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1. Real world vs ideals we are taught

   jtmcphee replied to jtmcphee's topic in General Students

   I'm glad there are some folks out there who also want to do it right. I guess the statistics on nosocomial infection and other "bad outcomes" like dead patients (and sick nurses) speak for themselves. As a former attorney, it seems to me sort of stup...

2. Real world vs ideals we are taught

   jtmcphee posted a topic in General Students

   I'm a little more than half way through an LPN tech school course. We are taught a lot of behaviors and ideals that, based on my clinical experience and personal and family hospitalizations, are largely ignored or bypassed out in the real world. From...

3. Is This True? (extra coccyx bone, tail?)

   jtmcphee replied to Meerkat's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Couple of thoughts. My wife hurt her coccyx in a fall accident where she didn't hit on her tailbone but apparently displaced the joints nonetheless. Have you given any thought to an xray study just to see what's up, or down? Of course there are risks...

4. LPN pay

   jtmcphee replied to adireen's topic in General Nursing

   I'm five months into my little FL 14-month LPN tech program, and if I can stay with it I should graduate and take the NCLEX in June of next year. A google search for LPN wages shows FL new LPNs getting at least $12-15 per hour. My wife, a recent grad...