flightnurse2b LPN

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    Gulanick care plan book, anyone familiar?

    flightnurse2b replied to R.Romero's topic in General Students

    i used the gulanick book while i was in school (it came highly recommended to me) and i really found it very, very helpful. i got it for less than $10 on ebay and i really got my money's worth out of...
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    Do LVN's really make nothing (minimum wage)?

    flightnurse2b replied to hcer4507's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i make $23.50 per hour (plus night diff/weekends) and work 3 12 hour shifts per week. it averages to be around $43,000 per year. not too bad of a deal if you ask
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    I witnessed the most horrible death last night at a LTC facility.

    flightnurse2b replied to stdntograd06's topic in General Nursing

    i'm sorry all that happened and i know it was a hard thing to watch. it really sounds like your hands were tied. my personal opinion is that i find it hard to believe that a hospice nurse would...
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    Nobody answers the floor phones

    flightnurse2b replied to retiredlady's topic in General Nursing

    we have three unit secretaries at night for the entire hospital. they do the best that they can in answering the phones, as do we if we are at the desk. if we are calling a physician, we are expected...
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    Magnet and the "Hilton Hospital" Mentality

    flightnurse2b replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    no, we aren't magnet status. and yes, we are hilton hospital mentality. too many examples to even
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    Enough is Enough

    flightnurse2b replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    amen to your post. we just had another class regarding HCAHPS because our scores are not high enough and since we are an almost entirely medicaid/medicare facility, that hits us where it hurts i...
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    Sticking with nursing as a career and not becoming homicidal. How?

    flightnurse2b replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    :redpinkhe made you smile, didn't it? and......... now i got you back for rick rolling
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    Sticking with nursing as a career and not becoming homicidal. How?

    flightnurse2b replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    cheer up, eriks. here's a picture i like to look at when i am feeling kind of down in the dumps. always makes me laugh: http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh
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    Patient's family that lies and blames everything on staff....

    flightnurse2b replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    i'm sorry you had to deal with people like this... but i am so glad your director did not pat them on the head for abusing you and recognized that they were the problem. i had a family member like...
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    Jobs for New RN's

    flightnurse2b replied to Tellison68's topic in Florida Nursing

    Fort Pierce, FL (near west palm) lawnwoodmed.com Graduate Nurse Mentorship Program, October 2009(Job Number: 00102-) Florida-South Florida-Lawnwood Regional Medical Cntr-St. Lucie County Schedule:...
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    Ever stuck your foot in your mouth in front of a patient/visitor?

    flightnurse2b replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    i had a patient who was young, in his 40's, who had a frequent visitor that looked like she was in her 70's or 80's. she would bring him all kinds of food and sit with him and help him with his ADL's....
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    Let me be clear there is NO nursing shortage!!!!!!!!! and now THIS????

    flightnurse2b replied to JoblessRN's topic in General Nursing

    i live in south florida and we are really hiring.. we are chock full of travelers and agency nurses because we have no staff! and we just finished a new grad mentorship program that will be running...
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    Can someone please take him

    flightnurse2b replied to Diaper's topic in General Nursing

    there has got to be a facility for detox somewhere in your state that is not private pay only. maybe a state run hospital? i can only imagine what his mother is going through---it's awful how many...
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    low census sucks!!!

    flightnurse2b replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    we have had no slow down this summer at all. i live in south florida and usually summer time our census is a bit lower than usual bc all the snowbirds are home.... but we have been full to the max,...
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    Who HATES the term MURSE?

    flightnurse2b replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    we have a sticky on our fridge since JB's friends like to give him lip about being a nurse. it was in a nursing calendar we got a couple years ago and he liked it so he kept it. it says: "don't call...
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    I can't handle it when kittens die...how can I be a nurse?

    flightnurse2b replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    you'll do just fine in nursing. i am sorry to hear about your fur babies. death of an animal for me is much harder to watch than death of an adult patient. children and babies are very hard for me,...
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    Nurses providing good "service"?

    flightnurse2b replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    if i were to treat them like my own family member, i would tell them to comply with their treatment, not eat a bunch of crap, take their pills, and be nice to their nurses. last time my grandma was in...
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    Nurses providing good "service"?

    flightnurse2b replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    i had a patient last time i worked that when i came in had a blood glucose of 696. i called the doc and got orders for more insulin and was checking the pt's accucheck every hour. pt's mom comes in...
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    How do I explain that I'm "JUST" a LPN ??

    flightnurse2b replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    don't ever say you are "just" an LPN. you worked very hard for that and you should be very proud. we are a very important part of the patient care team. here's a saying that i kind of live my life...
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    Nurses providing good "service"?

    flightnurse2b replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    i am so sick of hearing about pt satisfaction and to treat patients as the customers and blah blah blah. since when did nurse equate to maid and waitress. i am not working at the holiday inn. my...
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    Give pt 1 can of beer w/each meal

    flightnurse2b replied to LPN_2005/RN_10's topic in General Nursing

    our docs can write orders for beer or cocktails with meals. they definately do it to help prevent DT's and withdrawl.... especially in very long term ETOH-ers. since we have alot of traumas, esp on...
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    ECPI?????????? Please Comment???

    flightnurse2b replied to henryswife's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    i had an advantage because i was a paramedic so i was already working in a health care facility and they hired me on as a LPN. my first job was on a med/surg GI unit, making $20 an hour. the job i...
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    ECPI?????????? Please Comment???

    flightnurse2b replied to henryswife's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    i graduated last year from the night program. feel free to send me a msg if you have any questions.
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    ECPI?????????? Please Comment???

    flightnurse2b replied to henryswife's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    not to mention you met one of the coolest chicks ever~! i miss
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    Why Do Nurses Write: "no new orders received"?

    flightnurse2b replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    this is how VO/TO's work at my hospital. it's a pretty good system. i'll listen to the orders and either put doc on speaker phone or say "can you please hold and repeat that to another nurse?" and...