Markthemalenurse

Hey Sue, good to hear from you. We all know how you feel and I can safely say we all feel the same way. So how is the new job going and how are you doing? We miss you. I really do because I could be myself around you and Sharon. Everyon is doing fine.

In the Intermediant Care Facility I worked at, the LPNs could do almost the same things as a RN. Except for telephone orders, administer IM, and could not be supervisors. The LPNs were not under the supervison of an RN and you do not need to be certified. This is in Pennsylvania.

Auto mechanic for FORD. Left because I didn't like the cut-throat tactics used to make a buck.

I went to a Community College and now I am making more money than some of my friends that either went to a four year college (not for nursing) or just went to work right after high school.

That's the same in my area.

At the facility I worked at before, I was a Medication Administration Train the Trainer. I would hold a monthly class for the new employees and hope that what I was saying about the importance of medication administration would sink in. Sometimes it did and sometimes it did not.

Hello everyone, I work for the Southwestern PA Health Care Quality Unit (HCQU pronounced Hic-U) and we provide assistance to providers who provide services to those that support people who are intellectally challanged. We do this by providing trainings related to various topics about the intellectally challanged.

Ilive in Avalon (a little borough just north of Pittsburgh) and the neighborhood here is great. I'm really close to Pittsburgh, but without the traffic and noise of the city. I agree with Logos, I am biased as well because I have lived here all my life. I am a product of the Pittsburgh Public School system and I think they are pretty good. Here in Avalon, the school district is Northgate and I like them a lot better than the Pittsburgh Public school. The disadvantage with the Pittsburgh Schools is that there are a ton of kids per classroom (If I remember correctly it somewhere between 20 to 30 kids per class). Northgate is a smaller school system with fewer kids per class (about 15 I think). Well good luck with the hunting!!!

So has anyone heard from the PA BON yet in regards to this? I was wondering because if it was signed in June and it went into effect 60 days later, that would make it law by the end of August and now it's November. I personally haven't heard anything as of yet.

Anyone else have any favorite shows on DHC?????

Machelle, good to hear from you. It's going good so far. Oreintation is a killer though. How is everything going? How is the nursing classes going. I am going to send you a PM with my personal email address.

Yep same here. The DSPs at my current employer only take an eight hour class as well. I keep track of medication errors here and I can tell you that there have been alot; 213 total since I started keeping track two years ago. Some of the DSPs take it seiously and others do not.

Does anyone work for this company? I start Oct 30th and was wondering what you thought about them.

Congradulations on the new job. Sometimes the grass is greener.

Yes they do check your references. They need to know what type of person they may be hiring. They need to know if you are reliable. (The job I will be starting next week only called one of my references out of the three I had listed).

I got lucky. I had a job that was three days a week (16 hours on Sat and SUN plus 8 hours on Mon). While I was in school the ex-wife was working and my son was at school. When he didn't have school, my mother would watch him.

I was watching the Discovery Health Channel and got to wondering, How many of us who are in the medical field watch this channel and what is your favorite DHC program. My favorite programs are: Diagnosis: Unknown Medical Incredible and Little People Big World

I have seen on commercial that said something like Want to become a nurse but don't have the time or the money for a 4 year degree, then become a Medical Assistant in 10 months (I think that was the lenghth of time they said). Now no where on the commercial did they say that an MA is like a nurse, but it made you think that they were the same thing. Also the commercial forgot to mention that there are ADN and diplomia programs out there for nursing, not just a BSN program.

Once I wrote patient had the squirts, instead of patient had a loose BM.

This is all I could find about this. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06264/723762-28.stm scroll down to the near bottom of the page and look for 2005.

DDRN, I am from pennsylvania

Just curious. At the agency I work at now, we use that (wake up instead of 7AM) and it is legal, but I guess there are different regulations that must be followed where you and the original OP are from.

I was wondering can you use Wake up as a time instead of 7AM or Bedtime instead of 9PM? This way if the patient wants to go to sleep earlier than 9PM, you can give the med without worring about a set time.

Sounds like my last LTC job.

I hate those thing. I could never open them correctly. I would always end up with a sharp point on the top part that you break off.