MikeLPN

MikeLPN

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  1. L.P.N. School ???

    MikeLPN replied to Medic2005's topic in General Nursing

    You could work as a CNA, get your EMT and then get your RN. If it's a simple choice between LPN and RN get your RN. I'm working as an LPN going for RN very PT so it's going to take a while, well,...

  2. Please Reply If You Love Your Watch.

    MikeLPN replied to EyesForward's topic in General Nursing

    Timex Indiglo Pulse Timer. You press a button and the light blinks every 15 seconds for 1 minute. My wife got it for me like 3 years ago. Don't think they make it anymore - too bad. Doesn't have date...

  3. C.n.a / L.p.n. R.n

    MikeLPN replied to Medic2005's topic in General Nursing

    Well, my wife works as a CNA and I've got two

  4. How do you study?

    MikeLPN replied to giggles66's topic in General Nursing

    Fall asleep on an open book. You will learn by osmosis. Drooling will accentuate the

  5. Littmann Stethescopes

    MikeLPN replied to Medic2005's topic in General Nursing

    Littmann Classic II SE. Works good, not all that expensive and yes it's got my name on

  6. Hospice Oxygen Therapy

    MikeLPN replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    The way I try to work it is to examine the quality of respirations. If SpO2 is in the toilet but breaths are even and not gasping and they seem peaceful then maybe they don't need it but if they show...

  7. Nicotine Addiction as a Disability

    MikeLPN replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    I am an incorrigible smoker. I also suffer from cluster headaches. I recently saw a neurologist (again) on the advice of my primary health care provider who said people like you don't find cigarettes...

  8. Critical Care books

    MikeLPN replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in General Nursing

    The website http://www.icufaqs.org/ is informative and witty and I wish I could remember all of it. I've also got Critical Care Nursing (Swearingen/Keen) published by Mosby in the home (my home, not...

  9. Keystone Cops Student Nurses

    MikeLPN replied to suzy253's topic in General Nursing

    Clinicals are an excellent opportunity for complete and utter embarassment. Thinking back about them makes me alternatively laugh/cringe. Just take it one day at a

  10. Nursing,"Who you are"? or "What you do"?

    MikeLPN replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    I flip-flop back and forth it seems. If I realize that I'm taking it all too seriously (what I am) and realize that it's more a job (what I do) I go more with the flow and am way more relaxed. If I...

  11. Soooo Upset at Palliative Care Doc!

    MikeLPN replied to Jay-Jay's topic in General Nursing

    The sum-total of my nursing experience is working LTC eves full-time. Hospice/Palliative is an art. You go with your gut and you more often than not don't have the luxury of time. You were right and...

  12. Nasty Flu Bug all over town!!!

    MikeLPN replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    I got the flu shot and then I got the flu probably while shopping with my wife at the mall. It was so bad I called in sick at work (which never happens) AND at school (which also never happens). My...

  13. Call Lights

    MikeLPN replied to nana0216's topic in General Nursing

    Whistles I've seen used. Also tab alarms rigged up on a hair trigger. These were not MS folks and it didn't work all that well as they weren't hooked up to the call light system so you had to kind...

  14. lidoderm for pain control?

    MikeLPN replied to longtermcarern's topic in General Nursing

    Is it working out for

  15. IV & Pic lines

    MikeLPN replied to nurse62's topic in General Nursing

    I was in the exact same position. Talk to your DON Today and right now about getting certified. I did an inservice plus videotapes plus books and nursing journals. I don't start IVs and I don't draw...

  16. Does anyone recommend working as a patient care technician?

    MikeLPN replied to LPN-n-2005's topic in General Nursing

    I did it getting thru LPN school but since they had such crummy staffing it was all I could do to get the CNA work done and once in a great while I would actually see something "technical". I then...

  17. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

    MikeLPN replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have and every time (Oh, not many) I just hit myself over the head (mentally, with a very large frying pan like in the cartoons) just a teensy bit harder (mentally) and just relax and go back to...