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  1. Average pay for office nurses ohion?

    kstec replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what the pay is in Ohio but in Illinois where I live, the pay stinks. LPN's make 13.00 something and RN's make 16.00 something. Not very much money considering most of the time the...

  2. Burnout vs. Stress vs. Not cut out for nursing

    kstec replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    I do not know what RN burnout consists of but I do know what LPN burnout is. It seems no matter what you do it isn't good enough. You of course can never work enough (days off) or long enough...

  3. Rockford area schools and hospitals?

    kstec replied to dnw826's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I just recently graduated from the LPN program at Rock Valley College. I think we ultimately went to school 24 hours a week up until the end when we did alot more clinical hours. Then it was four...

  4. No one's hiring LVN's these days

    kstec replied to sweetface's topic in LPN to RN

    Here in Illinois where I live LPN's can work LTC, clinics, or homecare. They do not hire LPN's at the hospital at all. I worked at one of the hospitals in pharmacy for 14 years, while I was in LPN...

  5. Question about ages in the NICU and PICU

    kstec replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about all hospitals, but my hospital only allows newborns that have never left the hospital to be admitted to NICU, all others have to go the PICU due to being "contaminated" by the...

  6. Impaired at work!

    kstec replied to withasmilelpn's topic in General Nursing

    withasmilelpn It's ironic that you mention this. I was in my first clinical rotation in lpn school when I started having panic attacks, so my doctor put me on Effexor. Needless to say I went to my...

  7. Want to quit smoking!!

    kstec replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    I took Chantix for appx. 2 weeks and I had to quit taking it because I started to throw up every morning. I didn't cut down on cigarettes but I did on food. Everytime I thought of food I got sick,...

  8. questions about anti-depressants

    kstec replied to rnlaura06's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I first hand know about Lexapro and Effexor. Lexapro for me is wonderful. I suffer from anxiety and seasonal depression so I take the Lexapro. I have had no side effects. The Effexor on the other...

  9. suggestions to docs

    kstec replied to creature's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a clinic for family practice and internal med and have found that patients are very intimidated by the doctors. I can't say that I blame them because I am too with some of them. But I have...

  10. Lie about references?

    kstec replied to LovebugLPN's topic in General Nursing

    When I applied for my first job out of nursing school I only had one reference and I explained that I'm a mother of two and married and that I do not have to much of a social life outside of my...

  11. Patinet Nurse Ratio Lvn Vs. Rn

    kstec replied to NURSE NEEDLES's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When our hospital used to have LPN's in it, the RN's had less patients because they had to cover the LPN's with the things that were out of their (LPN's) scope of practice. I think that makes

  12. Tubs for labor

    kstec replied to 27YearRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The hospital that I delivered my boys in had whirlpool tubs for labor and it was wonderful. I spent quite a bit of time in the tub both times. I wasn't going for the whole natural birth thing, but...

  13. Passing Meds??

    kstec replied to mammaoftwo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I usually work 6-1430. When I first get there I get report from the night shift. After that we count narcotics to make sure the numbers are correct. Then I check to see who is my priority in the...

  14. Pass rate

    kstec replied to DreamyEyes's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The LPN school I went to had a 100% pass rate for the past 6 years. I don't know if everyone in my class that graduated last year all past, but everyone prior to

  15. Unit Coordinators

    kstec replied to charmedpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would personally be offended and get out of dodge as fast as you can. You should be working primarily for what you went to school for, nursing. I say primarily because on occasion everyone helps...

  16. Nursing Shortage Where YOU work?

    kstec replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I repeatedly keep hearing of the nursing shortage but it's obviously RN's only. I know of quite a few LPN's who if given the opportunity would work in some of these hospitals that are so short, but...

  17. I just want to be an LPN...

    kstec replied to Cherry2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You will find that in the nursing field there is definitely a tier of hierarchy. If your a CNA than they wonder why are you are not a nurse, if you have your LPN they wonder why don't you get your...

  18. I Need Help/advice!!!

    kstec replied to whiteorchid's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In the LTC facility I work in there only has to be a RN present 8 out of 24 hours, but there is someone on call if you are alone and need

  19. LTC desperate for lpn's

    kstec replied to witter11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you can get into a hospital your lucky because in Illinois they will not hire LPN's in the hospital. We can work anywhere else but there. They've told any existing LPN's that they have a certain...

  20. LTC desperate for lpn's

    kstec replied to witter11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I live in Illinois and it works the same way. I could apply for 10 different jobs at LTC facilities and 9 out 10 would probably call me the next day or later that day. The facilities are so short...

  21. Torn between jobs

    kstec replied to studentnurse3's topic in General Nursing

    Studentnurse3 Stay home as long as you can, because once you start nursing school you'll hardly ever see your family. I have known quite a few nurses including high school graduates who have never...

  22. phasing out?

    kstec replied to CantWait2Nurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm a recent LPN graduate and I am just curious if the RN's were always held accountable for LPN's or did the accountable/liability just increase over the years. I guess my question is were LPN's...

  23. Giving Shots

    kstec replied to swtypie's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Due to several patient compliments, I've been told they didn't feel or hardly felt the shot I gave them. My instructor taught my go in quick, aspirate, inject and pull out exactly the way you went...

  24. Did anyone lose weight AFTER becoming a nurse?

    kstec replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    I did it backwards. I lost 17 pounds in the 11months of LPN school. I looked like an Ethiopian. Now I've put that back on and then some. I think I've put on weight because my stress level is lower...

  25. Staff to patient ratios?

    kstec replied to cbr600's topic in General Nursing

    On average there is 2 nurses to 79 residents. This is a skilled facility. The CNA's have 12 residents on days. I've actually called other facilities to find out how they staff and act as if I were...