mel1213

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  1. No Job!

    mel1213 replied to ddzwalker's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I do wish you the best of luck!! I would not put up with that telling you that you won't last thirty days. How do they know if you are not given the chance. I would lookk for facilities that welcome...

  2. LPN Starting Salary

    mel1213 replied to pat8585's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In a nursing home or a hospital?? your mother in law should be making way more than that! Thats terrible being a nurse for that long and not making more than 18 an

  3. LPN Starting Salary

    mel1213 replied to pat8585's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think it depends mostly on the facility. As a new grad I was hired as per diem to start off. I made $21.01 an hour and was getting almost a full time schedule, which was great!!!! I did than take...

  4. Best state/hospital/city to work in

    mel1213 replied to melrina75's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes I have recently been offered a job at the VA in wilkes barre pa. I am holding off though because the job is rotating all three shifts and you dont have any set weekend off. So I can be stuck...

  5. Need advice from Lehigh Valley area Nurses

    mel1213 replied to Noahm's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I think LVH is the best or at least I have heard!! I have friends who work there and love it. I am in the process of trying to get a job there, I am from Hazleton so it is a drive for me, but will be...

  6. Best state/hospital/city to work in

    mel1213 replied to melrina75's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    lehigh valley hospital....in allentown pa www.lvh.org i am hopefully in the proccess of getting a job there. the most positions they have are physcians offices for lpn's but the pay is excellent for...

  7. dilemma, need advice...

    mel1213 replied to linzz's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What shift are you working?? I don't know that i would accept all responsibility being a new grad. If there was someone there, perhaps another LPN that you can go to if you are not comfortable with...

  8. How often do you do CPR in a skilled nursing facility?

    mel1213 replied to Bala Shark's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello Daytonite! Yes I am new on these forums, I was just kind of surfing the web and found this site to be really interesting! Anyway, I do not doubt that anyone can do their job if they put there...

  9. How do you learn to give injections?

    mel1213 replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Students

    I had to do a practicum in school. Our teacher had given us syringes and vials to practice and showed us how to do it. Than we had to show our teacher how to do it on a dummy. I was a nervous wreck!!!...

  10. How often do you do CPR in a skilled nursing facility?

    mel1213 replied to Bala Shark's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have been working in a SNF for over a year now and is my first job as a nurse. I am just wondering if you are comfortble enough to be put in charge and have all that responsibility of a charge...

  11. Overworked?

    mel1213 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I dont know if I would say overworked more so than understaffed. I work in a nursing home facility and have been an LPN for a year and a few months. I have 26 patients in a wing to be resposible for....

  12. No Job!

    mel1213 replied to ddzwalker's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I know exactly how you feel!! I have graduated from my school in Pa in June 2005 and have been working with the same nursing home since July of 2005, problem....they still have not given me a full...

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

    mel1213 replied to mmr2's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am not really sure the difference in between the two. I know becoming an Rn requires more education. In my experience as only being an LPN for a year, I have seen that LPN get more hands on...