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  1. What should i do? a question of ethics

    LPN_mn replied to Summershores's topic in General Nursing

    I do not agree that this is none of your business. Whether it is your MIL, your neighbor, and another client. What this care giver is doing is against the law in many states and yes you are required...

  2. "sister" = registered nurse

    LPN_mn replied to walkiez's topic in General Nursing

    TriageRN_34 We have a few actual "Sisters" that are RN's...but that is a title of Religion as a Nun and nurse. You refer to them as "sister _____" commonly or "nurse sister _____". But yeah...we call...

  3. Admin Tyl and Vicodin w/ in 4 hr

    LPN_mn replied to 1st edition's topic in General Nursing

    If I were you I would question the doctors order. I have taken vicodin and was instructed by the physician that NO acetaminopen could be taken as long as I was taking the vicodin (and I am much...

  4. Would becoming bilingual be useful in nursing?

    LPN_mn replied to one2one's topic in General Nursing

    Some places even pay more if you speak a second

  5. Anybody buy their own private insurance?

    LPN_mn replied to 777RNThatsMe's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN and I carry my own liability insurance. I have only had to use it once but it paid for itself with that one time use. The only time I was sued by someone the Attorney General office...

  6. LPN and state board

    LPN_mn replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I am from Minnesota and I have heard many nurses refer to Nclex and the one for RN's as state boards. I think that in most states people refer to it as state

  7. Attorney role for BON

    LPN_mn posted a topic in Legal

    I was wondering what is the attorney role when going before the board of nursing. What exactly do they

  8. Question about my stethoscope!

    LPN_mn replied to vamedic4's topic in General Nursing

    I just did a search and found that 3M has discontinued the old thread style ear pieces. They recommend purchasing a new binaural including tips. Here is the site I found it at...

  9. Attorney role for BON

    LPN_mn replied to LPN_mn's topic in Legal

    Thanks for the replies. I was just curious about that. I have always heard that you need an attorney but was wondering what exactly they

  10. We lost one of our own this morning

    LPN_mn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am so sad and this is the first place I knew I could turn. I knew that if anyone could understand how I feel it would be my fellow nurses. One of the nurses that I work with was killed in a car...

  11. how do you introduce yourself to patients?

    LPN_mn replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN ( it is on my name badge). I always introduce myself and tell pts. that I am their nurse. Some will ask my title and some don't I always tell them if they

  12. What happened to Nurses Week?

    LPN_mn replied to happyfeet's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a Mayo Health System clinic. They had a breakfast on Wednesday for the nurses. It was from 7:30am-8:30am (we have to clock in to get ready to see pt. at 8:00am). There was nothing else...

  13. Are You Kidding?

    LPN_mn replied to jennyga's topic in General Nursing

    I think LTC has a lot of learning experiences for a new grad. I started my nursing career in LTC. Yes you have a lot of residents to care for but in the facilities that I worked at you had enought...

  14. complications with overdue baby

    LPN_mn posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am hoping that someone can point me in the right direction to search for some information. My niece had a baby 1-12-06. The baby was due 12-28-05. She bacame ill and went to the ER. They decided...

  15. complications with overdue baby

    LPN_mn replied to LPN_mn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for all the replies. Mom and baby are doing alright now. They went home today. It is very hard when the family calls and asks questions. They are in Arkansas and I am in Minnesota....

  16. Breast Implants

    LPN_mn replied to GiantHeart21's topic in General Nursing

    I had breast implants a little over a year ago. I got them for my b-day. Wish I could have done it sooner. I was alway very self conscious about my body. My husband has never made me feel bad for...

  17. Whadja Get For Xmas From Hubbie?

    LPN_mn replied to grad2009's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just started a new job and my hubby bought me a Littman stethoscope and a flat screen monitor for my computer. I can't believe he really listened this year. I mentioned the stethoscope about 4...

  18. Pleasantly confused

    LPN_mn replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a cna we had a lady who was an RN and had been a nurse at the facility long before she was a resident. She would tell us she was the queen of England and expected to be treated like a...

  19. Hospice and litigation question

    LPN_mn replied to jsteine1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I did read an article somewhere about a man that was terminally ill and family claimed he did not receive proper pain control. They sued the doctor after the man died and if I remember correctly they...

  20. The funniest thing happened to me today...:)

    LPN_mn replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is so fun when you get to work with people like that. Once when I worked in an urgent care clinic a guy came in to be seen. I did not room him but I commented on how good looking he was. The...

  21. My Impossible Resident

    LPN_mn replied to Nikki69's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think that you are reading to much into what is being discussed here. While I understand about professionalism I also understand that some of the people in the nursing homes have had to give up...

  22. My Impossible Resident

    LPN_mn replied to Nikki69's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    kitkat23 I had a patient in LTC that was much like your patient. I was a nursing assistant and had this little lady who no one wanted to give her shower, get her ready for bed or as little as...

  23. Anyone work as a Psych nurse with sex offenders?

    LPN_mn replied to funnygirl_rn's topic in Psychiatric

    I work in a sex offender unit at the regional treatment center. We do have a few adolescent sex offenders. It is a very challenging job at

  24. Elephant Ear Washer

    LPN_mn replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not our facility has purchased these. They work great. Less messy and they really do a great job of irrigating ears. When I first seen them I could not believe that they could really...

  25. GN who fails boards and is still on orientation with RN

    LPN_mn replied to EdieRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    There was another post here not long ago about a nurse who worked in LTC and allowed a GN who had failed boards to take BS and give insulin injections. She is in real trouble with the BON. I think...