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    Any LPNs working as Surgical Techs?

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

    In my day, we learned how to scrub when we were in nursing school. When you graduated, we could work anywhere in the hospital where we trained. That was the way of the old hospital based diploma...
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    Burn Nursing

    HazelLPN replied to traumaRUs's topic in Burn

    I did more than my fair share of burn nursing when I was a PICU nurse. I could hold my own with them, but I was always happy for the burn unit nurses to come down and help with my dressing...
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    For those that work per diem-when do you work?

    HazelLPN replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    I actually work PRN as a substitute assistant school nurse and work about once a week...sometimes less sometimes more. However, I know several school nurses who continue to work their hospital jobs...
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    Can a new LPN work anywhere besides a nursing home?

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

    LPNs certainly do have options other than LTC, but one must be much more creative these days in order to find these jobs. Your best bet is to know people. Human connections are the best way to get...
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    Teachers and Nurses create the big one...

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

    As a school nurse who works for a large urban district where school nurses are represented by the National Education Association, I can tell you that school nurses and teachers do not have much...
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    The LEAST critically ill kid you've cared for in PICU :)

    HazelLPN replied to meanmaryjean's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    The PICU I worked in was generally very high acuity, so we shipped off kids to the floor as soon as we could...except when politics came into play. One of the surgical attendings had a daughter who...
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    When did nursing caps go extinct in the wild?

    HazelLPN replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    I still wear my cap. I don't buy that "they carry germs" because they can and should be washed like the rest of your uniform. Impractical? It's what you are used to. I worked in critical care nursing...
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    How many LPN's Don't Plan To Pursue the RN Title?

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

    I was happy being an LPN until the late 1980s when I was told by upper administration that all LPNs in the critical care units would need to become RNs or would have to stop working in the unit and...
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    Hearts and recovery

    HazelLPN replied to aerorunner80's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I did PICU and NICU late in my career after 30 some years of adult ICU when I was 58... pushing 60. Yes 60 and let me tell you something...60 is NOT old. Keep your mind sharp. Help your grandchildren...
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    When the nurse becomes the patient

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

    I think that introducing yourself and your title to your patient and/or family is very important. That's one of the few things that I still use from nursing school from many years ago that I feel...
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    Nursing caps

    HazelLPN replied to SunshineDaisy's topic in General Students

    I STILL wear my cap whenever I work. Not my original cap that I got at my graduation, mind you, that was retired years ago and is proudly on display in my shadow box. I get my new caps from Kays Caps....
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    New to NICU

    HazelLPN replied to NICURN2013's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I have been retired from critical care nursing for four years, but I'll share a bit of my thoughts on my NICU experience. Granted, I regularly moonlighted in the NICU when I was a PICU nurse, so this...
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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

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

    No school nurse or teacher in this state has been laid off because they are allowed a voice in what they do through a union. However, I do know that in Wisconsin, home of the first union busting law,...
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    Top 10 Reasons Against Unions

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

    The union has a separate bargaining unit that is for the school nurses. It is these professionals who advocate for their students. Like I said, we are a large urban district where our kids live in...
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    Which attire do you feel gives school nurses the most respect?

    HazelLPN replied to Nurse ABC's topic in School

    I'm in the minority here, but I wear the same thing that I wore in the hospital for 54 years. A traditional white uniform, my pin and my cap...proudly. Back in the early 1980s when the cap started to...
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    LVNs in the ICU

    HazelLPN replied to TexRN08's topic in MICU, SICU

    LPNs here manage all of that on our own. The LPN role in your facility certainly is more limited and I can see why the RNs would have a concern having to cover things outside of her scope. I would...
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    Changing from ICU nurse to a doctor?

    HazelLPN replied to DelaneysMum's topic in MICU, SICU

    That's good to know. I personally have never seen it...but glad to hear that it does in fact happen. I should have said in my post that the nursing science courses are NOT the same as the pre...
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    Changing from ICU nurse to a doctor?

    HazelLPN replied to DelaneysMum's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have never known an RN to became an MD/DO. I knew one very bright young RN who wanted to go this route and started to take the pre req courses and found it nearly impossible to work around. The...
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    Charting...what to say?

    HazelLPN replied to chrisrn24's topic in General Nursing

    Even though I graduated from nursing school when we used leeches and herbs, I was always taught to write in the third person and referred to myself as "This LPN" because it was to be as objective vs...
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    Losing respect for nursing students

    HazelLPN replied to kjnsweets's topic in General Nursing

    I think that even though nursing education has improved in many ways over the years, the type of nursing student has declined steadily since the 1970s. In my day, women didn't have the options they do...
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    LVNs in the ICU

    HazelLPN replied to TexRN08's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is an old post, but I have experience with this. I am a retired LPN and spent most of my career in various ICUs...adult ICU (later MICU when we split) and most recently in PICU and NICU. I work...
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    CNA as School Nurse?

    HazelLPN replied to JustADream's topic in School

    I do not believe that legally anyone can use the title of "nurse" unless they are an RN or an
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    How did retirement changed your life? Was it a dream or a nightmare come true?

    HazelLPN replied to CJ NV's topic in Retired Nurses

    That is very kind of you, but I'm nothing special. My secret to longevity in nursing is very simple. You must be good at it, you must love it, and it helps to be able to be in a financial situation...
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    Pros and Cons of Adult vs Pediatric Critical Care Nursing

    HazelLPN replied to meraki86's topic in Critical Care

    Yes, it is possible to work with adults and peds. I did this for many years. I had been an adult ICU (later MICU) nurse for nearly 30 years and was reaching a point in my life that I needed something...
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    Minnesota State LPN refresher course, correspondence based

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

    Oh I wasn't confused or unable to keep up with the changes. Its just hard to adjust to new monitors, computerized charting and pumps while you are caring for a 1:1 kid who needs an airway, lines and...