How do you triage your asthmatics/sudo-asthmatics? I'm elementary & have some students that routinely receive prn MDIs before PE/recess per mom. Others are just prn. If a student presents with complaints of dyspnea, I assess their lung sounds. ...
I am a new RN; I applied at a medical center in my town for a grad nurse position, which I didn't get. I then applied to a smaller hospital, at which I worked as an LPN in their SNF while attending nursing school, and was hired on the med/surg unit....
First I have to explain that I was formerly an LPN. 15 years in long-term care. In my former position I had gained much respect from my co-workers, nurses assistants, LPNs & Rns. I worked as a charge nurse quite often, and received a job recomme...
heavenwith7 replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN/LVN
I just became an RN a month ago, after 22years of practicing as an LPN. When I first started with my LPN license in 1990, I was very proud. Some of my classmates went to work in hospitals, I took the LTC route. After many years full-time, I took a ...
I will be graduating in 3weeks. Quite a few of my classmates have secured Graduate Nurse positions, but I have not. (yet) I was thinking that I will eventually find a job, I may not find one until I have my license, which should be July/August. Bu...
heavenwith7 replied to Isitpossible's topic in New Nurse
Yeah, I left one more email today. HR was supposed to start getting back to people last Friday, today is Tuesday. This is my last attempt. I'm done. Moving on. I'm afraid I may just have to wait until the summer when I get my license, this Grad....
heavenwith7 replied to Isitpossible's topic in New Nurse
Sigh....I'm going through the same aggrevation. I am graduating in 4 weeks, the local med center has several grad. nurse position openings. I just completed an internship in the ICU with a Mentor RN that has been there 10 years. I then applied for...
heavenwith7 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing
You have your license forever, unless it's revoked for something bad. I let my "registration" expire when I was a "stay-at-home-mom", for 7 years. I still had my nursing license, you have to register it q 3 yrs. or whatever it is. When I was ready...
I applied for a GN position at a GN job fair a couple of months ago. Some of my classmates got positions, none of which had any medical experience aside from Nursing school. I've been an LPN for 20 years. I have excellent job & co-worker refer...
heavenwith7 replied to heavenwith7's topic in General Nursing
Thank You all so much. I still feel bad, but not so stupid. The child is OK, and is home for the rest of the week with mom. Seems that her Keppra dose had been changed the day before. I am a school nurse (sub), the Diastat is provided by the famil...
I'm a substitute nurse today, called to student having seizure > 5 mins. Pulled Diastat, checked order, went to student now 6mins into seizure, gave Diastat, and then realized it had expired. I feel like an idiot! Super said not to worry. I don...
heavenwith7 replied to bigskye15's topic in Pennsylvania
I live in Elmira, NY apx 15 miles West of Sayre. That's a great hosp. Also nearby is Arnot Ogden Med Center in Elmira. Ithaca, NY is apx 40 miles NW. Binghamton, NY apx 40 miles E. Watkins Glen apx 30-40 miles NW. Of course the Finger Lakes &...
heavenwith7 replied to MelissaLPN's topic in LPN-RN
I'm just finishing my first year(2nd sem) of Nursing at Comm. College. I've been an LPN for 21 years, mostly long-term care. I find that being an LPN really gives me a huge head-start. I did really well in LPN school, am doing really well now. I ...
Learning to spike IV bags. No problem priming tubing, just spiking bag. I took home an IV bag to practice, but the bags in lab are different. I'm not sure which port to puncture. How do you know which port is to spike with tubing? I don't know wha...