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1. When One Patient Affects the Care Other Patients Receive

   jacksonvillelpn replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked in LTC, Rehab, ALF, but mostly memory care. Trust me when I tell you the residents may have dementia, but their families are DEMENTED! Just Tuesday, I spent 1.5 hours with the ED, DON,...

2. Nurses! Let's stand up and help the victims of Hurricane Harvey!

   jacksonvillelpn replied to guest042302019's topic in Disaster Preparation

   According to another post I read, the Texas board of nursing will fast-track both LPNs and

3. Accidentally told my coworker what I make, BIG ISSUES NOW

   jacksonvillelpn replied to newrn93's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   And, you are in WHAT state? I might consider moving, if I won't freeze to death 9 out of 12 months. Here in Florida, it's good pay to start an LPN at $18 and a new RN at $22 in an SNF. Hospitals...

4. WHAT TO DO...Nurse is refusing to give PRN medication

   jacksonvillelpn replied to purplenurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Zofran is supposed to be used to prevent nausea/vomiting caused by cancer treatments and surgery. It has also proved to be effective in treating gastroenteritis. However, one of it's side effects...

5. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   jacksonvillelpn replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Would you like to know where those young, inexperienced RNs are coming from, and why they are so compliant? They have spent the last month plus one week in a local nursing home, where they spent the...

6. How many of you actually enjoy your job?!

   jacksonvillelpn replied to kwerno00's topic in General Nursing

   If you entered nursing school because you felt either called or destined to it, then, no matter what you have to deal with, you will love being a nurse. This is how, and why, you will be happy. If...

7. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   jacksonvillelpn replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   This also holds true in nursing homes/rehabs. And those hot-out-of-school-and-can't-get-a-job-in-a-hospital nurses? After orientation they work on their own for a week and run for the door, costing...

8. Common nicknames for hospital items.

   jacksonvillelpn replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

   Depending on the doctor, the cream containing Ativan, Benedryl and Haldol is either ABH, BAH, or HAB. I just call it Happy Cream. Seroquel, or quetiapine is Quiet Time, and Xanax is Vitamin X. Can...

9. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

   jacksonvillelpn replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know why, but it took me forever to say metoprolol instead of metoporol. I also call quetiapine "quiet time", but I do that on

10. LTC 101: What To Expect

    jacksonvillelpn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Excellent! Next Monday, I will celebrate my 3-year anniversary as a LTC nurse, and I have encountered every single situation except actually turning away an admission. Yes, that includes replacing a...

11. I feel like a glorified maid

    jacksonvillelpn replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Dear fellow nurses, I too, experience all the frustrations of the corporate climate, so here's what I do: I continue to remind myself that, in the end, I do not work for them, but for The One who...

12. Manual BP Assessment on Elderly

    jacksonvillelpn replied to nursechristineb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a different take on this all together. I have worked in LTC for almost 5 years now...2 years as a CNA/nursing student, and 3 years as a nurse. CNA's are required to do vitals at the beginning...

13. What's your favorite shift to work?

    jacksonvillelpn replied to JennNHD24's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working 3-11 as a CNA part time/prn for the past 1 1/2 years and attending nursing school full time. Not a morning person...it was murder having to get up at 6:30 for school 2 days/week and...

14. failed rn program, what are my options?

    jacksonvillelpn replied to raya's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Watch out for those private, for-profit schools...they will cost you an arm, a leg and your firstborn child, and you may have a problem finding a facility who will hire their graduates. Often times,...

15. lpn students, please tell me how you di it, or how you are doing it

    jacksonvillelpn replied to kitty222's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Don't let the material overwhelm you. The human body is a very logically put-together, all be it complicated, machine. If you are having trouble learning a system, google it. You will find web...