pioneer555

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1. Med-surg vs. LTC (new LPN needs advice!)

   pioneer555 replied to michelle-new-lpn's topic in LPN/LVN

   I started working as an LPN in a nursing home because I could not find any hospitals in new york offering a position for LPNs without experience. I worked for twelve years as a charge nurse on a unit with forty-one residents, many of them with Alzhe...

2. How Do You Know Where You Fit In??

   pioneer555 replied to Born2BAnurse's topic in LPN/LVN

   I, like you had to work in a nursing home when I first became an LPN. After working as a charge nurse for ten years, under staffed at times(one charge nurse with forty one residents), I also felt like you...a pill pusher. I was always told that I wa...