lorenwithano

lorenwithano

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About lorenwithano

lorenwithano has 2 years experience.


Pediatric LPN

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  1. Giving Report to Medics... What do they know?

    true... your pretty much always sending the patient with their information anyway (which will include the h and h). not that the medic is incompetent... but i have a feeling a newer medic might just...
  2. that is so true... i do think of that as a positive, at least i did the LPN program and warmed myself up to the field. plus, now i will understand certain tasks vs. someone who went right into an RN...
  3. its true... you learn something in nursing every single day. i really have come a long way since finishing LPN school. i think i hold my standards very high and get discouraged very easily if i dont...
  4. thank you so much for the kind
  5. i worked in a nursing home for a brief time after graduating my LPN program and I just remember my supervisor saying that "it's not your fault schools are putting out sub-par nurses" (i questioned him...
  6. hey everyone! i am writing to see what some of you think regarding LPN schools and the level/quality of education?... and... if it gets better?! I have been an LPN for two and 1/2 years.... and i...
  7. hello all, so i am very excited about tomorro, because after being miserable at my rehab facility, i finally got an interview at a pediatric clinic! pediatrics is where my heart really is, and i cant...
  8. hello everyone, i've been working my first nursing job for about 6 months. and its been very difficult for me to say the least. when i began to work at my facility, it started off as long term care,...
  9. Any connecticut nurses out there?! Help!

    im an LPN... and i know that it is difficult to place me in anything besides rehab or
  10. hello everyone, i've been working my first nursing job for about 6 months. and its been very difficult for me to say the least. when i began to work at my facility, it started off as long term care,...
  11. funny how people act when the state is hot on their heels. i dont know if its the same at most facilities, and since im new to nursing im not sure if this is the case everywhere, but there is a 6...
  12. i know its not a HUGE deal... however, i think the point these jerks i work with are trying to make is... the previous order for macrobid bid x 1 week was held for 1 night (which im not a doctor i...
  13. i feel like im going to be sick! i started working at this rehab facility in february... im still a new nurse (this is my first job, so ive been working 3 months). i hate to use this as an "excuse"...
  14. how to explain advance directives?

    yes, i know what an advance directive is. my floor is slowly turning into rehab, so we have many admissions per week and i am still trying to figure out how to get my words right when i explain an...
  15. how to explain advance directives?

    hello, though this may be simply explained, i am a new nurse and not really sure how to go about advance directives. i work in a rehab facility, for typically the older population. and i really dont...