petluvr

petluvr has 1+ years experience and specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. Intro to Home care, needing some advice

   petluvr replied to petluvr's topic in Private Duty

   I think it was mainly a distance issue, I would be 45 mins away and she expects someone to come at the drop of a hat if need be

2. Intro to Home care, needing some advice

   petluvr posted a topic in Private Duty

   Okay, so I posted a week ago about losing my first LPN job, I have a background in pediatrics, so anyways I got a job doing home care my problem is I have yet to do orientation because I haven't gotten a client yet, I met my first potential client ye...

3. Talking with the DON tomorrow, any tips/advice/words of wisdom?

   petluvr replied to theleaf's topic in LPN/LVN

   I wish you the best of luck!!! I'm not going to give up on my hunt for a better opportunity!

4. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

   petluvr replied to petluvr's topic in LPN/LVN

   Were you able to bounce back quickly and find a job? I feel like I'm going to look like a liability and no one is going to give me a chance

5. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

   petluvr replied to petluvr's topic in LPN/LVN

   I agree with you nursecard, that's a good way to put it, a good nurse friend of mine even suggested terminated secondary to med error caused by false report... does this seem like too much detail?

6. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

   petluvr replied to petluvr's topic in LPN/LVN

   I certainly own up to borrowing but the harsh reality at the facility I was at, there was never a time something wasn't borrowed, including narcs, thankfully I never had too but I seen it on a nearly daily basis

7. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

   petluvr replied to petluvr's topic in LPN/LVN

   I certainly do not want to look incompetent or run the facility down by any means that just is not professional in my eyes. But I also don't want to look like a liar or seem like I am hiding something as well and have it come back to haunt me... I wa...

8. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

   petluvr replied to petluvr's topic in LPN/LVN

   SuzieVN, the order was placed into my med sheets by the charge nurse, she said do what we usually do and borrow the med from another resident, so I did what my charge nurse told me... long story short apparently everyone was borrowing from another re...

9. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

   petluvr replied to petluvr's topic in LPN/LVN

   Do I put on my applications that I was terminated and explain why??

10. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

    petluvr replied to petluvr's topic in LPN/LVN

    Thank you for your support, I'm trying to keep my head up and have even thought about getting out of nursing, I'm currently an LPN and don't even want to further my career, sad huh? I thought about just getting out of nursing for a few months and get...

11. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

    petluvr posted a topic in LPN/LVN

    So I was terminated yesterday, completely blind sided honestly... two weeks prior my charge nurse told me she got an order for an antibiotic, she put the new order in my MAR and wrote the note regarding MD contact/ New Order... come to find out yeste...