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    Can LPNs work at schools?

    HazelLPN replied to mummeesgoin2skool's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Somedays it is boring and uneventful, but others are not. I do mostly high school...and remember..I'm not the real nurse..I'm just a substitute assistant. Last week the nurse had 3 new pregnant...
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    Securing that nursing cap!

    HazelLPN replied to GeauxNursing's topic in General Nursing

    1. Caps are washable. I wore one for 54 years and washed it without a problem. 2. There has never been a peer reviewed study done that a nursing cap carries more bacteria than any other article of...
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    Night Shift For Newbies

    HazelLPN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I too, was a vampire when I worked nights. Unlike you, I don't live in NYC....but I did my best cooking and baking when everyone was asleep. I haven't worked nights regularly since the late 70s, but...
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    Is NICU for the soft-hearted sensitive types?

    HazelLPN replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Very well written and well thought post. Some new grads are simply born to work in the NICU, others sink like a stone as a new grad but may come back to it later in life. In my case, I spent 30 some...
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    What volunteer work would be useful for resume?

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

    A pleasure dear.....keep us posted! Mrs
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    Can LPNs work at schools?

    HazelLPN replied to mummeesgoin2skool's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    here in the us, each state has its own board of nursing and the scope of practice for lpns varies widely from state to state. where i work, the scope of practice is broad and similar to that of an rn....
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    Can LPNs work at schools?

    HazelLPN replied to mummeesgoin2skool's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In the state where I live, only BSN educated RNs can be the "official" school nurse. They have the same salary scale and contract that the teachers do and must also hold a license from the state...
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    What volunteer work would be useful for resume?

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

    I'm sorry to hear that you and so many good new grad LPNs are having a hard time finding a job. You might try volunteering in a hospital. All hospitals have active volunteer programs. Of course you...
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    Any LPN/VN's ACLS certified?

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

    I am a retired LPN and spent most of my career in critical care. All of our nurses...RNs and LPNs had to be ACLS certified to work in the units. I also had PALS and NRP as I transitioned into PICU...
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    LPN practicing outside of scope

    HazelLPN replied to Anonymous7118's topic in General Nursing

    It seems that these posts fail to recognize that it is very possible that this veteran LPN is practicing within her scope of practice simply because their own states or hospital does not permit these...
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    To be a pediatric nurse or not to be?

    HazelLPN replied to WannabeNurse(:'s topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I did PICU and NICU for the final 17 years of my career after taking care of adults for more than 30 years. I wish I had done peds earlier than later because adult ICU can be very hard on your body...
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    LPN practicing outside of scope

    HazelLPN replied to Anonymous7118's topic in General Nursing

    I recently retired after 54 years as an LPN working most of my career in various ICUs and the things you mentioned were all in my scope of practice according to the state board of nursing and hospital...
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    Everyone wears scrubs!

    HazelLPN replied to calidonrnstudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Nobody "earns" scrubs. You earn you cap and your pin, but not your scrubs. I have no issue with anyone wearing scrubs, but I would take great issue with someone who isn't an RN or LPN wearing a...
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    Increase of super morbidly obese patients?

    HazelLPN replied to Hoozdo's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm a retired critical care nurse and I worked adult ICU (late MICU) from the early 1960s-2005. I don't remember many obese/morbidly obese patients back in the 60s and 70s. It seems like they started...
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    Can a LPN be a school nurse?

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

    I'm not in AZ, but I'm a retired LPN now working as a substitute assistant school nurse. The real school nurses here are all RNs with at least a BSN education and a license from the state department...
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    To cap or not to cap!

    HazelLPN replied to Alice b.'s topic in General Students

    The nursing cap evolved during the Crimean war. Florence Nightingale and her nurses were not able to wash their hair everyday, and the cap helped keep their hair out of the way of providing treatment...
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    It's Allllllllll In The Nurse's Cap!

    HazelLPN replied to live4today's topic in Nursing Career

    I was not asking a question, I was simply stating that are no peer reviewed studies on infection control and nursing caps. Best to you, Mrs.
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    Oldest Nurse

    HazelLPN replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    The oldest nurse that I know that is still in practice is ME! I am happy to say that I'm 76 years old. I retired in 2009 from hospital nursing after 54 years. Before you gasp in amazement, the final...
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    It's Allllllllll In The Nurse's Cap!

    HazelLPN replied to live4today's topic in Nursing Career

    There has never been a peer reviewed study done on infection rates caused by nursing caps. This "hypothesis" has never been tested. I wore my cap for 54 years and amazinging enough, my patients were...
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    Anyone ever left NICU for adult ICU?

    HazelLPN replied to neonatal_icu_rn's topic in MICU, SICU

    I went from adult ICU (later MICU) to PICU and then added NICU. I did it gradually. After 37 years of taking care of adults, I cut down my hours to very part time in the MICU and started picking up...
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    How are you spending your retirement?

    HazelLPN replied to Grace Oz's topic in Retired Nurses

    I have been easing into retirement for almost 20 years. I haven't worked full time since 1992 when I drastically cut back my hours from full time to .2 (8 hours a week). At that time I was working...
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    Who Draws blood from a-lines??

    HazelLPN replied to bran1101's topic in MICU, SICU

    Unless that person is an experienced LPN who remembers the days when we didn't even have A lines. We had something called a leach if you wanted to get blood out of your patients. It was so annoying...
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    Routine assessment dring immediate post-op period

    HazelLPN replied to domsmom's topic in MICU, SICU

    Speaking as an LPN who worked in a state and hospital where LPNs have a full scope of practice, I took every kind of post op patient with the exception of new admits as the admission assessment must...
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    Which job would you choose?

    HazelLPN replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The hospital without a
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    Cna challenge lpn boards

    HazelLPN replied to marineswife0809's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I am an LPN and can only speak for the state and hospital where I worked as each state and facility has its own scope of practice for LPNs. What can an LPN do here? As an LPN in various critical...