alyciaboo

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1. holiday bonus anyone?

   alyciaboo posted a topic in General Nursing

   A friend of mine works for an employment agency. She has no college degree, no college at all. She never even really finished highschool but did receive her GED. Now, it really gets me going knowing the type of work us nurses do, wiping butts, putt...

2. LPNs Giving Shots

   alyciaboo replied to nikkitodd's topic in General Nursing

   i was an lpn here in nj for 2 yrs and yes we did give shots. that is one basic nursing practice, what are you allowed to do? lpns here, for about a year or so, are now allowed to start ivs. on my floor- a telemetry unit- we use lpns for many duti...

3. new grad is discouraged

   alyciaboo replied to 5scaw's topic in General Nursing

   dear 5scaw, i have been a nurse for 3 years and started working in a hospital 1 yr ago after doing 2 yrs of long termcare. i felt that i needed the experience that i would get in an acute care setting. i feel overwhelmed more often than not. i ...

4. SMALL HOSPITAL USA

   alyciaboo replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in General Nursing

   im from NJ so cant exactly say for you, though i worked along side an lpn who had recently received her rn. she was an lpn for 13 yrs and as a new rn her pay was that of a new grad rn. she received 30 cents more than what she was making as an lpn o...

5. i still laugh about this one

   alyciaboo posted a topic in Humor

   at the hospital i work at during nights the admitting office will call the floor with the info for a new pt to be assigned to a room for admission. this night i answered the phone and took down the info for a newly admitted pt. i took the info down ...

6. lpn course how long did it take.

   alyciaboo replied to Ms.Manicure's topic in General Nursing

   i started out as an lpn. took the course through a vocational school for 1 year w/ one month off in august. now i have my rn and am glad i do. though having your lpn is not a great advantage if you plan on persuing your rn. the time it took to fin...

7. nursing salaries

   alyciaboo replied to natbrat's topic in General Nursing

   it seems as if the salaries greatly vary from place to place, though the cost of living i'm sure also varies. i work at a community hospital in NJ. last year i started here at 19.01/hr. that was the base pay for all NEW rns with less than 3 yrs ex...

8. telemetry policy -- please help!

   alyciaboo posted a topic in Safety

   i'm an rn working on a new telemetry floor. this floor is considered the step down to the step down since most of the nurses experience with cardiac monitoring is 1 year since this renovation has taken place. the acuity of the pt is not as high as ...

9. Truthtelling in Nursing Care

   alyciaboo posted a topic in Safety

   truthtelling in the aspect of the pt disease and the family, i have come across a couple of situations that i myself as a nurse have found to not be what i would see as correct. i work on an oncology unit and here often the family dictates to the nu...