OgopogoLPN

OgopogoLPN LPN, RN

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  1. Calling all LPNs?? What is and is not in your Scope of Practice compared to an RN?

    OgopogoLPN replied to Nrs_angie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thank you! I would love to do L + D, but if I can't I would love post partum. I imagine it is a more difficult ward to get posted on

  2. Calling all LPNs?? What is and is not in your Scope of Practice compared to an RN?

    OgopogoLPN replied to Nrs_angie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ooops, I just reread my original post. It should have been "ICU", not acute care. I know we can work in acute care which is where I hope to work when I'm done. Do you know specifically about L + D...

  3. Roll Call: Introduce Yourselves, LPNs!

    OgopogoLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm currently an LPN student---just finished first of 3 semesters today!! I'm 31 and have wanted to be a nurse forever! I'm finally doing it and REALLY ENJOYING school so far! At this point, my plan...

  4. Grrrr....comments made by a care-aid...

    OgopogoLPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm a 1st semester LPN student on a practicum right now. I am mainly working with care-aids (pretty much equivilant to CNA's). This care aid has said "so, when you're an LPN, will you make a lot less...

  5. Grrrr....comments made by a care-aid...

    OgopogoLPN replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I agree that she likely wasn't trying to be derogatory, just ill

  6. I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    OgopogoLPN replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I was a medical office assistant/medical secretary for 12 years prior to starting nursing school this past September

  7. In your opinion, do surgeons really have great lifestyles???

    OgopogoLPN replied to Jiggles123's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for a fabulous and wonderful plastic surgeon for a year. He did mostly regular plastic and reconstructive surgery, but also did some cosmetic surgery. He has an EXTREMELY supportive wife who...

  8. Care-aids doing meds

    OgopogoLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm in BC Canada and we have RCA (registered care-aids), which I believe are somewhat equivilant to CNA's). I'm a 1st semester LPN student on a practicum at a home for brain injured adults. There are...

  9. My clinical experience at LTC

    OgopogoLPN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm a 1st semester LPN student and just finished a 4 day clinical placement at a LTC facility. Since I am still so new, the only duties we could perform were very basic. Transfers, AM care, feeding...

  10. Question about LPN opportunities in Alberta

    OgopogoLPN replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    I have wanted to be a nurse since I was 13 or so, but I slacked off in high school and only took what I needed to graduate. I enrolled in a medical office assistant course right after high school and...

  11. Question about LPN opportunities in Alberta

    OgopogoLPN replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Our program is 1 year, 12 months strait through, divided into 3 semesters. There is no Sam in my class, but he could either be in the class that will graduate in December or at Sprott Shaw....

  12. Question about LPN opportunities in Alberta

    OgopogoLPN replied to Guest233447's topic in International Nursing

    Hi and welcome! We could be twins! Well, sorta I'm also 31 and mother of 2. 7 yo and 4 yo. I began upgrading in August of '06 and am now a 1st semester LPN student in Kelowna, BC!! I'm attending...

  13. If I hate being an CNA, will I hate nursing?

    OgopogoLPN replied to emily84's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't think you'll hate nursing if you hate being a CNA. I'm a 1st semester LPN student and just finished a 4 day clinical placement at a LTC facility. The only duties we could do were basically...

  14. Calling all LPNs?? What is and is not in your Scope of Practice compared to an RN?

    OgopogoLPN replied to Nrs_angie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for the updated info!!! I'm in Kelowna and will likley be hired by INterior Health when I'm done. Actually, a classmate and I were discussing today whether or not LPN's can work in L+D,...

  15. I had very poor LVN/LPN training. Anyone else?

    OgopogoLPN replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

    I've just finished my classroom and finals for semester 1 of LPN school. We start 3 weeks of clinicals on Monday. I can say that so far, the education has been excellent. We have 3 BSN instructors...

  16. whats a LPN to do?

    OgopogoLPN replied to jean333's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Long Term

  17. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    OgopogoLPN replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That's just it. Almost anyone could learn to give an injection and botox is a clear liquid. How hard could it be? But the education, knowledge and experience that would need to be in place for...

  18. Calling all LPNs?? What is and is not in your Scope of Practice compared to an RN?

    OgopogoLPN replied to Nrs_angie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm an LPN student in BC, Canada. I know that we cannot push IV meds, start IV's, hang blood. As far as I know an LPN cannot work in acute care or L + D. Although my instructor told us if we were...

  19. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    OgopogoLPN replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm not saying this to knock YOU personally as I don't know you, but I personally WOULD NEVER visit a clinic or office that had somone giving botox injections by someone other than a specifically...

  20. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    OgopogoLPN replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Are you applying there to GIVE botox injections, or do other

  21. Can a new grad negotiate?

    OgopogoLPN replied to bucknangler's topic in General Nursing

    Wow..... oh, thank goodness, I'm in 2007. While reading the OP, I thought I was back in 1955!!!! What a crock. This attitude is exactly what perpetuates males getting paid more for the same job! Why...

  22. Help :) Writing an essay on RN/LPN differences

    OgopogoLPN replied to FinderKeeper's topic in General Students

    I am currently a 1st semester LPN student and I must point out something here. We have already learned TONS of assessment skills. We will learn assessment skills for each lab skill we do, ie skin...

  23. new lpn salary

    OgopogoLPN replied to tiffdeandre's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh man, I feel for you guys!!!! I'm in BC, Canada and starting LPN wages through our health authority (hospitals, public LTC and nursing homes) is about $22/hour. Some private nursing homes and...

  24. Discussing grades with classmates?

    OgopogoLPN posted a topic in General Students

    We recently had our first big "quiz". No one really asked anyone how they did (at least not in front of anyone else). I imagine those who are frieds with each other shared that info. A few days ago,...

  25. RN versus Dental Hygienist

    OgopogoLPN replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    There was an ad for a dental hygenist in my local paper and it read "How much will it cost me to hire a full time hygenist? Call and name your price" Dental hygenists are in huge, huge, huge demand...