I would also check to see which residents are full codes vs. DNR or have living wills. In the LTC facility that I worked at, those things ultimately determined what was done in a emergency situation,...
If you take A&P now, you may be able to skip that in the LPN program. Two girls in my class were able to do this because they'd had A&P courses within 5 years of starting the program. I'd...
The only thing I regret about being an LPN is that there are limited positions here in my area. Hospitals stopped hiring us about the time I graduated, which is where I really wanted to work....
None of the employees at my job have received raises - as far as I know. Being an almost 2-year old practice though, it's still getting off the ground, so I haven't really complained. However, my 2...
My current employer has NO attendance policy, nor policies for anything else for that matter, but that's another thread. One of my fellow co-workers was a no call/no show about 3 weeks ago. This is...
I've just completed my first year of pre-reqs. One more year of pre-reqs. I can apply next summer for the nursing program that will start January '11. I will then graduate May
With my third child, I worked until the day before my planned c-section. I was working FT in LTC and also PT doing wheelchair transports. I performed all of my duties with the exception of any heavy...
I was in the same situation. I was single and pregnant when I graduated from nursing school. There were many factors involved other than that, but bottom line is that it was a full year before I...
You mean the quarterly pain, fall risk, elopement, etc. assessments? At my old facility, floor nurses had to do them as well. They were divied up between the shifts - days did pain, evenings - fall...
The Hospice inpatient units in my area require the LPN to have med/surg experience. Kinda stinks as the hospitals around here have not been hiring LPNs for several