CaliBoy760

CaliBoy760

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  1. Am I being selfish?

    CaliBoy760 replied to lemore's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sounds like you need to (gently) lay down the law with your fellow nurses, informing them that it is NOT their job to inform clients of your future career

  2. New grad s/p two days

    CaliBoy760 replied to mmtorrez89's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I disagree with the posters who would suggest the you run from this challenging case. As I read it I was nodding "yes" to myself remembering the time that it actually hit home that "I was THE nurse"....

  3. Am I being selfish?

    CaliBoy760 replied to lemore's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No need to beat the proverbial dead horse, but, in the future, I would refrain from telling your pt's what your career goals are if, for no other reason, it makes your last few shifts

  4. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I did hear back from my representative. They required me to sign a disclosure statement, so it looks like he might actually look in to

  5. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I just got fired. Well, actually, my contract with the VA has been terminated, effective immediately. The reason given was that "nursing management" has decided that ALL employees of the clinic will...

  6. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I posted in another thread about the real differences between an LVN and an RN, that I have known RN's that I wouldn't let take my BP, and LVN's that I was comfortable suturing me. In my particular...

  7. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am well known in the VA VISN22 system (basically the Southwest) because of all the patients I have treated from outside the Long Beach area. I called the nurse recruiter at another area VA that I...

  8. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Fixed.

  9. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Here is the letter that I sent both of my Senators and my local Congressman: For the past 2.5years, I have held the position of Clinical Staff Nurse of the Hyperbaric Medicine Department at the Long...

  10. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes, I am A Desert Storm vet. But, technically, I was not a VA employee, I was a private

  11. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    While I can certainly appreciate this point of view, please keep in mind that the majority of my hyperbaric training was conducted by the government. The USAF, more specifically. And, I've been doing...

  12. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You said a mouthful there...I am 46 years old and had no intention of taking on additional debt at this stage of my life. I am seriously rethinking this career

  13. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have considered simply sending them a bill for consultant services at the rate of $100 per service call. There's no way that they will contract with me after unceremoniously dismissing

  14. Fired for being an LVN!

    CaliBoy760 replied to CaliBoy760's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Believe me, I thought about doing exactly that! After a glass of wine (all right, more than just one), I came to the conclusion that it's probably not a good idea to burn that bridge, even if I was...

  15. What are the REAL limitations between an RN AND a LPN?

    CaliBoy760 replied to stronginchrist's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Having worked in health care for more than twenty years as an EMT, a Sleep Tech, a Hyperbaric Tech, and, finally, an LVN, and having worked around both RN's and LVN's during that time, I can honestly...

  16. First job:Veterans Affairs VA Primary Care Clinic LPN (terrified!) Portland, Oregon

    CaliBoy760 replied to NurseNeal89's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    See my other post about my experience working in a

  17. Do LPNs use stethoscopes?

    CaliBoy760 replied to futurerpn4lfe's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I worked in an outpatient clinic where the CNA's and other LVN's fought over that stupid little BP stand thingie. I hated it!. Every exam room had a wall unit, so I used that religiously with my...

  18. va outpatient clinc

    CaliBoy760 replied to milanti648784's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I worked at a CBOC in California for about a year. It's General Medicine mostly. The vets come in for their annual, or they make an appointment for some other non-emergent issue. Usually they have...

  19. Advice for a new grad starting on graveyard shift?!!

    CaliBoy760 replied to acarrothers's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My second nursing job was NOC's at an LTC. And before nursing school I was a Sleep Tech working nights for three years. Believe me, you will be so busy doing your two med passes and charting, that you...

  20. NCLEX PN 7/3/14

    CaliBoy760 replied to mmoise76's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Every single person that I know that had less than 100 questions before shut-off, passed the exam. I, too, passed, but with more than 125 questions, most of which had to do with cultural issues. I...

  21. Lvn or treatment nurse?

    CaliBoy760 replied to imaLvn2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would much prefer to be the treatment nurse than passing a hall full of

  22. My online shopping reviews - please share yours!

    CaliBoy760 replied to MJB2010's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Scrub Zone on Amazon have been my goto scrubs for awhile. They're cheap, have what I need (drawstring instead of elastic, and cargo pockets), and come in every color imaginable. They aren't very...

  23. LPN Undercutting...

    CaliBoy760 replied to CVG.insanity's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Maybe if your lucky enough to secure a slot in one. Bridge programs at community colleges in California have up to FIVE YEAR waiting lists. There just aren't enough RN's willing to teach. Which is...

  24. LPN Undercutting...

    CaliBoy760 replied to CVG.insanity's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A fraction? Not hardly. Once you factor in the ENTIRE expense, it's very easy to run you upwards of

  25. LPN Undercutting...

    CaliBoy760 replied to CVG.insanity's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Seems LVN's can't win for losing. Not only are wages down but enrollment in LVN-RN bridge programs are way up, so those programs are charging astronomical amounts. While I would love to get my RN,...