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    Should I give up scrubs?

    HazelLPN replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    School nurses who are unionized have that
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    Should I give up scrubs?

    HazelLPN replied to RatherBHiking's topic in School

    I am in the minority, as I still wear a white uniform, my pin, AND my cap.....proudly. Wear what makes YOU feel right...and to the uninformed who want to say the cap is sexist or sexy or collects...
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    School Nurse: Can you become one without "hospital" experience

    HazelLPN replied to angelofmusicRN's topic in School

    I am old fashioned, but I believe that school nurses should have acute care experience. The reason is that there is a great deal of autonomy in school nursing, and we have more medically fragile...
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    LPN new grad as a classroom nurse

    HazelLPN replied to Jp381209's topic in School

    This is kind of what I do, although the title is an "assistant school nurse" and I'm only a substitute. I took the job about a year after I retired from a long career in critical care nursing as I...
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    Obtaining Critical Care Experience

    HazelLPN replied to jnix1's topic in Critical Care

    I am a retired LPN and worked most of my hospital years in critical care. I would actually call and talk to the nurse manager of the MICU and explain that you are an LVN and are currently working on...
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    LPN bridge to BSN

    HazelLPN replied to scott414's topic in LPN to RN

    If you are talking about the for profit University of Phoenix, I would advise you against that. First, its extremely expensive. Second, it has a very bad graduation rate. Third, there are hospitals...
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    Multiple jobs???

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

    I had two jobs once I stopped working full time. I had a budgeted job in the MICU at a large teaching hospital (8 hours a week) and picked up contingent hours in the SICU and the CCU. I also started...
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    Idea's for weekend work for lpn?

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

    Actually, I worked 7a-7pm in the hospital q weekend when I was in school for my RN. Several LPNs did it this
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    scrubs or business casual

    HazelLPN replied to villageRN's topic in School

    In my day, the cap was something that we worked hard for and were proud of. I've always worn my cap except for about a month back in the 80s when the cap started to go out of fashion and we were...
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    Is the RN--->BSN push a clever way to get older nurses out of the way

    HazelLPN replied to Nola009's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I simply can not like this post enough! I wish I was clever enough to have written it myself except I would have to add that I'm an LPN who nearly finished her BSN....about a thousand years ago now...
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    scrubs or business casual

    HazelLPN replied to villageRN's topic in School

    I'm in the minority but I still wear my whites AND my
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    OB RN wants a job outside of the hospital!

    HazelLPN replied to utkayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This might seem a stretch, but have you ever considered school nursing? I am a retired PICU/NICU nurse and now work as a substitute assistant school nurse. I work in a large urban district and your OB...
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    BE HONEST! What part of your job do you hate?

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

    I hate it when corporate greed takes priority over quality nursing
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    Torn between job I love and going back to school

    HazelLPN replied to allisonr12's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You never know what the future will bring. You love this job now, but be terribly bored with it in a few years and wish to try something else. Worse, you could be happy working there and one day get...
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    Question on cna to lvn transition program.

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

    If you have read the excellent posts about the misconceptions about LPNs from the Commuter, some LPNs do have associate degrees. Most have diplomas or certificates,
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    Veteran Midwife Elaine Diegmann 77 years young still delivering babies+ educating midwives

    HazelLPN replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nurses Rock

    Lovely article. We older nurses certainly can and do contribute well into our 70s and beyond. Nursing keeps your mind sharp. Its hard on the body, but there are ways to keep active and combat that...
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    How did you land a school nurse job?

    HazelLPN replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in School

    When you work in a right to work for less state they do pay very poorly. However, our school RNs are on the same pay scale as the teaches. All hold at least a BSN and a certificate from the state...
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    24, want to become a nurse, best route

    HazelLPN replied to Jbc15's topic in Nursing Career

    I am an LPN (called LVN in the states of California and Texas) and I would not recommend anyone go this route anymore. In my day, an LPN could work anywhere. They were simply nurses who took care of...
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    Nurses req. to be CNA's before becoming a Nurse?

    HazelLPN replied to Phoenix16, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I do not think that working as a CNA should be a requirement for nurses. That said, in my day, nearly all nurses were trained in the hospital and we started taking care of patients almost immediately...
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    MICU VS SICU

    HazelLPN replied to froggy8's topic in MICU, SICU

    Back in the mid 1970s I was working in the ICU when we split into MICU and SICU and was given a choice which one to work in. I immediately went to MICU simply because I didn't care for some of the...
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    Floating non-ICU RN's to ICU!!?

    HazelLPN replied to Keri29's topic in Critical Care

    We did receive float nurses from the floor in the ICUs. If there was a patient assignment that they felt comfortable with, sometimes they would take a full assignment. If we didn't have easy...
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    Would you quit over white uniforms?

    HazelLPN replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not! I still wear mine and will never give it up. I am old fashioned in that way. Its what I feel comfortable in and what I have always worn. I tried scrubs, I didnt' care for them. I felt...
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    Which nursing specialty has the most autonomy/independence? Apart from nursing practioner

    HazelLPN replied to Zyrv's topic in Nurses Rock

    I'm going to say without the shadow of a doubt School Nursing. I spent 54 years in the hospital, most of that time in critical care. In my retirement, I now work as a substitute assistant school...
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    I'm an LPN and I understand.

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

    Here are my thoughts on the role of the LPN in today's world. What I will not do is rewrite what I have already written or respond to posters who wish to cause discord instead of engage in intelligent...
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    I'm an LPN and I understand.

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

    You said this much better than I ever could. I believe that I have already stated that it's more about the individual person than it is about the letters behind their name and the combination of many...