I was/am an aide, I know how hard it is. At a facility I worked at recently, the DON brought her dog to work every day, "for the residents." Anyway, when they dog decided to use the bathroom (usually...
Um, if you cant handle "whining" I dont think you'd be able to handle being an LPN. Specially not in LTC. You dont always have aides to answer your lights and whatnot, and you're gonna have to go into...
As an LPN in Southern West Virginia I started out at 11/hr. I made it up to 11.55 and decided to move to Kentucky. In Kentucky (east ky) I started out at 12.50 at one facility, then 10.10 at another....
hello all, I'm wanting to go back to school so bad I cant stand it! lol. I just really don't want to be an RN, I started out with the intentions of getting my RN after LPN school, and I just don't...
cant_not replied to luv_meforever_06's topic in General Nursing
It's only a waste of time if you let it be. LPN's can make great money. Depends on what you want to do in nursing. If you want to be a bed-side nurse; which will entail admistering medications,...
Hello, I've visited this site for quiet awhile but recently decided to join. Anyway, I'm an aide (hope to start nursing school really soon..) I work in a long-term care facility in Kentucky. We're a...
Yes, the nurse is undermedicationg a patient in pain, in extreme pain at that. She did use the cranberry juice as a "placebo" and I know that for a fact, because I witnessed it with my own eyes more...