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    Nursing shortage bolony! Let the practicing LPN/LVN's get into school 1st!

    flightnurse2b replied to Chanta2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    the local community college near me where i was enrolled in and had my heart set on the LPN-RN program starting next spring has decided to cut their funding for the bridge program and do away with it...
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    What would you do?

    flightnurse2b replied to TNRad RN's topic in General Nursing

    our facility will also call the police to find the patient. we have a VERY high incidence of IVDA in our community... and having a patent IV would be a really bad thing for one of these patients....
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    whats more family friendly...12 hr shifts or mon-fri 9-5?

    flightnurse2b replied to tamlp's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i prefer my 12 hour shifts. i did my 3 days last week in a row, and now have 4 off in a row to enjoy the rainy holiday weekend....i have the option to pick up more shifts if i want to, but i get all...
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    Incident Reports

    flightnurse2b replied to RheatherN's topic in General Nursing

    did this nurse put D5NS with 20mEq of K on the saline port of the blood tubing set? did he run the blood on normal IV tubing and piggyback the maintenence IVF.... bc like the other posters have said,...
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    ~!~ ...SERIOUSLY ...~!~

    flightnurse2b replied to 2bNurse22*'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i've never really been much of an artist.. but here is how i earned an A in A&P, if it helps. i asked permission from my professor to bring in a digital camera to lab. i took pictures while we...
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    How important is neuro to an LVN/LPN?

    flightnurse2b replied to ZanatuBelmont's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    it's very important, don't ever let anyone sell you short of knowledge. i am NIHSS certified and care for patients with CVA's daily. it is not outside of my scope to perform a neuro check or a...
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    ~!~ ...SERIOUSLY ...~!~

    flightnurse2b replied to 2bNurse22*'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A&P is a huge concept in nursing... it's something you can't really get by without understanding. it helps you see the big picture with your patients and understand disease process. it helps you...
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    flightnurse2b replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    where i went to nursing school, an 80 (which is a B- on most grading scales) was considered an F, if you made an 80 for a class, you went before the academic review board. a C was anything from 81-86,...
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    Scope of Practice--RN LPN CNA

    flightnurse2b replied to KateRN1's topic in Florida Nursing

    have you checked out the mayo clinic? they usually have a few openings. we looked at moving there before we came back to south florida. good luck on your job
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    Unemployement for New Graduate

    flightnurse2b replied to immanuel11421's topic in Florida Nursing

    south florida's a decent place to look if you can stand the crappy working conditions (not all hospitals in south florida have really high ratios, but many of them do). the hospital i work for just...
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    Scope of Practice--RN LPN CNA

    flightnurse2b replied to KateRN1's topic in Florida Nursing

    i know for me as a LPN, some of the things i cannot do are initiate or titrate critical drips (such as insulin, levophed, dopamine, etc...) only resume and monitor after the RN checks it, cannot draw...
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    Scope of Practice--RN LPN CNA

    flightnurse2b replied to KateRN1's topic in Florida Nursing

    i would ask your facility for their scope and P&P. finding the FL RN/LPN nurse practice act is rather difficult, the DOH website is as you said, as useful as a ton of bricks. ALL health care...
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    MRSA again- Are You Kidding Me???

    flightnurse2b replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    here's a good website with information re: MRSA in LTC. http://www.edcp.org/guidelines/mrsa.cfm at my hospital, we consider any kind of MRSA located within bodily fluids a droplet...
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    Reading alot of posts discussing "A" nursing students vs "C" nursing students

    flightnurse2b replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    let's put it this way. there are crappy nurses who get A's, B's, C's and D's in nursing school. there are also wonderful nurses who get A's, B's, C's and D's in nursing school. just because someone...
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    Threatened by Patient Family

    flightnurse2b replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    it's a sad state of affairs, isn't it? i was stalked and harrassed by an ex boyfriend and the cops said they couldn't do anything for me until he actually put his hands on me. i was like thanks guys,...
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    Threatened by Patient Family

    flightnurse2b replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    i was recently standing in the hallway charting when a patient's family member came up to me out of nowhere and grabbed my wrist and threatened that if "the doctor didn't come in 15 minutes she was...
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    What supplies do YOU use to start an IV?

    flightnurse2b replied to rnleigh's topic in Emergency

    thats all my facility carries is 10cc flushes. i usually flush with 5cc and discard the rest.
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    What supplies do YOU use to start an IV?

    flightnurse2b replied to rnleigh's topic in Emergency

    i bring a pre-packaged IV start kit with me (tourniquet, tegaderm, chloraprep, alcohol swab, gauze), two IV caths (usually an 18 and a 20g), a roll of tape, a j-loop and a 10cc flush. it all fits in...
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    Ignorant Stupid Patients

    flightnurse2b replied to KY RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    this is the same at our facility. it is part of our admission history screen. it is a very important aspect of care where i work, because most of the patients are medicaid/medicare and require alot of...
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    Working night shift and keeping up with love

    flightnurse2b replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    we've been on opposite shifts for a while now... i work 7a-7p, and JB works 7p-7a (i'm going to nights soon though, thank god!)... and when we lived in NC, i worked swing shifts (usually 8 hrs) and he...
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    13 and pregnant....

    flightnurse2b replied to RedSox33RN's topic in Emergency

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/ amazing some of the words in
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    Ignorant Stupid Patients

    flightnurse2b replied to KY RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i think it is very easy for us to judge patients when they become frustrating to us. i myself and guilty of wanting to just throw up my hands and say "IF YOU DON'T LISTEN... YOU ARE GOING TO DIE". i...
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    13 and pregnant....

    flightnurse2b replied to RedSox33RN's topic in Emergency

    just shows how important the truth about sex and sex education from both the parents and the school are.... kids are going to have sex regardless of what we tell them. my parents were very open and...
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    What states allow LPN/LVN in the hospitals??

    flightnurse2b replied to jeepgirl97's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    florida hires LPN's in some hospitals and north carolina also hires LPN's in some hospitals. its a facility by facility thing, i think. but i've lived and worked as a LPN in the hospital in both...
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    Of Kittens and Computers

    flightnurse2b replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    awww... what a great story. god bless you for stopping to save that little baby's life!!!! my furbaby turns one soon. she was a sickly little 2 lb stray kitten covered in fleas when we got her. she's...