Mandylpn

Mandylpn

home health, LTC, assisted living

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  1. So does Rue just add on more books, fees and study guides, etc. to get more of your
  2. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

    LPN for three years and I wish I would have not taken a year off in between that and going for the two year RN. I am taking micro and phys this fall. I am on the "wait list" for the accelerated RN...
  3. Yep this happens a lot, nurses who are nasty to each other. Management does tend to put up with them and let the good ones quit. You gotta get more of a tough skin. Don't take crap from anyone or they...
  4. LPN grads STARTING PAY $/HR

    Wellllllllllllll, i live in kind of a hick town and started out at 14.25 at LTC. I currently drive 40 miles into the city and make 19.25 charge nurse at an assisted living. meant to say this is...
  5. just read a few of the posts. what may help you in your decision is to check on your state dept of health website to see if they have a "nursing home report card", some states have this. check to see...
  6. :nurse:i was offered a position yesterday with starting wage of xxxx amount of dollars. i told the don i would think about it over the weekend, and get back to her on monday. well today reading the...
  7. Oh boy......I ticked off the charge nurse

    and don't you just love it, a seasoned nurse no doubt, took offense to a student with a ___ forbid a "question". you gotta get some thick skin to be a nurse. i would not talk to her privately, do so...
  8. :angryfire Help :angryfire I am being called in for a meeting with the DON on Tues a.m. for refusing to do an RN function. The boss tried to delegate to me to go out and "assess" a resident to return...
  9. Well i have ended up having to give notice, as i do not want to jepordize my license. I was counseled for even calling the BON, I stated this was my right to find out what I am allowed and not allowed...
  10. verbal discipline and retalliation...(a little vent)

    I have not read all the posts, but is anyone in management backing you up? I think every work place has a policy against workplace violence. don't take it
  11. Yes, I am the ONLY nurse in the building for these residents, many of whom should not be in ALF but the RN is never there to assess them to be transfered out. I like the comment about "abandonment"...
  12. Managing Perceptions (male nurse/student in OB)

    In in my OB clinical rotation we had laboring/delivering moms that did not want ANYBODY (male or female) in the room touching their baby to do
  13. MN vs. WI employment

    Hi: I am a CNA, live and go to school in Minnesota, one semester of LPN left. We may be moving to WI, can anyone tell me how to find out if I can transfer my CNA certification to WI? And when I am...
  14. Graduate nurse never inserted foley :/

    :bowingpur Niki: OK! thankfully you did insert one in a dummy in lab, I was just going to ask you if you had at least been checked off on that! :chuckle I was lucky enough to do a female cath with...
  15. Kicked out of CNA because of RX

    what a bummer:sniff: even if you get back in, you probably can't continue with this class, will have to start over as you missed a session. let us know what
  16. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

    Oh thank you! I start Spring semester with one gen/ed I need, then on to chem, biology, etc, been an lpn for just a year. lovin' it. yep, i am 47, may be graduating in a wheelchair, what the
  17. state survey question

    Not sure, I worked at one place where we did give meds in the dining room as that is how the residents wanted it, I mean the cart was in there and everything. Another place I worked at we could not...
  18. Tell me about your first job!

    Started out in LTC, it is not for everyone, loved the residents but very hard work, if you are young maybe you can handle it!
  19. OMG too funny!:roll :roll
  20. Ethics, Accepting Gifts and Nursing Care

    One of the CNA's where I work showed me a gift which a lady gave her last week, just for taking "care" of her. It was a small clock. She asked me what the policy was on accepting gifts and I said to...
  21. A Dear Abbey letter. What is your take?

    Well, it depends, did she just whip the sheet back or did she obtain the patient's permission to check and gently fold the sheet back without over-exposing him? even with a family member there, he...
  22. :uhoh21: Help, I think my supervisor (is the DON) is having an affair with a coworker, I will not state who is the male or female, but it is so painfully obvious something is going on. He/she is just...
  23. :uhoh21: Okay ya'll, thanks for your replies even though some of you beat me up :lol_hitti I really got some good advice. Sorry, I won't be giving updates on the situation, it is pretty embarassing....
  24. Randy: that is just not
  25. :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle Thanks for the laff in what is a uncomfortable situation. :chuckle Both of them are too dense to think they might be doing anything to ruin their jobs. I think it will catch...