luv4nursing

luv4nursing has 5 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, Tele, Peds, LDRP.

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1. No one will hire a nurse with only a Associates???

   luv4nursing replied to CNA1991's topic in General Nursing

   Just think, LPNs are nurses too and they only have 1 year of training....and believe it or not there are LPNs who can run circles around BSN grads as far as skills, knowledge, and experience. Ill be curious as to how this pans out over the years....i...

2. At the beginning of a long journey and super excited!

   luv4nursing replied to kjenkins55's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Love your post and I can relate in a lot of ways. First, I was an LPN and I was 27 when I went back for my RN. It was a bridge program so most were 2nd career (Respiratory Therapists, LPNs and Paramedics), therefore I was actually the 2nd youngest pe...

3. So Excited!!!!

   luv4nursing replied to kellie0924's topic in Ob/Gyn

   congratulations! Ive been applying for L&D jobs for the past 2 years myself with never even an interview...and finally got hired a couple of months ago and Ive never been happier as a nurse :)

4. Questionable staffing in L&D vs Nursery

   luv4nursing replied to new2manage's topic in Ob/Gyn

   what do you guys do when there is a c/s? Our minimum staff at night is 5 and a c/s takes 4 of them off the floor, leaving 1 person to watch the whole floor.

5. New grad nights in birthing center

   luv4nursing replied to belle005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   There are plenty of brilliant OB nurses out there who started in OB from the beginning. I value my med/surg experience and feel my learning curve is a little less steep, but if I had the opportunity to go into OB straight out of school I would have t...

6. Just said "yes" to a travel job and a prestigious hospital wants to hire me

   luv4nursing replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

   there are plenty of other travel companies and possibly even a different recruiter with the same company out there if you want to travel later on down the road, but this opportunity may not come back around.

7. New grad nights in birthing center

   luv4nursing replied to belle005's topic in Ob/Gyn

   So, Belle.....what did you end up deciding??? :)

8. Become Medicaid/Medicare provider

   luv4nursing replied to JM3RN's topic in Private Duty

   How would I go about becoming a provider in TN? Our system is called Tenncare here. I did private duty peds through an agency for a few years as an LPN and now Im an RN. My husband is in LPN school. I thought when he finishes we could both become pro...

9. I need some input and recommendations!

   luv4nursing replied to kwash77's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Does it have to be in VA? I applied to University of Texas at Arlington's online program (no clinical requirement) and should be starting in January. Check the distance learning board, there are many programs that dont charge out of state tuition fo...

10. Anywhere in the country hiring new LPN grads with no experience?

    luv4nursing replied to sawyer1200's topic in Job Hunt

    Also consider peds home health. PSA (Pediatric Services of America) and Maxim Healthcare specialize in private duty peds with chronically ill kids. Most have g tubes and some have trach's and some are on vents. When I was an LPN and while I was in RN...

11. Shoulder Dystocia Drills

    luv4nursing replied to feisty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Is there any way you can point me to the article? This sounds like a great idea for the unit I just started training on. Staffing is scarce and there are a lot of new grads and new to OB nurses and few experienced nurses left at the moment. This woul...

12. UT Arlington vs Ohio Univeristy RN to BSN

    luv4nursing posted a topic in Online Learning

    Ive applied to both about a month ago, and so far the process seems to be going much faster from University of Texas at Arlington bc I havent heard anything from Ohio University other than when I initially applied. Id love to hear from people in eit...

13. wondering if a complaint will be filed against me

    luv4nursing replied to weavrvirgorising's topic in General Nursing

    more than likely nothing will come of it. I remember getting reamed by a Dr as a new grad for not calling results on a low K+ level. It wasnt critical, but it was low and what I was taught in orientation was we had to call criticals. The nurse manage...

14. Day or Night shift in L&D

    luv4nursing replied to MissyKrissyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Keep in mind you will more than likely train on days even if u are hired for nights because there are more learning opportunities....sadly nowdays most labors are scheduled inductions and scheduled c sections which happen during the day. At night u w...

15. LPN instead of RN?

    luv4nursing replied to nowim clean's topic in LPN/LVN

    I politely beg to differ. LPN was a stepping stone to becoming an RN for me. I was in the process of taking my RN prereq's and was discouraged that the generic track RN program had a waiting list of about 2 years after completing the pre reqs. I coul...