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  1. Nurses in: Fla, Tenn, NM, TX--help needed

    lindseylpn replied to Nash3222's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Knoxville, Chattanooga, Johnson City, Bristol, Kingsport. Knoxville is the largest. I live between Knoxville and Johnson city, I'm partial to Knoxville myself.

  2. Nurses in: Fla, Tenn, NM, TX--help needed

    lindseylpn replied to Nash3222's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    East tn here and we have a very low cost of living, no state income tax and I see job postings for hospice fairly often. Housing prices are very good, I bought my 2 bed/1 bath home with a full...

  3. AA or AS

    lindseylpn replied to btf4's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It really depends on where you live that determines the market for LPNs. In my area LPNs have a wide scope of practice so, we can work in almost every setting. There are usually an equal amount of job...

  4. What "bad habits" are LTC nurses known for??

    lindseylpn replied to Nola009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The bad habit I saw most when I worked in ltc was nurses pre pulling patients meds. They would go ahead and pull out the meds at the beginning of the shift to make the med pass go faster. We had a few...

  5. Night weekend track job? Worth it?

    lindseylpn replied to ihatethisjob's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on weekend nights for years. I work three 12s. I love having 4 days off in a row but, I sacrifice a lot of time from my family and friends. I rarely get a day off with my husband when he...

  6. Who's the Best TV Nurse? - allnurses in the news

    lindseylpn replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    I always liked the "non main character" nurses on ER, although I was partial to Malik because he was an LPN :-) I always wished they would've went into their story lines a little

  7. an RN is a practicing Jehovah's witness

    lindseylpn replied to strawberryrnc1611's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    My shift is specified as weekends so, no one technically has to give me a weekend off. When I was hired in I was told that all the new people start off on weekends and could work different days when a...

  8. Morristown?

    lindseylpn replied to Newoldnurse50's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Try looking online for jobs. The local paper is citizentribune.com and it has an online job search. The nursing homes are life care center of Morristown and heritage center, they are both owned by...

  9. How Old is "to old" to START a nursing education?

    lindseylpn replied to Greenlee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I went to school with a woman who was 65 and she graduated either 1st or 2nd (I can't remember which) in our

  10. 80 or above is passing!

    lindseylpn replied to mfigueroa22's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    In my school anything below 81 was

  11. What did you get for nurses week?

    lindseylpn replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing, no acknowledgement whatsoever. We got a memo once 3 or 4 years ago that said we were

  12. an RN is a practicing Jehovah's witness

    lindseylpn replied to strawberryrnc1611's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I've worked the weekend shift at my job for many many years. No one else wants to work weekends so, when most of the other nurses got hired they said they weren't available on sat or sun. I live in...

  13. Why Can't Spouses and Families Understand The NOC Schedule?

    lindseylpn replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    It bothers me too when I have to work with someone who never sleeps during the day but, still works nightshift. I know nights aren't for everyone and some people do have a hard time sleeping. I've...

  14. Why Can't Spouses and Families Understand The NOC Schedule?

    lindseylpn replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    My husband works nights too so, he is awesome about letting me sleep. Some of our family members on the other hand just don't get it. My mil hasn't done this in years but, she used to come over and...

  15. Pay cut

    lindseylpn replied to illcleff's topic in General Nursing

    Something similar happened to me too, I was fired and they told me I had to reapply and that they would rehire me (at a lower pay rate) once a job became available. I never reapplied and drew...

  16. Funny chart entry

    lindseylpn replied to nurse lala's topic in Nursing Humor

    Where I work we have lady who just can't spell (not a nurse) and she frequently writes, "patient poisoned in bed", "patient poisoned in w/c". She means positioned, at least I hope she does.

  17. Being an LPN

    lindseylpn replied to anime5an4lyfe's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    . I'm from east Tennessee. Yes, Tennessee Technology Center

  18. Being an LPN

    lindseylpn replied to anime5an4lyfe's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    As for working peds as an LPN you could do, peds clinics, pediatric private duty or home health, school nursing or possibly even postpartum in the hospital (it'd probably be harder to get than the...

  19. Being an LPN

    lindseylpn replied to anime5an4lyfe's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm not sure about Arkansas or Mississippi but, I live in Tennessee and LPNs here work in all areas of healthcare. We work in ltc, clinics, home health, private duty, schools, occupational health,...

  20. Being an LPN

    lindseylpn replied to anime5an4lyfe's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Mine

  21. Patients with gender identity issues

    lindseylpn replied to Umberlee's topic in Psychiatric

    I've only had a few patients that identify themselves with the opposite gender but, I refer to them with whatever gender they prefer. If I wasn't sure what they would like to be called I just tried...

  22. Another tattoo Discussion

    lindseylpn replied to Alove725's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I used to work with a nurse who had tattoo sleeves down both arms, a tattoo on his neck and stars on his ear lobes. He had to wear a scrub jacket all the time, a large bandage on his neck and...

  23. If you are a male can you ask to only work for male patients?

    lindseylpn replied to dbtw's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    None. I work at a group home and most of our employees are not licensed. We do have a few cnas but, it's not a requirement. A lot our employees do take a med aide course once they begin working here...

  24. Firing employees who refuses to come into work.

    lindseylpn replied to Lizzly's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Unfortunately an employer can fire anyone they want at any time for any reason, or no reason at all. My husband does factory work and most of his jobs have used a point system, they don't care why you...

  25. Is anyone else losing spouse coverage?

    lindseylpn replied to Palmtreegirl's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I worked at Walmart as a cashier for years and the food stamp portion of an ebt card can not be used for anything other than food, it would deduct the food items from the bill and their remaining...