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  1. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    casey12873 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    This happened when I was an EMT--not to me, but to someone else I worked with. Got called out late at night, call was "ineffective airway". EMS gets there. Lady is obviously a prostitute. Stated...

  2. Need LPN advice!

    casey12873 replied to heatnicc's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm glad I became an LPN first, too. 1) I have a great job, making $19/hour. 2) I'm planning on starting on my ADN through Excelsior--I never have to step foot in a classroom again or follow a...

  3. Lowest of the Low

    casey12873 replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I graduated only a year and a half ago as a new LPN. I remember how I felt when I first started out, too. It can be very overwhelming!! Hang in there--it does get

  4. Dayton area hospitals and LPN's

    casey12873 replied to charebec65's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I graduated from PN a little over a year ago. I really want out of LTC!! I love the old folks, but not enough action. Thanks for the post about the acute care rehabs. How about Dayton Rehab? I...

  5. dayton/xenia area?

    casey12873 replied to all4schwa's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hi, everyone. I live in Farmersville--near Germantown area. I have a great friend from LPN school that lives in the Xenia area. Where are you

  6. LPN IV therapy question in ohio?

    casey12873 replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm an LPN that just finished the lecture portion of IV therapy (waiting to get my sticks before I can practice IV's). We CANNOT hang potassium. We can hang D5, NS, LR, sodium chloride 0.45%, sodium...

  7. Failed NCLEX PN

    casey12873 replied to Corpsman90650's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm so sorry you didn't pass your first time. However, chin up!! LOTS of people don't make it the first time. It is an incredibly difficult test!! I took it a year ago May and was sure I had failed...

  8. Ohio. . . Where are you from?

    casey12873 replied to chmiller1229's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm from Farmersville--near Dayton--and work in

  9. Personality Type and Nursing

    casey12873 replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    your type is [color=#d000a0]infj[color=#d000a0]introverted[color=#d000a0]intuitive[color=#d000a0]feeling[color=#d000a0]judgingstrength of the preferences %...

  10. LPN Tuition-how much did you pay?

    casey12873 replied to avahsmiles's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I paid $12,000 at a tech school for my LPN classes...I guess I should move to Florida, lol!! My classes lasted 15 months--part time basis. Took evening classes. We were the last class to not get IV...

  11. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    casey12873 replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in LTC. One of my former residents had a room way, way, way in the back of the building, loved going to bingo and pokeno, but had a very difficult time walking. I had to really fight and push...

  12. I was made to feel like Dirt!!

    casey12873 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    GOOD FOR YOU!!!! Hang in

  13. LPN then Rn or just straight to RN?

    casey12873 replied to sameasalways's topic in Nursing Career

    I was kind of in the same predicament. I had two kids and a husband and finances sucked. I went to LPN school, graduated valedictorian of my class, have been working in LTC for a year and a half,...

  14. I was made to feel like Dirt!!

    casey12873 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've been an LPN for about a year and a half now. I had a family member do the same thing to me, too. (She's an RN.) She said I should just go get an associates and that I wouldn't be happy as an...