TheAnguishedNurse LPN, RN

TheAnguishedNurse has 19 years experience as a LPN, RN and specializes in Med/Surg,Geriatrics, Pediatrics, and Family Med..

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   Refusing to Sign Off On Others Assessments

   TheAnguishedNurse replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

   I agree it only takes a few minutes. That’s why I’m not understanding asking someone to do the med pass.
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   Refusing to Sign Off On Others Assessments

   TheAnguishedNurse replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

   I meant to put signing off on a death, in my last paragraph.
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   Refusing to Sign Off On Others Assessments

   TheAnguishedNurse replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

   In LTC yes. They do the admission usually it’s the ADON or DON that would go in the Next day. Review everything and maybe notate more details. MDS/Care Plan Nurse reviews charts as well.
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   Refusing to Sign Off On Others Assessments

   TheAnguishedNurse replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

   Your DON or Charge should be an RN and reviewing and signing off on assessments. I’ve been both an LPN and RN, never did the floor nurse need to review my assessments, you are tied up with your own load. In regards to signing off, I would never delay...
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   Lurie Children's Hospital Chicago

   TheAnguishedNurse replied to nursingstudent1229's topic in Job Hunt

   Not sure about them, but it helps to have someone you know there to push the process along. I'm in the Chicagoland, and there is still some places I haven't heard back from yet.
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   Future of Nurse Practitioners

   TheAnguishedNurse replied to Lightning Rose's topic in Advanced

   That's what I thought, especially if you go to the more rural areas where it's hard to draw physicians in to work. We have huge needs for the rest of the state ,but if NPs continue to stay in Chicago, there is going to a bit of market saturation. Chi...
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   Future of Nurse Practitioners

   TheAnguishedNurse replied to Lightning Rose's topic in Advanced

   I live in downstate Illinois, I'm originally from Chicago. My BSN friend stated that it would not be profitable to get my NP ,and move back to Chicago. She claimed that there aren't many jobs, that those nurses are working in the hospital to make wag...
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   Did I cause this rapid response?

   TheAnguishedNurse replied to ns808's topic in General Nursing

   I love that you asked this question and was able to receive answers and rationales. But a big concern is what is going on between you and your preceptor that you couldn't ask her/him. That is what they assign preceptors for, and so even get a small p...
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   Lpn working as phlebotomist or ER tech?

   TheAnguishedNurse replied to wishinguponastarLPN's topic in Career Support

   Did you ever work this out? LPN with 13 year experience here thinking about working while in RN, just to get hospital based experience.
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    A bit childish but...

    TheAnguishedNurse replied to WonderousIvy's topic in Western Governors

    Don't stress about it, so many people may wish you ill or doubt your abilities. But remember to keep focus. I was whiz kid when I was younger, I completed my LPN program before I exited high school.I had CNAs that hated for that fact, I attempted sch...
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    Should lpn try to keep cna license?

    TheAnguishedNurse replied to northmississippi's topic in LPN/LVN

    As far as I know like the other commenters have said the scope of a CNA is covered under nursing practice. I've known LPN's and RN's that both worked as CNA when we short. As far as know neither kept the certification up. If you want to get paid nurs...
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    eliminating the LPN role ?

    TheAnguishedNurse replied to Annaleemabey's topic in LPN/LVN

    We are all at the mercy of individual state and facility regulations. No one is safe. As the profession progresses and medical discoveries are uncovered, we all will be required to do more work. Diploma RN were required to get degrees. Also, 20 CEUs ...
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    LPN wound care certification

    TheAnguishedNurse replied to NursesStickTogether's topic in LPN/LVN

    I had one friend that completed this as an LPN and saw an large increase in her salary. She was able to have the specific title of wound care nurse at a LTC facility.