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  1. Need Help FAST Please. RE: Inappropriate discharge

    pepperann35 replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a night shift supervisor in LTC in Florida. If the hospital won't admit her, I believe you must take her back. Social services needs to step in and get busy. When she comes back, she has to...

  2. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

    pepperann35 replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    40 is geriatric!??? Oh

  3. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

    pepperann35 replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That baby will keep you young for a loooong time!

  4. O.K.-salary or per hour?

    pepperann35 replied to lesrn2005's topic in Home Health

    I live in Dade City, FL Near Tampa. Are you wanting to do shift work or just

  5. How many of you worked as CNA's before you became LPN/LVN's???

    pepperann35 replied to couldntbhappier's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I worked as a CNA for 2 years before going to LPN school. It helped me greatly. It will help you understand your school work better and it helped me on the state boards. You also have to supervise...

  6. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

    pepperann35 replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think that is just

  7. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

    pepperann35 replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah, me to. I am 41 and have 2 teenaged girls but would like one more. I hope the nurses don't think of me like that if I

  8. I'm a Medications Menace

    pepperann35 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Things may be different in other facilities. I am the night shift supervisor (LPN) The LPN and the RN have virtually the same responsibilities, except an RN is the only one that can mix an IV med....

  9. Console me or Slap me back into reality!!!

    pepperann35 replied to quisqueya's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hello! Sounds like you are having a rough start! I am a night shift supervisor (LPN). CNA's are so badley needed that you may get shifted around to different assignments, especially when you are...

  10. Insulin question

    pepperann35 replied to SNlena's topic in Patient Medications

    I have a patient that is a brittle diabetic. She seems to bottom out about an hour after she urinates. Anybody ever here of such a

  11. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    pepperann35 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    That's how it is here in Florida also. They have regular, non-medically educated, people working in the clinics. They do not want to pay the salary of a LPN or RN. They get away with it. It's not...

  12. Insulin question

    pepperann35 replied to SNlena's topic in Patient Medications

    These things are all very strange....there would be no indication to checks a patients PT/INR if they were not on anticoagulation therapy (baby aspirin and plavix are not indicators for a PT/INR...

  13. Have you ever had a family accuse you of killing their loved one?

    pepperann35 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Sounds like you did everything

  14. Are you paid for orienting someone?

    pepperann35 replied to starbin's topic in General Nursing

    We don't get paid to train new-hires either. It helps to let them do part of the work instead of letting them follow you around. Best way to learn is to jump in there and you are there to help. Why...

  15. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

    pepperann35 replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OMG!!!

  16. You know you work nights when.......

    pepperann35 replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    ....you cannot sleep on your nights off, so you wish they would call you into work........crazy,

  17. Guess what RN's, you didn't need that college degree!!

    pepperann35 replied to welnet66's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yeah, I think they will be hearing from a few of us about

  18. Barriers and advantages with working with other professions

    pepperann35 replied to MM2007's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse, you will work with a multitude of professionals. (Doctors, therapists, dieticians, social workers, etc.) You will learn a lot working with all of them, if that is what you mean. They...

  19. Hospital or LTC Facility???

    pepperann35 replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    I like LTC. I am night shift nursing supervisor (LPN) We have a sub-acute section, plenty of adrenalin there. Family-like atmosphere, as far as the staff goes. Pay is much better than hospital....

  20. LPN phasing out to be QMA's only

    pepperann35 replied to BabyGirl00's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Why don't they just offer to pay for it as they take the courses. That would be a well deserved

  21. LPN phasing out to be QMA's only

    pepperann35 replied to BabyGirl00's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I am a LPN originally from Indiana. I started out as a CNA, then became a QMA and then a LPN. Big difference between the education from a QMA to a LPN. I cannot imagine what they are thinking if...

  22. was this really cause of death?

    pepperann35 replied to dcnballmom's topic in General Nursing

    I am in management at a LTC facility. I am also a LPN. When someone dies or goes the hospital, we have to fill out a form called "possible adverse incident report." It describes what occured during...

  23. For All "NEW" Lpn's Over 50

    pepperann35 replied to mammaoftwo's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am 41, I have been a LTC nurse for 18 years. I see many "older" nurses doing just great, as far a stamina. One nurse, Sue, is 72 and runs rings around most of us! I think it depends on each...

  24. CNA to LPN

    pepperann35 replied to Knorremeisje's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I have been in nursing for 20 years. 3 years as a CNA. The CNA experience made me a much better nurse, but could I have functioned as a competent LPN with just a pharmacogy class?.............no...

  25. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

    pepperann35 replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    $10.95!!! Oh my!!! Hope things