mgordonlvn

mgordonlvn has 17 years experience and specializes in OR, PACU, Pre-Op, CCU, Pain Mgmt.

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1. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

   mgordonlvn replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN/LVN

   AMEN!!! Preach on!!!

2. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

   mgordonlvn replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN/LVN

   Your profile says that you are an LPN...

3. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

   mgordonlvn replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN/LVN

   from torchwood registered user thanked 1 times in 1 post join date: dec 2006 posts: 13 today, 01:33 pm re: "lpns should be done away with altogether" the lpn is a better trained cna that gets stuck doing rn level work at times. they need t...

4. LPN to RN through testing?

   mgordonlvn replied to mc3's topic in General Nursing

   I maintain: experience is the best teacher. I agree that it is soooo much more than checking the right answer box. My point is this: given the choice between a seasoned LVN and a new RN...if my baby's life were at stake, I'd take the LVN. I support...

5. LPN to RN through testing?

   mgordonlvn replied to mc3's topic in General Nursing

   This is another area where we are feeding on our own... If I, the lowly LVN, can correctly demonstrate to a competent assessor all of the skills that RN students must learn, and pass the NCLEX-RN, then I certainly must possess the knowledge that a fo...

6. Wear scrubs in a hospital? Then you're a nurse

   mgordonlvn replied to Multicollinearity's topic in General Nursing

   You people are waaaaaay too uptight... If I call myself a glow-in-the-dark 3 Musketeers bar, does it make me a glow-in-the-dark 3 Musketeers bar? (This is a rhetorical question. Because, obviously, to be a glow-in-the-dark 3 Musketeers bar, it takes ...

7. When did AORN become an elitist political organization?

   mgordonlvn replied to mgordonlvn's topic in LPN/LVN

   Can I get an AMEN for mah sistah?

8. When did AORN become an elitist political organization?

   mgordonlvn replied to mgordonlvn's topic in LPN/LVN

   We can join the NLN! $90/year! Ladies and Gentlemen, the time has come to pull together and fortify our position! We are professional, knowledgeable, and capable NURSES! I endured more clinical hours than my ADN counterparts. I crammed just as many...

9. When did AORN become an elitist political organization?

   mgordonlvn replied to mgordonlvn's topic in LPN/LVN

   :angryfire Didn't know that! Checked it out...and...sorry to say, you're right! :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryf...

10. When did AORN become an elitist political organization?

    mgordonlvn posted a topic in LPN/LVN

    I have been an LVN in Texas for 9 years. I have worked in the OR as a scrub and anesthesia tech(one of very few Certified Anesthesia Technologists in the US) for 13 years. Upon successful completion of my NCLEX-VN, I joined AORN(Association of Operat...