pattyzaccy

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1. LPN to RN Hurdles!!

   pattyzaccy replied to whimsical5's topic in LPN/LVN

   i've been an lpn for 24 years and really agree i know and can do just as much as the rns i work with, in fact sometimes they come to me for all my experience! they really do make it really hard and expensive for the lpn to get her rn, i almost feel l...

2. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

   pattyzaccy replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

   oh yeah I forgot I have this memo in a frame in my room for a long time!!

3. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

   pattyzaccy replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

   the reason i thought it made me smile because being in this profession for 25 years is because its really so true!!!

4. Does it ever concern you that we could be making more doing bartending?

   pattyzaccy replied to blynn's topic in LPN/LVN

   I worked as a bartender and nurse for about 15 years!! You could do both. Finally left bartending there were no medical benefits, sick days, vacation time,etc..With 2 kids needed benies. Suppose its a slow nite bartending and you don't make to much?...

5. Why Does It Seem That RN's Hate Us and Hospitals Don't Believe In Us??

   pattyzaccy replied to brown eyed girl's topic in LPN/LVN

   I have worked as an LPN at same long term facility for 24 years and all those years I have never met an incomptant LPN graduate but new RN graduate!!! Some I wonder how they ever got their licsences!! I have talked this over with other nurses I work...

6. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

   pattyzaccy replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

   I really think this was hilarious! In fact I have had it framed and posted in my room for a while now after 24 years I find it to be so close to the way it really is!!!

7. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

   pattyzaccy replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

   I really think this was hilarious! In fact I have had it framed and posted in my room for a while now after 24 years I find it to be so close to the way it really is!!!

8. LPN programs in Connecticut

   pattyzaccy replied to TCW's topic in Connecticut

   Very hard to get into Lpn programs in Ct. Only have admission tests a few times a year to get into the vocational schools then if you do pass usually the waiting lists about 2 years! By then you might have to take test over. You can go to new england...

9. LTC Salaries for a LPN in CT

   pattyzaccy replied to sweetgeorgianurse75's topic in Connecticut

   I just posted this reply re: pay in Ltc in connecticut. I make about $26.00 per hour where I work and this applies to all lpns new grads, new hirees. All Ltc facilities in the area pay about the same. some even more. Sounds like the highest in the st...

10. Where did you find the best rate of pay?

    pattyzaccy replied to newflgrad's topic in LPN/LVN

    I've been a lpn in connecticut for 24 years and I think based on our traveling nurses I think connecticut pays the highest I'm getting $26.00 per hr. and not because of the longevity this is the pay for all lpns where I work even new grads(LTC). Basi...

11. confusion re: hospice care

    pattyzaccy posted a topic in Hospice

    Nurse for 23 years I always regarded hospice nurses as angels but lately my views are getting disappointed...Lately our facility has been using this form of care alot...is just old age a terminal disease? One nurse came on my shift for 8 hrs. when as...

12. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    pattyzaccy replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Ohhh I must really be experienced (24yrs) because this is so true that it is funny I even have it printed in a frame in my room for a while now!!!

13. "What do you need Christmas off for? You don't have kids!" (rant)

    pattyzaccy replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Couldn't it be that anyone with kids 10 yrs old and under at least should have xmas morning off? My kids are 20 and 23 yrs old but still want mommy there on xmas morning with presents from santa!!!Biggest day of year for kids moms should be there!!!

14. Med error,I'm suspended,I need advice,please!

    pattyzaccy replied to Mama2-3's topic in Safety

    The facility I work at for 23 years sometimes go on a spree warnings, suspensions, for actually missing to sign off initials in the box which is about 300 boxes a shift!! Same supervisors when forced to take a unit make same errors only 10 times wors...

15. can lpn's do anything with central lines?

    pattyzaccy replied to dizzejan's topic in LPN/LVN

    Where I work the Lpn's become IV certified thru a classes and we are then able to basically do what our facility permits thru an iv run whether it be a picc or a peripherial line we just can't start a line(naturally). We basically do alot of antibiot...