prettygirllpn

I went straight to HH as a new LPN and worked there for four years. It was scary but i had a good mentor who was willing to help, and she was a friend before i went to work there. As far as the company itself, There was training, after I had been the...

I went into home health right out of school ( i'm an LPN) and i do not regret it at all. I have gotten a ton of experience. Wound vacs, lots of lab draws, in depth teaching on diease process, wound care, just to name a small percentage. Yes there is ...

Chevy ( a son) and Dodge (another son) No kidding! Of course i live in the south!!!

we have an rn for triage...but thats all they do unless they have to do an roc. Lpns on call do the weekend visits and do the oncall visits. Rarely does the rn go out. we (lpns) try to resolve the problem but if we are unable to, we call 911 to trans...

i call my pts in the morning, after i get my route planned out in my head. some i dont call because they know when to expect me and they will call me if there is a change in their schedule. after a time, if you keep the same pts, you will get into a ...

I take mine to the local medical supply store and they do it for me. just takes a second.

I drive all over the county and it sucks! My car is less than two years old and has 50k miles. we have company cars but they are not very dependable and where i go, i get no cell phone service. I go waaaayyyy up in the mountains so i drive my own car...

I never introduce myself as a nurse. My grandmother, on the other hand...well, lets just say, she is proud. I dont want to make the nurse feel uncomfortable or nervous. I just set back and observe.

there was one our instructor showed us in ns... the girl with emphysema goes...uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh so funny! http://www.toolivenurse.com/girl_song.htm too live nurse. cracks me up!!!

I had never even heard of iridiology until a friend of the family was dx with pancreatic CA. She helped him with his last days but (of course) did not cure him. Then, my dad became ill, tried many doctors without positive effect. Then he decided to ...

The iridologist told me that back in the old days, doctors looked into the pts eyes first thing. Said many of her older pts remember this. Told her i had never heard of it. she said that with all the technology nowdays, it was not practiced much. All...

I'm confused...Could you please explain this? Thanks!

I guess our cost of living is decent. 3 bedroom houses rent for about 800 +/-. My check pays for my car payment and daycare and elec. My husband foots the rest of the expenses. Thank God he has a good job. I could not support my family on my pay.

You should be able to ride along with a nurse that has been doing hh for awhile and he or she can help you refresh your skills such as blood draws and foleys. The thing i like so much about hh is that you are never really along in the field. If you h...

wow. I work in a small town and am an LPN and getting paid $16/visit with like 37.5 cents/mile. This sucks! i really had no idea what the "outside" world pays. But there is an upside, after three years of PRN, i get 17/visit!

I have given quite a few rocephin shots and could not understand why my pts were claiming discomfort....until i had one...wow. now i really feel bad giving them but its got to be done!

We have jean Fridays and i love them. We wear company t-shirts and name badges. Also, if the temp is

How do you make a visit last the full time when your pts wont talk to you? I go in, do a full assessment, chart and then what? We may say a few words about the weather or grandkids but thats all. Most of my pts, i'm there 30-45 mins. But there are a ...

That seems strange to me cause when i was in school, they had us start every possible IV that came around. I had quite a few under my belt by graduation.

911 in a heartbeat

Dont you just hate those days where nothing goes right? Well, i had one today. it was horrible!!!! I started off with six patients this morning. Wanna know how many i saw? two. yep just two. and i drove around 120 miles to do it. Wonderful day....ju...

Thanks all. today was much better. I ended up seeing 11 so i am worn out! Just cant wait for the weekend!

That happened to me last Christmas. Just just say thank you so much but it is against our policy to accept money from patients. But i appreciate the gesture.

I am PRN LPN (all of our field nurses are PRN no matter how many visits or hours we work) and am required to take call. It is usually once every few months but we get $20 for the week and $25/visit that we are called out to. $20 if it is a scheduled ...

I have been nursing for just over a year now. I love nursing, really i do but....I feel so sick and tired of it all. My patients are fine for the most part but the people i work for and with are driving me insane. I still feel so new at everything an...