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Ok, well I have fulfilled all the Pre reqs for an PN program beginning July 31st and this is the program I am set on attending. The ONLY Pre req ive yet to fulfill is Allied Health Science at the vo...

Well I've been doing alot of research on this. And it appears that the real difference between RNs and LPN/LVNs is not so much in the clinical scope of practice as people think the difference is in...

I guess your right, and what discourages me even more is that I have nurse tell me that they don't have time to be the nurses they should be either because of the workload in LTC, they tell me they...

I don't feel miss lead by the part of nursing, but in my training they didn't tell me I would have to work on a hall with 40 plus residents 30 of them being total care, I truly respect the ones who...

Your exactly right. But In LTC they expect us to get 17 people up from 6am-7am and they expect us to do it well. That leaves us 3.5 minutes a resident. So guess what, teeth are not getting brushed,...

I had a bad day at work I'm just sick of the no pay overworked no respect deal. My facility actually has a position open for transport bus driver I'm thinking about getting my chauffeurs license and...

CNA stands for Certified Nursing Assistant. When you hear the title you immediately think assist nurses and work besides nurses. You search career info on the web you will find a happy person in...

Ok interesting legal question. Right now my facility is hiring alot of Nurses (LPNs). But in about 18 months when I hopefully get through my LPN program and pass licensure examination (hypothetically...

O belive me it was said!! Maybe it's not a big deal in the end but still? How could someone who has been through an entire PN program of 12-16 months, and taken and passed the NCLEX not know that an...

The more you view it the more you say it, THE MORE RIDICLOUS it sounds! I have been told many things by Nurses of LTC and ER you name it as a CNA and an EMT, I had one nurse tell me that you have to...

Actually no, the CNA is not creating care plans and doing stuff that the Admit and MDS nurse would do. They are the Admit/MDS Nurses Aide. Wich means that when a new admit or resident comes in there...

I understand that and that's how it is at my facility too! It's not an RN or an LPN thing. Of course the MDS nurse of 13 years in an office will be shady on skills too. And a CNA who's been on...

Once again, I will clarify this post is not about me insulting LTC nurses it's not about how I handled my patient as an EMT, it's not about what responsibility the nurse has when we leave its about...

We had a resident steal the nurses charts and call the doctors and demand the residents Coumadin be lowered true story!! If these people do not work, and they want to be with the resident 24/7 and...

And sleepy RN again I'm not a licensed nurse, I don't know about meds and advanced nursing procedures, but I work under nurses every day as an aide so I do pick up a lot of operational knowledge,and...

And jade lpn Cms governs how facilities are staffed and ran, an RN is a licensed nurse who can do everything an LPN can do that doesn't change by facility! It's not my issue but that comment is...

Wow Sleepy RN you seem to have issues with EMTs that you need to resolve please stray away from the topic of this nurse saying this and what you think of it, this post was to show what some nurses...

Really it's almost unbelievable and ridiculous! And kinda scary that someone who has been granted a license to perform high liabilty skills wouldn't be aware of the scopes of there superiors and...

Ran an EMS call today to a Nursing Home (one I'm not familiar with) in a town I'm not familiar with) and in a town I'm unfamiliar with patient had a fall. We go in paperwork isn't ready this is a...

JKM 07 actually no because this is the best facility I've worked at! My first job expected one CNA per 36 residents!!

And they don't realize that in Addition to providing backbreaking care to 40 plus residents, we also have to complete ADL flow charts on 40 plus people, I&O forms on 40 plus people, Equipment forms,...

We all know these families of the residents! They raise seen kinda of Cain because moms a little wet, or Daddy wasn't put to bed exact at 2 o clock pm, or I want mom checked every 3 minutes cause...

Thanks Lovinlife 11 I was young and arrogant as many know on this forum but being an EMT and a year as a CNA in the nursing home definently whipped me into shape!! But I like to belive that I'm...

Thanks for the reply I guess all we can do is roll with the punches that being a Male CNA/LPN/RN/ or nursing student has to offer if we're gonna last. Thanks for the replys everyone!

Thanks everyone for the great info!! I will be enrolling in a night LPN program in August! Thanks each of you!