saernurse69

saernurse69 specializes in ER, ICU, Telemetry, NICU, Pediatrics.

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1. Fired all the LPN's

   saernurse69 replied to nlhnurse1982's topic in LPN/LVN

   I am an LVN that has been an ER and ICU nurse for 13 years and now the hospitals don't want to use me either or lots of LVN's with lots of experience. I asked a medical director why and he states that it is because of liability!!!! It hurts because I...

2. Code Blue in the ICU

   saernurse69 replied to saernurse69's topic in MICU

   Kitty, thank you for your post. I guess it would have been wise of me to let ya'll know that these patients had been in our ICU for more than 3 weeks and that it was and is always hard to make a decision in that time. I always am as non-judgemental a...

3. Other jobs for LPN's?

   saernurse69 replied to nursingbeauty's topic in LPN/LVN

   Howdy! My sister-in-law is an L&D nurse for almost 20 years as an LVN and I work ER and ICU. Make the path, get the experience and find the places that hire LVN's. Here in Texas we do pretty much everything and get the training and the experience...

4. Code Blue in the ICU

   saernurse69 posted a topic in MICU

   Howdy ya'll...gotta vent or else I may just make some stupid decision like quit nursing and run a bar for nurses, LOL! I work in a busy central ICU..this means that we do all MICU, SICU, CCU, Neuro, etc. In the last 7 shifts ( 5 of them together), I...

5. Differences between Medical Assistants and Registered Nurses?

   saernurse69 replied to MA2006's topic in General Nursing

   My 2 cents worth....there is vast differences between MA's and RN's. I was an MA for 4 years and have been an LVN for 11 years and am almost an RN. The MA's can give oral meds and IM injections. They can take vitals, they can do basic patient care an...

6. New Patient Population in CCU

   saernurse69 replied to MisfonzRN's topic in CCU

   Howdy ya'll, Sherry from Texas here.... I am now in ICU, was in ER and this last few months have been OD's, non-compliant diabetics and yep we got the post c-sec mom with hypertensive crises....there is a NICU for the munchkin, however what about the...

7. New to Ft Worth

   saernurse69 replied to ceeja2's topic in Texas

   If you are looking for work as an LVN, branch into the agencies that service Dallas and Ft. Worth. They pay well and use agency LVN's frequently. I worked as an agency LVN in Dallas and Ft. Worth for 2 years and loved it. Sometimes you could get good...