puppylover

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1. What do you graduate with as an LPN? Is it an associates?

   puppylover posted a topic in General Students

   I have been attempting to get my RN for two years, and finances are just not what they need to be. I currently work as a CNA. I found a program at a local technology center that is an LPN course. It is 12 months long. It says it is a diploma that ...

2. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   puppylover replied to Trixxy's topic in Humor

   Never use a metal nail file as a tool for bowel impaction..(OUCH!) ALWAYS pay your prostitute. ALWAYS. "Chocolate" on the hands is never chocolate.

3. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

   puppylover replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Humor

   Sometimes I think we forget to mention the obvious to someone who hasn't worked in awhile. After a nice, long, week and a half away from work, I returned and of course had new patients. One in paticular had a brass sense of humor. All I got in repor...

4. No more LPNs?

   puppylover replied to puppylover's topic in Pre-Nursing

   In my facility, you are paid the same payrate regardless of what your status is, unless you charge. So an LPN would be making his/her regular LPN salary while working as a CNA...if a CNA is pulled to sit, they make CNA wages, etc... I am assuming thi...

5. Funny things that pts say

   puppylover replied to jRN4now's topic in Humor

   I work in TBI and SCI, so needless to say I have my share of confused patients. Add nightshift to the mix and things really heat up! I asked a lady who sent her the flowers, and she said, "My husband and his wife". I had a guy who thought his clos...

6. No more LPNs?

   puppylover posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   Hi everyone. I was wondering, if you currently work for a hospital, if yours is phasing out LPNs? Mine is. Every week there are new restrictions, and many days they are pulled down to "tech" (CNA work). I am a CNA, and wanted to go to LPN school ...