postmortem_cowboy

postmortem_cowboy

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  1. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Duely notable Mud, and there's not a whole lot we can do about it either. I'd love to see a true union come to california, one that will actually do something more than just be a figure for the...

  2. Med surg LPN

    postmortem_cowboy replied to angelkay's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Too true, fair enough. And they let you hang piggy's as a PN??? That's a first. I think you'll find there's alot of different ways to do just about everything. I've seen RN's that hang PB meds in...

  3. Stand up if you're not in it for the money!

    postmortem_cowboy replied to eldragon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks pagan... but the Nightingale for our class was fully due her honor, although I might see myself as "good" this girl was great. And although many Nursing programs may not give out this type of...

  4. Stand up if you're not in it for the money!

    postmortem_cowboy replied to eldragon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    El... this might just be the case, you have to let it go and be the best nurse you can be. No matter what you say to a person such as this, it won't be good enough. Michael burnt bridges with alot of...

  5. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I hear ya' Commuter... it's simply ridiculous... I sort of feel like I wasted a year of my life, could have been doing this in an RN program and just bypassing my LVN altogether. However I...

  6. LPN Clinical Experiences

    postmortem_cowboy replied to Rainscape's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Be thankful that you aren't doing CNA work all the way through. In my vocational school, we had patient care up till the last half of the last quarter, we still had bed baths, we still had feedings,...

  7. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah tell me about it karyn... I lost my registry job back in september and started sending my resume out, 30 a week or more, found a part time job doing flu shot clinics, figured that would do till...

  8. DO LVNs GET RESPECT?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to lookingforward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Bravo Fiona! Thank you for so eloguently stating that. As a degree holder in another area, a veteran of the US armed services I appreciate it. I spent three years in the Army, got out, decided I...

  9. Stand up if you're not in it for the money!

    postmortem_cowboy replied to eldragon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Two things el... #1 Just because a person can do the "job/tasks" of a CNA, doesn't make them good at it. #2 Just because they are a fellow student of yours in a program, doesn't make them a good...

  10. Stand up if you're not in it for the money!

    postmortem_cowboy replied to eldragon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Some of what we do as nurses is far less than glamorous. I do believe that those who work under our licenses, need guidance as to the processes that are taking place. No patient should be made to...

  11. Med surg LPN

    postmortem_cowboy replied to angelkay's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Very true pagan, but my point was, that the LVN/LPN program is a preparation to be a med/surg nurse. Unless there are circumstances that she/he needed a refresher, there isn't a need for one. My...

  12. Med surg LPN

    postmortem_cowboy replied to angelkay's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You need a refresher course for med/surg? Your whole LVN/LPN experience in school was preparation enough to get you in the door and get you going. There's not a whole lot a refresher course can do...

  13. Stand up if you're not in it for the money!

    postmortem_cowboy replied to eldragon's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I started on my journey, I was an EMT. My partner and I went out on a call, took report, and learned this patient was heading home to die at the patient and doctors request. The patient didn't...

  14. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    A'FRICKEN MEN TO THAT!!!

  15. DO LVNs GET RESPECT?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to lookingforward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Gee, with nurses like that who needs enemies? Ok, we're overglorified CNA's now? how so I ask? When it too me 12 months of straight no breaks 8-5 didactic and 6-3 clinical for a YEAR to even get the...

  16. LPN Home Care

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

    Personally speaking, with the few home visits I had to make as an auditor (OASIS), due to RN's not being in the area for an IV problem and I was the only IV certed nurse that was available to do them....

  17. Lpn

    postmortem_cowboy replied to nhlkyn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LOLOLOL...

  18. Guess this chief complaint

    postmortem_cowboy replied to ernurse61's topic in Emergency

    Probably the wait... lol...:roll Seems to me that's the biggest ER complaint of all. Personally I love it when they bring someone in for a fever of 99.9 wait for forever, and then get discharged...

  19. Pt demanded a stronger pain med

    postmortem_cowboy replied to AstrosFan's topic in Emergency

    I had a patient that came into ER one night, stated she was terminal with cancer via an ambulance, and that her hospice hadn't come out and that her "ovarian cancer" was giving her pain 10/10, yet all...

  20. DO LVNs GET RESPECT?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to lookingforward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    ^5 to pagan!!!! It's like when you tell someone who has no clue what an LVN is, they ask... "so are you a nurse?" then you have to go through and explain what the difference is between 'em. Being a...

  21. Lpn

    postmortem_cowboy replied to nhlkyn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hey commuter?? do you have that answer saved somewhere to copy paste? lolol...

  22. DO LVNs GET RESPECT?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to lookingforward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes I do agree! Personally, I tend to see the humor in things. It's my opinion that an RN that doesn't like LVN's, is afraid. Either they're afraid we're better at what we can do than they are at...

  23. DO LVNs GET RESPECT?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to lookingforward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    HAHA... your all the way up north from me... lol... if you were down south i'd say where do I put the application in at... lol...

  24. DO LVNs GET RESPECT?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to lookingforward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    And I totally agree with that. Some LVN students I was in nursing school with that were CNA's were awesome, and some were lazy, some that had no experience whatsoever were better nurses than those of...

  25. DO LVNs GET RESPECT?

    postmortem_cowboy replied to lookingforward's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    "I think some of preceptions of LVN's start in nursing school. I am an LVN in an ADN program and there have been a few comments made in class by the instructors regarding LVN's and we have had...