KuteNurse LPN

hello! [color=#ffa500]this color looks like squash! lol i was trained in pediatrics to figure out the dose of rocephin a conflicting way. on the back of the bottle of rocephin, the bottle says that once reconstituted with lidocaine, the medicine exp...

Hello! Wow....It has been a while since I last posted and visited this site. It feels good to be back! An urban legend I have have heard happens in surgery. Evidentally, once a patient signs the papers to have the surgery done, the surgeon can do ...

are you referring to panama city florida? no i did not know that. i have been looking for lpn travel nurse jobs around that area for some time now. maybe i will have luck in the future. good luck with your move! kn

Diane, In the state of Minnesota (I don't know what it is other states), MA's cannot call themselves nurse. The training for a nurse and an MA are completely different. Yes you can administer shots and do various other office duties, but you are N...

Hep B vaccine is a series of three shots. All three doses are the same. To develop full immunity to Hep B, it takes all three shots. The first is given, then one month after the first, the second can be given. The third should be given about 4-6 ...

The sweetest thing was a 4 year old girl who was going to get her kindergarten immunizations. She was actually EXCITED to get them! lol Her mom brought along 3 pieces of salt water taffy. One for each of the three shots she would receive. The lit...

well, i have been in touch with my recruiter 3 times in the last week...lol i hope that is not too often! however, it is harder to find travel jobs as an lpn than it is as an rn. i would call. recruiters are not hr remember. they are there to fi...

your health comes first dear, no one is going to take care of you except for yourself. you do have a lot of responsibilities and the most important is to take care of your children. who will take care of them if you are sick? so take care of yours...

i don't see a thing wrong with it. if the patient's are asked first for permission, why not? it would be good for all. the heck with hippa...lol what happened to the old nursing where we as nurses are there to cheer patients up??? it is healthy f...

Why not do both? Is there a possibility of taking on two part time jobs? Just a suggestion. I personally love the clinic setting. The hours are much better and the stress levels are lower. But no benefits in the clinic? I get awesome benefits wo...

hello! yikes, this is a touchy subject. i am nursing in the state of minnesota. there is a small percentage of african-american nurses where i work, but not many. i am in a clinic setting. i am thinking it is the area you live in? where there ar...

WOW! When you are sick you are sick! Nothing you can do about it. You should have ben able to stay home when you are not feeling well. I had to work through illness also. I felt terrible because I am exposed to premie infants who I could potentia...

Awwww....What you need right now is just take care of yourself. No one will do it for you. Find something that you really enjoy doing and do it full force. I don't know how far into nursing school you are? But, I don't think you should give up on ...

That is really sad that someone would be sick enough to do something like that. I would contact the principle of his school and find out who it was. This child should be banned from going to school. Definately as stated above, have him tested jus...

WOW! I am sorry people are like that. It is a shame that a few people ruin it for everyone. I would DEFINATELY report her, document everything that was said etc...I would have someone walk to your car with you also. Do you have security on the si...

LOL! I love the TV tray idea. I may just do that...Seriously! haha Yes we have a desk area now. But we move around, it isn't our own desk station. But there is plenty of room for everyone. When we move to the new building, every one of the nurs...

hello and i hope everyone has had a good day and evening. well, yesterday i found out something at work that i really do not think is fair. i am presently a clinic nurse in pediatrics. our clinic is moving to a brand new building where everything ...

Check with your local community college. They usually have a CNA program and can give you information when the classtime starts. Good Luck!!!

WOOT! lol I wouldn't care if I wasn't making much money and sitting on the beach in Hawaii!!!!! lol

lol! when my son had his cycling accident last spring, an er nurse had them on. my husband laughed! he thought they were hysterical. i thought they looked silly, but i had a bad case of plantar fascitis and damage to my achilles tendon as a result...

awww...that really is nice! kindness goes a long way in nursing. that is all anyone needs is to know they are cared about. especially in a long term care facility. keep giving her affection everyday...she loves it! kn

hello! [color=#ffa500] [color=#ffa500]i am just starting to get into the traveling nurse thing. i have yet to start my first job. i don't know of any nurses who get paid 100/hour. i have heard up to 40/hour. maybe once housing, travel expenses, ...

Oh Yes! lol From my parents, aunts and uncles, friends, cousins, neighbors etc...I have yet to have someone come to me in a public place and ask a question. I did however, run into a man who was seizing when I went to the mall afterwork one day wi...

I have been a pediatric nurse for 6.5 years now and I have seen several cases over the years of child abuse. Last week, a mother brought her son into the doctor. He was about 2 years old. The sweetest thing. The mother tossed him around angrily, ...

Influenzae has not hit in northern Minnesota yet. At least not that I have heard. Usually is is gone and past. We are still giving flu shots though. Mostly second booster doses to babies and small children. Yes, the sore throat stuff is also goi...