lhsouthern

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1. Waiting on TCC for Spring 2010...

   lhsouthern replied to condanchri's topic in Washington

   i am applying for the next round of admissions to TCC too. Thanks for the info!

2. please help: is 1 nurse: 50 patients

   lhsouthern posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I interviewed at a dementia care facility. There are medtechs who pass oral meds but I would do the injections ( insulin) and dressing changes etc. But I would care for 50 patients! That seems that is too much or am i just over reacting? Please help....

3. Nurses are Pathetic!!

   lhsouthern replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

   i agree i think nurse are a bunch of backstabbing *******

4. discrimination help please

   lhsouthern posted a topic in General Nursing

   i have been here at a military clinic for 4 months as a civilian lpn. ANd it has been a almost daily thing where someone has complained about me, sending me into the nurse manager which i immedialty comply: first it was the no scrubs i didn't have ye...

5. coumadin toxicity

   lhsouthern replied to limabean's topic in General Nursing

   my mom is in the hospital after her inr was 13.0! she was on coumadin after being bed ridden after knee replacement and fusion of her right knee after getting mrsa in it. her dose was up to 7.5! you should see the bruising

6. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

   lhsouthern replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in LPN-RN

   i am at lower columbia community college, doing my classes online through distance learning. I have clinicals this summer. linda

7. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

   lhsouthern replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in LPN-RN

   i have 2 classes left then clinicals and then sit for boards in aug/sept 09.

8. Nurses who gossip and talk behind your back.

   lhsouthern replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

   that is my life story here. my rn team leader, after I told her that we wouldn't be doing a pap since she was menstruating, she went tot the other lpn and repeated the conversation in a mocking tone.

9. i should be grateful

   lhsouthern posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   I am working as an lpn in a military clinic ( civilian). I have soon found that the enviroment is almost hostile. The nurse that trained me (or started to) i am almost certain told the boss no more and she rarely speaks to me. So i went with another...

10. pre employment physical

    lhsouthern posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am on the cusp of getting started at my lpn job at a local afb. i have to do a pre employment physical and i am scared to death!!!! i have a weight problem but ither than that my bp, ect is alway normal and i can lift over 50lbs ( 6yo weighs 54). ...

11. women's health interview on june 4th

    lhsouthern replied to lhsouthern's topic in General Nursing

    it was a group interview with the usual questions about being a team player, transition from acute to ambulatory care. i hate group interviews! i can never tell if i am saying the right thing. one of the things that i talked about was the issue of co...

12. women's health interview on june 4th

    lhsouthern posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a opportunity to interview at a hmo in their women's health as an LPN. i have some post op gyn, but no OB. But i am not stupid either and I have a clue (i think) about what i need to do: the main assessments of weight, urine, bp, fetal heart t...

13. interview at madigan next week

    lhsouthern replied to lhsouthern's topic in General Nursing

    when i spoke to the nurse manager she told me that this is the general surgery clinic, that its the pre op but they would train me on endoscopy, conscious sedation, and minor procedures. I guess that what impresses me most is their willing to train m...

14. interview at madigan next week

    lhsouthern posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have an interview at madigan army hospital next week and i could use all the help to prep for the interview, like what is is about madigan that offers more than a civillian hospital, things like that. also what sort of things will i encounter as a ...

15. interview help please!

    lhsouthern replied to lhsouthern's topic in LPN/LVN

    i didn't get it... no ob/gyn experience. it took me 2 years of job hunting to get the lpn job at the elementary school i had for 1 year. i think its going to be another long two years again. it ****** me off so bad that i bust my butt for a year, wit...