Greypoupon

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1. Question for nurses that are male...

   Greypoupon replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a male nurse. I don't mind being called a male nurse, murse, or even jokingly a mursenary. I even get called "ma'am" by accident. None of those are offensive or even annoying to me. I accept that historically nurses were women and there are s...

2. does anyone have a very general idea of what an LPN does on the everage day?

   Greypoupon replied to glitterygirl's topic in LPN/LVN

   By the time you graduate the LVN/LPN program, you have the general knowledge of how to do basically everything an LVN/LPN does. The main thing you need to focus on with a new job is to know where to look for information (what charts do you need to l...

3. How many hours a night do you spend studying?

   Greypoupon replied to s81chubbs's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Exactly. If you're not healthy while you study, then you're not studying, you're reading words and letting them go out the window. Sleep, nutrition, fitness = maximum functioning body = study a fraction of the time to not only retain the informatio...

4. tired of hearing it, nursing students PLEASE answer

   Greypoupon replied to ChervRN's topic in General Students

   If you don't work and don't freak out about everything, then nursing school should be pretty easy. Just keep going. Keep your hands "dirty" in nursing/medical information. Know that although new information is coming out everyday, that there is st...

5. Petrified when handling residents that expire...

   Greypoupon replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

   When someone dies, whoever cleans them up, they inhabit their soul and torment them for the rest of their days. The way they make your soul their home is through their gaping eyes and open mouth. Sweet dreams :) But seriously, if you cannot deal wi...

6. Think CNAs will pick up LPNs duties in hospitals?

   Greypoupon replied to lina.561's topic in CNA/MA

   LPN's know how to do CNA work as well as what separates LPN/LVN's from CNA's. However, just as it's more economical to pay a CNA to perform/assist with ADL's for clients, it's more economical to pay an LPN/LVN to pass meds, etc. than to pay an RN t...

7. How many hours a night do you spend studying?

   Greypoupon replied to s81chubbs's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   If you get enough sleep, exercise every other day to 5 days a week (as in walking 30-60 min a day, etc.), eat breakfast Use the fact that I'm 23 to validate your argument but there should be no reason you need to study more than tops, tops, 3-4 hour...

8. Any tips to surviving lvn school?

   Greypoupon replied to allmostlvn1's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Wow I didn't know that pi$$ was a vulgar-enough word to be bleeped out! haha.

9. Any tips to surviving lvn school?

   Greypoupon replied to allmostlvn1's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Get a marker board and write down your schedule for the week. Get multiple colors. I use red for tests, black for lecture/clinical, green for side notes or etc. Research on the internet using accurate sources. Medline Plus is a great source. The main...

10. Just aggravated!!

    Greypoupon replied to kathy313's topic in General Nursing

    It's easier to find a job as an LVN/LPN in the smaller urban-rural areas than it is in the larger cities. Generally, RN's are what facilities are looking for. Having ICU/ER experience (big emphasis on the ICU) on your resume could "magically" open up...

11. Cutting diabetic toenails

    Greypoupon replied to HmarieD's topic in General Nursing

    Look up the scope of practice for your state. If you're technically allowed to legally, learn how to cut them, but if you're not legally allowed to (both depending on circumstances such as difficulty cutting nails), then don't worry about it.

12. The Best and Worst things about being a male nurse

    Greypoupon replied to Doug85's topic in Male Students

    To me, there are 2 main things. First, the most difficult thing you could do as a male nurse would be to work on the OB floor (good luck ) and second, which is part of the first, is worrying about sexual harassment and other accusations. Female nur...

13. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    Greypoupon replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    The only thing I did that involved other actual students being the patient in the bed was bedmaking, just for the turning and bodyweight thing I guess. The rest is performed on dummies. However my instructors understand the huge difference between ...

14. Community-Based Nursing

    Greypoupon replied to marvije jame's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you've got a lot of heart, or there was a decimal error in your "happy pills" prescription. I really wish I could understand what to do with the information presented.