Godswill

Godswill

LTC, Post OP

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  1. Picc Lines

    ditto, to what commuter say but the only dif is that i can change the dressing q
  2. ok I am a post-op nurse who started in LTC and who currently still works prn at my LTC. guess what i feel LTC is my easy job. it less stress than hospital to me .Yes i have 40 residents, but guess...
  3. whats a LPN to do?

    i live in louisiana and wow out here we are hired just as much as the
  4. How do you function in the Hospital setting?

    1. Are you allowed to have your own patients? How many patients can you have partnered? Yes i am allowed to have my own patients. we do not partner and we have 4-5 pt daily. 2. If you are paired with...
  5. Why choose LPN?

    LPN was my choice because to be honest i was not sure I could get through nursing school being a married mother of 2 kids. I did not kow if it would strain my home well school is a strain but i made...
  6. Does anyone regret becoming an LPN?

    No i do not regret becoming a LPN and yes i am looking into going back to school for my RN. I don't regret it because of where i live. I live in louisiana our scope is so broad. We can do any thing...
  7. VERY unhappy w/ TCN!

    U see this is why i did not do TCN. Me and 2 of my friends went speak to one of thier reps. They sign immediately. i could not make my self do it:nono:. Now here we are 2 years later and they have...
  8. Graduated from a vocational school?

    I did a hospital base LPN program, but many of my friends did a vocational program ,they felt they got a good
  9. OMG I can't believe it I passed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    its amazing how we all believe we have failed
  10. Which job would be better for a new LPN?

    I say if you like psych take the psych job. i did LTC and i loved it , hell i still love it. But i am going to the hospital next week to do post op. I know i will miss LTC so I am still going to work...
  11. Working holidays and weekends

    priceless
  12. What was your firdt LPN/LVN job?

    LTC at 14.20 a hour, but just took pay cut to go to
  13. Hi. I have just recently took a job on a post op floor after working 2 years at a ltc. I have done research but i have not found much information about post-op nurses. My nurse manage basically said...
  14. thanks, i am hoping I actually do work my big patooty off
  15. Thanks everyone for the info. I am so excited about what i will learn and how i will grow as a
  16. It is not PACU, so i am guessing it is a surgical floor. As far as orthropedics thank goodness we have a floor just for that at the hospital. I kinda figured that this would be busy floor.
  17. The "Warm Body" Syndrome

    This is how i have been feeling at my LTC which is why i decide to give the hospital a go. Thw wine and complain about overtime etc. but let them need u, then the care about overtime out the door, my...
  18. LPNs/LVNs: What's Your Specialty?

    MY specaialty is TLC. But i have decided to give that up and start a new next month on a Post OP floor in a
  19. Come on guys and girls need pay info LPN'S! HELP!!!

    I work a LTC making 14.00 hour, more in lafayette
  20. Took NCLEX-PN today...

    RElax I am sure you did well, On jan 4th i took my nclex i got only 85 questions and it took me about 1 hr 30mins. I passed, so try to think positive, i know its
  21. nclex-pn today

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  22. nclex-pn today

    I know how you feel, i ttok mine on the 4 my board does not tdo quick results, I took am wondering how i did, for the most part, i found the test very hard, I read were some people say if you get some...
  23. Sigh......... i took the nclex

    I am so worried abooooout, like you guys hav enot heared this a million times. But my worry is that i know i got the last question right and it stoped at 85,I took the pn -nclex i even came home and...
  24. yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
  25. Day in the life of a Med/Surge LPN

    :) I went to a hospital base LPN program which was 13 month, we did most of our schooling on a medsurg floor. WE would do every thing( even start iv's) but push meds in IV"s but sometimes if an RN was...