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Thanks. From what I found in my research there is a physician license plate in Ohio.

Hello, I live in Dayton (a suburb called huber heights to be exact) and I have had a steady job in home care for five years. Before that I worked with hospice and in an assisted living. The major hospitals do not hire Lpns though.

Hello, if this question has been asked, feel free to point me to the thread. I was wondering if anyone knows anymore about a nurse license plate in Ohio? Last I saw from ONA was from May and talked about the "possibility" of one. I wasn't sure if there was anymore news about it? Thank you!

I encountered this once as an LPN doing home care visits. A patient told me she had "too many" issues and an LPN just wasn't "qualified" enough to take care of her. I did notify the RN case manager who defended me and Lpns to this patient and many others. Fast forward a year and I end up seeing this patient again for another admission to home care. I end up sending her to the hospital because she had cva symptoms, it ended up being sepsis. But when I saw her following that incident her husband pointed out I was the one who sent her to the hospital and I was ready for some sort of hateful comment. She told me I saved her life that day. I hope she always remember an LPN did that.

i just ripped that off my calendar too!!! love it!!!

OK Thanks so much guys! Makes sense now!

Somewhere along my nursing career I heard a sign of dehydration can be an elevated temperature. I can not find any literature to support this. Has anyone else heard this? Any input? Is it a symptom or could dehydration cause an elevated temp? Thanks!

I do know that "HawthoRNe" had a "nurse consultant" that gave advice on medical procedures, language, etc. Scrubs magazine had an article about it about a year ago. You may be able to find it on their website. www.scrubsmag.com

I worked on a psych unit while I was in nursing school and did 1:1's all the time, I worked night shift and we stayed with the patient in most cases even while they were sleeping. It gave me a perfect opportunity to study materials. Most of the time the charge nurse didn't mind because the patient was sleeping half the time anyways. Sometimes though you get patients with various psych d/o's that don't sleep. And since they were sleeping TV was out of the question because they didn't have TV's in the patient rooms. And since it was dark you have to do something to stay awake

i apologize if this is repeated information but here is a link to 'The Nursing Show" which is a podcast for nurses which is a very good podcast btw to listen to but he did an episode where he interviewed a rep for j&j here is link to the search page with all his info including the podcast episode. http://www.nursingshow.com/?s=johnson+%26+johnson

thanks so much for your responses! this definetly helps and all makes sense now!

Hi! Please only nice responses, I have done research and haven't actually found an answer to my question(s). Why would someone get persistant hiccups with a pacemaker, and what problems does this cause. Thanks for your answers!

i have found (in ohio) that a lot of companies don't post to a newspaper but will have the job posted on their website.

IMO you were following doctors orders. end of story. im not experienced in this field but if the dr was second guessed by other RNs and he stood by his order then you had no choice but to hang it. just because they dont "like" to use it is no reason to not hang it. i hope it all works out for you.

congrats!

I work at an assissted living where there are no RN's, none, our DON is an LPN as well. What then? We have the keys to the med cart, including narcs because thats our job. In most LTC that is who passes pills, LPN's. I'm assuming thats what "juniors" are.

In the home health agency i work for we also use wet to dry for this purpose. WTD is the single most common dressing change we do.

i was in school to be a medical assistant...one year to make 10-12 dollars an hour which is what i was making as an aid. lpn school one year 16-20 dollars an hour. but thats in ohio where i live. im sure its different everywhere im not sure.

can i just say that i love your screenname :redpinkhe:yeah:

Yes i am an lpn. Idk why i post on here because most of the time people are just plain rude. I try and look answers up myself and yes i look for more logical explanations. Ive been a nurse for over a year but when you work certain areas such as hospice where most of my experience is you kind of forget some things you learned in school. Excuse me for asking questions because everytime i get rude responses.

Ok, I know what granulation tissue and eschar is and what it looks like. I'm new to wound nursing in a home health care setting and there are some words when it comes to wounds that I don't know what they are. I didn't deal with wounds in such an in depth way in assisted living. What exactly is slough? Clean non-granulation tissue? And what exactly does epithelial mean? I know it is skin but I don't quite understand how it pertains to wounds. To me it means that it is healed. I just need some clarification. Please be nice, I have had issues with people being mean before. I have been a nurse for over a year I just need some clarification and any info or resources are appreciated. Thank you!

thank you so much for the video magicpez

A few residents where I work who have constant constipation issues take miralaax every other day in the morning. A few also take stool softners like Colace and others take fiber supplements like Benefiber or Metamucil. All depends on the independent resident and doctor.

Next month I will have been an LPN for one year. I am tired of still being called a "new nurse" and am wondering when this ends? I know I won't be a "seasoned nurse" but when am I no longer a "new nurse"?

can i kudo this 15 more times?