sweetielin

sweetielin specializes in geriatric.

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1. LPN Starting Salary

   sweetielin replied to pat8585's topic in LPN/LVN

   i started at lower than anyone who has posted so far: $9.50 an hour. what a slap in the face! i wanted to cry when i found out what i would be making. it's embarrasing to even post it. that was in 2004. i have since moved to nights and gotten a raise...

2. When do you call in?

   sweetielin replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

   i always call in as soon as i know that i will not be able to come in. i understand what it's like to work short staffed. what i don't understand is that night shifters are written up if they call in after 3pm but day shifters routinely call in after...

3. work schedule?

   sweetielin replied to thatldo's topic in General Nursing

   usually our schedule is posted a week or 2 before it begins. a while back, there were going to be changes in positions of some of the nurses and the whole schedule was covered up except the very next day. this was very unfair. i assumed that the poin...

4. Definition of Rural

   sweetielin replied to Idaho Nurse's topic in Rural

   guess my hospital qualifies then:chuckle

5. Will somebody PLEASE tell these doctors....

   sweetielin replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   do not dictate your h & p and progress notes during shift change in the room where we are suppose to get report.

6. Nursing team

   sweetielin replied to jack19's topic in General Nursing

   i have never done anything other than team nursing. at my hospital, the rn is usually responsibly for the ivs, initiating care plans, admission assessments. the lpn is responsible for all po/pr/sc/im meds, dressings, accuchecks, tube feedings, breath...

7. Do you like team nursing?

   sweetielin replied to RN1263's topic in Med-Surg

   team nursing is the only thing i've done but i like it. i have the suspicion that if our hospital went to primary nursing, they would routinely saddle us with 10 patients each. on average, an rn-lpn team has 15 pts. one team can have up to 17 though....

8. I need some help

   sweetielin replied to RN2B07's topic in Med-Surg

   where i work, you are lucky if you only have 10 pts for 1 rn and 1 lpn. we can have up to 17. if there are between 18-23, 2 rns and 1 lpn. really it is too much. the rns do the ivs for the most part but lpns can do all but pac and ivp. lpns give po/i...

9. day shift nurses vs. night shift nurses

   sweetielin replied to angelluv1976's topic in General Nursing

   i work nights because i've always been a night owl. i hate getting up in the morning and am much happier to get up in the evening. i worked days for 3 months after i became an lpn. i was exhausted all the time. i was scraping by on 2 hours a sleep a ...

10. Duties other than nursing?

    sweetielin replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know if it is just part of working in a small hospital but most of our ancillary staff isn't even there when we come on at night. laundry and housekeeping leave at 2:30p. rt and lab leave at 7p on weekends. rt stays until 11p during the week....

11. Management measuring handsanitizer and soap usage

    sweetielin replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    i wish our hospital monitored it. maybe then we wouldn't come on and find empty soap dispensers, paper towel dispensers, and alcohol dispensers. it wouldn't even be so bad if they would leave us a key to them and supplies to refill them. housekeeping...

12. Ineffective study patterns r/t nursing school

    sweetielin replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

    when i started nursing school, i was making passing grades but they were in the low to mid 80s. i was pretty upset about it being that i was in the national honor society and never even had to study in high school. now here i was studying for hours o...

13. Overworked?

    sweetielin replied to pagandeva2000's topic in LPN/LVN

    yes. more and more every week. we do team nursing at my hospital. typically, i have 15 patients but there are times when i have had up to 23. if there are more than 17, there are 2 rns instead of one. it's hard getting it all done lots of times. po,...

14. How long was your wait for the NCLEX-PN?

    sweetielin replied to KimmieKoo72's topic in LPN/LVN

    i only had to wait a couple of weeks. :)

15. CNA to LPN...

    sweetielin replied to Alunia07's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    at my nursing school, those that weren't already cnas were offered certificates once we completed the first part of clinicals. i was already a cna though.