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gentlegiver ASN, LPN, RN

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  1. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    gentlegiver replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A friend told me this one. An EMT arrived at the scene of a DUI accident to find a car parked inside the showroom of a furniture store. The driver was banged up but unhurt, when asked why he was...

  2. Nursing Shortage? Yeah right...

    gentlegiver replied to Luvelyone's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hospitals don't consider LPN's to be Nurses, here in Massachusetts they train CNA's to do the LPN job ( except passing meds) for less money. Why pay a new grad LPN $15/hr when you can pay a CNA $10...

  3. My Feet Are SCREAMING!!!

    gentlegiver replied to pagandeva2000's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My feet burn, but what is worse is the pain I have from my thighs & calf form pushing that darn Med Cart all over the unit. Most of the wheels go off in different directions making control very...

  4. Do you shower when you get off work???

    gentlegiver replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    My kids say I smell like old people when I get home. So a shower is a must even if it was a germ free

  5. Are LPN's considered "real" Nurses??

    gentlegiver posted a topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I am an LPN, I am proud to have completed the courses required to get my licence. It wasn't easy working full time while going to school full time and raising 2 daughters on my own. When I passed...

  6. Stabbed in the Back for the First Time..

    gentlegiver replied to TopazLPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are not being naive, this "type of thing" is not caused by the pressure the nurse is under. When ever I am called to the scene of an incident or fall I make sure to start the paper work charting...

  7. nursing caps

    gentlegiver replied to biker nurse's topic in General Nursing

    A Nurse's cap is called her "Dignity", I for one would be proud to wear mine for something other than graduation. It sits in the closet gathering dust, kinda sad that a big part of our history is...

  8. Nurse Pride

    gentlegiver replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I second this motion! :monkeydance:

  9. Nurse Pride

    gentlegiver replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with that is that the LPN course is a certificate course, so you would be saying that we (LPN"S) are not "real" Nurses. which I would have to disagree with. I like the NCLEX idea

  10. Nurse Pride

    gentlegiver replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    strong back, gentle hands, loving

  11. Song lyrics that remind you of nursing...

    gentlegiver replied to grace90's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about "Thier coming to take me away"! Fits most nights on our med/psyc

  12. Who Has a Better Social Life? Days or Nights?

    gentlegiver replied to NurseRotten's topic in General Nursing

    What's a "social life"?? Does it include using the bathroom when necessary, or, eating a meal slowly?? If it does then I want

  13. Yelled at by a doctor for the first time....

    gentlegiver replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My first time having to call a Dr (after I got my licence) and he went balistic on me! I made my voice sound like I was crying and told him I was a brand new nurse and would never call another Dr...

  14. big bad nursing myths busted

    gentlegiver replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Having experienced this, I am sorry to say it is true. However this "young" developed teeth and bites back so it doesn't happen to much

  15. Is it just me or are agency nurses not treated very nicely?

    gentlegiver replied to AmyRN1227's topic in Agency Nurses

    I too am an agency nurse. I get to my assignment 15 minutes (or more) before shift start, this relaxes the nurse I'm replacing and I get all questions answered w/o problems or attitude. Also if the...

  16. From a Prez of a LVN Association

    gentlegiver replied to Jenny99's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You say that we need to get active, I would love to know how this can be done. In Massachusetts I know RN's have a union but if LPN's have one thier keeping it secret fromother

  17. It's Math Time

    gentlegiver replied to star10's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I called on my older brother (an RN with 25 yrs experience) to help with the math. He told me he hadn't used it since completing classes. But did say to just bone up on basic conversions, I did and I...

  18. Tips in Fundamentals of Nursing

    gentlegiver replied to josinda421's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Relax, take a deep breath and trust your brain. I had a teacher once who pointed out that when I "corrected" my answer I usually changed from the correct one to the incorrect one. He told me to do...

  19. what an lpn does at work

    gentlegiver replied to molyy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The big question is what can't an LPN do. Here the diference between RN & LPN is the LPN can't Hang Blood, Do IV pushes, pronounce someone dead. Other than that, if it needs to be done, we do

  20. Heated discussion in class....

    gentlegiver replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I got a $300.00 bonus, paid 1/2 after 3 months then the other 1/2 after 6 months. Around here RN's get up to $2500.00 depending where they work. Hardly worth signing for as I lost the advantage in...

  21. Are you Man Enough to be an OB nurse?

    gentlegiver replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Men in Nursing

    When going thru clinicals, we had a young male student who was assigned a pt who was a twin to Cristy Brinkley (in her younger days) he had to go teach her how to breast feed her newborn. We weren't...

  22. You know you're a male RN when......

    gentlegiver replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    Iwonder how come it got entered

  23. You know you're a male RN when......

    gentlegiver replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

  24. You know you're a male RN when......

    gentlegiver replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

  25. Working while in LPN school full time?? who did it.

    gentlegiver replied to flower2007's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm a single Mom. I worked full time for the first 6 months while going to school. It was killer, the last 4 months I worked about 24 hours a week. My 2 girls were a big support, even helping out...