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  1. Lpn Student Seeking Wisdom

    kstec replied to fresh31's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Even though our program was considered full time, it really wasn't. We had alot of people in my class that worked 30+ hours a week and went to school and passed and passed boards. Most of them...

  2. Unreal interview

    kstec replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know a whole lot about hospital nursing, but I do know that when I worked in pharmacy at a hospital you had to work X amount of holidays per year and if you worked them you got time and a half...

  3. Again, would someone please give me some input on hospice?

    kstec replied to kstec's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I had my interview today and the job sounds sad but very interesting. I would be going to either the patients homes or nursing homes to monitor them. I would work with a RN as a case manager but yet...

  4. The Best Pain Med. Beside Morphine That Will Work For A Hospice/als Patient

    kstec replied to miche18's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I just had an interview at a hospice place and they told me that alot of the hospice patients are full codes, I don't understand. How can a patients who is diagnosed to pass away soon, be ethically...

  5. Starting pay for no experienced LVN in any states

    kstec replied to bluishred8's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I know for a fact in a family practice clinic it starts at $13.87/hr, LTC $17.00/hr and at a independent GI facility $13.25/hr. But what is really weird I worked as a pharmacy technician with no...

  6. Immunizations

    kstec replied to baseball2's topic in General Nursing

    When you have a strong screaming 5 y/o you do what you have to do. If I tried to aspirate for IM's shots, the needle would be yanked right out as the child flipped out. As far as SQ, you also do...

  7. What is a compounding pharmacy?

    kstec replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in a hospital pharmacy as a technician we did alot of compounding for NICU and PICU. Obviously they used a more dilute form of adult medications, but when they were discharged the...

  8. Sevo psychosis

    kstec replied to azhiker96's topic in PACU

    I remember doing a clinical rotation in a recovery room and every single one of the children (younger and older) woke up enraged. They were screaming and flaling (sp) their arms. One little girl had...

  9. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    kstec replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    This thread makes it sound like anyone with less than a PhD are chopped liver. Well I'm a LPN so I guess I'm real bad. Good thing opinions are like a--holes, everyone has one. I personally choose...

  10. Police Officer Husband and Nurse2b Wife

    kstec replied to Rianna1's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse married to a police officer and it works out okay. The down fall is that you both have to work holidays and weekends and it makes for a difficult time with children. I work primarily...

  11. Should I do the LPN program?

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

    If you live in an area that stills utilizes LPN's everywhere then go that route, if you get the vibe that you are only LTC facility material, get your RN. Here where I live an LPN is strictly LTC and...

  12. A pt. really pissed me off today...

    kstec replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry correction, I will not learn chinese or vietnamese either, I assumed spanish, and you know what they say about assuming.

  13. How Much Was Your First Check As A CNA?

    kstec replied to MissMe0707's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I remember the days of working as a CNA for $6.00/hr. All I can say is that because I've worked as a CNA and now as a LPN, I see again what all you guys do and deserve so much more money. You are...

  14. A pt. really pissed me off today...

    kstec replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient was in the ER waiting for an x-ray then a nurse would of triaged the patient and a doctor would of decided whether it was urgent or not. So I don't think he was totally...

  15. cosmetic surgery

    kstec replied to pinaypower's topic in General Nursing

    Cosmetic surgery is a wonderful thing. I will fight aging until the end and some of the gravitational pull of the earth if necessary. No I'm not vain, I just think it's great to have options if...

  16. Any Nurses With Anxiety Disorders?

    kstec replied to Susanna23's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I'm not going to give you professional advice, but from personal experience, I can tell you what I've done. I take 20mg of Lexapro at bedtime and have learned to meditate. I've always suffered from...

  17. I am being too anal?

    kstec replied to caholbr's topic in General Nursing

    At the facility I worked at we typed up all the names of the medications, the doses and the possible risk of interaction and that we were not help liable if something went wrong and had the family and...

  18. Really hate this nurse

    kstec replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

    I remember working as a CNA years ago and I worked with a nurse just like that. She was flat out lazy. At the end of the shift when she was charting she would ask me did so and so still have their...

  19. Will LPN's ever be utilized the way they used to be?

    kstec posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just curious especially for the states that are keeping LPN's out of hospitals and other places they were once allowed to work. I talked to my old nursing instructor today and I truly respect her...

  20. Foul Smelling Urine

    kstec replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely get a UA and atleast get that possibility eliminated. Also ask a nurse what meds he is on and what are prone to cause odor of the urine. I remember this resident that I took care...

  21. Anyone else dread going back to school this semester?

    kstec replied to LPMRN's topic in LPN to RN

    I dread it so bad, I'm not doing it. My original goal was to do the LPN and then start bridging this month, but I'm no way in the mood for it right now. Going to school ,trying to take care of a...

  22. I.V pushes

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

    I think that each state and facility somehow need to get on the same page. This not knowing what we can and can't do from facility to different states is ridiculous. I think we as LPN's need to...

  23. Why is there always someone to mess things up??/

    kstec replied to brwneyegal's topic in General Nursing

    Go ahead and try and tolerate the LPN as long as you can, I thorougly believes what goes around comes around and she'll get hers. Someone can only plead innocense for so long before administration...

  24. Will LPN's ever be utilized the way they used to be?

    kstec replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    ALL SMILES RN-Where do you live and how do the RN's like having the LPN's there? Does it work well and are the LPN's allowed to work to the full extent of their

  25. Ativan - her problem, or mine?

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

    I just looked at a rx website and 10mg of ativan can be given, not a normal dose, but used at bedtime. The norm on this website said 2-6mg. If this order for ativan is prn, I would talk to the...