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Bowel Obstruction?

I was taught, anything that melts at room temperature can be counted as a liquid.

In my opinion it's simple........if you don't have a license you're NOT a nurse. Therefore, you cannot call yourself a Nurse!

I would skip the LPN and go directly to an RN program! Many more opportunities for RN's in this area.

Are you sure she even attended nursing school?? Does she seem like she is under the influence of something? Very unusual situation! Jan

I'm not debating the patient survey's at all! I don't think I made myself clear. I'm interested in opinions on why ALL THREE local hospital's have the lowest scores in the SAME departments. The departments are.....Neuro, Neuro Stepdown, Ortho and Vascular. All the other departments seem to be doing OK in all three hospitals! Thanks!

I'm curious what the rest of you think about a situation at the hospital where I work. I work in a 700+ bed hospital. 2,400+ "professional employee's". We are the largest hospital. The next largest is a 600+ bed hospital 2,000 employee's. We have four other smaller hospital's in the area. The patient's get a phone call after discharge in regards to their care while they were hospitalized. Some of the patient's receive a survey via mail asking about the care. The entire staff had to attend meetings with the President of the hospital the last two weeks. I believe the meetings were held for the most part in regards to the survey results. The president basically said the ratings are not acceptable, and we needed to shape up or medicare/medicaid funding could be cut. This would mean layoffs, if things don't improve. The impression I got was that the employee's are responsible for the low ratings. We have the usual complaints every hospital gets. Noise, rude people, not enough private rooms, short staff, bad food, rude doctors, long waits for tests, etc. We were compared to the other large hospital, and one of the smaller hospitals. The four area's that got the most negative comments in all three hospitals were Neurology, Vascular, Orthopedics and Neuro intermediate/stepdown. All the other area's, in all the other hospitals including ours were rated higher. I just think it's interesting that ALL THREE hospitals were rated lower in ALL FOUR areas! Any idea's/thought's on this? Thanks! I take pride in our hospital and feel we all work very hard!

Hi all! I worked at a 600 bed hospital in Toledo from 77-88 and they got rid of the LPN's. Went to another hospital in Toledo 700+ beds. I have worked there for 21 yrs. they are now getting rid of LPN's. I would not advise anyone to get their LPN at this time, if planning to work in the Toledo area! Thanks!

Thanks Lisa!

Do you have to be enrolled to take the Excelsior practice exams? Thanks, Jan

Hi Everyone, I'm from Temperance and just getting started............ taking Life Span & Fundamentals of Gerontology. Jan