muffylpn

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1. IV Vitamin Infusion therapy, what you don't know can hurt you

   muffylpn replied to nlkimmel's topic in General Nursing

   Throwing it out there LPNs in MA start and administer IVs

2. Suspicion About Med Error

   muffylpn replied to Sharmilagrg00's topic in Safety

   Please spell Trazodone correctly

3. CEO Says More Nurses Won't Improve Care

   muffylpn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   I just wonder as it does not say. Will it be a similar law to Calfornia, because they included ALL nurses where as Massachusetts only considered in their bill that Rns were nurses

4. As an RN, am I responsible for the actions of an LPN?

   muffylpn replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Career Support

   Furthermore if your cna takes someone to the bathroom and they break their hip are you responsible. No, you will have a lot of paperwork but you will not loose your license. True story, my uncle 25 yrs ago was an LPN in CA, he had just come back f...

5. As an RN, am I responsible for the actions of an LPN?

   muffylpn replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in Career Support

   I hate this question, it's call Scope of Practice. If my license says I can do it, I can and I will be responsible for my actions not you.

6. Why do LPNs only make $40K per year?

   muffylpn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   If you work those types of jobs in long term in MA the DON is the person " who technically covers that"

7. Why do LPNs only make $40K per year?

   muffylpn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I have been an LPN for 26 yrs in MA. I work 40 hrs a week ( 32 in a hospital and 8 in a NH). Last yr I made 69,000. Yes it includes the occ. OT with every other holiday. And no I don't work in Boston ( 90 min outside the city). And no I don't work...

8. IV Nurse Day - January 25th

   muffylpn replied to Ashley Hay, BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

   Wouldn't it be great if we just said nurses. Cause LPNs also do this job.

9. Must we "pay our dues" by working night shift?

   muffylpn replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

   Just FYI. Plenty of LPNs work the night shift in hospitals.

10. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    muffylpn replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN/LVN

    I hate these types of posts as you always get some nasty comments. I honestly try to avoid them. The answer is: What state are you talking about? The state matters. And YOU can find that answer on the website for your board of nursing

11. Is Your Nurses' Week Gift Not Exactly What You Wanted?

    muffylpn replied to Brian's topic in Rock

    We got socks-yup I said socks with our hospital logo

12. Can a LPN delegate to RN?

    muffylpn replied to roxs752's topic in Relations

    I read one comment at the start of this post. LPNs work under no one's license but their own. Working under someone's license is like an RN saying "go head I said it's ok for you do this thing out of your scope of practice cause I'm an RN and you a...

13. What would you do if you got overpaid?

    muffylpn replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    This has happened twice to me just recently last week. The first time the payroll person was so rude stating she did not make a mistake, I was wrong according to her. I told she could check it out and remove the money out of my next pay check. She...

14. Do you call the doctor at night for low B/P's on night shift?

    muffylpn replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

    Yes of course CHF and dialysis would be exceptions to the rule. But it's what we do as a routine with our elderly Pts. first before we start IVs on them. That is me and the other RNs I work with. Including our supervisors who would ask if we tried...

15. Do you call the doctor at night for low B/P's on night shift?

    muffylpn replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

    What did your supervisor say? If I was placed in that position the very first words out of my mouth to that doctor would be " The 3-11 RN supervisor told me I needed to call you about this B/P" lets see where it goes from there.