tothepointeLVN

tothepointeLVN LVN

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  1. having a bad night!

    tothepointeLVN replied to cayenne06's topic in Private Duty

    Oh I've had the joy of looking away for a split second and having my patient hand me his Gtube completely detached. It became a habit of his for awhile until mom managed to keep her cool when it...

  2. Bottom Line

    tothepointeLVN replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in Private Duty

    Yeah in the case of true private duty you can get the doctor to fax over a set of orders and that within reason should cover you. I know theres a few people that haunt this section that have done true...

  3. Pediatric- Patient Bagging

    tothepointeLVN replied to kdavispn's topic in Private Duty

    It's a lot easier to crack open a tank in an emergency too and the condensors usually only go up to 10L. I've worked with patients that have had two hooked together to get 15L for a regular situation...

  4. Bottom Line

    tothepointeLVN replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in Private Duty

    This is what I meant to say but was less eloquent about it. Even if you are working for an agency they have a sneaky habit of re-certifying the case but never updating the information so the...

  5. Pediatric- Patient Bagging

    tothepointeLVN replied to kdavispn's topic in Private Duty

    I'm always wary of the word never. Was this made as a sweeping statement or for a specific patient? The two things I can think of off the top of my tired head is to keep the FiO2 % at a certain level...

  6. Bottom Line

    tothepointeLVN replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in Private Duty

    The background on this question was the OP was being paid by the mother directly a true private duty nurse. The 485 is a documentation when nursing services are being paid for medicare or medicaid ....

  7. Certified Nursing Assistants - The Nurses think we have it so easy.

    tothepointeLVN replied to hfullerCNA's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I went to nursing school so my job wouldn't be so physical. More stressful more responsibility and still some what physical. I'm not denying some nurses can be pricks to the CNAs and vise versa but...

  8. How to negotiate a per diem pay rate with agency...

    tothepointeLVN replied to RNewbie's topic in Agency Nurses

    Good for you. I negotiated a little too low when I first started working at my agency but feel I can broach a raise right now because I took so much medical leave time off last year. I think agencies...

  9. just informed that mom wants me to drive her kids to school

    tothepointeLVN replied to kgress's topic in Private Duty

    Unlikely that she'll see the light. The fact that she even

  10. Help!! Had entire Nclex exam

    tothepointeLVN replied to ryleighsmommy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well thats because you were having a telepathic moment with the computer and telling it to let you

  11. Pediatric- Patient Bagging

    tothepointeLVN replied to kdavispn's topic in Private Duty

    You mean hooking up the O2 condensor to the bag and using that for the oxygen source. We are happy to help but we need to narrow down the question a little

  12. Surveillance cameras in pedi patient's home?

    tothepointeLVN replied to lovelane78's topic in Private Duty

    I don't like when there is an automatic assumption that the nurse is going to be neglectful or abusive. Whats next nanny cams at school? No one likes Big Brother breathing down their neck esp the...

  13. Just took the NLN!

    tothepointeLVN replied to Limik's topic in LPN to RN

    Congratulations after 18 years you deserve every little bit of success thats coming to you.

  14. What is Chemistry Like?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Jonahyona's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I had forgetten everything I ever learned in high school chemistry back in the 90's but nursing chemistry was fairly straightforward I wouldn't take a prechem course when you could just study before...

  15. How do you afford /pay for school?

    tothepointeLVN replied to GodIs082010's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    LVN Program : Cash and a stafford loan. Some units a private school : Cash (from working full time as an LVN along with school fulltime) and a small stafford loan. Some units a community college : Got...

  16. Being nervous about the science and math of nursing school

    tothepointeLVN replied to mzhendrix10's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's hard but you can do it.

  17. Heres what I don't get about hiring

    tothepointeLVN replied to esunada's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think the one problem that occurs with quiet introverted people is sometimes the communication can be difficult so the message get

  18. less than 48 hours

    tothepointeLVN replied to abasima23's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good

  19. Failed NCLEX- PN last week.. needing HELP PLEASE!

    tothepointeLVN replied to mrsbailey88's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I used Saunders and Pearson's Review. The thing you need to figure out is was it a strategy error or nerves causing you to break your planned strategy or was it a knowledge deficit? If its a knowledge...

  20. Help!! Had entire Nclex exam

    tothepointeLVN replied to ryleighsmommy's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Interesting. Not sure if my results were put on hold because in the lovely state of CA the BVNPT (not the same as the CA BON for RN's) the results take six weeks. Obviously I passed but hopefully I'll...

  21. LAZY CNA's!!

    tothepointeLVN replied to RNBeauty23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If that was the rule then AN would not exist. I don't think being positive should be a prerequisite for being allowed to express an opinion. It's a slippery slope

  22. "Loosing" my license

    tothepointeLVN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Also I don't want to lose my license is synonymous with I don't want to work under these conditions which is fine just say so. Though this was the excuse I used to my husband when I wanted to quite my...

  23. "Loosing" my license

    tothepointeLVN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Not as surprising as what WON'T lose you your license in CA. There was a big LA Times expose several years

  24. Heres what I don't get about hiring

    tothepointeLVN replied to esunada's topic in First Year After Licensure

    People hire people they would like to work with. Competency comes somewhere further down the lists. I'm assuming your comparing Mr talkalot to yourself. Maybe you don't come across as well as you...

  25. You're probably worried about the NCLEX..dont...seriously. Here's what I did!

    tothepointeLVN replied to gtrebyari's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have to agree with the above. The NCLEX is a standardized test and the material its based on is fairly well known so no expensive program is going to have a secret that none of the other big ones...