BabyScanner82

BabyScanner82 specializes in cardiac, LTC, postpartum.

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1. ILL LPN's ..Please read and reply..

   BabyScanner82 replied to allycat4's topic in LPN/LVN

   I am going to apply for our LPN program at our community college this coming summer. I get worried too about the jobs available for LPNs and the issues about phasing them out. I don't think MAs will phase out LPNs by any means. I work with a girl ...

2. alli ~ diet pill

   BabyScanner82 replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

   I have been on Alli for about a month now and I have lost about 6 pounds. I never realized how much fat I consumed!!! Gross! Anyways, the program is easy but you do have to follow the guidelines (15 grams of fat per meal) I combine that with 4 1 hou...

3. Hourly Rate For LPNS

   BabyScanner82 replied to thundercat LPN's topic in Geriatric

   I truly hope the nurses who made the older postings are getting paid far better now! Here in Chi-Town the pay scale is around: CNA/PCT: $10-16 hr LPN: $16-25 hr RN: $19-28 Thank goodness we are in a profession that will always be understaffed!! :bowi...

4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   BabyScanner82 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   I could read these all day!! Some are pretty funny. I would love to say to the fourteen year old pt I had last week, " Oh congrats on your new baby! What a beautiful time in your life to welcome a child into this world!" " And, maybe when you get you...

5. If I hate being an CNA, will I hate nursing?

   BabyScanner82 replied to emily84's topic in CNA/MA

   Hello everyone. I work as a CNA/PCT on an OB floor and many days I am the only tech working with 6-7 nurses. (mother/baby-45 pts) Each RN has between 3-5 patients. (couplet care) Some days I work with great RNs who help work as a team and other days...

6. Lpn Or Surgical Tech???

   BabyScanner82 replied to greenie101's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hello everyone, here in Chicago there are no hospitals that hire LPNs. I considered this route as well until I learned many of the LPN positions are hiring medical assistants or cna's to fill the job. I personally am looking for less bed side care so...

7. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

   BabyScanner82 replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

   I'm in school too, and I see this all the time. Sad isn't it? I even had a fellow classmate tell me, just have a baby and your school will be paid in full! I work on a maternity unit and I can honestly say that most medicaid patients come to our unit...

8. I can't do this anymore...(VERY VERY LONG)

   BabyScanner82 replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

   Hi! I just experienced a similar situation. I took my very first hospital job working on a step down cardiac unit working 11pm to 7am. I was overjoyed to be working at a hospital finally! 4 or 5 weeks into it my eating habits completely changed, and...

9. CNA questions, pay...

   BabyScanner82 replied to babywearingdoula's topic in CNA/MA

   Hi, I was a hair stylist like you before I began in healthcare. I was just hired on a step down cardiac unit at Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, IL. I had no hospital experience whatsoever and they started me at $14.14/hr. Like you, it was a pa...

10. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    BabyScanner82 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    Thank you Ruby Vee!!

11. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    BabyScanner82 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    I completely understand that one. Had a pt whose wife stayed with him THE WHOLE time. I work on a step down telemetry unit and this lady brought framed pictures, two lap tops with cords,(I tripped over one while trying to do bed side care) a ton of m...

12. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    BabyScanner82 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    Almost forgot the classic.... 7) I'd love to say "instead of pushing that call light all night long why not put that thing down and try washing your stinky crotch on your own for once?"

13. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    BabyScanner82 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    Oh my god I am glad to see this thread up here. I have just started a new job at a hospital. I have been here for about 2 mths now as a patient tech in a Cardiac unit. It a freakin madhouse and I'm really wondering if I made the right choice about wo...