HazelLPN LPN

HazelLPN has 54 years experience as a LPN and specializes in Adult ICU/PICU/NICU.

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   LPN/LVN salary vs Teachers salary

   HazelLPN replied to TDUnewLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   It seems you missed the main point of my post which was that teachers and school nurses who work in states where they have the right to collectively bargain make significantly more money than in...
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   LPN/LVN salary vs Teachers salary

   HazelLPN replied to TDUnewLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Texas is a right to work for less state and unions that represent teachers and school nurses have little to no power. In the district where I recently served as a substitute assistant school...
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   Phasing out LPN

   HazelLPN replied to YourFuture22's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I became an LPN because in my day, an LPN was a nurse who took care of the patient without having to worry about any administrative roles. In those days, an LPN could work anywhere in the hospital...
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   LPNs Working on Acute Care Floors

   HazelLPN replied to Jenna Thornton's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   What an insult to the LPN used as a unit clerk. I hope she received LPN
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   School nurses, what is the worst emergency you've had?

   HazelLPN replied to Avill's topic in School

   We had a high school student who ran in front of a car outside the school on a dark rainy morning right before school started. The school RN had just parked her car and noticed a crowd outside the...
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   What kind of LPN job should I get while in the RN program?

   HazelLPN replied to Nursing pursuit's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Find a job with tuition reimbursement! I worked for a large teaching hospital that paid for my school when I was working on my RN ( I never finished ,another
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   Med/Surg to ICU - Need Advice

   HazelLPN replied to howdyall's topic in MICU, SICU

   In my day, nearly everyone started on Med/surg before transferring to ICU. I myself started there right out of school because believe it or not...we didn't have ICUs when I graduated. Once it opened,...
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   Why are so many nurses against unions?

   HazelLPN replied to Icunicenurse's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

   Absolute
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   Preparing to be a NICU Nurse

   HazelLPN replied to ARuiz2015's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   We need more men in nursing period! I have been retired from critical care nursing for ten years so I hope things are better now. My last job in the hospital was working contingent in the PICU and...
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    Ever forgotten to feed a baby?

    HazelLPN replied to jennylee321's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I once had a nightmare after working an evening shift where I had four feeder growers that I forgot to feed one the entire shift. It was so real and vivid that I actually called the unit in the...
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    LPN/LVN salary vs Teachers salary

    HazelLPN replied to TDUnewLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have a challenge with your statement that"everyone thinks (teachers) are poor but we (LPNs) make big bucks." Considering many people laugh that LPN stands for "Lesser Paid Nurse"...I think that...
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    Your most annoying, obnoxious family member stories

    HazelLPN replied to JDZ344's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of my the weirdest family incidents occurred when I was taking care of a fairly routine s/p crain in the PICU. The mom and dad of course were very relieved I told them "we are just waiting for a...
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    Lpn told me she works ICU??

    HazelLPN replied to Runnergirl84's topic in Critical Care

    I am a retired LPN and in my day, it wasn't at all uncommon for LPNs to work in the ICU. Though its not common these days, it does still happen. The ICU from which I retired still has LPNs working....
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    Should I do a Transition to Practice in ICU or General Peds to climb my way to PICU?

    HazelLPN replied to ArizonaNurseStudent's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    You could do it either way. I worked in adult ICU for years and years before I started doing PICU. However, most of the nurses that I worked with in the PICU started out at other units at the...
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    Seasoned ICU Nurse Lacks Critical Thinking

    HazelLPN replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    The great Bette Davis, one of my favorite actresses when I was a little girl, said once "Getting old ain't for sissies!" There's nothing good about getting old once you realize that you can't do what...