shannon_LPN

shannon_LPN specializes in geriatrics.

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1. NEW GRADS IN VA (hampton roads area)

   shannon_LPN replied to lilbit757's topic in General Nursing

   Congrats on passing your boards first try! I live in the Outer Banks, originally from Norfolk. Try going on the Sentara website.....they have alot of hospitals to choose from. Down here everyone wants RNs except for LTC. When I searched the hospit...

2. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

   shannon_LPN replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in New Nurse

   I have to say my first few months as a new nurse almost made me quit......short-staffing, on-call days, pressure, pressure, pressure...... Even though most days I often wonder "why did I pick this field?".......I do still feel like this is where I wa...

3. Scared Of Poop!!!!!!!!! Help!!!!!!!

   shannon_LPN replied to nursingstudent424's topic in New Nurse

   LOL Rusty! That is so true. I've only been a nurse for a year and poop used to permeate my nostrils for the entire day, even after I got home. (Talk about a complex.......I was so paranoid I smelled!) But in time you do get used to it for the mos...

4. I might gag

   shannon_LPN replied to MzGurl's topic in LPN/LVN

   This is why I love allnurses..............Im not so weird after all LOL When I first started nursing school, I could not even deal with my husband or kid's blood without wanting to puke. To see my own blood would make me light-headed. I've only bee...

5. North Carolina Roll Call

   shannon_LPN replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina

   ncnurse, I have heard about Excelsior but have only been out of LPN school for a year and I'm still trying to juggle working full-time! LOL I guess I need to go on their website and start pricing.......I think I need a few more years experience bef...

6. CNA as a NURSING SUPERVISOR?

   shannon_LPN replied to militarymom06's topic in LPN/LVN

   Also, forgot to add................ At our facility recently, we were told that CNA II's could change colostomy bags, do treatments, etc........sometimes that is threatening because it seems we go to school longer and now CNA's can do a lot of what w...

7. CNA as a NURSING SUPERVISOR?

   shannon_LPN replied to militarymom06's topic in LPN/LVN

   I can understand and relate where you are coming from, but I will say it is not always a title, nor experience, that makes someone qualified for the job. I work in a LTC facility, so I am use to being charge nurse. However, Assn. DON is only given ...

8. In NJ and want to become a nurse...but totally confused!!

   shannon_LPN replied to pixieshmoo's topic in LPN/LVN

   OOPS! forgot to add something.................... Doctors offices dont pay as much, and there's not as much experience. I too had a "weak" stomach before I became a nurse. Blood made me want to faint. My nursing instructor told me after first sem...

9. In NJ and want to become a nurse...but totally confused!!

   shannon_LPN replied to pixieshmoo's topic in LPN/LVN

   OMG I can so relate to you! I became a LPN in Oct. 07. I'll be 38 on Sunday. I primarily became a nurse after watching my Dad slowly die from liver disease (He passed 2/23/08) I went through the same things you are contemplating now. I even turn...

10. Can a LPN be a school nurse?

    shannon_LPN replied to therealnurse's topic in LPN/LVN

    Here in this part of NC you have to be an RN to be a school nurse. While in nursing school last year, we had to do a rotation in a local elementary school, and I loved it! (Dont know why they made a LPN do a rotation where only a RN can work..........

11. North Carolina Roll Call

    shannon_LPN replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina

    Howdy all, from the Outer Banks :) Babynurse, I was just out near your way in Claremont (outside of Hickory), visiting my Mom.......your town sticks out to me because I found out there is a Britthaven Nursing Home in your town, and was thinking I mi...

12. North Carolina Roll Call

    shannon_LPN replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina

    :roll

13. Irrigating suprapubic catheters

    shannon_LPN replied to shannon_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    thanks smokey:bow: that clears it up a lot!

14. North Carolina Roll Call

    shannon_LPN replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina

    hi everyone! i am from the outer banks. i've only been a nurse for 9 months. i work in a nursing home. im married with two kids and a dog:bugeyes: i love being a nurse, but im still trying to learn how to handle the stress of it all (arent we al...

15. Best & Worst about LVN/LPN

    shannon_LPN replied to Gonefishing1977's topic in LPN/LVN

    i think the worst part of being a lpn is being treated like you are not a "real" nurse. i am a charge nurse in a nursing home, and whenever i receive report over the telephone from a hospital on a new patient and they ask my name, they always ask, "...