LPN1974

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  1. resignation dilemma

    LPN1974 replied to mtnmom's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry....I didn't catch the last post where she emailed you. {Edited mine out} I worked for a local well known company at a NH for 2 years. When I got ready to quit I had to give a month's notice. I...

  2. Your employer's policy re: *snow and ice*?

    LPN1974 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I live in a rural state, and about 5-6 miles from my job. I've always been able to get there. All the other nurses on my shift live at least 35 to 40 miles away. One in particular likes to moan and...

  3. med carts/control freaks

    LPN1974 replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Some more of my thoughts on med carts..... I work in a facility for the mentally and physically challenged. We have 8 homes to visit to give out our meds to around 110 people. We have a small med...

  4. med carts/control freaks

    LPN1974 replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Unbelievable. Sounds like she doesn't value her job all that much, if she wants to b***h over how the medcart is placed in the drug room. Totally asinine. Good for your supervisor speaking

  5. "Your servers today will be..." Opinions please!

    LPN1974 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    They

  6. med carts/control freaks

    LPN1974 replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, if the evening shift nurse owns the med cart, maybe she should claim ownership to both shifts, too. That's ridiculous and childish. She isn't the only one who uses that cart. If you empty your...

  7. What Grossness Is Cool?

    LPN1974 replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

    OMG, YALL are gross. What grosses me out is gross people and what THEY find gross.

  8. This article insults nursing as a lower skilled job

    LPN1974 replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know either what you found insulting in the article. I read it. I didn't feel insulted by it. LPN's and RN's make good money now, alot better than they used to. I'm up to over 19.00/hr now...

  9. Sick of it!!!

    LPN1974 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    But that's the way it goes in alot of NH's. Why, I don't

  10. Sick of it!!!

    LPN1974 replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't blame you.....I've been there and done that, too. I worked a part time NH job for 2 years for extra income, and the care was just awful that the residents received. The aides didn't turn...

  11. "you don't have to wear scrubs, just uniform"

    LPN1974 replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    Well, the reason for it, is that I don't work in a traditional medical facility. I work in an instituion for the mentally and physically challeneged people. We just wear street clothes, the reasoning...

  12. "you don't have to wear scrubs, just uniform"

    LPN1974 replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    Heck, where I work we're really laid back. We can wear just about anything we want, in street clothes, as long as it's decent. Most of us wear blue jeans, and a scrub top, some wear the whole scrub...

  13. I had some trouble with a CNA...should I talk to the manager?

    LPN1974 replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't posted here in a long time, just been reading occassionally. But your post really bothered me. You are an RN and you should know better than to speak sarcastically to a subordinate. You...

  14. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    LPN1974 replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    Good, then I misread the

  15. staffing tried to trick/bully me in today!

    LPN1974 replied to hock1's topic in General Nursing

    If you are performing tasks, as you say, that only an RN can do, and you are in actuality an AIDE, you are practicing nursing without a license. That's illegal. I've read your post several times, I...

  16. Comment about LPNs made by clinical instructor

    LPN1974 replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't say YOU .........................I HAVE witnessed it. More than once. YOU are ridculous. NOT every RN out there is going to be up to snuff whether YOU think so or

  17. Comment about LPNs made by clinical instructor

    LPN1974 replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'll tell ya, I don't want to be an RN. I am 3 years away from retirement, and as soon as I get there I'm taking it and getting out. Yall can have it, the whole kit and kaboodle. I never had...

  18. Inappropriate ER doc?

    LPN1974 replied to elizabells's topic in Emergency

    Sounds like a weirdo to me. I would definitely write it up in the survey to the

  19. Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

    LPN1974 replied to JVanRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This lotus birth idea is just plain gross. Worse than an animal IMHO. Dogs don't even keep the thing lying around

  20. Lotus Birth...What do yall think about this?

    LPN1974 replied to JVanRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OMG....you have to be kidding....they expected YOU to take care of it? Well, why didn't you....hmmm....JUST take CARE of

  21. Comment about LPNs made by clinical instructor

    LPN1974 replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    CUTTING the foley is wrong......I've seen that done. Never have I seen it not be able to be deflated, but if it DOESN'T deflate the nurse has a

  22. Sending residents to the ER without a doctor's order.

    LPN1974 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I send people to the ER all the time without a Dr's order. But our 2 staff doctors and the facility approve of it. However, first, all of us nurses try to get hold of the doctor to let him know what...

  23. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    LPN1974 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you might have just hit on a money maker there, dear....... You could come out with your own line of mugs, cups, sticky note pads, and ink pens/pencils with the slogan "Respect a Nurse". I'd...

  24. Comment about LPNs made by clinical instructor

    LPN1974 replied to FutureIsBlue's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, "hate" may not be the right word. Having a feeling of "superiority" over other nurses is probably a better term. I may be subordinate to my DON RN but she's not "better" than me, not as a person...

  25. CNA ? Is it really gross and why do we have to?

    LPN1974 replied to pristy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I only read the original post, and I think when you get out of nursing school and really get to working, you might find there is aLOT more to gross than when you worked as a CNA. Believe me, it can...