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  1. License vs Seniority

    mickeypat posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Is there an unwritten rule somewhere where a new hire that is a graduate nurse, needing to take boards yet for RN, gets the open hours over someone who is just an LPN and would have seniority over...

  2. license vs seniority

    mickeypat posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Is there an unwritten rule somewhere where a new hire that is a graduate nurse, needing to take boards yet for RN, gets the open hours over someone who is just an LPN and would have seniority over...

  3. Medication Errors....

    mickeypat replied to momandstudent's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ok, I don't know about your facility, but the one I am at has LPN's that pass meds. RNs are charge and LPNs pass meds. So, would totally make sense that the LPNs are the ones who make the med errors....

  4. Regarding Mother's Day...

    mickeypat replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you for posting this!!!!! So incredibly

  5. Am I wrong?

    mickeypat posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok.... I have a situation/question I need some help with. I work with a nurse that has been doing a lot of things that should not be done by a nurse. I have been asked to work under this nurse, she...

  6. Moms who are nurses, please give me your opinion!!!!! Please!

    mickeypat replied to gottagetmyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I do totally understand what your thinking is. Here is where I was! When I started my LPN classes, I had just found out I was pregnant! My oldest was 2 at the time. We started classes in...

  7. LTC Cheat Sheet/Notes

    mickeypat replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I use the report sheet to write down important stuff from report and have a second sheet that I use to cross off which residents don't have meds, in one color of highlighter, and then cross off the...

  8. First LPN job in LTC...is this the way it really is?

    mickeypat replied to Krisintheweb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Your experience sounds just like mine has been! I can see your frustration and feel it too! But.... I can give you some hope! It may all seem so very difficult right now... but it does get...