MedicalLPN

MedicalLPN LPN

Onco, palliative care, PCU, HH, hospice

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  1. Roll Call: Introduce Yourselves, LPNs!

    MedicalLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm 19 I graduated LPN school this past May, before that I was a CNA close to two years and worked in LTC, ALF, and ultimately a medical tele unit in a hospital. I still work on this unit now as an...

  2. What do you write on your pt's bulletin board?

    MedicalLPN replied to Dempather's topic in General Nursing

    We put date, nurse and aide's name up sometimes smiley faces or something festive. I think the quote thing is a cute idea but at the same time if I were a patient and I felt like crap something like...

  3. LTC or Clinic for a new grad?

    MedicalLPN replied to Lovely_RN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LTC and Clinics definately offer many opprotunities to LPN's might want to keep in mind that Corrections usually offers great pay, benefits, and is really interesting, or at least from what I've been...

  4. Nurses' Christmas

    MedicalLPN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Nursing Humor

    Printed this out for my co-workers, they LOVED it, it really describes our unit to a "T" Thanks for sharing it with

  5. Run them at the same time?

    MedicalLPN replied to rnrae's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't give them together through the same IV site. A lot of times I'll have a Zosyn and a Cipro due at the same time, with us Zosyn takes 30 mins to run through and the Cipro 1hr so I just run...

  6. Nurses' Christmas

    MedicalLPN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG That is TOO FUNNY! Love

  7. What Do You LIKE About Being an LPN?

    MedicalLPN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I love the fact that each night I work I learn something new about disease processes, meds, procedures, etc. I love the fact that I get to take care of people. I love being able to hold the hand of...

  8. LPN in trouble......

    MedicalLPN replied to NursePeace's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Where I work in a hospital setting they can, however when I worked in LTC as an aide we were not allowed to do

  9. Too UGLY for Nursing?

    MedicalLPN replied to showbizrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ugh... that reminds me of the time when I was a CNA and was told by a patient that I was "too fat to take care of him", he was a very unpleasant man.... It never ceases to amaze me how superficial and...

  10. Here comes Santa Claus

    MedicalLPN replied to gagezoie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    lol That is just too

  11. Right out of high school.....

    MedicalLPN replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    I went through a CNA course when I was a junior in high school then began an 18 month LPN course through the vocational school when I was a senior, I'm 19 now and an LPN. It was a wonderful...

  12. Could use some advice

    MedicalLPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've been an LPN on a medical telemetry unit for about 7 months now (Time flies!) and I do love my job but it's just not a unit I want to work on forever. A smaller sister facility of ours currently...

  13. Could use some advice

    MedicalLPN replied to MedicalLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for the input! I still haven't made up my mind, deadline for applications is in early december so I still have a few more days to think it

  14. If For One More Day.......

    MedicalLPN replied to military girl's topic in General Nursing

    My mom, whom I lost three years ago when I was 16. She was a certified medical assistant and I used to love listening to her stories and talking about anything and everything related to the medical...

  15. Die Hard Nurse

    MedicalLPN replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    Would I leave my current job over a pay cut? Possibly depending on the circumstances and how big the pay cut was, would I leave nursing as a profession if salaries plummeted for some reason, no I...

  16. Question about infusion rate?

    MedicalLPN replied to mstaylor's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Wow I feel really stupid, the only pre-filled syringes we put on our pumps are the 30ml's of Morphine and Dilaudid for PCA's lol learn something new every

  17. Picc Lines

    MedicalLPN replied to Anicita's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    At my facility only the nursing supervisors or physicians can put a PICC line in and do the dressing change. Other than that, I pull blood off of PICC's and other central's for labs, I give IV push...

  18. LPN school and all the drama that comes with it!!(vent)

    MedicalLPN replied to flower2007's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    God, LPN school for me was made much more difficult due to the insecure gossiping trouble makers in my class! As everyone else has said, try your best to ignore these people. It's very difficult to do...

  19. Help!!!! Psych Meds

    MedicalLPN replied to TruDivaRN's topic in Psychiatric

    For me, I just had to look up the meds and researched them in my free time, drug cards are also a wonderful idea and

  20. NA's not professionals

    MedicalLPN replied to Jabramac's topic in General Nursing

    My personal opinion is as follows: We all worked our butts off to get where we are now, no matter what title you have, it wasn't handed to you. I view all my fellow nurses and fellow CNA's as...

  21. I want to be an R.N. BUT

    MedicalLPN replied to TheDreamJob's topic in Nursing Career

    As others have said LPN isn't required. However, that's the path I took, as a junior in highschool I did the CNA program and as a senior in high school I did the first 9 months of the LPN program...

  22. Lost Nurse

    MedicalLPN replied to Acey's topic in General Nursing

    I work Medical Tele, and I like it but like you I know it's not what I "click" with, I've found that I particulary love having cardiac patients and once my year is up I plan on transfering to a...

  23. Question about infusion rate?

    MedicalLPN replied to mstaylor's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hmm... not really sure what you're talking about, where I work the only meds we infuse that are in prefilled syringes are Dilaudid and Morphine that we use for PCA's. We give Pepcid, Protonix, etc IVP...

  24. Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    MedicalLPN replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    The other night was a night straight from the fiery pits of hell and I was EXHAUSTED lol on my way home I was talking to my friend on my cell phone who is an EMT who had worked that night as well,...

  25. What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    MedicalLPN replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'll be the one who thinks their on a cruise ship and thinks each man in the facility is my husband. I'll start bursting into song and dance at random times and I'll hide under my bed at night and...