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Well good luck!! Some aides are good, some are bad !! Usually the bad ones influence the good ones. Then you're up the creek!! You do what you can to get them to do their job, then you write them up. That's when you realize your D.O.N. is useless.... Who suffers? Residents.

In the state of Georgia, you would probably be fired just for mentioning a union!! I think it would be great to be in a union. Might prevent some of the crap we have to put up with!!!

I hate 12 hr shifts!! I would never work seven straight! I had more energy on 8 hr shifts. It takes me several days to recoup after working 3. I work straight nocts.

No!!

Why use sterile water to flush the tube??

how many LVNs do you know that are familiar with NPA? A little condescending??

This is a lawsuit waiting to happen!!!

How about lighting where it's needed!!

Not where I work!!

Is this what was once called clysis???

This course is the whole kit and kaboodle.We have to do a mega code,everything!! Lpns do respond to codes in our facility. We participate, but we don't direct the code, or intubate! I don't mind learning the drugs,etc. I could certainly do without the stress of the mega code. The course is only two days!!

Recently, all nurses at our facility have been required to take the ACLS. Our boss states (your job isn't dependent on passing) I work on a Med/Surg floor, am an LPN.have no interest in this certification..Opinions ???

I still would like to know where you got your information! I certainly don't want to do anything illegal. You were so adamant in your post.Please tell me the article number,etc. I've read the nurse practice act,and found no references to what I can and cannot do. If I understand you correctly,you're suggesting some of us could be in a lot of trouble.Personally,I don't do anything I haven't been trained to do.If you will,please share this knowledge. Thanks!!

Greytnurse,Where in the nurse practice act are you getting this info?? I live in Ga. Work on a medical floor,also has Telemetry beds.The only thing we aren't REQUIRED to do is give chemo.We hang blood,push Iv meds,flush central lines,etc. Our Telemetry is monitored in ICU,they call us if there is a problem... We are required to have an RN sign admission assessments,and I do mean sign.Most of the time they haven't seen the patient.

I've been an Lpn for 18 years. I have two daughters that are Lpns, and one in Lpn school now. I have worked at a small hospital for 17 years.(138beds)I have worked all over the place,except OR. In our hospital,Lpns do almost everything.There are a few forms that Rns are required to sign,after we fill them out. I have encouraged my daughters to go to school for nursing.So far they haven't voiced regrets. With all the stress,agravation,heartache I've been through over the years, I still love what I do!!