babycakes117

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1. every LPN in my hosp was laid off today

   babycakes117 replied to FlowerbuddRN2B's topic in LPN/LVN

   Pagandeva2000, I think you did a great job explaining the other side. OK so maybe I don't make exactly half of what the RN's make. I make $20 (not a bad living, I do appreciate it) in my position and when I get my RN I will be making $36. Not a fa...

2. every LPN in my hosp was laid off today

   babycakes117 replied to FlowerbuddRN2B's topic in LPN/LVN

   Let me see, I as a LPN at my hospital can do everything a RN can except replace an epidural drip and "officially" be a charge nurse. They love me because I only cost them half what a RN does!! No one has ever made me feel that I am "only a LPN" and...

3. Georgia's Governor supports Excelsior

   babycakes117 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Learning

   That's for sure! Sad for me I only pay income tax in GA and can't really do anything for Gov. Perdue's re-election or any other political candidate either because I live across the border. :deadhorse

4. Georgia's Governor supports Excelsior

   babycakes117 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Learning

   While that is very encouraging most of us in this situation need some guarantees. I really hate to throw good money after bad. My heart tells me that good sense will triumph over this bad decision, my head tells me to look at other avenues. Someo...

5. Georgia's Governor supports Excelsior

   babycakes117 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Learning

   I pretty much understand the reasoning that the GaBoN has with not wanting nurses who don't have moderate clinical experience to be licensed, but they are shutting out thousands of nurses who are trying to better the nursing field and themselves. I ...

6. Georgia's Governor supports Excelsior

   babycakes117 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Learning

   I guess I am not up on politics, but if a Governor signed a bill and doesn't agree with it why can't he just rescind the bill???

7. every LPN in my hosp was laid off today

   babycakes117 replied to FlowerbuddRN2B's topic in LPN/LVN

   Yeah, I saw the handwriting on the wall (looked more like graffiti) and started Excelsior for my RN only to be warned after the fact that now I will not be able to be endorsed in the state in which I work. So 18 months and thousands of dollars for m...

8. I.V pushes

   babycakes117 replied to Alibaba's topic in LPN/LVN

   I work in GA and the only things I can't do at my facility as a LPN is hang epidural meds, be charge nurse. Our Med/ Surg /Renal Transplant floor (RN's included) can't IVP cardiac meds. I feel extremely fortunate to be able to have all that experie...