wildcats

If I were a patient, I would not want unsolicited religious advice or discussions from my health care providers. If a patient wanted to talk to me about their religion, I would be more than happy to listen, but I wouldn't talk about my personal belie...

I don't see a problem with MAs drawing blood or doing an EKG (assuming they aren't responsible for interpreting the EKG) ... the CNAs in my local ER are trained as "techs" and do the same thing. What scares me is the phone triage and patient educatio...

This is off topic, but PPD when referring to a TB test means Purified Protien Derivative.

I had lots of priority type questions, but everyone's test is different. One thing that one of my instructors said was to read the question, read the answers, and then read the question again before deciding on an answer. She said doing this would h...

I agree that a licensed nurse should pass meds. I, too, am glad that they are becoming more strict with the med aide education. Also, in addition to the pharm training, nurses have A&P, chemistry, etc. and also learn about meds in other nursing ...

My state uses medication aides in ALF. The course used to be two 8 hour days. Starting July 1 they are becoming a little more strict. Here is part of the new training requirements. What do you all think? Here is the link to the page with a word docum...

Thanks for the replies. They did say I would be working with just one doctor. Hopefully the doc is nice.

I posted before that I was going to start working in sleep center, but I declined that position because I got an offer from a large cardiac practice that offers really good benefits. Anyone have any tips on working that closely with the docs in an of...

There are lots of jobs for LPNs in my area of Virginia. LTC is always hiring, and I see numerous ads for home health/agency, docs office, prisons, dialysis, state mental health facilities, and on rare occasions (in my area) even the hospitals. I bel...

I went to one of the small, expensive technical schools. I walked in and filled out the paperwork, took a test, gave them 3 references, had a physical and 2 weeks later I was starting classes. If I had stayed in the day program, I would have finishe...

Oh, ok. I see now. My logical thinking must have flew out the window today. Thanks for clearing that up.

I'm confused now. I remember being taught in school to check PEG placement by pushing so many cc's of air (don't remember how many) and to place the stethoscope on a certain part of the abdomen to listen for the bubbling sound. I also remember doing ...

In my area: SNF/LTC- $15-20 ALF- $14-18 Corrections- $18-24 Hospital- One hospital uses LPNs, but only on certain floors and only 1 or 2 LPNs- $12 Doctor's Office- Pay seems to be a big secret for some reason, but I do know that one large cardiac pra...

I couldn't even begin to imagine what its like to deal with patient's family members in the ER ... I probably was annoying the triage nurse to no end lol. I think everyone probably has issues with certain types of patients ... I am a new LPN so I d...

Hi, everyone ... I am supposed to start a job in a sleep disorders center next month and I was just wandering if anyone here has worked in a sleep center and how you felt about the job? Thanks.

I'll be happy to let you know how they sleep when I find out. I do know that this place has those expensive special type mattresses ... they even have a TempurPedic memory foam mattress. :)

I don't want to hijack this thread but your post reminded of what happened to my fiance a while back. He came home from work ... greasy, dirty, smelly, etc. complaining of a stomach ache. As the evening went on his pain was getting worse and he was v...

Thanks! And good luck with your sleep study!

Wow. No one, huh? I assume that nurses aren't frequently used in this environment. Anyway, wish me luck! Thanks.

I had worked as a CNA in a nursing home. But MICU is way different. The CNAs on my unit don't have a pt. assignment, we just help everyone. Some of the things you see are really sad, like overdoses and suicide attempts in a young pt. My unit has pts....

I am not a nurse but I am an LPN student that recently started work as a CNA on a medical ICU. One of the major things they looked for was to be self-directed. They want you to be able to know what to do, when to do it, and how to do it without being...

I don't think that older vs. younger really matters. There are older people in my nursing program but just because you are older doesn't mean you have a lot of experience. Personally, I don't really care if a nurse is young/old or new/experienced as ...

Yep. We had a choice of open AA or NA. My class chose NA. The members were nice to us and didn't say anything directly to us but a classmate overheard them after the meeting about how they felt like guinea pigs for us and a few other things. So I don...

Wow! Makes you wander what kind of physician would let a MA write prescriptions and perform complete physicals. I am shocked. That is so dangerous (and dumb)!

Are you talking about the story in Virginia? If so, I recall reading that this person was found without a pulse, so that would mean dead wouldn't it? (I know that sounds like a dumb question;) ). I remember in my BLS class they told us you can have a...