Gr8Dane

It comes with experience. 5 days orientation for a brand new LPN is low considering most LPN schools do not teach much more then the basics Basically ask coworkers, if there are none around reconsider that facility if you are by yourself or with ot...

Central Florida has one of the highest unemployment rates in Florida/US. There were hospitals laying off nurses in the Villages/Ocala area last I heard. You will find bias towards LPN's especially in hospitals. Remember you are a new grad LPN with ...

Yet hospital does nothing, doesn't even look into it. 10 of us sick, same symptoms for several weeks now, several now have pneumonia from it. You'd think the health nurse or management would see why so many are calling in ;0 Other then to simply sc...

I personally have no problems with my homosexual coworkers, they are damn entertaining especially with the patients And a lot of the time combative patients for whatever reason REQUIRE a stern "macho" attitude from male and female workers even. C...

There are many different personality types. You might be calm and able to difuse some situations as a result of being calm. Others might be agressive and as such can difuse situations by taking a patient down. Both are needed in a good ER. I try ...

Perhaps the ER is not for you

I have had several cases recently where patients have added me as a friend on facebook. I never add anyone I don't know but I realized on several of the occasions that they were patients I had recently. I declined each one of course. Anyone else h...

Florida seems to have too many nurses. I work for a local hospital as well as an agency, and my hours are being cut at both jobs for low census and nurse overload at the agency. A friend of mine just got an assignment in California but she said they...

When I went from CNA to LPN it was a huge difference, and when I started working at a hospital that was a HUGE difference from what I learned in school. So I would hope this is not true without superb clinical experience for the challengers.

Also look at it from that nurses perspect, she was prob very busy and thought you understood the PCA was out (a mistake easily made) however it made more work and took her from getting caught up that much longer. Really the nursing instructors need t...

They were actually cool about it. Didn't want me to quit the agency but took me off the assignment at the prison. The office manager in another city was suppose to call but didn't, but I am not going to make anything of it. We will see if they fin...

I have been working for them for several months. The only place they send me is a women's prison which I absolutely hate. I am suppose to work tonight and am scheduled the rest of the month 1 day a week per my availability I turned in a month or so...

C-Dif isn't resistant to alcohol, it is just protected from it. It is a sporoform, thus has a hard shell. You can either use sopa & water, create a GOOD lather all over, then rince it off, or, bleach lol Which disolves the shell.

About to call and talk to them, will post the end results. I have tried to find other assignments with them but as I said they just shrug questions off. Only thing I can come up with is each office controls certain assignments in the area and they g...

I just got the agency job PRN for some extra cash, and it did pay very well. But I work full time at a hospital now for 5 years and it is secure work. Pay sucks but secure and it doesn't bother me like the prison does Thank yuo for the advice!

While two weeks would be professional I am looking more short term of...todays notice lol

Prudish Americans

As a LPN myself for two years now, the disrespect only makes me want to finish my RN faster I had a patient's wife who was a "CNA" say "O your not a nurse, just a LPN" to me just a aweek ago. I just stated I am working towards my RN and left it at...

Look at it this way, the majority of health care workers (Doctors, nurses, diagnostics, etc) are colonized with MRSA in the NARES. You can treat it with bactroban twice daily for a week and clear it for a short while but it almost always comes back....

My impression is that you never get rid of MRSA, you become colonized, inactive. And I think you are going overboard. Do you think EVERYONE with MRSA should be locked away? Because in that case you best lock yourself up lol. Truthfully he should ...

Because we should simply be celebrated for having our very presence on the floor lol! Just playing :) But for real I think we do deserve our own week, lets look at what we do above and beyond: Heavy lifts and always being asked to "assist" with lifti...

I recently had spine surgery (PLIF 3 levels) and I was in constant pain, I know when I was in pain I asked for my morphine and lortabs (surprisingly worked better then morphine) every 3 hours, but often at nights I'd be awoken in pain and then left i...

Ideally you have 30 minutes for report, or we do at least, 6:45-7:15. I generally clockin at 18:35 to grab the patient info from the cardexes (Diet, vitals, activities, special notes from doctors, meds, IV site loc/fluids/etc). I prompty notify the ...

hmm sorry I don't see what your happy about at all here, considering you failed a nursing fundamentals class which you should have had an A in to begin with Study harder less internet next time!

I work 7pm-7am and this evil secretary that works days comes in 30 minutes early, starts yapping about crap being out of place from our chart checks, and demands her "spot" where other nurses may had done their chart checks at 30 minutes before she c...