MahzieLPN LPN

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1. What did you do before nursing?

   MahzieLPN replied to golson's topic in General Nursing

   I worked at the local college library for 4.9 years. Never got my 5 year pin because I left the college a couple of weeks before my "official" 5 year mark. No big deal, really, just seemed rather petty. Anyway, completed the one-year LPN program n...

2. The Patient I Failed

   MahzieLPN replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Relations

   I, too, believe you did not fail this patient. You provided her with the deeply desired dignity that was allowable, no thanks to the Selfish Daughter. She must have been some piece of work that the other children didn't band together to over-ride h...

3. What did you do before nursing?

   MahzieLPN replied to golson's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing career path: figured out I needed to have my OWN skill-set after the death of a husband/father friend. His wife was a teacher at that time; had her own degree, etc. At that time, I worked at a college library, but with no library degree. N...

4. What did you do before nursing?

   MahzieLPN replied to golson's topic in General Nursing

   BEST of luck! You'll be great, I'm sure.

5. Why can't we tell pts/families we're understaffed?

   MahzieLPN replied to delphine22's topic in Professionalism

   I never lie if asked, but I don't necessarily volunteer the information. If we were very far behind in a physician's office, we would often give a general reason: emergency at the hospital, etc., and if challenged about that, the reply was always, W...

6. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

   MahzieLPN replied to babaloo8's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you, babaloo8 - your remarks are deeply appreciated. Right at first, I thought I was the problem, but the longer I was at the WC Center and the more often I worked, then the proverbial light bulb came on. The whole wound care field was very i...

7. That's A Wrap! Exploring Wound Management

   MahzieLPN replied to babaloo8's topic in General Nursing

   Hoping so much that my contribution to your study won't skew your results, but my experience in Wound Care was far less than ideal. There was daily drama between the center director and one of the patient case workers, so the rest of us had virtuall...

8. Um... Can you hit before you get hit?

   MahzieLPN replied to tarotale's topic in Emergency

   Call your Dr. Strong or A-Team for help. Duck. And I tend to agree: perhaps the ED is NOT the best place for you - which is not a fault or a shame. We all have our strengths and our weaknesses; we are human, after all. Good luck in finding your n...

9. What would you do if you got overpaid?

   MahzieLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

   I would contact the payroll person as soon as her/his office was open. I'd dream a lot in between.....:)

10. Time for a vacation!! Where do you want to go?

    MahzieLPN replied to Brian's topic in Rock

    Heading to Hawaii in two weeks! An early observance of our 40th wedding anniversary (next March) - and we can't believe it's been so many years; they've flown right by!!!

11. What would you do if you got overpaid?

    MahzieLPN replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I would not be able to live with myself if I had not returned the check/notified Payroll immediately. My dad taught us better than that, and his disappointment with the wrong response would have hurt me far more than going home with several dollars ...

12. Antagonizing patients--just a vent

    MahzieLPN replied to Isitpossible's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked in Behavioral Health for eight months at which time, I recognized it was not the unit for me. Sadly, I witnessed inappropriate behavior by other nurses and I did report them to the unit director. He thanked me and said that for the sake of...

13. A Tribute to Nurses Through Time

    MahzieLPN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Lovely, simply lovely. Thank you so much.

14. What didnt you do in school?

    MahzieLPN replied to aachavez's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN of 30+ years. At our school, we had a check-list of skills we had to complete prior to graduation and I am still grateful for that specific training. Interestingly, during the last two weeks of class and clinical, I had to administer an...

15. Personal Experience after Many Years as a Nurse

    MahzieLPN replied to pblottRN's topic in General Nursing

    It would be presumptuous of me to even try to add anything to this post of Esme12. Praying for you and your family.