L.O.E.N.

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  1. med error already-just a mess

    L.O.E.N. replied to mel1977's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yup... i learned the hard way that you never accept a cup full of meds on someone elses word and then give them to an unlabled nursing home patient. I gave a whole cup of blood pressure meds, ativan,...

  2. Where was your first LPN job?

    L.O.E.N. replied to shanLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you're fairly confident in your fundamentals, you could look into home care. Home care agencies generally work 8-5 with the option to work nights if you want, or you can just be paid per visit and...

  3. Sleep & CRNA school

    L.O.E.N. replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Bah! That's what they said about

  4. Sleep & CRNA school

    L.O.E.N. replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    :yeahthat: Haha, I did that several times in bootcamp! The DI's generally liked to wake me back up with painful amounts of pushups and 8 count bodybuilders. I was ripped by the end of...

  5. Poll: As a male in Nursing school, my goal/desire is to work in this area....

    L.O.E.N. replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Gotta get my CRNA. I will not be satisfied until I do... I like the ER/ICU stuff alot too, but I have 2 anesthesiologists helping me through the in and outs of the medical profession so I kinda take...

  6. Threat of needle sticks!!

    L.O.E.N. replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I just treat needles like a loaded gun. Don't point it unless you intend to use it... and then safety it when you're done. I've never had a dirty needle stick, but I have stabbed myself accidently...

  7. Do You Have Male Nurses on your Unit?

    L.O.E.N. replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :lol_hitti

  8. Please just stop...VENT

    L.O.E.N. replied to irwin's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm 28 now and am still one of the youngest people in my class.... I can definently relate to the difference in "culture", if you will, between us younger guys and the majority of older female nurses....

  9. Highest paying LVN job??

    L.O.E.N. replied to nursecrickett's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    yea, but 28.51 isn't going very far in SanFran.... considering that a 3 bedroom 1.5 or 2 bath house in a semi-decent neighborhood can easily run $300,000+. I'd venture a guess that corrections nurses...

  10. Elective in the US

    L.O.E.N. replied to Gooserick's topic in Men in Nursing

    Since I have no frame of reference other than nursing in the US, I couldn't really say if it's better or worse than anywhere else. Although, I do have a friend who decided to move to Vancouver after...

  11. Elective in the US

    L.O.E.N. replied to Gooserick's topic in Men in Nursing

    There's some tasks that are routine that you don't need approval for, but due to liability issues most things must have a doctors order. They usually will give standing orders for things that are...

  12. LPN Male???

    L.O.E.N. replied to Taxminia0311's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I worked as an LPN last year. i enjoyed it. The only thing I heard about it was the "glass ceiling" effect LPN's get. I didn't see many working the higher intensity/technical jobs, if any... if that's...

  13. Guys what made you chooose nursing

    L.O.E.N. replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Men in Nursing

    ....and then they find out you're making twice as much as they are. I'm so glad I'm not in construction

  14. Tired question but I gotta ask about OB clinicals

    L.O.E.N. replied to ChadleyNC's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I like NICU....that's it. 80% of my OB clinicals I was housekeeping basically. I just figured that I know I'm not working OB/GYN stuff after school, so I just did it, kicked butt on the tests, and...

  15. Need male nursing slogans.

    L.O.E.N. replied to Dynasty's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I've always wanted to screen out a t-shirt that said "Would you like and I.V. with that?" on the front and "thank you, drive thru" -ER Nurse, on the back. One of these days, I'll do it.

  16. Is professor homophobic or just tough?

    L.O.E.N. replied to RISC601's topic in Male Nursing Students

    i think just being a guy sometimes set the bar higher, albiet unintentionally... I'm one of 2 men in a class of 40 women and I've just gotten used to being singled out for the hard stuff. I don't...

  17. Male Nursing

    L.O.E.N. replied to jturpin4's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Nursing school is "El Dorado" for a single guy. It's like finding the lost city of gold... if guys paid attention to the male/female ratio in nursing classes they'd realize nursing school = lotsa...

  18. Roll call!

    L.O.E.N. replied to Rustyhammer's topic in General Nursing

    L.O.E.N. = Land Of Entrapment Nurse Carlsbad, NM. NMSUC student... planning on BSNing in a bigger school soon... but for now, I'm here in the carlsbad "suburb" Otis! We have a nifty water tower and...

  19. Anyone ever think they made a mistake?

    L.O.E.N. replied to lisalpn06's topic in LPN to RN

    honestly, It's easier to just run straight through IMO. It takes long enough just to get to nursing school.... and you have to consider we have 2 more years to every degree (4 yrs to Associates/RN,...

  20. Thinking of Nursing need some Guidance?

    L.O.E.N. replied to pw079's topic in Men in Nursing

    It's a bit strange at first though, I'll admit that. It's likely you'll be one of a very small group of men amongst a large group of women.... that can be both good and bad. I'm not single anymore, so...

  21. Roll Call

    L.O.E.N. replied to Tweety's topic in Men in Nursing

    One of the few, the proud, the men... Hi all! I'm new too... I'm and RN Student doing my BSN so I can ICU-->CRNA it ASAP!

  22. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

    L.O.E.N. replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    Not army.... I was on the USS Nimitz as a FMF Corpsman with the Mariens F-18 Stingers unit. I was a squid.

  23. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

    L.O.E.N. replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm a gulf vet too...lol. I guess that

  24. Polling our male nurses: What area of nursing are you currently in right now?

    L.O.E.N. replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Men in Nursing

    It's not a stereotype with my school. I'm one of 2 men in a class of 40. Both of us are going

  25. But you're a MAN!

    L.O.E.N. replied to nursesaideBen's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've had the "but you're a man" thing a lot too.... but more often i get the "hey doctor/are you the doctor?"