kythe LPN

kythe has 18 years experience as a LPN and specializes in LPN.

Latest Activity

1. Moving after completion of program

   kythe posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

   I am currently in an Alternative to Discipline program for a petty crime. After I am finished with the Board's monitoring program and have a multi-state license again, can I move to another state...

2. Experienced nurse whose survived early hip replacements and MVA with brain injury

   kythe replied to Keesha RN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   I worked in long-term care for over 10 years before getting a job in a family practice office. It turned out to be a very good move. I used to be athletic when I was younger, and felt natural at...

3. Using travel nursing for a permanent move?

   kythe posted a topic in Travel

   Hello, I've been an LPN for 13 years. Most of my experience is various forms of long-term and sub-acute care. My adult daughter lives in another state and I have considered moving to be closer to...

4. Staying Positive in Nursing

   kythe replied to SarahEAW's topic in General Nursing

   I'm an LPN and burned out of long-term care after several years. I kept working only because I need to support my family and that is my job skill. LTC also pays well for LPN's, but in terms of...

5. Planned Parenthood

   kythe replied to Isimpson's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Probably 8 years ago, I spent time at a Planned Parenthood as a Medical Assistant through a temp agency. I loved it. At the time, MA's did the back office work - rooming and vitals, fingersticks for...

6. How do you clear a newborn's airway?

   kythe replied to kythe's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Ok, I tried to clean out my pm's - something I think I haven't done since joining the site years ago. Maybe I should stop second-guessing myself based on what random people on the internet say. I...

7. That awkward moment when....

   kythe replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

   I once heard a cell phone ring with a certain tone, and found myself following the sound to another room to see who's pulse ox alarm was going

8. How do you clear a newborn's airway?

   kythe posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello everyone! I've been an LPN in LTC for 6 years now and though I've been trained as a doula, I have never worked in L&D. So I have a question for all of you more experienced people. :) I...

9. Why did you become a nurse?

   kythe replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   I went to nursing school with one thing in mind, and that was to become a Certified Nurse-Midwife. I haven't made it past LPN though, and I'm actually considering a different route to midwifery....

10. Having a celebrity as a patient

    kythe replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Not as a nurse, but as a Medical Assistant working in a doctor's office, I had a couple of celebrity encounters. One was a well known author, but he was a jerk. He would come in self-advertising his...

11. CNM without seeing a live birth?

    kythe replied to bbcc's topic in Advanced Practice

    I'm not sure what you mean by "direct-entry CNM". I've always considered direct entry and CNM to be the two different routes to midwifery. Direct entry means a program that teaches midwifery without...

12. Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    kythe replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone. I've met people who really believe this, and from several of the comments in this thread it seemed that way here too. Maybe I am taking things too seriously. I'm...

13. Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    kythe replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, you don't have "hard evidence" of these things. This is still opinion. You can't measure "mean, crazy, and stupid people", though someone could do a study on drunks and drug addicts. But no...

14. Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    kythe replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I think the full moon issue is just a figure of speech. On busy days I hear people say, "It must be a full moon" without even looking to see that we are nowhere near that time of the month. People...

15. Checking vitals on a stranger to see if they are OK

    kythe replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I recently fainted while on a nature walk with a group, and a nearby med student checked my pulse and asked me basic questions to assess my orientation before letting me stand up again. Someone else...