tattooednursie LVN

I have been a CNA in my current workplace for 6 years (LTC). I have been out of nursing school for 5 months, and I just started working in the same place as an LVN on the 14th of this month. I always knew it was going to be hard, but I had no idea i...

First off, let me start by saying, I am blessed with a group of *mostly* very good CNA's. We are a team, and when I am on I am respected as a team leader, and the respect is returned to the hard working CNA's. I normally do not have this issue. This...

Awwww!!! Thank you. (hugs)

I walk actually. I have the blessing/curse of living 4 doors down from the facility I work at.

VERY small community here. . .and it's not always a good thing. There truely are a lot of us who have eachothers back, but would not put eachother in a position of detriment. The hard thing is when they do turn on you, which most I have faith would n...

Very true. I think that what was meant to be said is SOME CNA's have no concept. Not all of them by any means. Like I began my post, I am blessed with a group of mostly good CNA's who are worth their weight in gold. Both CNA work and nursing are ver...

Uhh, yeah. . . In late July I had a very personal health issue in the middle of a day shift. It was sudden and unexpected. Granted, it was only obvious that others present knew what was going on, and I did discuss what happened with a few people, thi...

I actually have the opposite problem. I have difficulty sleeping before the sun comes up. Yet, I still must do days here and there. . . Which really screws me up. Put cardboard or black plastic over your window. It will block out a lot of light.

Thank you all. I appreciate your support on this issue.

You're not alone there at all. It does not matter who you are in the medical profession, we are also human beings with emotion. Sometimes it does put a patient more at ease when they can see, and feel in their hearts that someone does care for them. ...

Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! Sick!!!!!! I'll tell ya. . . I think I have lost my appetite for the day! Let me print this out and put it on my fridge. Could be the latest diet trick for me. Okay, I have a story for ya. . . . . There was an agency nurse who would wa...

Maybe its chocholate breast milk . . . J/k . . . had to say it . . . Really I am stumped, I have not heard of that before.

There is a time to have fun at work. How else could we survive our job, but that time is NOT while taking care of a patient. If the patient was IN the photo's, that could be considered a HIPPA violation.

:idntdt: LOL Or sometimes after a day like that. . . its just more fun to pass the buck. (Sarcasm intended)

I am an LVN working in the same place where I had been a CNA for 6 years. I will be honest, the transition was hard for me. At first quite a few of the CNA's would not listen to anything I asked them to do, and had no respect for me as a nurse. I did...

Hmmm. . . .havn't tried that one. I really don't think I would have the time. . .and that is just not something to do while you are supposed to be taking care of patients.

Very well said.

When I read the first reply to this thread . . .I knew it was going to get ugly. . . Let me share a bit of info here. . . I am an LVN, and I am proud to say that I am. A lot of LVN's do work their way up to RN. I chose to do it this way, as I wanted...

A nurse is a nurse. RN/LVN is the scope of practice, and level of education.

When the time has come for their PRN pain pill, and they were skipping up and down the hall giggling and laughing with everyone they come in contact with five minutes ago, a sudden 10/10 pain occurs. . ."Oh my, good dramatization. A little more pract...

When you are giving a tube feeding via kangaroo pump, and it is not flowing correctly, it is probably the pump. DON"T SQUUZE THE DARN BAG!!! I had a yucky, stucky, nasty shower of jevity. I had to go home and wash my hair!!! While doing a rectal tube...

I have the same issue. Doing most tasks I wear gloves, but if I have a non invasive contact I simply wash and dry my hands. It really helps calm down the sweating for a short about of time, and if there was moisture felt . . . they will think it was ...

WAY TO GO!!!! I am very happy for you!!!!

You have to look for the pro's and cons of doing both. Personally I did the LVN first to make sure nursing is what I wanted to do before putting fourth the effort to get my RN. Also, I feel that is is good to know what it is like on every step of the...