dorieabsLPN

dorieabsLPN has 12 years experience and specializes in brain injury,.

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1. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

   dorieabsLPN replied to gt4everpn's topic in Relations

   my sister had surgery in new york and i am with her in recovery, her surgeon came in to check on her and she is very happy to see him saying in a very loud voice how good he smells and then procedes to tell him and the entire staff in the room that h...

2. What is your weakness?

   dorieabsLPN replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

   orthopedic surgery. the sound the smell the hammering the violence of it. We got a moose this year and we butchered it ourselves I had to leave during the bone sawing part. Just the thought makes me queasy

3. Memory Vitamin.. I can't find it

   dorieabsLPN replied to DoneIn08's topic in General Students

   ginseng?

4. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

   dorieabsLPN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   I am a huge pain advocate. I have seen many people suffer needlesly. PAIN IS NOT OUR FRIEND. If someone tells me they are in pain I beleive them. I will medicate and do other things to help them reposition,massage,enviormental factors. Pain is so sub...

5. What's the weirdest baby name?

   dorieabsLPN replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   my husbands optometrist is Dr. Glassman :) had a woman name her daugther heaven leigh but she pronounced the middle name lay as in lay down heaven lay not a good name

6. Nln

   dorieabsLPN replied to Jamie-Sue's topic in New Hampshire

   hi fellow nh person :) Have you seen the study guide books that are out there? I have heard of many people getting real help from them. Try not to stress too much that can be detrimental. Get a good nights sleep eat a great breakfast.

7. need advice - delicate situation (long)

   dorieabsLPN replied to mkf0605's topic in General Nursing

   we never document in the nurses note the incident report. It is an inside document usually used for safety meetings and ways to prevent things from happening again. If you mention it in your nursing notes then outside people can request to see it.

8. What is your job?

   dorieabsLPN replied to mgalloLPN's topic in LPN/LVN

   I woek in a home for adults with brain injuries. Gtubes trachs lots of rehab. We have 11 people who live there. I get to spend a lot of time with each resident. It is a fantastic job.

9. Are you getting holiday pay?

   dorieabsLPN replied to chaoticnme's topic in General Nursing

   double time for thanksgiving, christmas, and 4th of July. Time and a half for the others. we also get 3 hours of earned time extra for working any holiday

10. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    dorieabsLPN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    1994 LPN 10.50 hr 2006 LPN 23.50 hr

11. Is the LPN program hard???

    dorieabsLPN replied to CheekyStar321's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    on our first day of class our instructor said look to your right now look to your left one of these people wont be here at the end of this program. We literally lost half our class by the end. we thought she was kidding nope. It is a hard program but...

12. How many times did you take the NCLEX before you passed?

    dorieabsLPN replied to blackberry4eva's topic in General Nursing

    once 75 questions. took me about 45 minutes too. I started the test with the following questions are practice. so I am going along and must have missed the part where it said your test is starting. I started freaking when I got to about 50 questions ...

13. What part of pt care gets overlooked most often

    dorieabsLPN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I see that range of motion is hugely missed on a lot of patients. oral care for sure is at the top. Actually cleaning the ears with qtips and for patients who are unable cleaning the noses. I work with brain injured people and so many have crusty nos...

14. Mobile Insurance Exams

    dorieabsLPN replied to pattycake's topic in Missouri

    I am an LPN and I do long term care insurance assessments for lifeplans they are based out of mass but do exams accross the country. Welcome to LifePlans. It's not about risk ... it's about relationships.

15. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    dorieabsLPN replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    at my place we can sign up for 4 hour shifts on holidays so everyone gets to enjoy most of the day with their families. sometimes people volunteer to work the whole shift.