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As a male, and as a nurse, I can tell you that this situation would make me entirely uncomfortable. I’m with you about feeling wired about the male nurse doing all that rubbing, barehanded, especially. I would report it. This guy may be getting off in some weird way. You never know who people really are. When I was working LTC, and I was the only nurse in the building, every time I had to do an assessment on a female resident (or a male resident for that matter!) I ALWAYS made sure that a female aide was in the room with me. Not only to make the resident a little more comfortable, but to cover my own butt. You never know what people are gonna turn things into. I would defiantly speak to a ‘higher’ up about this. But I would do it very confidently. I would not mention this to other coworkers. You never know, something like this could have been reported before and just brushed off. I think his actions are very inappropriate.

I know exactly how you feel. I’ve only done agency once, and only worked for about 4 days. I hated it. I felt so inadequate, and every facility does things different, so it’s hard to fulfil your commitment/contract to the facility and agency. I would suggest trying to find a job that would work around your husbands schedule. Or maybe one that offered day care? I wouldn’t suggest anyone going into agency, I HATED it.

I’ve been a nurse for two years, always wanted to work in a hospital but in the area I live in no hospitals use LPN’s anymore. So I was basically stuck with choosing between a clinic or a long-term care facility. I chose to work LTC because the pay tends to be a bit better. I’ve worked in 4 different nursing homes, and all were horrible. There’s entirely too much paper work, and here in KY–they consider an LPN to be a ‘charge nurse’ when there’s no RN in the building, and I just don’t feel that we’re equipped to run the whole facility, ya know ? I hate nursing homes. Dodge ones that reek of urine when you walk through the doors. Check and see what they evaluation from state was. Umm, I can’t think of much else right now. But I wouldn’t advise anyone into going into LTC. I’ve actually heard some nurses that I’ve worked with in LTC say the only reason they work there is because some hospitals don’t have aides, and they’re not gonna clean up BM. I hate those kinds of attitudes. I would just totally suggest dodging LTC period.

I'm thinking of finishing my RN up via the internet through the college network. I actually have a cousin who did it, and she passed her RN NCLEX the first time, so I'm really interested in this. I called and set up an interview with a recruiter in my area. While I was on the website I looked over some of the other degrees they offer and they have a Respiratory Therapy degree that you can obtain via the internet. How would something like this work? I mean with no prior education, how would you understand and be prepared to take boards? Do RT's not have clinicals and whatnot? http://www.college-net.com/independence.asp

I’m posting this message in an attempt to answer a question for my younger brother (he’s 18, high school senior.) He’s currently enrolled in a CNA course offered through the local High School. Anyway, he applied for an LPN program that starts this coming May, so he’ll be starting a few days after his High School graduation. He asked (in healthcare) what the difference was between being Certified in something and being Licensed in something was. I’m not really sure how to answer this question. I am currently an LPN, working on my RN, and I’ve never really understood this, and it’s never been addressed in my studies. I’ve always heard nurses go and on and about "I’m not going to do this.. Or that.. I’m not going to take my chances and loose my license." One time an aide said something to that affect, and our RN supervisor said something to the effect of " You need not worry about that dear, you’re certified, not licensed." So what’s the difference really? Thanks in advance.

I think you may be overreacting a little, but you’re granted that right. I as a nurse take no offense to it. When I was an aide I used to hear nurses say they hated aides, never bothered me.

I’m originally from West Virginia, and back there LPN’s could not supervise other LPN’s, nor could they be in any kind of director position. I currently reside in KY, and the Unit Manager at a facility I worked at recently was an LPN, I thought it was rather weird, because she had authority over RN’s that worked on my unit; Which is totally backwards if you ask me.

When I was an aide I worked in a 180 bed facility, and they were ALWAYS short, and I got a call almost every day to come in. I love doing overtime, but I got tired of it really quick. I just stopped answering my phone. Haven't encountered it as a nurse, yet.

If you’re not required to be certified, no you won’t need to take the test. Call local nursing homes, a lot offer CNA classes (that’s usually how they stay staffed.) Also check into vocational schools. Training can sometimes be done in as little as two weeks. My mother used to teach CNA classes, and some were 6-8 weeks long. Depends on how many hours your state requires as well.

I have no intentions of reporting this lady, as I cannot afford to get kicked out of my apt, and I absolutely refuse to live in on-campus housing. LoL. I was just really curious as to how this particular situation.

I HIGHLY doubt that there is. CNA is pretty much hands on in the clinical environment, and you’ll need to do procedures in front of your instructor and be checked off on them in order to even be eligible to take the certification test. I was an aide before I went to nursing school. It’s great experience, hard work though.

I didnt think so. But as I previously stated, my grandmother was actually grand fathered in, but she did recieve a license.

I had applied to two different schools when I first decided I wanted to be an lpn; first school was 3600, and the school I ended up going to was 4500 (this was a private institution, they didn’t accept any form of finacial aide other than WIA through the local unemployment office.) And from my understanding, to get approved for fin aid, your program must be accreditted and approved by the state bon and nln. Correct me if I'm wrong. Oh, and also, both of these programs were in rural West Virginia (southern wv.)

My grandmother was actually grand fathered in, but it took 4 years (4 years for what it took me 11 months to obtain!!! lol) This was in the late 50's, and from my understanding there was a huge shortage of nurses in the area she was raised. Also, she was trained by RN’s as well as Doctors on how to do procedures, and also had to take tests pretty often. So I guess it really was like school for her? This lady is insisting that she’s an grand fathered LPN, even though she doesn’t have a license. She has worked for this doctor for 30 years she said. I was just curious.

ahhh... I hate to out-right say this, but if you ever work in LTC you’ll see nurses do this a lol (if she actually did fake the vitals) I wouldn’t recommend it, I’m no ‘whistle-blower’ but I’ve actually reported people for doing it. The reason they are called ‘vitals’ is because they are VITAL..... I can’t stress that enough. Also, she could really get into quiet a bit of a trouble falsifying charts. My aunt actually got caught falsifying blood sugars; her license was suspended for 6 months, and she now works under a disciplined license (some employers wont hire you with this on your license.) It prevented her from going on to get her RN, she applied to two different programs and both denied her acceptance because of this.