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  1. Michigan process for endorsement....How long will the process be?

    miwachiru123 replied to Futurenurse108's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No, it didn't take two months for me. I sent my application for LPN endorsement when I was living in Virginia. I mailed it the 2nd or 3rd week of January, and I was granted my Michigan license on...

  2. Changing nursing license to another state/Compact States

    miwachiru123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone. I'm currently a nursing student with about 1 year left, and just had a question about my license when I get it. I plan to get my license in the state of Virginia, and was wondering if...

  3. What is your current LPN salary

    miwachiru123 replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    $18.66/hour - grossed $39,500 in 2010. Northern Virginia 20 minutes from Washington D.C. I'm an ER LPN who manages the express care/fast track department with a patient load of

  4. Do nurses learn how to read EKG's and do phlebotomy?

    miwachiru123 replied to TamTammers's topic in General Nursing

    Virginia Hospital Center (in Arlington) I think we could use a few more ER

  5. so I blush really bad...

    miwachiru123 replied to MissDandelion's topic in General Nursing

    I too have the same problem! I'm a pretty fair skinned guy... and at the slightest feeling of embarassment or anxiety I turn bright red almost purple... including my upper chest.. it makes me want to...

  6. lovenox

    miwachiru123 replied to becky0124's topic in Patient Medications

    I've had to give 2 shots of Lovenox in my ER due to the patient's size (since Lovenox dosage is weight based) If I remember correctly the Lovenox we carry only goes up to 100mg in a single

  7. IV forms of Zofran and Decadron given PO???

    miwachiru123 replied to GleeGum's topic in Emergency

    I was confused the first time I was asked to give IV Decadron as a PO med. Pharmacy told me that they do actually carry a Decadron oral suspension, but the alcohol concentration is too high to give to...

  8. Nurses Pre-Mixing and Storing Lidocaine

    miwachiru123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was recently told that we are no longer allowed to do this in our Emergency Room. The old practice was each morning, the nurse would add 2ml Sodium Bicarbonate to a 20ml vial of 1% Lidocaine, then...

  9. Nurses Pre-Mixing and Storing Lidocaine

    miwachiru123 replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry.. The MDs/PAs/NPs use this for local anesthetic pre-suturing or

  10. Nursing phrases

    miwachiru123 replied to oneota's topic in General Nursing

    Gotta love my facility required "scripting" we do with every patient: (Before leaving room for whatever reason) "Is there anything else I can get for you? I have the time" (Of course I don't really...

  11. Coumadin + Cranberry Juice?

    miwachiru123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone. I just got home from the nursing home where we are doing our clinicals, and I have a quick question. Reading through our pt's chart, I noticed that he is taking Coumadin. Our Instructor...

  12. What's going on???

    miwachiru123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone, I'm a new LPN currently on orientation at a fairly busy ER outside of Wash. DC. I work in Express Care "aka the Fast Track" which is where the lower acuity patients are seen (lacs,...

  13. Dear Nurse, What would you like to see from us Student Nurses????

    miwachiru123 replied to MCNS2B's topic in General Nursing

    Not trying to hijack this thread.... But what about some things students would like from their nurses? I just finished LPN school and earned my License, and looking back on clinicals I feel it could...

  14. Clinical Care Tech- Fairfax Hospital

    miwachiru123 replied to calledtodo's topic in General Nursing

    Similar duties to a CNA I suppose. Depends on the floor really. On a Med/Surg floor, you could be doing more vitals and linen changes (for example) than you would do in an ER, where you would be doing...

  15. Hungry Nurse or Troublemaker?

    miwachiru123 replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    If you are given a lunch period, you must be free from all duties. Even if you have partial duties (carrying a pager that you must respond to, or carrying a cordless phone you must answer) then you...

  16. Has anyone gone to the Medical Careers Institute

    miwachiru123 replied to Justyxox's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I already replied to a similar thread... Read my post here: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/anyone-going-medical-386438.html

  17. Does my ER actually triage?

    miwachiru123 posted a topic in Emergency

    I just don't understand... is my ER actually "triaging" people.. or are we just taking their vitals and writing down their chief complaint? Everything at my ER is first come first served. doesnt make...

  18. Stethoscope cleaning

    miwachiru123 replied to CanuckStudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Not sure what kind of wipes your institution uses... But I used Cavi Wipes on my Littmann Stethoscope, and it made the tubing feel all sticky and disgusting after it dried. I washed it off with water...

  19. Gay male nurses?

    miwachiru123 replied to mitakashi's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm gay and I think this is actually very

  20. is anyone going to Medical Careers Institute in Richmond VA??

    miwachiru123 replied to evtykylu's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Stay away from this school. Go directly for your RN. You will thank me later... I attended the Manassas campus. Took me a year and a half, and I got my LPN license first time around taking the NCLEX....

  21. How does your facility handle Lidocaine?

    miwachiru123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone, I just have a few comments/questions about Lidocaine. At my ER, we usually would draw up 1% Lidocaine, buffer it with bicarb, and label syringes and put them away in a locked cabinet...

  22. How does your facility handle Lidocaine?

    miwachiru123 replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    This is actually the reason that our current practice was stopped. The lido is buffered with bicarb, then labeled with whats in it, the date, time, and initals. Then the syringes were stored away in...

  23. What would you have done?

    miwachiru123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I went to the Free Clinic in my area this evening to volunteer, as I have been doing the past 3 months. They are always short on Nurses and need them to do Triage and Screening for the patients....

  24. What would you have done?

    miwachiru123 replied to miwachiru123's topic in General Nursing

    An old thread I hate to revive, but I just am now reading replies and people are very confused. Yes, I misused the word "triage". What I meant is, asking their chief complaint and taking vitals. That...

  25. which littman for the ER?

    miwachiru123 replied to kadell's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Not to make you scared or nervous.... but I currently am an ER nurse. Sometime it gets so busy and hectic, and so many different people going through there. It is EASY to lose your stethoscope, no...