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Anything alcohol based. Alcohol pads - they will suck on them. Drink hand sanitizer.. Whole different world.

A clear bag (like for stadiums) that you can see thru. Your stethoscope, a pen, small note pad, a couple dollars. No contraband, no cell phones. No hand sanitizer. I'm new to corrections and learned fast. A sign of contraband items will also be pos...

This sounds just like my office. In try to use the online covermymeds but its still cumbersome. I don't think the drs in my office even know what prior auths are. I'd try to delegate to MAs anything you can. I've had allot of declines lately so do t...

I am a fairly new LPN in a ALF which has a ECC license. Most of our residents require assist with ADL's, most are incontinent,lots of answering call-lights, parkinson's. My floor has a couple colostomy/urostomy care - recently due to some moving aro...

Well, I graduated from LPN school May 2010, got my license July 2011, got my first LPN job September 2011 - I am still there... Now - I signed up for Excelsior - hoping to start July!!! I'm starting from scratch - I need everything as I have no pre-...

I meant to say.. holy crap - low on O2?? WOW... that would freak me out!! how did they think you would make it last??? how do you do that? and the hours thing - that happens to me, and I often wonder... do I clock out and come back up to chart... as...

I find it all very interesting all of our experiences and how similar they all are. My facility is "for-profit" hence the moving around and transfers of recent.. combining 2 memory units into one very large one is a money maker. ECC giving the "space...

This sounds about how my day is every day... I'm sorry your day went like this. :-( It's so disheartening.. I came searching tonight as I have about 40 residents, it's going up tomorrow by 3.. and 9 BS - AC/HS .. 2 aides - yes, it's ALF - but with a...

This is very interesting as something very similar happened in our facility recently. My floor in particualar has 3 res on coumadin, an outside company does lab draws. The coumadin draws are typically scheduled out... for ex: Resident A to take couma...

I am a new nurse - working in an ALF, caring/passing meds for 34 residents half of them in a locked memory unit. I would say 80% of my residents suffer from parkinsons. On my third day alone a resident who had been coherent, refused to eat for 3 day...

You know your right... It's only PT... but I don't care- I hope I am offered the job! I'll take it! After I posted this yesterday a former classmate called me - her first day on the job in a ALF, she had 35 residents, 2 CNA's, the only RN was 4 floo...

I was wondering what you ended up doing? Do you work at the methadone clinic? How'd you like it? just asking as a recent LPN grad - interviewing at one next week... Thanks!!

Hello - I graduate Friday from LPN school . I will be applying for my sit date in the next 10 days. So, I am hoping to have a test date by about mid June - which seems to be the timeline for the previous graduating class. I have been using my green ...

Awesome! thanks for the info - I really do appreciate it!!!

I can see everyones point and understand where everyone is coming from.. I supposed it would be nice to get offered a pin to purchase at perhaps a lower cost??? I think some said it was $5? not sure - but $80 is 2 weeks of gas for me to actually get ...

I like the ribbon idea... that's a nice thought.. I am so ticked off with school I could not bring myself to fork over $80... I got my CNA license almost 2 years ago.. when we finished they GAVE us a super nice PIN... You might think that at $17K in...

CONGRATS!!! you must feel so relieved! that's exactly what I wanted to know!!! thank you so much! Also, sorry if a dumb question... but what is the "pop up"? I read that in other posts and was wondering what that meant... lol!

Our graduation ceremony is next Friday... we were given the option to "purchase" a pin. They are $80. which we all thought was allot as we are all struggling nursing students... We asked for permission to buy pins online.. even agreeing to purchase f...

I took my final Friday... and passed with a B! weird, but I still have 1 clinical day.. Monday - then Graduation on FRIDAY!!! YIPPEEEE!!! It's for my LPN, I have worked really hard for it this year... and I am starting pre-req's for my RN in 2 weeks...

hi - there are quite a few job openings with baycare here in the tampabay area.. they are asking for 1 year "ulic care" experience. does anyone know what ulic care is? thanks for any help!

I just thought I would reach out and ask those who might have dealth with this before... how did you handle nursing school, taking care of the house, your marriage... financial stuff.. or lack of??? I am very blessed, I am in nursing school and am n...

I'm in LPN school and doing clinicals in a very large hospital. I see LPN's and RN's everywhere. They seem to have very distinct duties as do the PCT's.. but all are so nice, hardworking and extremely respectful of each other. As an LPN student the R...

I was curious.. what state do you work in?? it sounds like your scope of practice is large and sounds great!! I'm in LPN school so just wondering... :)

I am currently in nursing school, live on the central gulf coast of Florida and have been told over and over again by the RN's at my clinical sites that many other states especially Kentucky, Ohio pay much better and cost of living is less.. Florida ...

I am so glad you posted, it's nice to hear from those in the RN program!!! I am currently in Galen's LPN program, I began in Feb 2010 - however I froze during the midterm CPE (bolus) and did not pass ( I also missed a couple of labs and paid the pric...