tothepointeLVN

tothepointeLVN LVN

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  1. Hospice nurse interview questions?

    tothepointeLVN replied to gorgenurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    What would an acceptable against the rules

  2. ohh soo confused

    tothepointeLVN replied to Nurse Sum's topic in Private Duty

    The first thing I would look at is your employment contract with your current agency. It may say that you can not work for the client for 6-12months. I would tred carefully here. The last thing you...

  3. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    tothepointeLVN replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    Again I'll state I think a pharmacist giving an injection at a pharmacy is perfectly acceptable since the pharmacist does hold a much higher degree than the average flu shot nurse. Its the...

  4. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    tothepointeLVN replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    Is it really for patient satisfaction or is it because nursing has gotten to the point where we have to be reminded to do our

  5. Question About "Senioritis"

    tothepointeLVN replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    The 25lbs will come off while your studying for your

  6. Do you chart on plain lined paper?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Yeah and sometimes your lucky if the patients family pays the electric bill anyways (not kidding) At my first agency for the first 6 months I wasn't even aware that I HAD a supervisor. Never received...

  7. Do you chart on plain lined paper?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    Oh! You want them to do something pro staff that would make your life easier?

  8. Do you chart on plain lined paper?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I'll have to admit for one of my cases now a couple of years back I only stocked the folder with enough notes to get through the weekend. This was with an agency where you were to go to the office to...

  9. Do you chart on plain lined paper?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    I should add I would never submit notes on plain lined paper because I feel it would reflect on me. I do have a few generic non company specific blanks I can print out. PM if you need

  10. Do you chart on plain lined paper?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Private Duty

    With my current hospice gig I have pdf's of all the paperwork so I always have plenty of copies in my folder. What I DO hate is when my coworkers are not as prepared and don't leave a copy of the...

  11. Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    tothepointeLVN replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

    Yep. I saw this in nursing school the most. Everybody ripping each other apart and jumping down their throats with every comment the common refrain being "What kind of nurse are YOU going to be or I'd...

  12. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    tothepointeLVN replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    When did RT start becoming the norm. Aren't RT's a spinoff of a nursing task. Taking a very small part of our job and specializing and expanding upon it. dscrn, I still do ALOT of patient/family...

  13. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    tothepointeLVN replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    If you count it in years of education there is more of a difference between a ADN and a BSN than there is between an LVN/LPN and a RN. Most LVN/LPN's that transition into the role of RN comment that...

  14. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    tothepointeLVN replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    Well ask the few that you do work with what they do. Chances are it's not that difference. When you come down to it if you list all the core things that makes a nurse a nurse you'll find both LVN's...

  15. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    tothepointeLVN replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a problem with a pharmacist administering a vaccine. Since the entry level for pharmacists now is a PharmD I think they are more than qualified to do so especially since pharmacology is...

  16. Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    tothepointeLVN replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

  17. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    tothepointeLVN replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't going to go there but thank you and yes we

  18. Why hire RN's when other disciplines can do the job

    tothepointeLVN replied to Marisette's topic in General Nursing

    Well what we first need to do and this will probably cause a flurry of controversy but the word nurse MEANS something and hold weight. We need to regulate the use of the title nurse to well nurses...

  19. Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    tothepointeLVN replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

    No there's plenty of trolls in nursing. We attract them I guess. I think the fundamental problem is we all like to be right. Now with a million nurses all thinking we are right on this...

  20. Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    tothepointeLVN replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

    I'm not sure that being a CNA would fundamentally change someone's personality. For those who do walk around with their noses in the air I'm not sure you can humble them through

  21. Question About "Senioritis"

    tothepointeLVN replied to Despareux's topic in General Students

    My cohort had senioritis so bad they cancelled our capping ceremony because they wanted us to concentrate on the final

  22. Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    tothepointeLVN replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

    Take my advice I'm not using it.

  23. IM injections, to aspirate or not?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Pia Mater's topic in General Students

    Thank you I will be printing this out. I often find when addressing older nurses about this issue they always feel that it's the new nurses not being sufficiently trained vs the fact that things...

  24. IM injections, to aspirate or not?

    tothepointeLVN replied to Pia Mater's topic in General Students

    Aspiration just causes discomfort for a patient. Instead of asking the rationale for not aspirating we should question the rationale for doing so. Also yes there are somethings you'd want to take more...

  25. Am I crazy, because this seems VERY WRONG...

    tothepointeLVN replied to Fannie'sMom's topic in General Students

    Honestly I don't think having a crappy clinical will really hurt you that much in the long run. Noone expects you to be a super nurse when you graduate but to be a safe entry level nurse. If you have...