I too had a love hate relationshipwith med/surg.Our patients were acutly ill.Most on respirators,many dressing changes and pills to pass as well as multipe i.v s.We NEVER had less than 8 patients apiece.Sometimes 9.Very hard situation with call bells...
Believe it or not you kind of get desensitzed to it in time.I hold my breath at times if it gets to bad.Some times have to walk away a minute if i have assistence..................Now colostomys ...thats another story ...they can put me to my knee...
Kellymarie...if your on your way already to being an RN. you may want to finish up there.The schools i hear have waiting lists.But as an LPN there is more work than you can handle,and plenty of places that will give you a nice sign on bonus and tutio...
Amen.....Western Ny pay is the pits......Moved to florida two years ago......Never looked back.Florida is beautiful...Got tired of them 9 month winters...and being taxed to death........
Cold enough here in Florida.In the upper thirty's last night.Dont miss one flake of that snow!Being from western New York(in the snow belt of course!)it cracks me up to see the natives here freeze and complain.Dont miss slip sliding to work every day...
We are all nurses.....CNA's LPN's and Rn's.I can't understand why some people just dont get it.My ex-mother in law use to say to me all the time.....i dont know how you can do that kind of work.Good thing we dont all have that attitude!!!!Wher wou...
bella548 replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing
Tampa Bay!!!!!Pays not the best but what a beautiful area!!!Im from N.Y and find the people to be very freindly here .Ive met some great people here.I love the water!!!Jobs are endless.
I work for Kindred and havent had any problem with them so far.I got the first installment of my bonus on schedule.The pay could be better and ratios at times could be much better but i believe that is pretty much anywhere you go...............,Bell...
Where the heck do you find an available nurse that has time to come and check your heprin and insulin?I sure dont know where i d find the time to check other nurses?????With 7-8 very ill pts per shift.It would be nice if we could do it !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was wondering.....even though this has been dicussed many times and there is plenty of thoughts on this in the archives....why can the question be posted again for the newer members to respond to and if the more senior members are not interested in...
I work in a acute care hospital and the only thing we cant do is hang TPN and lipids.Thank god.It is so sad to hear all the animosity between lps and rns.Not a whole lot of difference where i work...except in pay!!!!!!!!!!!They are begging for lpns