iris

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1. How much do you make?

   iris replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   LPN 3 years ambulatory specialty grp My favorite specialty is Ortho. 15.55/hr Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm (NO WEEKENDS) ;-) Benefits and tuition reimbursement Best yet-I work in a hospital environment as an LPN and work independently. I guess I'm not doing ...

2. Why LPN??

   iris replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

   How dare you make the idea of becoming an LPN sound like it's a waste of time. You think having that RN title make you a better nurse. Why should any one of us enlighten you to what we choose to do!!! What makes you think just because your an "RN" t...

3. Nurse utilized as translator

   iris posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is there any bilingual nurses in this forum experiencing this dilema. Would appreciate any input or suggestions regarding this matter. Should translation come before nursing duties? For example: if a bilingual nurse is giving an injection or in the m...

4. NBC nightly news

   iris replied to teamrn's topic in General Nursing

   Well, from all this reporting on nurse shortage, I had a pt come in today to tell me he heard about the nurse shortage and how they were being paid very well but maxed out to quick. I was dumb founded and taken back by what he said especially since I...

5. How does your office handle walk-in's

   iris replied to slawson's topic in Ambulatory

   When we have walk-in w/o appt's and want to be seen urgently, we have one of the available nurses go up front and triage the pt and assess their need. If it's truly not urgent we give them an appointment for the following day or within that same week...

6. LPN VS BSN VS ADN?

   iris replied to SUBQ's topic in General Nursing

   Mijourney...not to stir any trouble, but sometimes I think when "some " RN's see the RN title linked with LPN/Aide they tend to lose focus of whats being discussed. I completely understood where SUBQ was coming from. I THINK YOU MISSED THE POINT!!!!...

7. Truly sad- please read and consider

   iris replied to ShannonB25's topic in General Nursing

   ShannonB25...Sorry your bubble was busted. But in all honesty...what everyone here is venting is pretty much what they are experincing in their particular dept. Would you rather they sugar coat it and pretend as if this situation never existed. This ...

8. My mental state

   iris replied to jobo's topic in Psychiatric

   Have your thyroid checked out. And do take everyones good advice. If it brings you any comfort to know you're not the only one out there that feels like this. I also can relate. Have many of your sx also. Try to take one day at a time. Wish you the b...

9. certify to work while continuing to getting your degree......

   iris replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   You may want to try your local hospitals or Nsg Homes..and apply for a SNA (student nsg assistant) or perhaps a PCT (pt care tech) position. The pay is higher when your a nursing student than it is for a NA. Well best of luck. Keep your hopes high. T...

10. holiday bonus anyone?

    iris replied to alyciaboo's topic in General Nursing

    I also rcv'd a $25.00 certificate to a local supermarket. (WOW) Was I ever impressed. My husband who went to school for 6 months to be AC/mech got a $3000.00 bonus. Boy am I in the wrong field. Thank god I love what I do. Boy... do they ever have th...

11. ANY LPN'S OUT THERE

    iris replied to ERIKAFOX's topic in General Nursing

    Lorrie-----YOU GO GIRL!!!!! I couldn't have said it better myself. Here's looking at you

12. Is a LPN an aide or a nurse?

    iris replied to Jo_deye_yuh's topic in Career Support

    To RN Country, I find you to be in all your comments a woman with great compassion and respect for mankind. Someone with alot of common sense which I find to be very valuable. Not to many people possess this quality. You've never had a mean word to s...

13. would love to talk with anyone who is in LPN school, I need a buddy

    iris replied to nursing student_2001's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Terri, I'm also an LPN. I took the boards in Feb.97. It was the most difficult thing I ever had to do in all my life. But I made it. And have no regrets. I work in a hospital as an LPN in a private practice and specialty clinic. Do pretty much wha...

14. confused over titles !!

    iris replied to Tina Harrington's topic in General Nursing

    Seems to me that Tina may be a little confused herself! Less titles in the UK, but yet difficult to remember. ;0 It must be very frustrating trying to keep it straight. How do u cope?

15. nursingspectrum down?

    iris replied to mom22's topic in General Nursing

    Im happy to see I'm not the only one having difficulty getting on that site. Thanks for posting and letting everyone know.