LPN1974

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  1. Feeling defensive

    LPN1974 replied to NewEastCoastRN's topic in General Nursing

    Now from this perspective I can understand more of what you are saying. The public doesn't always understand, and our jobs ARE hard. VERY hard. Mine is, I know. HOWever, there are things I'd still...

  2. Feeling defensive

    LPN1974 replied to NewEastCoastRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't work in a hospital, I work in a facility for mentally and physically handicapped. Some of what you say I can understand. However, the attitude of not being able to call the family for...

  3. do you feel like the CNA's run the floor?

    LPN1974 replied to babynurse223's topic in General Nursing

    Then alot of the problem is your fault. You shouldn't be doing their work for them. As they say....those duties are beyond the scope of your

  4. Latex Allergies

    LPN1974 replied to Fran_Nurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So the powder affected you! I always thought it was really the powder, too, that made my hands itch, but I had people tell me, no, that's just cornhstarch powder and that doesn't cause itching. But...

  5. medication error?

    LPN1974 replied to strawberry2006's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My job is in process of going over to a computer system of giving medications. Each med card for each person will have a bar code on it and the cards will be scanned. Our DON swears this is going to...

  6. Latex Allergies

    LPN1974 replied to Fran_Nurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, I have a latex allergy. I noticed my hands itched alot when I used latex gloves. We have other people on my job who have latex allergies also, so it wasn't just me. They switched to all vinyl...

  7. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I still tend to agree with Marie as above. However, I understand about illegible handwriting. On my job, we have some doctors who come to see our people and their handwriting is so bad, and I was...

  8. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

  9. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I don't know either. Like I said, I didn't observe the actual beginning of what was done that day just before the staff person poured the liquid into the other bottle. I do know this......on my job,...

  10. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am just amazed and shocked that MA's write scripts. I learn something new on this board everyday that I'm here, as to what's going on in the health care field. It is

  11. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    But can I ask you a question? Who decided or made the diagnosis as to which illness the patient had? Did the doctor do

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

    LPN1974 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I swear......sometimes people just amaze me at how dumb they are. I mean, I know I say dumb things sometimes, that make me wanna go :smackingf , but there are people in this world that just do not...

  13. REST BREAKS for Nurses in The ER

    LPN1974 replied to AngelGirl's topic in Emergency

    Well I don't work in an ER, but my boss used to tell me she didn't have to give me a break either. That she wasn't required to do so. Well, I told her that smokers at our facility get THEIR breaks,...

  14. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    well that sure spells it out. no punches pulled

  15. Nightmares!!!!

    LPN1974 replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    What is a dreamcatcher? Is that an Native American belief.......and hey, I'm not trying to be offensive. I'm not saying it couldn't work. I read Dr. Gott in the newspaper............maybe you've...

  16. Nightmares!!!!

    LPN1974 replied to AMARTIN1's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP....do you work in the ED or other stressful unit? I give medications to the mentally/developmentally challenged and my dreams are centered on med passes usually. I dream many times that...

  17. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Lorraine, did you know that people on Medicaid and Medicare ALSO most likely paid taxes at some point during their lifetime??? And even if they did not......what the heck difference does it make where...

  18. allnurses.com tshirt ideas?

    LPN1974 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I had an idea.....what about a bumper sticker or a magnetic one? Talk about advertisement....! The one with the http://www.allnurses.com.....qh, qd thing....that's the one for a bumper sticker...

  19. Qustion about meds and charting

    LPN1974 replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    You did nothing wrong. Don't worry about it. The patient can take only a half dose if she wishes. In response to Noryn.......The LTC's that I've worked in, "stock" certain meds. MOM, tylenol,...

  20. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Apparently not anymore. Certified med Techs are giving meds in nursing homes now. A med tech gave me a tetnaus injection a few months ago. This was at the doctor's office, that I went to under...

  21. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Okay, I just wanted to know why it bothered you in the first place. No it doesn't take an RN to get a b/p, put someone in a room....that's why I asked you why it would bother you. No big deal. But if...

  22. allnurses.com tshirt ideas?

    LPN1974 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I'm anxious for a descision. I want a mug for soda/h20, and a tote bag, and an ink pen with the logo on it. Pick GOOD quality stuff to have this printed on, please. No cheapies. I want stuff that...

  23. Job Discrimination...despite nursing shortage

    LPN1974 replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I think Arkansas has come a long way. I watched a PBS program last night about what they did to the Japanese Americans during WW 2. I got in on the program after it had already begun, but...

  24. Job Discrimination...despite nursing shortage

    LPN1974 replied to OliveVinesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm in southern Arkansas.....where integration started, as we all know, at Central High in Little Rock. I don't work in an "acute care" facility, but we have several African American LPNs, one...

  25. Medical Assisting

    LPN1974 replied to ddianneepooh's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Why would that bother you? LPN's are not RN's. It's the patients money being put on the table.....not mine, and it wouldn't bother me in the least to go get the RN if there is one in the office. If...