andrewsgranny ASN, RN

Ya'll I really need some advice. I have a 2 1/2 yr. old grandson. Sunday pm he was a normal 2 y/o then he woke up monday c/o a belly ache. Then started throwing up about 2 times. He went back to sleep on the floor, but was just flacid. Ok went to the...

Hi All, I am an LPN in an office for 10yrs. 1 doc. and 1 nurse (me) Maybe he's like all of them I dunno but this guy is so wishy washy and makes up new rules as he goes. Get this I have rarely missed a day in 10 yrs. No kid programs, working with bro...

If he is so horrible, why have you worked there ten years? You have to know the whole story. When I started working for him, he was actually working in a practice setting, but for a local hospital. I was paid by the hospital for 8 yrs. then 2 yrs. ag...

West Tennessee here too. I actually live in Martin, and work in Union City. WOOO Hooo whata small world.

Tennessee sounds good to me.....CORNY huh? Oh well thats where I'm at. I live in NW Tennessee. Fairly mild winters and summers. I live in a small town, but I am 1 hour from Jackson Tn. one way and 1 Hour from Paducah Ky. in the other direction. I am ...

I am an LPN x 12 yrs. and I work in a Dr.'s office. I've been there 81/2 years. And in my area there are no RN's in the office, if so it's rare! Even in the cardiologist office's. I think the reason for this is the pay. Rn's can get better pay ANYWH...

Wow, thanks for the refresher course. Your reply was even more than I could have expected. His bicarb level is back up to normal. He is back to his old self. However, I'm afraid that he will go down again and it will all be the same. I have some stud...

No Complaint, but this is true. A long time ago I worked for an older Dr. we lived in a very small Tennessee town We saw alot of what I call" Loretta Lynn" pts. Anyway.... One day a lady brought her 13 y/o daughter in and she was c/o vaginal pain, a...

I have been an LPN for almost 13 yrs. When I started, I was working full time in a popular resturant in management. I thought I could go to school full time 8am-2pm Mon-Fri. work 3-11 at the resturant raise 3 kids ages 2,5 and 6 plus a husband. Well ...

I cant see anything.

We had our madatory HIPPA inservice too. I work in a clinic and did you know that the drug reps who call on our office know how many times and to who we write their rx. to? So if they come in and say "well Dr. smith, are you using celexa these days?"...

Yes, some Dr's are ATB. freaks. and some dont want to give them at all. In our clinic we have alot of people with C/O allergies and think they have to have ATB's to get better. No S/S of infection,just have to have the ATB. Its usually the older popu...

I'd like to add my 2 pennies here.... Yes I am a smoker. I'm not proud, my employer does not know that I smoke. I never smoke at work or in my car or in my home when my grandbaby is there. I am a selective smoker but still a smoker. But here's my bee...

Coumadin 7.5mg bid sounds like way too much to me. I dont think I would sit on this one.

I couldnt understand him. It sounded to me like Bart Simpsons dad on a good drunk.

Also tylenol will increase your liver enzymes. We have had the same problem with a patient of ours and all the tests including Hep.and gallbladder came back neg. Come to find out it was a virual infection.. Anyway hope you figure it out.

I agree Leigh..... It seems as if the 6th graders who wrote this hoop-la not only lack integrity or have been seriously mis-informed, but they as well may have been lead to believe that the initals LPN stands for licensed practically a nurse. I wou...

badbird, tha is the same thisng my dad said to me. He said " dont worry about what you cant control." My dad has since passed away, but I keep those words close to me at all times. Sometimes it dont help, but I'm still learning. He was a very WISE ma...

Hi Brandy, I have not had this surgery, But I have 3 pts. @ my clinic who have had it done. 1 just as recent as March 2002. She has lost 150 lbs. so far. The others had it done before we knew them and lost alot of weight and have put 1/2 back on. Bu...

trauma: I am from Tn. too I'm an LPN x 11yrs. work in a Dr.'s office Mon-Fri. no weekends/holidays. I'm the only nurse. We have a staff of 4 which includes the Dr. I make 13.00/hr. The pay sucks. But the stress is a minimum. I read these posts and th...

LPN 11 years DR's office (internal medicine) Tennessee 13.00 no weekends/no holidays Thats way low. Good thing we dont have a state tax here as well. gallon of milk 2.29. Gas 1.48/gal No lottery so I cant even dream of making 92k. :scrying:

==lol thats funny. And you would know that soomeone would have to witness you falling on your face==lol

Hey Mandi, I'll reply here. Speaking of falling, When I worked in L&D it was about 2am we had the mother on the table, daddy positioned above her head and we were all waiting on the Dr. Well at 2am the Dr. isnt in a hurry, and the mother got the...

Diabetes is such a complicated issue these days, especially to our senior citizens. If I get a new onset diabetic today, then I can coach them on NEW issues, and teach them what to expect so they will know they aren't failing etc. But as for my older...

I am so sorry to hear what you and your family are going through. I agree with the others Re: tough love. You have to put your foot down. We live by my dads rules, He would say "If you live under my roof, you live with my rules" I would hate to hear ...