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I live and work in Ct for a large HH agency. I only do revisits and I have to do a minimum of 35 visits a week. I average 8 Pts a day. If its mostly status checks & prefills without problems I'm...

I live in Ct. I don't believe lpns are being phased out. It's been the same for a while. The job market is poor, I have friends Rns with degrees who have found the job pickings here to be poor. It's...

open doors are invitations LOL we leave it closed!

Sounds like a typical day :)

I have the app on my iPod touch but can't wait for the android app!Thanks :)

I'm in Ct, as long as the patient has the slip from the MD, I'll check the site. We do this routinely in my school nurses office for our students and staff and I've done it for patients in home care....

Many of my classmates felt the same during nursing school. Some used meds, some of us exercised on break or found something to keep our minds clear and free of the craziness. I called it...

Amazing...... After reading the OPs statement which I believe is just a 'happy, feel good type statement' and then reading all of the comments both negative & positive..... remembering I live in the...

Hospital Schools/ Diploma nurses are a dying breed. It's a shame because I've met so many wonderful nurses who graduated from these programs.

i've written many cover letters and i am currently job seeking. my cover letter is constantly evolving. i tailor it to suit the company i want to hire me. i've had mine critiqued. i'll pass on some...

How about you ask the MDs office straight out. How did you get my information? Show me where I signed permission? Then ask how you can prevent it in the future? Shoot, I understand you are...

i know some spanish mostly learned from my patients and students. i do use google translate on my phone when i visit patients in their homes. the written translation is good/not perfect. when it...

I don't get paid a lot but, I will have a nice pension when I retire. I have the same days off as my kids, snow days off, multiple vacations and summers off. My oldest even went to the same high...

I'm currently working in a high school health room it doesn't change with age :) our very old poorly designed office only has one bathroom so we save it for the "really" sick kids and send the...

While I do love my patients google and webMD moments my favorite of all time was..... Sunday morning 8am home visit, the patient insisted I call his MD (not the oncall, his real doctor) because he...

When I graduated my LPN program I knew what my strengths were, I knew what I needed to study. I had great instructors who let us know exactly what we needed to focus on. Did I know everything?...

This question can not be real! I wipe butts prn and my cna does too!

Do I love my job? Yes! I have patients who become family and patients I hope I never see again. Is every day, hour, minute of my job fun, exciting and rewarding? No! I need to complain to...

I carry a folder with some notes to study from if I have downtime or when I have my lunch but I would never do homework or even think about plugging in my laptop while at work. LOL here I am...

i worked 2 month at a ltc/rehab facility. it was every friday night snf and every other weekend days rehab. i was lured by the pay $35/hr. first night there a cna slapped a patient across his...

:) Congrats on the job! I LOL'd out loud when I read the calculator comment - been there, done that! You also have good advice for interviewing, I hope others who come across it will read and...

I've educated, instructed, shown video, given brochures drawn pictures and even printed webMD handouts from patients (they prefer webMD to CDC or othe reputable sources) I've reasoned. begged and yes...

I had three interviews and the job went to someone who had been an intake nurse previously. This job was with a large homecare agency. In Connecticut you must have a licensed nurse take all...

you are 21 and i'm old enough to be your mom (almost ;)) so listen to me because i say this like a mom or like i would to one of my students. you can't quit until you've given your all. you decided...

I should have mentioned before, our school and my sup would recommend the student stay home until treated and cleared by an MD.