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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!!!!...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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?

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

Sounds like your having a real bad day. Your sadly mistaken if you beleive the majority of nurses go into nursing for the money. What money? For the amount of work and hrs we put in, it no-way compares to what we actually bring home. We all go in exp...

GET REAL!!!! LPN/LVN...."WE DON'T RECEIVE THE CRITICAL NSG SKILL TEACHING THE RN'S DO- AND, WE'RE ONLY TAUGHT BASIC NURSING SKILLS." HUMMMMM...I MUST OF BEEN IN THE WRONG CLASSROOM. YOU SILLY RN....

I'm an LPN also and find that many ignorant pts and stupid nurses have made remarks of what they beleive an LPN is. It infuriates me. This program has been around for some time now, as I see it. And it's obvious there is a need for LPN's. I haven't m...

The best thing about working in a out-pt setting are the hours. Mon-Fri 8-4:30 and no weekends. I work for a Specialty Grp.in a hosp. One Friday morning I was assigned to work with the Bariactric MD. He can be very rude and arrogant when things don't...

Very well put Jodie!!!!!!(jo_deye_yuh) I couldn't have said it better myself. You make me proud :-)

I'm an LPN working in an hosp. out-pt setting. I give IM, SC, intradermal and I do phelebotomy. I also triage and assess new pts.

I'm an LPN with 2yrs exp. working in an out-pt ambulatory setting (Adult Internal med/ specialties) in a major hosp. northern N.J. and Im making close to $15.00/hr. The RN's (Diploma nurses) all with more than 10yrs of exp. are averaging anywhere fr...

When I was in school, I used to record the lecture.When I got home that evening or the following day,I would listen to the tapes, review and compare notes. Then whenever I would have time or while I was driving I would listen to the tape. I would e...

I'm an LPN working in a hospital out-pt specialties dept. I can relate with your frustrations. I also feel there is a lack of respect for LPN's. I do the same work and in some case more and I'm getting half the pay. I've had to save a couple of RN's ...