Loppear RN

Loppear has 20 years experience as a RN and specializes in Medical/Surg, Dialysis, Nephrology.

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1. Sticky situation .. What would you do?

   Loppear replied to __patiently_waiting's topic in General Students

   That, to me is a very judgmental remark...I don't believe that you can judge a nursing program on how it is delivered...some of us have no choice to take online classes to further our nursing, and taking them from reputable schools too.... That bein...

2. Anybody else out there with a special needs kid?

   Loppear replied to kats's topic in General Students

   My 13 yr old son is hearing impaired. 60% loss in left ear, 80% loss in right ear. He was born with a left sided diaphragmatic hernia. Had ECMO for 7 days to help improve lung function. His heart stopped while they were putting him on ECMO and ha...

3. What does your post name reflect about you?

   Loppear replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Mine is a play on words..........when I was little my Grandfather called my his Bunny. It stuck and that was my nickname.........so I just took a type of bunny, which also plays on my last name............voila..........Loppear!

4. Move to Canada?

   Loppear replied to fawnsternurse's topic in International

   Well ya'll come on up here! We have a nursing shortage as well, more nurses will help us out. And its not really any colder than living in North Dakota.........or Montana........any of your northern States.........you'd get used to it!!!!!!!

5. No lift policy

   Loppear replied to PaulG's topic in Safety

   originally posted 01/03/04 on the UK Nurses Forum No Lift Policy in our Health District In our Health Region, and pretty much all over the province (I believe), we have a strict no lift policy. We are trained in TLR... Transferring, Lifting and Rep...

6. Horizontal Violence in Nursing School

   Loppear posted a topic in General Students

   I am currently enrollled in a 15 month LPN program, just finishing Semester 2. I was thrilled to be accepted into the program as they have a LONG waiting list here...some girls I talked to have to wait until 2006-2007 to get in. So I looked forward...

7. When does everyone go back to school?

   Loppear replied to RNIAM's topic in General Students

   I am back for my semester #2 finals starting tomorrow morning. Had a nice break over Christmas, but ready to go back. We have a couple finals, and then a few weeks of Practicum, we start Semester #3a on Feb.16/04. Then its 5 weeks of theory, then ...

8. Condom catheters!! Getting them to stay on !!!

   Loppear replied to passing thru's topic in Urology

   In our facility you can't even find a condom catheter..and when I mentioned it to one of the RNs, she had to even think about what it was! She thought and thought, I explained and then she called a Texas something-or-other....! Anyway, small place,...

9. Lifting patients

   Loppear replied to kc ccurn's topic in International

   In our Health Region, and pretty much all over the province (I believe), we have a strict no lift policy. We are trained in TLR... Transferring, Lifting and Repositioning. "Minimal amount of effort with the maximum use of equipment'. This training...

10. patient lingo...

    Loppear replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    I have a fellow student in Anatomy class that ABSOLUTLEY INSISTS on calling prostate = PROSTRATE....drives me nuts, and no matter how many times she has been corrected on it, she still persists!!!!! She also likes to answer questions..........but if...

11. Celebrity Patients - Who would you want?

    Loppear replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I love men, especially men the have big smiles and great accents! So I would have to say that I'd love to have : Goran Visjnic.....because I'd love to give him a bed bath!!! Matthew McConahey...........just .........wow! Mel Gibson........

12. Where do you nurse?

    Loppear replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

    Health Center - 12 acute beds - emergency - 10 long term beds. Little bit of everything.........

13. Do Canadian LPN's get to work in the US?

    Loppear replied to Loppear's topic in International

    This is the website http://www.immigration-bureau.org/visa.htm ..........check it out......it's pretty confusing! I'd like to actually talk to someone about Visas first before applying.......but I have a few months to go before any of this is an ...

14. Do Canadian LPN's get to work in the US?

    Loppear posted a topic in International

    I am still a student LPN, but I have been looking around on Monster.com for travel jobs. I see a few companies from the States offering Contract work for a few months at at time. Many States to choose from, and different areas of nursing to pick fr...

15. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

    Loppear replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

    Hi all, My name is Angela and I am currently an LPN student, second semester, graduating June 2004. I also work casual at the local Health Center as an SCA. I am a 32 year old wife and mother to 3 kids, 13, 9, & 6. We also farm/ranch. I am s...