pink2blue1

pink2blue1

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pink2blue1 specializes in Med-Surg.


I'm Shannon, 43 yo mom of 3.

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  1. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    I just wanted to say one more thing....Just because a person has RN behind their name, vs. LVN/LPN, it doesn't mean that they are automatically a "better" or more competent nurse. I have worked with plenty of RN's who could make your head spin! Most ...
  2. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    Yeah, What state are you in? I am in California and I CAN do IV's, BUT I had to pay for and go to a class to become IV therapy and BLood withdrawal certified.
  3. LPN starting pay $26.50!

    I've been an LVN in California for 3.5 years and that is EXACTLY what I make NOW. I started at 18.50.
  4. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    I also think things differ by state. I am in California (I am an LVN) and I can take a physicians order and I can note my own orders and do my own chart checks. I am also held accountable for my own actions. Yes, the RN covers my IV pushes and IV pig...
  5. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

    I am an LVN in California/ I work in Acute care on a surgical floor. I work independently with my own group of 5 patients, but the Charge Nurse, who is an RN always, covers me for the IV stuff I cannot do. In California I can hang blood transfusions ...
  6. There is NOTHING wrong with asking for help when it comes to moving, rolling, transfering heavy patients. Its a matter of safety for you and for them. If you try to move someone who is too hard for you to do alone, you could end up with a back injury...
  7. A little freaked out......

    Been an LVN for 3.5 years on a med-surg floor. I work on a busy floor that has post surgical patients. We see a lot ofdifferent surgeries. This past weekend was no different. I worked Sunday and took care of a patient who was my age (43), and who had...
  8. LVN before RN? Should I? Help!

    I am an LVN in California and I do work in Acute care, however when I graduated (3 years ago) There were not very many hospitals hiring LVN's (Mine included, but I was a CNA and transitioned to LVN) I truly feel that if I had not already been working...
  9. The hospital that I work at is requiring all staff to get the flu vaccine, and if we don't get it or we cannot get it due to allergy, we are going to be required to wear a mask while inside the hospital at all times. Problem is that they have already...
  10. Nurse-to-CNA ratio

    I'm not an RN, I am an LVN but on our floor, they base the number of CNA's we get on the number of patients we have on the floor. They call it the staffing matrix, which none of us have ever seen, For instance we aren't supposed to even get one CNA u...
  11. I graduated from Nursing School at 39, and I am now 42 and pursuing my BSN. I had known I wanted to be a nurse in my 30's, but never had the guts or time to go back to school. I was the mom of 2 and my husband owned a business. I decided to go back ...
  12. o the family members/friends of patients who walk out of the patients room and up to the nurses station because they need something : PLEASE use the phone to call me, that is why I put my portable number up on the white board in your room. Ugh. They ...
  13. LVN's/LPN's How does coverage work on your floors???

    I have heard in California that we are governed by the board of Register Nursing. I did have to get an IV certification in order to even work as an LVN in my hospital. I would have gotten it anyways. All of the other charge nurses on my unit are fine...
  14. LVN's/LPN's How does coverage work on your floors???

    LOL!! I considered doing this, but I really really need my paycheck. I am afraid she would have said yes LOL!
  15. LVN's/LPN's How does coverage work on your floors???

    No, I know what my scope is and what can be assigned to me. But this charge nurse really had a problem covering me> I mean she had an attitude. USed the F word with me because one of my patients needed IV dilaudid twice the whole 12 hour shift. Sa...