Nurse`Chief~Chickie

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  1. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    i was trying so hard not to reply to this thread again, but you got me! i am a nurse with my own license. how much differently you must do things there that you think an lpn is not qualified to assess...

  2. Question LPNs and IV push meds

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    that's the kind of thing that gets me. why are things so darn different btwn states! i can do everthing to administer, hang and monitor blood, except put the spike in the bag. that one task is the...

  3. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    preceptor at my prn job and i were doing fluid outdates, which she was nooooot happy about doing because the former purchasing lady used to do it. so she says when i checked all the shelves and bins...

  4. Question LPNs and IV push meds

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    actually, it is true here, however, i posted before the whole 'rules change state to state' thought came to mind. here, i cannot do ivps or do anything with central lines except

  5. Leaving things for Day Shift

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to Brooke13-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    continuation of care!!! i had suspicions when i worked days that noc-shifters just left all the bunk stuff they didn't want to do for us. turns out, it was true! only with two certain ones. it's a...

  6. Question LPNs and IV push meds

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    i hope that's a hypothetical ??? lpns cannot administer iv push meds with or without the

  7. Welcome to the Missouri State Forum!

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to suebird3's topic in General Nursing

    i've been posting here for a while, so i guess i better get in on this mo pride! i'm in swmo, graduated from otc in springfield as an lpn in july. great teachers there, and i hear stirrings that they...

  8. Do I Have the Right NOT to Be Weighed?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    this is just what i was looking for. maybe these words will work for us. my 16 y/o 'fiancees daughter' went to the gyn ( 1st visit)not long ago, and suddenly we were knee deep into a an relapse. we...

  9. Scrubbed my first case (Lap Chole)

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    thanks to you too isseym! if you're going to do it much, you'll get into your groove. i've had to smack(sort of) my surgeons hand a time or two. (the mayo is my responsibility.) not to mention no...

  10. Letting CNA pass your meds, bad idea?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to walla189's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, what I think this argument needs is......more cowbell! LOL

  11. the hug for Tweety thread

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to Ado Annie's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_hug: :icon_hug: :icon_hug: Hope that all you give to everyone here comes back to you x3!!!! :icon_hug:

  12. Cmsu

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to stine75's topic in General Nursing

    hi stine75, i just found this while poking around state fair college site, just thought you might like to take a look. they offer classes at a sattelite campus at whiteman....

  13. Nursing Documentation

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to jktb's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I made myself a checklist during clinicals that I printed off and took each day. That way I would practice writing out my notes after assessments without prompting/help. Then I got out the list and...

  14. Nursing & website is depressing!!!

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to SeanyRN's topic in General Nursing

    :hbsmiley: it does appear like that on the surface. we all need a place to vent, like for the reasons in your post. that sucks for you and we know what that's like. that's whats so great about this...

  15. How much a LPN school teaches compared to an RN school?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to mmr2's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    i'm doing the lpn to rn route. in my lpn school, we had a lot of hands on /clinical time. a lot of nurses i've talked to about this route say they are glad they did it as well. that working as an lpn...

  16. Cmsu

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to stine75's topic in General Nursing

    a quick note and then i'm off to bed. i don't know if you've been to the site for cmsu, but just in case, a couple of links... http://www.cmsu.edu/x24634.xml http://www.cmsu.edu/x28381.xml...

  17. What career would YOU have chosen if you weren't a nurse?

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    i would so be a health inspector! i hate germs and germy people who don't wash their hands!!! my so tells me that he wouldn't let me because i would close down every restaurant that i set foot in!

  18. confused: Surgical tech or med-surg

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to godsgurl's topic in Nursing Career

    you'll get much more flexibility as an lpn. as such you would still be able to try out the scrub tech route, around my area they do hire lpns to scrub. an or nurse would be the circulator, responsible...

  19. You know you work nights when.......

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    :cry: i'm awake!!!! it's 1300. i don't want to be but my dear so thinks that i'm up by noon. i already told him to expect a call from me at 0300 so that we can catch up! :deadhorse will...

  20. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    this is very close to the method that i have adopted. i get funny looks from my co-horts, but oh well. i spend a good chunk of the beginning of shift with my pts and it goes really well for me the...

  21. Why Does It Seem That RN's Hate Us and Hospitals Don't Believe In Us??

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to brown eyed girl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    this is along the lines of what i've been thinking. perhaps someone can enlighten me; do an rns duties vary from state to state like lpns do? here i can do everything involved in blood admin except...

  22. Why Does It Seem That RN's Hate Us and Hospitals Don't Believe In Us??

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to brown eyed girl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    an lpn is a licensed practical nurse, the same as lvns in

  23. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    definately i hope everyone asks questions until they are blue in the face! i constantly come up with something or another to ask my coworkers. most of them don't seem to mind it, and sometimes it can...

  24. Cmsu

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to stine75's topic in General Nursing

    i wish that i had first hand knowledge for you! i worked with a girl who went there, i think she still lives around here, if i can find out anything i'll post it. she was happy with the school at the...

  25. Scrubbed my first case (Lap Chole)

    Nurse`Chief~Chickie replied to IsseyM's topic in Operating Room

    ooohhhh, i've got chills... i did so love that job. i plan to one day be an rnfa. my 1st case was a lap chole too. some days i'd swear we did only those! i was scared to death, i wasn't sure that i...