Simba&NalasMom

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  1. Complications from HCG injections?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to PCUSheryl's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Any data on how long people who do hcg keep the weight

  2. Is it all in my head?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ShaBBy23's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Awe, Najah...I feel for you. I know from personal experience that fibro is a very real condition, although I'm sure that because of its nonspecificity and our inability to measure it in a lab that...

  3. LPN Scope of Practice, esp Wisconsin

    Simba&NalasMom replied to WI_home_RN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    How frustrating for you! I couldn't find anything on WI's BON website, but I did find this link which probably isn't very helpful: http://nursing.advanceweb.com/article/lpns-and-iv-administration.aspx...

  4. Ideas for preceptors/new grads

    Simba&NalasMom replied to purple_nomad's topic in General Nursing

    I like your ideas! I've never worked in hospitals, so not sure what the "norm" is. How about just being proactive and approaching your preceptor and saying "What would you think about sitting down so...

  5. How to admit new patients in LTC facilities

    Simba&NalasMom replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Nursing

    Details vary by facility/state, but here are the basics: -Receive chart and/or paperwork from discharging facility (usually a hospital)...most of the time you'll get a chart with blank forms from...

  6. the rate of PROCRIT INJECTIONS??

    Simba&NalasMom replied to mrs_d.rich's topic in General Nursing

    Best thing to do is call the

  7. oboy i got the popup via pearsonvue website oboy oboy!

    Simba&NalasMom replied to squelchie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I bought the Kaplan study guide. It really helped and my test quit right at 85 and I

  8. No more LPNs -- oh really?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to DebanamRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Here in Portland that seems to partially be the case, actually. In OR we have CNA II's who, after 6 months regular CNA experience and some additional training, are able to DC Foleys, check blood...

  9. your thoughts...

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Lanesmama's topic in General Nursing

    If I had a gun to my head and had to pick just ONE, I would say intelligence. Sometimes things like compassion can be learned, I

  10. your thoughts...

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Lanesmama's topic in General Nursing

    Boy, looks like these days they're teaching them the BS game before they've even applied to the programs!!! OP I wish I had a good one for you, but my answers are as generic as the next

  11. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Your post made me weepy. :redbeathe:redbeathe:redbeathe If every co-worker I dealt with was like you, I would have quit way fewer

  12. Home Health Drug test

    Simba&NalasMom replied to nursewratchet59's topic in General Nursing

    It's becoming more and more commonplace. I think so far, these employers are proceeding as if it is legal because they are assuming nobody will fight them on it. Here's a good article I was reading...

  13. Curious about job search

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Simba&NalasMom's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks! Yeah, that would not be cool taking a job as a CNA but still being held to a nursing standard; that, or being restricted to a CNA scope and unthinkingly doing a nursing

  14. Curious about job search

    Simba&NalasMom posted a topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this belongs in "polls," dunno. I'm curious about how many licensed nurses out there (LPN/RN, new grad or exp, doesn't matter) have picked up non-nursing jobs or even healthcare positions that...

  15. I Quit Bedside Nursing

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Little_Mouse's topic in General Nursing

    You mean to say you have held this same awful position for over a year?!? You have much to be proud of. I can't handle that kind of baloney for longer than a month. There are better positions out...

  16. what about this doctor?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    In the US, if some regular "Joe" did something like this, the media would be all over it and he would absolutely be convicted as a sex offender, which would include at least probation time, treatment...

  17. are jobs on craigslist legitimate?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to sallyjane's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had to pay for a background check. Some agencies have asked me to pay $10 for fingerprinting, which is acceptable to

  18. LTC, for new grads?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to DedHedRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I did home health, there were a few LPNs who went into it as new grads. They seemed to do fine with the right training/orientation. As an LPN, if you work for a good HH agency, if you run into...

  19. Top reasons for becoming a nurse

    Simba&NalasMom replied to apickrell's topic in General Nursing

  20. Ethical dilemma

    Simba&NalasMom replied to SweettartRN's topic in General Nursing

    If it were my best friend, I'd tell her in a

  21. Top reasons for becoming a nurse

    Simba&NalasMom replied to apickrell's topic in General Nursing

    Dunno if I have 5...number one is it felt like a calling; party my co-dependant nature, felt like a healthy outlet for that; I really do have a nurturing side to me. Number two is I had to change...

  22. What's your nursing kryptonite?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ktliz's topic in General Nursing

    The only smell that makes me gag is nasty coffee ground vomit. Gangrenous wounds are also no picnic, but somehow they don't make me wanna lose my lunch the way the smell of nasty barf

  23. Trach suctioning. Bullet vs. no bullet

    Simba&NalasMom replied to divaRN*'s topic in Pulmonary

    I haven't had a lot of trach pts, but all the ones I've seen have those mist collars and pretty much wear them at all times when they're in bed. Never seen secretions so thick I couldn't clear them...

  24. Trach suctioning. Bullet vs. no bullet

    Simba&NalasMom replied to divaRN*'s topic in Pulmonary

    Yep, atropine works like a

  25. What can an LPN expect to make from agencies?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to CloudySue's topic in Agency Nurses

    I live in Portland, OR and have 6 years exp. I get $26...some pay $27, and a couple are down to $22-24. Not much work these days,