Today was my first day taking Microbiology. I was half asleep coming from the NOC shift ;-) Tommorow: Intro to Physiology and English 1A. Saturday: Human Anatomy and
There are days where I would rather get deployed to Iraq than be a LVN charge nurse at any of the nursing homes/med surg floors I've worked at. But, I'm going to become an RN anyway (I'm not wasting...
Jedi_Iatros replied to Simplepleasures's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I'm done working LTC. For 3 years I've been taking all kinds of abuse from management, family, residents, and other co-workers. I'm done! Right now, I'm working as a unit clerk/tele tech (not exactly...
Jedi_Iatros replied to prissy pixie's topic in Emergency
Alot of California hospitals require that you be ortho casting or EMT certified. As for ACLS, military medical personel should have no problems getting that via RTS-MED. I don't know why an ER/ED tech...
Jedi_Iatros replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC
My CNAs don't mess around and they better not. Why? Because I'll sick the local ombudsman or the residents families on them if I found out that they are doing less than proper care (like turning pts...
Jedi_Iatros replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC
We don't. It's a HIPAA thing. We're supposed to know who's full code and who's DNR/C&C by heart. Otherwise, we have forms in our resident's chart and in our report
Jedi_Iatros replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing
I loved it when my CNA's take charge. It's better than having lazy workers yapping on their cellphones the whole shift. I actually encourage them so when they become licensed in nursing, they'll be...
Jedi_Iatros replied to S.N. Visit's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
There's basically 3 types of EMTs. EMT-Basic EMT-Intermediate EMT-Paramedic Only paramedics can surpass LVNs skills wise. EMT B's aren't allowed to start IV's and they can only assist the patient with...