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    Injured Nurse, Can I still teach?

    HazelLPN replied to NoblePath's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am an old broken down retired critical care nurse who's knees no longer allow me to work in the ICU setting. I have been retired from critical care for 5 years now. I am still active in nursing as a...
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    Charge nurse taking patients in ICU

    HazelLPN replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've been retired from critical care for over 5 years now, but I can't imagine having a Prisma patient paired with another one. I recently returned to the unit for a retirement tea for a friend and...
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    nursing home vs hospital

    HazelLPN replied to manda355's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I've been retired from the hospital for five years now so I'm out of the loop. I can't imagine an LPN working as a CNA. An LPN trains for 1-2 years, passed the NCLEX and maintains her/his license....
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    Chicago Hospital Jobs? (LPN)

    HazelLPN replied to adam94's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Many times, LPNs who work in acute care in large cities have been there for sometime and they generally no longer hire LPNs. However, there are exceptions to the rule. If that LPN is working on...
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    LPNs in Children's Hospitals?

    HazelLPN replied to Kidsrablast's topic in Pediatric

    How it is in an insult to her education? I don't even know where to start.....so I
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    Looking to become LPN and specialize

    HazelLPN replied to Teenie263's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Get your BSN if this is possible as it will give you the most options. In my day, LPNs could work in many areas. These days the options are more limited and with the number of for profit nursing...
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    Nurses being forced to go back to school

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

    At one time, elementary school teachers didn't have degrees. (My mother is a retired teacher...still very much alive at 102..still bosses me around). They trained at what was called a Normal School...
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    Lots of experience in critical care a must?

    HazelLPN replied to lexnurse26's topic in Critical Care

    IMHO, advanced practice nursing is for experiences nurses who have learned their craft from being a nurse in that area for years and years. I'm not sure why you would want to jump from floor nursing...
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    Full Moon

    HazelLPN replied to bas22's topic in General Nursing

    I was too busy howling at
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    Ever work with people who talk about church all the time?

    HazelLPN replied to Nola009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Evangelicals of any path are annoying to me. Good, I'm happy your path works for you. I'm not so happy you feel the need to put others down who are on a different path than you are. I wouldn't try to...
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    Ever work with people who talk about church all the time?

    HazelLPN replied to Nola009's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was raised Catholic and went to a Catholic nursing school run by nuns. Religion was part of our training back then. We prayed before class and clinical. We prayed with families and patients. When...
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    Nurses being forced to go back to school

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

    That's what I did 25 years ago when I was told that I needed my RN or would be put out to pasture and have to leave the MICU where I had been working since the early 1960s. I ended up taking the slow...
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    Nurses being forced to go back to school

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

    When one is close to retirement and has a lifetime of experience, a BSN will not make them a better nurse. I see you are very proud of "putting the time in" and everything else you say to earn your...
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    chamberlain university

    HazelLPN replied to yaayeda's topic in Chamberlain College

    Chamberlin is a for profit school. This means that the school exists primarily to make money for its shareholders. I would definitely research your local community college which will be much more...
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    Early Fashion...remember this?

    HazelLPN replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    The old diploma schools were something special. You were proud of where you trained, because they weren't easy, despite what modern nursing faculty may say about them who never trained in these...
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    Early Fashion...remember this?

    HazelLPN replied to RNIBCLC's topic in General Nursing

    I still wear my whites AND my cap,
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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

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

    I had a similar situation with a nurse manager who was so awful she was border line abusive to her staff. She would staff the unit short on purpose to save money and made a policy stating that no...
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    How did you feel when you got your first nursing paycheck?

    HazelLPN replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    My first paycheck was so long ago it was probably a live
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    LPNs in Children's Hospitals?

    HazelLPN replied to Kidsrablast's topic in Pediatric

    An incredible insult to her education to force her to work as a CNA, because she's a nurse, not an aide and is legally held to the standards of the license that she earned. I only hope she is paid as...
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    LPNs in ICUs titrating drips

    HazelLPN replied to athena55's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I never taught myself how to titrate a drip, I was trained on the job. Part of that includes in service training, reading and learning on your, asking questions, and putting the information into...
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    Do we need a union? Management is taking advantage of us.

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

    Good old Lindarn needs to be form her own nurses union and serve as
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    LPNs in ICUs titrating drips

    HazelLPN replied to athena55's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It was in my scope of practice in the state and facility where I worked to titrate my own drips and to do my own pushes. Nowhere in my state scope of practice does it mention that LPNs can only take...
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    Patient age limit?

    HazelLPN replied to VintageSwagger's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I can remember only one patient that we had who was over a year old. Came in as a 23 weeker with the typical problems associated with micro premies....and this was about 20 years ago when we didn't...
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    Too old for school nursing??

    HazelLPN replied to rnbran's topic in School

    You are not too old to enter a different area of nursing. IMHO, school nursing is a good fit for experiences nurses who have strong clinical skills. Many of our school nurses are former critical care...
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    Do we need a union? Management is taking advantage of us.

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

    That's breaking the law. A union would not wait for the audit, they would never have allowed such a thing to happen. Unions allow for a voice in the work place. Its not illegal to force one to work...