Duckyaryj

Duckyaryj

M/S, SNU, Office, and Private Duty

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  1. Fading out lvn/lpn

    Duckyaryj replied to dark40's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I spoke with my grandmother and great aunts about this same subject when I graduated nursing school 2 years ago. All three of them have been nurses for over 20 years, along with my great grandmother...

  2. Waiting at the docs office

    Duckyaryj replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    That is just horrible that your office made you wait 3 hours!! They should have let you know if they did not have any appointments for you! We have patients call in and see if we have any appointments...

  3. Which do you prefer?

    Duckyaryj replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would prefer 3 12's. I currently work at an office setting thats supposed to be 5 9's but its more like 1 12, and 4 10's plus some! If it wernt for my co-workers, Docs and patients I would go back...

  4. Can LPN's find work in doctor's offices?

    Duckyaryj replied to anhero's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I used work on a skilled unit at a local hospital, Now I work at a general peds office. We higher both experienced nurses and new grads. About half of the team came in as new grads. Like others have...

  5. Penn Valley Entrance Difficulty

    Duckyaryj replied to JaneJohnson's topic in General Nursing

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  6. Moving to Missouri Need Advice

    Duckyaryj replied to canadian_girl75's topic in General Nursing

    In Kansas City the only Children's Hospital is Children's Mercy. It is a very large hospital with many different campuses. I dont know the going rate though as I am a LPN and do not work there

  7. MMR question

    Duckyaryj replied to Raefabian4's topic in Pediatric

    Where I work MMR and Varicella are both sub-q. the rest are

  8. Do nurses make the worse family members or patients ?

    Duckyaryj replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    When Grandma was in the hospital early on in her fight with CA, I tried to keep the fact that I was a nurse a secret, but my family outed me :S asking all these questions about what the nurse was...

  9. Ethical/Legal Issue - Need Advice (HH)

    Duckyaryj replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in Home Health

    I would call APS like YESTERDAY!!! She is a risk to herself and her neighbors. its seems as though she is no longer capable of being on her own and if her children cannot provide the care, she needs...

  10. What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

    Duckyaryj replied to KidsRNstill's topic in General Nursing

    This wasnt something I did but a fellow student: When I was in CNA class we were learning different abbreviations that could be used. We were going around the room and interpreting different...

  11. Looking into my options (peds HH/Private Duty)

    Duckyaryj posted a topic in Home Health

    Ive been an LPN for a year and am looking into different options. I have 6 months experience on a skilled nursing unit, and 6 months as a peds nurse in an office setting. I also have 1 year med surg...

  12. Peds/infant stethoscope

    Duckyaryj replied to madampomfrey's topic in Pediatric

    I work at a Peds office I got the littman classic infant stethescope and it is really nice. I got mine on discount (because the entire nursing staff ordered one) for 75$ but they were originally...

  13. Trying to find a good stethoscope

    Duckyaryj replied to foreverLaur's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I would go to a nursing supply store or scrub store and try out different ones I would stay away from the double tubing to start

  14. Lasik Surgery and Nursing

    Duckyaryj replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    mine was arount 2800$ for lasik using the microkeritome and 3200 for the laser

  15. Tattoos on patients

    Duckyaryj posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a feeling that this subject has been brought up before....But watching a certain movie made me think about the odd tattoos that we as nurses see when giving our patients care. What are some of...

  16. Infant care?

    Duckyaryj replied to DN08's topic in Pediatric

    I know that when the child gets older to tell the parents not to put the child to bed with a bottle to soothe them to sleep, doing so lets the sweet milk set in the mouth and possibly rot the new...

  17. Lasik Surgery and Nursing

    Duckyaryj replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    I had mine done last march, I didnt miss a day of work (I had it done on a Saturday going to work on Monday). I had major problems wearing contacts due to dry eye and a strong script level and as you...

  18. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Duckyaryj replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in a peds office and some things I want to say are: -No we dont have a "munchies" machine, if you would stop smoking your dope and take care of you child we wouldn't have this problem now would...

  19. Don't quite know what to do.

    Duckyaryj posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I'm in kind of a conundrum (if that's even the right usage of the word). I am currently a LPN and have been for a year in feb. I am going to get my RN its just how and this is where I hit the wall. I...

  20. What to do oh what to do

    Duckyaryj posted a topic in General Nursing

    I also posted this in the student forum but I thought i would get more replies here: I'm in kind of a conundrum (if that's even the right usage of the word). I am currently a LPN and have been for a...

  21. Don't quite know what to do.

    Duckyaryj replied to Duckyaryj's topic in LPN to RN

    My job wont accommodate me b/c then they would have to accommodate everyone and everyone wants to go to school. I have to take micro and unfortunately they wont let me clep out of that

  22. Sorry, dumb question...

    Duckyaryj replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in General Nursing

    SO basically it is a SNU/Rehab

  23. Organize our Nursing Stations!

    Duckyaryj replied to oKIMMYo's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a HUGE unit (65 beds) with two main NUS stations one on each end covering 25 beds each and a station in the inside 15 when staffing decided to be extra nice. The charting system was...

  24. Testing the waters

    Duckyaryj posted a topic in General Nursing

    I currently am a nurse (LPN) who has recently graduated and will soon start classes to get my ADN. I think I finally got my fiance' into the idea that once my fiance' and I graduate (he's going for...

  25. If You Think You Haven't Heard It All...

    Duckyaryj replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    This honestly doesn't surprise me. When I worked on SNU at a local hospital one of the main complaints I had is that the patients do not get any sleep or rest at the hospital because of all the hubub...