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  1. LPN's and Hospice

    AndiMac posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Does anyone have a clue about the LPN's scope of practice working in Hospice? I have a hospice orginization about to start hiring LPN's, but they need to do all the research and call lawyers etc,...

  2. Working under your License

    AndiMac posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    I was reading on another forum/thread in New Jersey, I believe, that by law, an LPN can not work as an aide, working under their license. Has anyone ever heard of this? Is this true in Ohio

  3. Advice needed for patient saftey/concerns

    AndiMac posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I don't know where to start, but here it is ... I recently graduated, new nurse, and feel I'm being taken advatage of. Or tried anyways. The Assistant Director left a note in one pts MAR to continue...

  4. New Job and Scared to Death

    AndiMac posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just applied to a LTC facility PRN. They called me the next day, had me come in the next day, had my physical appointment set up before they had even interviewed me. Today (the following day) I've...

  5. New Job and Scared to Death

    AndiMac replied to AndiMac's topic in First Year After Licensure

    deadend, i think you just summed up most of my orientation, the tour was horrible, they gave me a scavenger hunt, the nurses station alone looked like a daily scavenger hunt. 2 nurses were sitting...

  6. 75 questions.....please help!!!!!!

    AndiMac replied to Charmed's topic in General Nursing

    Mine shut off at 75 in about 45 minutes ... I passed the first time ... I took my test on a Tuesday and had my license in my hand that Friday.

  7. Male nurse kills 40 patients...what do you think?

    AndiMac replied to jdm33351's topic in General Nursing

    CCU NRS, I didn't mean anything bad about hospice, i think it's not used enough, i wasn't critisizing your post or anything. I agree with ... well it was someone ... that said communication is a lost...

  8. Male nurse kills 40 patients...what do you think?

    AndiMac replied to jdm33351's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think enough patients/families are aware or made aware of the fact that Hospice is around. A lot of these people when getting so close to death, are "snowed" and don't know they are dying or...

  9. Did I do the right thing?

    AndiMac posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I recently got my rear chewed off by a family of a resident. This res. had severe back pain, she couldn't stand from a sitting position. This res. is also notorious for having anxiety attacks. I gave...

  10. Nurse Fired for not....

    AndiMac replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    They wouldn't let me without checking out our bands even though out of 5 babies mine was the only girl there. And the nurse was my cousin at that, but still, it made me feel better knowing that she...

  11. :pBODILY FLUIDS

    AndiMac replied to JACALA_CL's topic in Emergency

    Semen? lady partsl secretions? Exactly how do I go about getting these "splashed" on me? Unless you work in a sperm bank of

  12. Things to do in WalMart while you shop...

    AndiMac replied to Jrnalist2RNinOR's topic in Nursing Humor

    make a fort out of shoe boxes in the shoe department get on the PA and announce everything in the store is now 50% off for the next 20 minutes announce the first customer to get to the automotive...

  13. Dear Nurse Manager

    AndiMac replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Now I understand why I was told it helped to know someone to be able to get your foor in the door ... They always manage to run off the best by doing favors for their "friends" ... Just remember...

  14. Fentanyl thief

    AndiMac replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Could you sleep at night knowing what you had

  15. They are laughing at the patients

    AndiMac replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds disgusting. I run in to the same thing all the time. Only problem is I have no one to back me

  16. med passing

    AndiMac replied to need answers's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi, I'm an LPN at an assisted living home here in the Buckeye State (Go Bucks!). We have 2 units, one for regular residents, and where I work, the Alzeimer's Unit. The regular residents, most...

  17. pay scale- why so hush hush??

    AndiMac replied to lanilpn's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had any job where it was OK to discuss salaries. Although everyone always did, and still do. $11.25 sounds extremely low, especially for my area. I'm a new grad, no experience, working in...

  18. In search of an answer...Thanks!

    AndiMac replied to n8isgr8's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I had always thought if you hadn't graduated for an accredited program you couldn't take boards ... here anyways ... *shrug*

  19. Did I do the right thing?

    AndiMac replied to AndiMac's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Now that I know there are several nurses that would have done the same, I don't feel so bad. It never seems to be the patient, it's always the family. Never

  20. Lunch breaks

    AndiMac replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    in reply to myself, i just found a letter to staff from our don at work last night, that says we are not allowed to leave for any reason, other than emergencies. apparently it is an issue at my...

  21. LPN that hates the Healthfield

    AndiMac posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hate LTC, I hate hospitals, where does that leave me? An LPN that hates the health field. I want to take my license outside the box. I currently work in an Alzheimers Assis. Living unit, which I...

  22. unhappy nurse

    AndiMac replied to nurse unhappy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow, have you hit the nail on the head. I get this not with my nurse co-workers, but with my aides. The aides are so bad they request not to work with certain nurses, and this particular one that has...

  23. Did I do the right thing?

    AndiMac replied to AndiMac's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I tried, I did manage to explain it to one of the family members, who works in a md off. she understood. the rest of the family was so irate, they either ignored me or gave me dirty looks, so i just...

  24. Lunch breaks

    AndiMac replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in an itty bitty 11 resident facility, my lunches are usually spent eating with the residents, then running outside to hotbox a cigarette. Sometimes I do the same as the rest, spend my lunch...

  25. Am I just too idealistic?

    AndiMac replied to JaHazle's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I too am a new grad, I took a different route and started working in an Assisted Living Alzheimer's Unit. It is an extremely small unit, only 11 residents. You start to learn the family as well as the...