flasandy42

flasandy42

5 years peds, 35 years med-surg

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  1. Cost of LPN school these days?

    flasandy42 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm just curious about what the costs for LPN school are now in different areas. I went to school in 1969 and cost of the ENTIRE course was $150 at our vocational school. This included books, two...

  2. A Few Questions-I'm considering HH

    flasandy42 replied to CathyRN06's topic in Home Health

    How do I evaluate the agencies? What about pay - hourly vs. per visit - which is better? How can I get up to speed fairly quickly? What would a good orientation consist of? I'm use to a very brief...

  3. "Umm...I need the RN."

    flasandy42 replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    >>> Well WE know that LPN stands for "Low Paid Nurse" and RN stands for "Rich Nurse".......right? I never told my pt's I was their LPN...I just said I was their

  4. Male Nurses/female Patients

    flasandy42 replied to ern91's topic in Men in Nursing

    >>> I admit that I will ask a male nurse for lifting help more than I do females, and some do get upset about it. I have 40 years of stress on my back and was terrified of hurting it more....

  5. To cap or not to cap!

    flasandy42 replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Students

    I was sorry to see the cap go. Now no one knows who the nurses are from dietary, housekeeping and other departments. I was proud to wear my cap, but the new younger nurses worried about it messing...

  6. Florida Roll Call ......

    flasandy42 replied to RNPATL's topic in Florida Nursing

    I would NOT recommend any of the HCA hospitals, and there are many in the Tampa Bay area. Most of the travelers in my hospital were very unhappy and could hardly wait for their contract to

  7. Are You Man Enough to Be a Nurse?

    flasandy42 replied to Raymond CA's topic in Men in Nursing

    One thing that I've noticed is that there are very few male nurses who actually do floor nursing. They seem to work mostly in ER's, ICUs, supervision, or management. Is this the norm in most places?...

  8. As a patient, do you disclose your qualifications?

    flasandy42 replied to lisalau's topic in General Nursing

    I don't intentionally say I'm a nurse unless asked, but they usually realize it when I answer questions such as what surgeries I've had and I say something like "A chole, bilateral carpal tunnel x 2,...

  9. Nursing and Piercings

    flasandy42 replied to futureTMA's topic in General Nursing

    Being old, I will never understand tongue piercings. Do young people do it for shock value or what? I can imagine the odor when food gets stuck in it....yuck! I prefer a clean mouth, thank

  10. Delegating bedmaking, bedpans . . .

    flasandy42 replied to pancake's topic in General Nursing

    >>> That's not easy to do when you have one aide and 40 pts on the floor with four to six nurses. Everyone want's the aide at once. Each nurse usually assigned the aide two pts for bath and...

  11. 2011: Update: New to Homecare? Info to get you started

    flasandy42 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Home Health

    Do you want to do pt care or be in the office? I've been doing home health part time for about a year and I love it. I worked 40 years in med-surg and finally retired from hospital nursing....and I...

  12. Florida Roll Call ......

    flasandy42 replied to RNPATL's topic in Florida Nursing

    I'm a hospital-retired LPN doing home health in St. Pete. Home health is so much less stressful. If anyone is looking for hospital work in Florida I would NOT recommend any HCA

  13. What can an RN do that an LPN can't?

    flasandy42 replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    In my hospital LPNs CAN'Tadmit, assess, spike blood, insert NG tubes, sign off orders, do care plans, give chemo, pronounce pts. LPNs CAN start and maintain IVs, give meds, take phone and verbal...

  14. When Did Your Hospital Stop Requiring Caps?

    flasandy42 replied to Nurse1962's topic in General Nursing

    Why? Nursing should not be gender bias in-favor of females. The white uniform & white nurses hat has the connotation of the female nurse.>>>> That's the silliest thing I ever heard....

  15. When Did Your Hospital Stop Requiring Caps?

    flasandy42 replied to Nurse1962's topic in General Nursing

    >>> I agree. I worked hard for my cap and felt so professional in my white uniform. Now if a pt sees me they wonder if I'm housekeeping, dietary, or some other dept. My name and title are...

  16. This Site has Jaded My View of Nursing

    flasandy42 replied to kimmyz's topic in General Nursing

    >>> You don't think women are more catty? I'm afraid I agree that they are. Have you ever sat with a group of women on break or at lunch? I feel that women definitely gossip more than...

  17. Like some input on pins for ceremony

    flasandy42 replied to RNsRWe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I really don't care what it looks like, I want my school's pin. As someone above mentioned, to me that is the whole point.>>>> I agree. Your school pin, no matter how ugly, represents the...

  18. This Site has Jaded My View of Nursing

    flasandy42 replied to kimmyz's topic in General Nursing

    >>> I've been an LPN for 40 years. I don't EVER remember being treated badly or differently by RNs. I never felt disrespected by anyone and I respected the CNA's, secretaries,...

  19. Daily??? Newer nurses need "stand up" help!

    flasandy42 replied to onconurseRT's topic in General Nursing

    >>> That's the way we did "daily" procedures. The person who did it first put it on the MAR or Kardex with whatever time it was done and it was done at that time from then on. Worked well...

  20. Medicare coverage out patient IV antibiotic

    flasandy42 replied to grannynurse FNP student's topic in General Nursing

    When has medical care in the states ever made sense? My husband is Canadian and can't believe how things are done here. No, the Canadian system isn't perfect, but at least EVERYONE has some kind of...

  21. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    flasandy42 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I thought I was the ONLY nurse that remembered those days. It was really difficult for me to get in the habit of using gloves for anything else but cleaning up BM, which we didn't even...

  22. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    flasandy42 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen them use gloves and STILL get stuck. Needles DO go right through gloves. For me, it was difficult feeling the veins through gloves on 80-90 yr olds. I always start with them on but have...

  23. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    flasandy42 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Believe it or not, back in the early 60's when I started as an aide, we didn't wear gloves and they weren't available in the rooms. It was considered an insult to the pt to do colostomy care and use...

  24. What did you learn today as a nurse?

    flasandy42 replied to minnib's topic in General Nursing

    I retired and now do home health part time after being a hospital nurse for 40 years and I learned today how to use "The Vest" chest percussion machine that I had never seen before. I learned that no...

  25. I need a little hope!

    flasandy42 replied to Irene joy's topic in General Students

    >>> i think mucous bothers a lot of nurses more than blood or emesis. i'm doing private duty home health and have a pt with throat ca. after i give his breathing tx's he coughs up a lot....