lilcajunnurse

lilcajunnurse specializes in acute, med/surg/ER/geri/CPR instructor.

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1. Omg

   lilcajunnurse replied to Born-In-The-USA's topic in NCLEX

   good luck on the 18th.:balloons: believe in yourself.:w00t: you know this ....just relax , take a deep breath and welcome to the world of nursing!!!!!:prdnrs::clpty::urck:

2. Any Louisiana LPN's around??

   lilcajunnurse replied to mgalloLPN's topic in Louisiana

   :flowersfoI have been an LPN for 13 years and currently work in a hospital setting. I mostly work the Acute care/Med-surg unit, with some ER. My base pay is 18.15/hour. incentive pay is an extra $10.00/hour for a need. and time and a half if called i...

3. Would You do the same thing I did?

   lilcajunnurse replied to vnsam's topic in General Nursing

   So sorry we are forced to decide between our job and our family. I have been a single parent of 3 for several years now and I have always worked nights. I have taught my children simple first aid and CPR. I also have people lined up in case of an eme...

4. NG tube placement

   lilcajunnurse replied to DolphinRN84's topic in General Nursing

   At my facility, the nurses put them in. In my 13 years, I have dropped many in. Some much harder than others.

5. Does anyone else feel guilty when your sick?

   lilcajunnurse replied to blondeern's topic in General Nursing

   guilty!!!!of course, i do. do i ever call in. no!! we are short staffed enough and if i called in the only people suffering would be my shift members and my patients. no administration would suffer.

6. Shoes...what do you wear?

   lilcajunnurse replied to scallywags's topic in Uniform/Gear

   i love wearing crocs , but, you have to get the closed top ones. (just in case,never know what might come flying down at ya shoes) also, i wear rocker brand shoes--the most comfortable shoes i ever wore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

   lilcajunnurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I'm from the South and we call people "honey" all the time. So, I have no problems with being called "honey" by anyone.

8. cpr/health class

   lilcajunnurse replied to misslo's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Anything respiratory!!!

9. No nurses on floor during report

   lilcajunnurse replied to bethin's topic in Safety

   How about walking rounds. we do walking rounds at my hospital and are able to look at iv fluids and tubing labels. We check IV sites and make sure they are patent. Just a quick "Hello" and look over. We usually keep the same pts for the week so we ju...

10. Night shift question!

    lilcajunnurse replied to jla623's topic in General Nursing

    our hospital has 7p-7a shifts in all nursing depts. we generally all work 4-12hr shifts a week. nursing shortage hitting us hard, so i have been working at least 4- 12 hour shifts a week for over 2 years now.

11. What medical term do you dislike the most ?

    lilcajunnurse replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    We have computer charting and in the color of skin section the options are: Pink, Pale, Ashen, Jaundiced. People have you ever seen a Pink person??????:imbar.

12. Is LPN school hard?

    lilcajunnurse replied to Godswill's topic in General Students

    hard?? yes but you can do it!!!!!! i enrolled in pn school with 3 small children and no husband. went to school from 730-430 then came home to supper,homework and baths til 9pm then homework time for me til 11pm and slept from 11-3am on test days(up ...

13. Help....not sure how to be a nurse.

    lilcajunnurse replied to BetterMeRN's topic in New Nurse

    you say you are new...soo you should have an orientation and a preceptor. everyone feels that way right out of school but it will come to you and the more you do things, the easier they become. i have been a nurse for 13 years and learn new things e...

14. Hey, I'm Caitlin!

    lilcajunnurse replied to Cwood0188's topic in CNA/MA

    Hi and Welcome:welcome:, Congrats on your move into the nursing field and best of luck to you. My advice is to simply learn and EXPERIENCE all you can. If given an opportunity to try something ...by all means... try it. Book smarts are gr...

15. what you think about this???

    lilcajunnurse replied to lilcajunnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Tazzi, I just want to help. I feel like I haven't done everything for this pt. when they leave and nothing has been accomplished. I feel like the middle man with no real say so. Docs and pts have the final word.