hotrodrn

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1. LPN Tuition-how much did you pay?

   hotrodrn replied to avahsmiles's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Hey Maggie, Im going to go to western carolina university in the spring im going to get my BS in emergency medical technology/paramedic studies with an emphasis in pre-med, yes guys thats right im crossing over figured it was time to move on and beco...

2. LPN Tuition-how much did you pay?

   hotrodrn replied to avahsmiles's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Hey Maggie, Im going to go to western carolina university in the spring im going to get my BS in emergency medical technology/paramedic studies with an emphasis in pre-med, yes guys thats right im crossing over figured it was time to move on and beco...

3. New LPN and no jobs available.

   hotrodrn replied to ladybay's topic in LPN/LVN

   Your very welcome. I think LPN's are there to help me and they should be treated just as equally as the RN's. I dont care if you cant do initial assesments. Heck its not a problem for me I usually do the initial assesments and then just hand them bac...

4. Do you feel the LVN/Lpn Is being left out in the nursing profession?

   hotrodrn replied to kjmta57's topic in LPN/LVN

   Amen! I think that is terrible. I used to be an LPN and to tell you the truth I wished I still was. Actually I still am at heart. I would never look down on an LPN,CNA,RN-ADN,RN-Diploma.

5. Do you feel the LVN/Lpn Is being left out in the nursing profession?

   hotrodrn replied to kjmta57's topic in LPN/LVN

   Brandy, LPN's in MO can start IV's They just have to get an extra certification for it by going to another class after they graduate from LPN school. Dont ask why its retarded I dont know. But I do know about this because I started with my LPN in MO.

6. Phenergan Supp given to toddler; child dies

   hotrodrn replied to Mom23's topic in Emergency

   Kids actually show improvement before they decompensate and crump. The kid probabley couldnt have holded the pedialyte down if you gave him/her a challenge with it anyway. Our protocol for my hospital is As Follows: IV/500ML/NS or/LR maybe D5 depend...

7. RNs intubating

   hotrodrn replied to nurseyperson's topic in MICU

   You forgot about D.O.'s those are mainly the docs I work with at our hospital and frankly I would rather work with a DO instead of an MD just because they have a better bedside manner and they are generally more curtious to the nursing staff.

8. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   hotrodrn replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

9. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   hotrodrn replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor

   He ate it, geez, I would have barfed on him and me. Rod RN

10. COWORKER ~Ethical dilema ~LONG ~what would you do?

    hotrodrn replied to ccrn28f's topic in General Nursing

    Turn her in she doesnt desrve to be an rn if shes gonna act like that.

11. I Made a Medication Error

    hotrodrn replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Students

    Dont be to hard on yourself. It was a small mistake. We all make mistakes. No one is perfect. Like one day when I was an Associate degree nurse I and one other nurse went to give a blood transfusion. She was the primary monitering it. I just stuck th...

12. Cynical? Realistic? or both?

    hotrodrn replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    Ahahhhhhhhhh! Thats funny. You know my wife said the other morning that I was aparently giving orders to the paramedics on the radio------In my sleep.Ahhhhhhhhhh!:chuckle :rotfl:

13. Cynical? Realistic? or both?

    hotrodrn replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    Yes were cynical, I tell you what I have worked er since I was an LPN. I have worked in the same er since then and I will probabley always work in the er at the same place. Our ER is a level one trauma center. I cant seem to help the real emergencies...

14. LPNs in the ER please respond

    hotrodrn replied to AstudentLPN's topic in Research

    Some hospitals still hire LPN's in the er. And then some hospitals dont hire lpns at all. Mine still hires LPN's for every specialty. So you have a good chance of getting hired especially if you go to a big city trauma center that really needs nurses...