alitak

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1. Apologizing for being "just an LPN"

   alitak replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in LPN/LVN

   I do not agree with your logic at all. There is such a great need, and to say that a LPN does not fill that need is crazy, and uninformed. To read what you wrote tells me a lot about you. You mentioned money foremost. Is that what true Nursing is all...

2. What is a proper orientation period for a new LPN?

   alitak replied to alitak's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thanks for the info, and advice. I guess I need to change how I am viewing the whole orientation process. But 3 days? That isn't even enough time to safely discern one patient from another, especially in LTC, where residents look so similiar, y'kn...

3. I passed NCLEX PN!

   alitak replied to Bala Shark's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hello Bala Shark, Very excellent job - you passed. You must feel awesome about that. You are one of the few, the proud, and the infamous.. just kidding. You are now a Nurse! Great job!!! Much Congrats to you!!! God Bless..

4. What is a proper orientation period for a new LPN?

   alitak posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   Hello, I would seriously like to know. In Eastern WA., most facilities will only offer a new LPN grad (1) week orientation at a LTC facility. I would think that with the acuity level - a month would be appropiate, even 2 weeks would feel right. Com...

5. Frustrated LPN

   alitak replied to alitak's topic in LPN/LVN

   Thanks to all for the great, positive suggestions. I really appreciate it. I realize that there are other options for licensed Nurses, and I will be trying my best to find the right job for me. This website is really great, because there are so many ...

6. Frustrated LPN

   alitak posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I am not exactly sure why I became a Nurse in the first place, I guess because I always wanted to work with people. I was a commercial fisherman for many years, and worked trades jobs in the off-season. I graduated from a abusive, horrible LPN prog...

7. Unsure why I ever became a LPN

   alitak posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I recently became a LPN. I went to the University of Alaska-Anchorage for my training (if you want to call it that). It was probably the roughest experience of my entire life, and this is coming from a good, intelligent, hard-working man who worked i...