TCJan

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1. My LTC facility is starting to Hire Med Techs

   TCJan replied to NC Girl BSN's topic in LPN/LVN

   I work with Medical Techs in a Hospital. I think the Board of Nursing across our nation is either being very non protective of the patients lives or they are being paid off to look the other way! I went to school for 12 months to obtain my LPN. We ...

2. Drug Seeking Behaviors?

   TCJan replied to JLN1129's topic in Safety

   Question....I am a LPN, have been for many moons. I had a male patient who takes scheduled Methadone 50mg q.12hrs. He also has Percocet 5/235 and Motrin ordered, q 4hrs. As a new nurse on the unit, the guy asks me a half hour after I gave him his Me...

3. Opinions spouted on religion and politics at nurses station

   TCJan replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

   Well what's this then? I'm 63yrs. old, LPN. I had to call a doctor for a lady in minor chest pain, a 25yr. R.N. with tatoos all over her body was in charge. She asked me if the patient was diaphoretic? And I said no , but I will check her again, I...

4. Was this really routine? On partial birth abortions

   TCJan replied to geekgolightly's topic in Ob/Gyn

   What is the Metz test your talking about? And when is a fetus's nervous system developed? Well I just went into the internet and found an article on it...so here it is......... [ Carolyn's Home Page ] [ Main Abortion Page ] [ Guestbook] [ E-Mail ] ...

5. That is it, I am becoming a Walmart greeter!

   TCJan replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

   I know exactly what you mean......in a nursing home I worked in, we had no pill crushers.......maintence was to buy us some "pliers", mind you to cruch pills with.....they were too cheap to buy regular pill crushers..(that nursing home is owned by a ...

6. Intravenous meds and medical assistants

   TCJan replied to quest33's topic in Safety

   RE to your reply. I am a LPN, not a medical assistent, and in your comments, it looks like California is refering to medical assistents, not LPN's or LVN's. I did not know there was any rules and regs for a medical assistent , M.A. . Is Californ...

7. Intravenous meds and medical assistants

   TCJan replied to quest33's topic in Safety

   I am presently not working as a LPN, because all I am able to work in presently, it seems is in nursing homes, and I"ve had enough nightmares in those places. CNA's are horrible to get along with, they are all insubordinate most of the time.......an...

8. Intravenous meds and medical assistants

   TCJan replied to quest33's topic in Safety

   A medical assistant has from what I understand, a six months course, not taught by anyone in the medical field , but by a college instructor. Their training is more about "office"/reception training. I as a LPN, had 12 full months of training , liv...

9. nclex.com

   TCJan replied to adiraf's topic in New Nurse

   Go to Link: Ultimate LPN NCLEX Study Guide http://[email protected] cost $89.00 don't know anything about it, but saw the ad one day and thought I'd try to let the nurses at "all nurses" know Hope it helps.........

10. Central Lines: saline or heparin?

    TCJan replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    Whats the Regs. for LPN's flushing Picc Lines, with 3cc of 100u/cc of Heparin. These Rehab. units in nursing homes are admitting high acuity pts. from hospitals and expecting LPN's to care for their Picc lines for IV ATB therapy. I thought we could...

11. Was this really routine? On partial birth abortions

    TCJan replied to geekgolightly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I beleive that our government(authority) made abortion an OK thing, in order for population control. In the meantime, 1.5 million babies are aborted every year for the past 30 years. All because of one atheist, Roe vs Wade, who became a born again c...

12. transgender nurse (transvestite)

    TCJan replied to nursecathy's topic in Safety

    The United States is a melting pot. Universities like diversity. We can't discriminate. I've never seen an animal act like he/she wasn't what he was born as. But............. I've seen men act and look like woman, I've seen woman act and lo...

13. nursing shortage? Where?

    TCJan replied to leesonlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, you guys, I'm a LPN who was trained in a 12month program at Shapero School of Practical Nursing /Sinai Hospital ,Detroit, Michigan. We rotated through every department , were taught meds, had 12 instructors, had to be checked off 3 times for eac...

14. KROGER'S ON STRIKE - - 3 states involved- - guess what they want???

    TCJan replied to passing thru's topic in Activism

    Go to Dr. Dean's website and look up the article on 'FAST ACTION TO AVERT A NURSING SHORTAGE'. Very good article! He sounds solid on these issures and willing to help us nurses in alot areas. Hope you will take the time to read it in its entiret...

15. Please help me

    TCJan replied to PMHNP10's topic in Correctional

    The little time i worked in a Correctional facility....I passed meds. to about 250 inmates a day ! You don't have time to read charts to find out what they have done. YOu can but who has the time. The worst offenders are all put in the same area, s...