chad75

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  1. Sorry about resurecting this old thread but I'm considering moving to the SF area, I am an LPN wanting to fastrack. Are there long waiting list for the various fastrack or just general ASN/ADN...
  2. I've been a LPN for about 6 years now, I have worked in psych, med surg, ortho, long term acute care, vent units, oncology, neuro etc. I never lasted in one field more then a year. I would always...
  3. LTC = Just not my thing, my personal beliefs are against things like feeding tubes for 90 year olds and other such devices to keep someones body alive why their mind is barely there. The mind starts...
  4. switching orders before doctor approval

    I've seen nurses do the same out of pure lazyness. They usually don't write an order though, ie. changing IM phenegran to IV because its easier to give to an immobile
  5. nurses as the etcetera profession

    A nurse can do everyones job, only a nurse can do a nurses
  6. Restraints are already banned for behavior modification, at least according to federal regs. The way I understand the regs is you may use restraint if a patient is an immediate or impending danger to...
  7. Not angry iliel :) just making a suggestions. The posts come in so fast around here that they fall to the second and third pages so new members end up asking the same question that has been asked...
  8. CNA's and there uses

    CNA's can make or break my shift, a good CNA is definately worth their weight in PLATINUM !! And I show my appreciation by usually buying them lunch or just saying Thank you so much ! The CNA in the...
  9. please help am going mad

    Advice: Mentor a proffesional nurse. There never seems to be enough time to take care of everyone but if you triage and work effciently ONE PATIENT AT A TIME it will get done. I find myself...
  10. Nurses marrying doctors

    You all have found me out, I feel like such a fraud. Yes I'm diving head deep in to pus, blood, feces, and various consistencies of green stuff I can't describe because I'm looking for that special...
  11. We really need a FAQ on this board stickyed up top, this question gets asked about q12 hours, no offence
  12. Cute poem :) for the record I never thought OB nurses had it easy, you couldn't pay me to deal with expecting mothers! Plus the OB nurse is usually the first to float
  13. Best location to take CPNE

    from reading various excelsior related message boards I tend to think it doesn't matter, I have heard that the majority of the CE people fly in from out of state anyways lol. Just as long as she is...
  14. Thanks allnurses

    I have honestly changed the way I think and practice thanks to this site. I don't write orders without the physcian actually giving them (tylenol/mom/simethicone etc), at one time I would have...
  15. Emphasis on caring or personal gain?

    First off I don't know of any clinic RN's making 45.00/hr. maybe in NYC or SF? Secondly, why is it wrong to want to be compensated. Nursing has changed my friend, gone are the days of the white...
  16. Job-hopping in nursing?

    I am a self admitted job hopper, I usually stay for a little less then a year and move on, everytime I move on I increase my salary at least 10%. There are rarely greener pastures anymore just more...
  17. Ever feel like a hotel porter ?

    My first job out of school was working on a psych unit at one of the biggest hospital out here in Arkansas. The unit consisted of PICU which was a locked down sterile enviorment, then we had an open...
  18. "I need a witness" !

    For those of you that use a pyxis and have to put in your un/pw everytime someone else needs to waste something how rigerous are you on actually watching the wastage? We had a situation come up where...
  19. magnet hospitals?

    I work in an LTAC (long term acute care) not sure if that counts as a magnet hospital. The one I work is composed of one of the floors in a very large hospital, its basically a hospital with in a...
  20. I've seen a lot of heartbreak on this board of nurses not being able to get in to ADN/ASN programs, or being put on a huge waiting list. I'm not sure about other areas but here in Arkansas there seems...
  21. What is your least favorite.....

    Its funny you mention disempactions, I rarely have to do one but the other night one of my patients said "its right there at the back door I just can't get it out" , mind you this is 5 minutes...
  22. Clinical Instructor Didn't Show Up

    have to echo what the others here have said. I guess we were just closer to our instructors, we would have been worried, probably calling the instructor at home or contacting the nursing school to...
  23. Payscale based on education was always a topic of humour for me and a couple Masters level social workers I befriended at an old job. I basically made about 10% more then them with my 1 year of...
  24. Is this common practice?

    Here in Arkansas all the employers use those forms (at least all the ones I've worked for, and thats a lot lol) all the Agencies I've worked for use them, including the travel ones. I don't see how...
  25. Is this common practice?

    Common practice, I just sign them. In the last three years and about 4 jobs I have yet to have an emplyer check my past work history or references