KaroSnowQueen

Been an LPN for 30 years. 1984-5, LTC 1985-88, Stayed home with my kids 1988-1990 LTC 1990-91, Agency working for 2 hospitals 1991-2001, LTC 2001-2007, hospital 2007-2014, reviewed claims major insurance co Right now, am unemployed and taking summer off to relax, draw my unemployment $$ and spend time with grandkids. Probly look for a job in August and see what turns up.

I've been an LPN for literally 30 years and my pay has been stalled in the $20-22 range for over 10 years. Even tho I have hospital experience in almost all areas except L&D, surgery and cardiac ICU, and feel I am an asset to any team, it appears a seasoned LPN isnt considered nearly as good as a fresh, inexperienced BSN who doesn't have much thinking on her feet confidence.......Grrrrrr!

Im glad you didnt take it - $15K is not worth the implied heartache I see in that job!

Not sure whats going on with you, dont know if Illinois is a compact state. Or if your current state is. Oops, just saw Indy, nope not compact, darn it. I think I'd hit up a payday loan place and try for the travel place. Or ask them if they'd wait for me to establish residency in compact state and take a travel job in that or another compact state. Just a couple ideas off the top of my head....

As an LPN of 30 years, get your ADN first. Period. If I had it to do over, I would.

Like someone else said...an anonymous phone call.....Hello, police? I'm at Blahblah ER and that child rapist dude is HERE saying he's some John Doe. For God's sake get here before they let him go!!!!!.....click. My conscience would be clear and HIPAA be d*mned. Of course I've been a nurse since God was a kid and YMMV.

I, too, had horrible teeth. My parents had horrible teeth, taught me their fear of the dentist and gave me sodapop since infancy! I had my first tooth pulled at 14. Over the years, I would go to the dentist on an emergency basis, get 1 or 2 or 3 teeth fixed or pulled. Finally, I got all my teeth fixed between ages 45 and 50, and now see the dentist twice a year, with no issues for 5 years . I have ended up with 7 back teeth pulled, three crowns, but still have my own teeth. In my case, I gave up sugary soda around age 45 and that helped mt dental health. In my case, I'm glad I have my own teeth. My dad got dentures in his late 30s, and I was raised to think that was normal.

I was given this diagnosis several years ago. A few years later, I was also diagnosed, nearly simultneously, with diabetes, autoimmune thyroid disease, and arthrittis. A couple of years after that, I broke my leg in a freak accident, and developed compartment syndrome, which beat childbirth and kidney stones hands down for severe pain I wouldnt wish on anyone. The broken leg and its aftermath increased my pain tolerance. What used to be pain I would rate 6 or 7 is now a 3 in my mind. The everyday pains are still there, but now I never get the flares where I have excruciating muscle pains all over my body anymore.

This happened to me, I filled out an online aplication, got a call almost immediately. 'Oh, that position, and all others like it, are already filled, HOWEVER, would you be interested in...?' No, I would NOT!!! I am in your general area, too.

Every year, when i worked in a nursing home, we went down the halls passing out flu shots like Halloween candy. And every single year, at least one, usually two or three, occasionally more of the patients would get sick as a dog and die. The families would look bewildered, "But we gave Meemaw the flu shot, how did this happen??!??" Now I may be blonde but I know what I saw. When my 84 year old grandmother was dying of emphysema she did not get the flu shot . Her doctors were horrified and tried to shame me into it. She never got the flu. I never get the flu and I never take the shot. You can tell me that the flu shot is made with a dead germ all you want, I will not believe it. You may think Im a little on the nutty side but I do not believe everything I am told. I use my own experience to make my decision, and I am so glad my employer does not mandate flu shots.

Some of us are not cut out for home health, me being one of them. It is just not my cup of tea. Perhaps it isn't yours either. Keep looking, you'll find your niche!