LPN1974

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  1. Am I Too Nervous????

    LPN1974 replied to brown eyed girl's topic in General Nursing

    Brown Eyed Girl....listen to me.....I have been on my job 26 years. I have orientated MANY new nurses. They were not new grads to this job, because this particular job requires a year's experience...

  2. Am I a loser? I couldn't keep up....

    LPN1974 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed. That's a great way to get extra to help to come back to your unit.

  3. Am I Too Nervous????

    LPN1974 replied to brown eyed girl's topic in General Nursing

    Are you just newly graduated? IMHO, the only stupid question is one that didn't get asked. I used to feel the same way when I was new. Everyone does, I'm sure, to different degrees. If you don't...

  4. Barcode Meds/Patient

    LPN1974 replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    This is an update on the system that is being put in at my work. Yesterday most of our computers were down. There were some men from an electrical company there doing some work on the whole...

  5. How many pregnancies are too many?

    LPN1974 replied to L&D_2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, if you think 4 is too many, look at Jim Bob Dugger's web site. Here is the link.... http://www.jimbob.info/ They have 15 children. They live in Springdale, AR, and they just built a house that...

  6. would this be abandonment?

    LPN1974 replied to psalm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'm not wanting to start an argument or a big huge debate here, but I went to a conference once in Little Rock, AR, by a nurse, RN, who also became a lawyer. I went to get some of my CEU's that year....

  7. When do you plan to retire?

    LPN1974 replied to Drysolong's topic in General Nursing

    I am 53, and I will have a fairly good retirement from the state. I plan to get in Arkansas' Deferred Retirement plan in 2 years, when I get in my 28. Then I will have to work 7 years in the DROP....

  8. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    LPN1974 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I saw some unusual things at my job last night. We just got a new system put in for administering and charting medications. So we're still trying to get the bugs worked out of that. Okay, so I was...

  9. Nurse's Aid acting as a Nurse

    LPN1974 replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a LTC for awhile as a second job. One of the things the aides there loved to do was mess with the feeding pumps. They would unplug the feeding and bring the patient in their geri chair out...

  10. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    LPN1974 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's unbelievable that an LPN can't take an order to remove a foley. Where I work we call the doctors and get orders all the time. I could really get on this soap box and say alot but I won't. It...

  11. nursing signing doctors Rx's

    LPN1974 replied to curiousgeorge38's topic in General Nursing

    Then why were you fired? And who fired you? The

  12. How Did We Survive?

    LPN1974 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't have all that when I was little either. I don't have a baby, but I do have a dog, and I wanted a gate to keep him contained in one part of the house while I was away at work. I bought a...

  13. :( Sad - LPN (little pretend nurse comment)

    LPN1974 replied to Amyjosonata's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    PA also stands for

  14. Barcode Meds/Patient

    LPN1974 replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    I can see where, in the particular situation that I work in, that it is going to be a help. It seems it will be more efficient, easier to read than the paper MARs, however, we do have a time limit....

  15. Bullies In The Work Place !

    LPN1974 replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing

    We have a couple of bullies on my job, but they are on the dayshift and I work evenings. However, some of their bullying does fall over on evenings if they decide they want to do so. Our DON seems...

  16. Unit Coordinator vs Nursing Assistant

    LPN1974 replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, my take on it........I would take the unit secretary. However, each position will give you alot of experience and useful knowledge. Just my preference...I would take the

  17. Barcode Meds/Patient

    LPN1974 replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    Someone on this thread asked me to respond when our system got started up as to how I like it......medication administration by barcode. Well........I like it. I really think I'm going to like it. I...

  18. What's the diff between MA and CNA?

    LPN1974 replied to ERICKA9's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, MA could be two different positions. One is a medication assistant, where you are trained to give medications in a LTC {long term care} or ALF {assisted living facility}. I understand that...

  19. HELP! Ink on school uniform

    LPN1974 replied to arlenan's topic in General Nursing

    OxyClean.....the kind in a spray bottle. I washed a gel pen with a pair of blue jeans. The ink made some large black spots on the jeans. I sprayed the OxyClean on the spots, let it set for awhile,...

  20. Aides passing meds

    LPN1974 replied to tookewlandy's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a facility for mentally/physicially challenged. We have every person there on a "Self Administration Medication" program. SAM for short. It may only consist of throwing away their cup, and...

  21. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    LPN1974 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Oh, how sweet...... NOT so sweet that Mommy wasn't aware where her child

  22. Strange situation need input...

    LPN1974 replied to BRANDY LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it's his fault it backfired. If he'd been honest in the first place it wouldn't have happened. I agree, tho, for you not to get involved, as least as possible. That may backfire on you and end...

  23. Cone biopsy, bad experience

    LPN1974 replied to Labrys's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wish I could have had a little bit of that Versed when they manipulated my dislocated elbow back into place. I thought I was going to die, and I screamed bloody murder. I believe that was the most...

  24. Barcode Meds/Patient

    LPN1974 replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    We are going to a new system in a few days that will be like that. We will scan the meds and chart the meds in the computer. We won't have paper MARS anymore. We won't be able to scan our people tho....

  25. backstabbing co workers

    LPN1974 replied to qje999's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sometimes trying to talk it out with bullies doesn't work. There are those bullies who are going to bully until the day they die. I work evenings, and we have 2 bullies on the dayshift, when they get...