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I'm an LPN in CT since 2007. Attended Norwich Tech. The state ran an LPN program for decades at 10 tech school locations. Graduated thousands...every LPN I have ever worked with went there, the APRN I work with started her career at this program. It ...

Any LPN here go to one of the tech programs? I went to Norwich Tech and graduated in 2007. Program was highly regarded and tun by the state. Trying to endorse to MA. Finally got Norwich Tech to send transcripts and a Cert of Graduation bit now ...

I graduated from a state of CT run LPN program in 2007. It was an adult education program offered through Norwich Tech (and other tech schools around the state). Need to get a Mass license but these LPN programs were closed down years ago. I ne...

Yes, unfortunately. I reached out to someone I went to school with I still am in touch with who does travel nursing and she said she also has never had to provide those but jas never gotten a MA license. I filled out the app and paid the 275 fee and ...

I'm wondering why the son even stayed in the room while his mother was put on a bedpan.

Yeah they were ridiculous. And after that when they came to get one of us for a family meeting/care conference, they would have this look in their eye (I admit I usually complained about it a lot as I was preparing to leave the unit prior to the othe...

I work in an outpatient clinic. It's in our policy that a clinician is supposed to be onsite when vaccines are being given. It's pretty silly but if we have, for instance, a flu shot fair they come and sit in the back somewhere and do their inbox or ...

Interesting story about care conferences. Years ago I was working SNF. Each skilled unit had a unit manager (like you!) who attended care conferences. However, when the unit manager was out (frequent occurrence on one unit) the floor nurses (yours tr...

It's pretty funny when I do have to room. I technically "know" all of that, I just do it so rarely I'm super slow and rusty. Figuring out which note the doctor wants (they are all different), then the wellness visits and all those questions and heari...

Yeah, on top of everything else you will also find me ordering and stocking everything from toilet paper to vaccines and everything in between.

I'm sorry this has been your experience. By and large, the MAs at my primary care practice are great. I am the only nurse in the clinic. I can't remember the last time I had to room. I do make lots of appointments because I am doing telephone triage,...

I'm in primary care and do all the ordering for the office. Right now, the plastic forks are on backorder; the large garbage bags for our big garbage in the break room - can't get any of those. 18 gauge 1.5 inch needles are a no go. Lab can't send va...

I am sure the ADN program is more comprehensive but my LPN program was a two-year program and very thorough. If you want to be an RN please do the ADN program. If you want to be a nurse, period, I would recommend the ADN program. I'm an LPN and ...

Nope. Medicare does not cover Shingrix given in a doctor's office. Private insurance and Medicaid due as long as person is over 50 and over. Part D Medicare plans will cover in a pharmacy with a co-pay that varies based on part D plans. It's somethin...

I am in a role that either an RN or LPN can do. Primary care clinic. I am the only nurse in the clinic. My company has over a dozen primary care clinics in my state and some have one LPN and some have an RN. We do the same exact job. I cover for some...

Agreed. I also was at one job for about eight or nine years and have been at my current one for over five so...yeah I have become "work friends" with many of my co-workers over that amount of time.

I spend more waking hours at work than home. I am certainly going to try to make it enjoyable and socialize and make friends while I'm there.

Never heard of such a thing - if whoever was on call didn't answer/return call I would be calling the medical director and if they yelled at me, got mad, whatever then too bad - they can take it up with the negligent party who didn't answer the phone...

It is the norm where I used to work. They did the whole weekend Baylor thing back in the day. Did away with the extra pay bit kept all the doubles. The weekend supervisor would do a double then work some random 3 to 11 like Tuesday I think. It is rea...

Nope. Just no. I have rarely done 16 hours. won't do more than that (barring a natural disaster or something along those lines). The SNF unit managers I worked with had spouses, kids and other things in their life. They worked 7-3. Sometimes wou...

I'm an LPN formerly spend about 10 years in SNF. I worked days. In my facility I would have been the one sending the patient out for respiratory distress. Our unit manager would not typically get involved. She was very supportive, and if she knew we ...

Mine (second one) was given at the hospital by an RN and was still way too high so don't know if going to hospital will solve the issue.

Often in these situations the family member is in fact on the HIPAA. I for one am completely fine with the patient being able to read that the family member called...one thing I can't stand is the spouse or child who calls with a litany of concerns a...

Seems like the solution to every problem is add more forms for a doctor to fill out and add more letters for the doctor to write; sorry for the tangent but I work in primary care and of course the doctor never has to fill this stuff out or write thes...

I work in primary care. What does the care coordinator do in your clinic (just curious). Are the responsibilities the same in the other clinic? I hate changing jobs, which is why I have had 3 jobs in my entire nursing career. However, there come...