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Silly questions but have always wanted to ask? What is the longest surgery you have been involved in? And what do you do when you have to pee?

I do homecare for a 3 year old with cronic respitory disstress. We do deep nasal suctioning with a yaunker (does everyone call it that??? it is like a big stick with a whole in the end to suck out the nasal passage) Lately I have noticed others using...

So I have an interview next week on palitive care in our hospital. What shoud I be prepared to answer? I have been an LPN for 5 years but have delt very little with nursing skills. More supervise the aids and charting. What are this skills I could us...

I have been a LPN for 5 years. I have worked in Home Care the whole time. I am looking into other departments, the problem is I really don't know much. I fell like a new grad. They do things totally different in HC and I do know I will have to be tra...

The extra driving time would be about picking up an extra shift every 2 weeks. Is that worth the money? Just think though your work days would be all work and driving. Is that o.k. with you?

I currently have my LPN degree and am getting floated with all these offers for online LPN to BSN what do you think? Does it work?

coolvibes-- So what did you think of it? Would you do it again? Was it really hard? My problem is there are many skills I have not done since nursing school and I am worried I will not remember.

This might be a silly question...but how does working on OB affect your personal life? Has dealing with moms and babies even given you baby fever? I only floated a couple times up there and I already wanted to be pregnant so it just made it worse. Or...

I have a friend that works exculsively with agencies and she has to pretty much know before she starts to work. Orientation is basically just to show her around and explain that facilities policies. Could you work with a temp agency that specializes...

In an ideal world it would be good to be a cna first. But trainning is trainning. Once you get use to any job you can do it. Since you have had such a hard schedule so far I would say keep going. I stopped school for 1 year to work on getting myself...

If you can share what is the strangest (funniest, most unique) request a pt or family memeber has ever aks?

how do you define laboring down?

Amanda ---I can so feel your pain. I am in the same boat as you. I just had a baby and was offered the job of a life time. I have been working for 4 years in a dept that is slow, boring, and get no credit for being able to think. But the schedule is ...

O.k. beleive it or not I am not a new nurse been working for 5 years. But this is something I can't figue out. In doing a deep trach suction how come we can put in a non sterile inner cannula? Considering we use sterile tech and gloves how is it we c...

On a lighter note to this whole sibling thing I would never have my child in with me. She loves to tell "personal family" things to everyone she meets. Like "daddy is constipated...do you know what constipated means?" To the poor unsuspecting mailman...

Hey Lilly lover......I have been thinking about changing dept....I would like to go to OR or FBC. I know everyone says that those are the harder dept to get your foot in the door. How was it for you? Was it your first choice? Is there a lot of down t...

After I get my R.N. degree (am an LPN now) I am going to work Med-Surg. What do you think is the most diffucult skill you have to do? I know everyone will be a little different. Mine probally has to do with the computer charting :roll

At our facility it is against policy (and enforced) to accept anything from the pt....like even a little peice of candy. This could be the real reason.:roll

SHUT UP You are so joking???? Please tell me are? Maybe I don't want to go into OB?

I do what you are talking about. I spend 10 to 12 hours with people who are on a vent or have a trach. They can do this b/c their insurence pays our agency the same daily rate that they would pay a nursing home. They agencey comes what they can with...

Hope this doesn't get too long...just want some feed back. I was 10 days over they decided to induce.....came in a 1.5 cm got pitosin at 7 a.m. at 4 p.m. was feeling hard contractions the pit. was at 18 only dialated to 3. At 7 p.m. asked for epi. st...

I guess it does sound like I really want some medical answers when in reality I just wanted some assurence I didn't give in to easliy. In thinking of women in labor for 40 hours and I throw in the towel after 12. I kind of feel like a failure.:nuke:

I can tell you the two main hosp. in Fargo are Meritcare (meritcare.com) and Innovis (dakotaclinic.com) I think Innovis pays better but Merticare has better benefits. I know on the Meritcare web there is a job line and it lists the hiring scale if yo...

Welcome I work at Meritcare in Fargo. I know that they have great orientation on the E.R. dept. so I wouldn't worry about your laps. We really need nurses at our hosp. It is a great place to work. The benefits are great. Let me know what you decide.....

Hi all I have been an LPN for 4 years. I want to go back to get my Associates RN. I have to take a enterence exam on basic nursing info. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could go to get practice tests or to study for it. I have been working fu...