MedicalLPN

MedicalLPN LPN

Onco, palliative care, PCU, HH, hospice

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  1. Why is mental illness considered pts. fault?

    MedicalLPN replied to mrs.captain.kangaroo's topic in Psychiatric

    I too as a nurse struggle with mental illness. I have Bipolar type II disorder that has been treatment resistant to the mainstream drugs used for this disorder. I have a total of three...

  2. Should A Future LPN Become Certified In Nursing Assistance?

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

    Working as a CNA on a medical unit helped me out in nursing school in SO many ways! I already had my basic skills down pat and since the hospital I work at trains CNA's to do advanced skills such as...

  3. Are there any meds to help uncontrolled A-fib that dont dorp pressure?

    MedicalLPN replied to TooterIA's topic in General Nursing

    Not trying to be rude or anything, but why on earth did the MD have a comfort care patient on a dopamine drip to begin

  4. Does anyone regret becoming an LPN?

    MedicalLPN replied to wefdm21's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I don't regret becoming an LPN, I'm supporting myself and working in an exciting wonderful career while my friends are spending $35,000 in tuition each semester to go to class hung over, high, or not...

  5. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    MedicalLPN replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yeah I'd work, but then again I don't have children. I can certainly understand parents not coming in so they can take care of their kids, and since i'm the only nurse on my unit without kids I guess...

  6. Unsafe Nurse/Patient Ratio?

    MedicalLPN replied to lamp's topic in Medical-Surgical

    In my opinion, 19 patients on for two nurses on a medsurg floor is way way too

  7. Test Your Knowledge

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

    As always, excellent point Commuter, Plus every State and every facility is different as far as policy goes and what may be the correct answer in your facility or state may not be correct in another....

  8. What exactly is so bad about Med Surg?

    MedicalLPN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a Medical Tele floor, and most nights I love it. We get such a wide variety you never know what you're going to get. It is frustrating getting the same detox patients every few months who...

  9. Keeping the Balance

    MedicalLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! I've been an LPN for about 6 months, I work at a hospital on a busy medical telemetry unit. I'm having a really hard time balancing my personal life and my professional life. I find myself at...

  10. Keeping the Balance

    MedicalLPN replied to MedicalLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for responding with such good advice. I do need to find a balance, as much as I love nursing I need to have a social life as well. So far I've got some overtime this week, but they've...

  11. What is Your Daily Routine?

    MedicalLPN replied to abundantjoy07's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work night shift as well. I'll just give you my routine assuming that I have no admissions and no patients going critical. I start off getting at work at around 1830 get report at 1845 and head out...

  12. Floor CNA vs RN compare and contrast

    MedicalLPN replied to divokevan's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I just graduated from LPN school this past May before that I was a CNA for two years working in LTC, and ultimately on a medical unit at a busy hospital where I'm now a staff nurse. The difference...

  13. Hard to get specialty area jobs??

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

    The OB unit where I work at likes to utilize LPNs as scrub techs for c-sections and also uses them to work the floor as well. Occasionally we have openings in Peds and in the ER for an LPN but the...

  14. This year's New Grads.. How much did you start with?

    MedicalLPN replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    LPN in VA working on a medical unit $13 base pay $3 shift diff, not bad for

  15. Fatigue and floor nursing

    MedicalLPN replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    I can really relate, I work night shift weekends, friday saturday and sunday 7pm-7am by the time Monday roles around I am completely toasted! I was supposed to work last night, slept all day as usual,...

  16. Med-Surg CNAs

    MedicalLPN replied to amanda1229's topic in Medical-Surgical

    As a CNA I worked in LTC, assisted living, and ultimately on a Medical unit at a hospital which I stayed at as an LPN. The difference is night and day. In LTC I would have anywhere from 20-30 total...

  17. Thinking of droping out.

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

    Oh lord, I can sympathize with your situation. The people in my class were horrible! To be honest it was 18 months of hell, and there were times I was tempted to abandon my dream simply because the...

  18. What do you think of this ratio?

    MedicalLPN replied to HealthyRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a medical telemetry floor, on night shift we take 4-6 patients with an average of 5 pts, we do have 1-2 wonderful aides depending on census. We get a wide variety of pts on our floor, from...

  19. Your A LPN, Sooo.....

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

    At my facility in VA most of the RN's with about 3-5 years experience make about $10 more an hour than me not including shift diffs, which the shift diffs for RN's are double what they are for

  20. Why do I always hear, why are you ONLY doing LPN?

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

    *vent* Sometimes I swear, that if I have ONE MORE person ask me "Well, when are you getting your RN?" I'm going to scream! I'm 19 years old, graduated from LPN school 5 months ago, tried classes this...

  21. The Winds have Changed

    MedicalLPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wow, it's amazing how sometimes things just don't work out how you planned. Here I am 4 months out of LPN school had started working on my general courses for my associate's degree while working full...

  22. The Winds have Changed

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

    Thank you all so much for your support. Sorry it took me so long to reply, I was hospitilized for the past few days which has caused me yet another setback. I talked to my manager today who is...

  23. Back to the Grindstone!

    MedicalLPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi all. I just graduated LPN school this past may and work weekend nights (fri, sat, sun) on a medical tele unit. Tomorrow is my first day of school at the local community college, I'm working on my...

  24. Does Grief Counseling hurt people?

    MedicalLPN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Have to respectfully disagree with you, if I wouldn't have gotten therapy after I found my mother dead when I was 16 I'd be a lot worse off than I am now. Just my 2

  25. Now I feel bad... What would you have done??

    MedicalLPN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Some people will just moan and complain just to hear themselves moaning. Don't let her issues and bad attitude allow you to second guess