Greypoupon

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1. Question for nurses that are male...

   Greypoupon replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a male nurse. I don't mind being called a male nurse, murse, or even jokingly a mursenary. I even get called "ma'am" by accident. None of those are offensive or even annoying to me. I accept...

2. does anyone have a very general idea of what an LPN does on the everage day?

   Greypoupon replied to glitterygirl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   By the time you graduate the LVN/LPN program, you have the general knowledge of how to do basically everything an LVN/LPN does. The main thing you need to focus on with a new job is to know where to...

3. How many hours a night do you spend studying?

   Greypoupon replied to s81chubbs's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   Exactly. If you're not healthy while you study, then you're not studying, you're reading words and letting them go out the window. Sleep, nutrition, fitness = maximum functioning body = study a...

4. tired of hearing it, nursing students PLEASE answer

   Greypoupon replied to ChervRN's topic in General Students

   If you don't work and don't freak out about everything, then nursing school should be pretty easy. Just keep going. Keep your hands "dirty" in nursing/medical information. Know that although new...

5. Think CNAs will pick up LPNs duties in hospitals?

   Greypoupon replied to lina.561's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   LPN's know how to do CNA work as well as what separates LPN/LVN's from CNA's. However, just as it's more economical to pay a CNA to perform/assist with ADL's for clients, it's more economical to pay...

6. How many hours a night do you spend studying?

   Greypoupon replied to s81chubbs's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   If you get enough sleep, exercise every other day to 5 days a week (as in walking 30-60 min a day, etc.), eat breakfast Use the fact that I'm 23 to validate your argument but there should be no...

7. Any tips to surviving lvn school?

   Greypoupon replied to allmostlvn1's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   Wow I didn't know that pi$$ was a vulgar-enough word to be bleeped out!

8. Any tips to surviving lvn school?

   Greypoupon replied to allmostlvn1's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   Get a marker board and write down your schedule for the week. Get multiple colors. I use red for tests, black for lecture/clinical, green for side notes or etc. Research on the internet using accurate...

9. Just aggravated!!

   Greypoupon replied to kathy313's topic in General Nursing

   It's easier to find a job as an LVN/LPN in the smaller urban-rural areas than it is in the larger cities. Generally, RN's are what facilities are looking for. Having ICU/ER experience (big emphasis on...

10. Cutting diabetic toenails

    Greypoupon replied to HmarieD's topic in General Nursing

    Look up the scope of practice for your state. If you're technically allowed to legally, learn how to cut them, but if you're not legally allowed to (both depending on circumstances such as difficulty...

11. The Best and Worst things about being a male nurse

    Greypoupon replied to Doug85's topic in Male Nursing Students

    To me, there are 2 main things. First, the most difficult thing you could do as a male nurse would be to work on the OB floor (good luck ) and second, which is part of the first, is worrying about...

12. Bathing Classmates and Other Personal Boundaries?

    Greypoupon replied to brownhairedgal's topic in General Students

    The only thing I did that involved other actual students being the patient in the bed was bedmaking, just for the turning and bodyweight thing I guess. The rest is performed on dummies. However my...