topic in Legal

    I can see this one could get pretty particular. For example: can/is it appropriate for an RN licensed in your state who has earned the CLNC suffix to list those initials in identification, or is such initial-listing restricted to valid LNCC's only? :...

14. State Boards of Nursing and CLNC vs. LNCC?

    lionrn posted a topic in Legal

    One nurse suggests that some BON's might only recognize LNCC (not CLNC). I've just talked with a "Nursing Education Consultant" at California Board of Registered Nursing, who says that currently CA BRN doesn't get involved with any certification issu...

15. Confidence and time to success s/p AALN vs. VMI courses

    lionrn posted a topic in Legal

    LionRN here, also considering AALN vs. VMI courses. After consulting various friends (and a few LNC's online whom I've never met) to discuss my personal history, I'm satisfied I could do well as a LNC based in Los Angeles. I've reviewed the AALNC onl...