midlife_nurse

midlife_nurse has 8 years experience and specializes in OR scrub/circulator, hospice crisis care.

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1. no provision for continuous home care

   midlife_nurse replied to nurseebol's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   Jeannepaul, I've been where you are, and its painful. I loved the work I did for my company, but with the decline in the use of CC, our team of 15 Lpn's who did 12-hour continuous care shifts was cut...

2. Question for Hospice LPNs

   midlife_nurse replied to Melissarambolpn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I had been intrigued by hospice since nursing school- one of my instructors was also a hospice nurse and encouraged us to check it out. I experienced hospice care up close with two family members, and...

3. What is your current LPN salary

   midlife_nurse replied to Vicky Laursen's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Was making $16/hr as a new grad in the big teaching university hospital, and now 3 yrs later making $18/hr in hospice, nights, with a good amount of OT and good benefits. But the mileage reimbursement...

4. Apparently visiting hospice nurses have to visit even in the ice storms LOL

   midlife_nurse replied to Vtachy1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   My office assures us that we have discretion in choosing whether a situation is safe- driving, home, neighborhood etc. As a crisis care nurse, however, I've been advised that if I'm in a home with a...

5. New Hospice Nurse

   midlife_nurse replied to 2brn09's topic in Hospice, Palliative

   I'm a new hospice nurse too. Almost 3 years LPN experience, and now a night shift crisis care nurse for Gentiva (Odyssey) and I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Best nursing decision I ever made. My team is...

6. Is working in the or really that stressful?

   midlife_nurse replied to Angeleah's topic in Operating Room

   Long cases can be boring- but you must always stay ready and vigilant because when you let your mind wander, that's when they will want something unusual that they haven't used in 6 months for a case...

7. does anyone have a very general idea of what an LPN does on the everage day?

   midlife_nurse replied to glitterygirl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Being an LPN in the MD office where I work is NOT easier. The GP doc I work with sees 40 patients a day, and there are two of us nurses. We take their vitals and complaints and refill requests,...

8. New student and questions re: Titer and immunizations?

   midlife_nurse replied to angiebear's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   If you call your MD or any ambulatory care or walk-in clinic, they will quote you cash price for services if you ask. I work in a clinic and have given PPD to lots of new nursing students. We had a...

9. Alegria's Workwear line?

   midlife_nurse replied to scrbslvr's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I have a pair of purple croc clogs that I bought from the closeout section of Alegria's website and I LOVE them! I work 12 hour shifts either mostly standing in a small area (scrubbing) or walking...

10. Operating Room Scrubs Sizes

    midlife_nurse replied to bmorgan226's topic in Operating Room

    Our hospital uses the dispenser- we each get two credits for two sets of scrubs. XS is kept in a separate shelf for the petite staff, S thru 2XL is in the machine. We have the same problems with size...

11. Role of LPN in OR

    midlife_nurse replied to yoo jin's topic in Operating Room

    I'm an LPN and I scrub and circulate. My hospital trains LPNs to do both. I am often a "0.5" person meaning I help set up cases and give breaks to both the scrub and circulator in one or two OR's. We...

12. Checking wrapped trays and instruments

    midlife_nurse replied to WarmBlanket's topic in Operating Room

    Yes, we always check. Most of our instruments are in pans, and a lot of vendors use their own proprietary pans that get wrapped. The ones with rounded edges almost never get holes (example Synthes and...

13. Funny Nursing Dreams

    midlife_nurse replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    I work in the OR, and last summer I worked with the Ortho Trauma team. I had a dream that because of the busy summer accident season, team members had to host surgery in their home if needed because...

14. Medical Assistence program

    midlife_nurse replied to hima's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I don't live in Memphis but I have some advice. Medical assisting costs $18000 to train you for a $10/hr job with no insurance. Go to LPN school at TTC instead. (I did both and wish I hadn't wasted my...

15. OR Mask Conservation

    midlife_nurse replied to GotTraumaRN's topic in Operating Room

    Update: I did see on the national news tonight that a) The US government is concerned that we won't have enough surgical masks stockpiled if the pandemic flu continues (they want millions), and b)...