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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...

  16. What's up with the math/terminology tests?

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

    No such thing up here in Jacksonville...Learned med-math in Nursing Core...had to pass 3 med-math tests before being signed off to pass meds in clinicals, which happens in PNI...halfway through first...

  17. Tempers, bullies, and self created chaos!!

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

    Hi, Squirly! I can totally relate to you...your class sounds just like mine! Like the woman whose husband has had every condition/disease we've talked about. It got so bad, that when she didn't...

  18. Cost of LVN school in California

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

    I can't in good conscious recommend that program...that's just highway robbery. You can buy a house for that (a cheap fixer-uper,granted). I will end up paying less than $5K at the community college...

  19. CNA or LPN??

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

    Sorry if you misunderstood...my nurses at work give me practical "instruction"...not practice. They show and tell a lot...and I learn a lot from

  20. Urinary System Disorders... ugh.

    jacksonvillelpn replied to Coco1980's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I've found that if I get confused over a system, I break it down a little at a time. First, make sure you have the anatomy down. Then tackle each subsystem. And make GOOGLE your friend. You can...

  21. CNA or LPN??

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

    I have to agree with Poptart109...I was pretty sure I wanted to be a nurse, but decided to go the CNA route first (I had also been laid off from my retail job, which was why I decided to change...

  22. Clinical Hairstyles?

    jacksonvillelpn replied to mlb1211's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Don't know if you're from the south, but we southern girls have been using Aquanet to fight humidity for years! Good

  23. LPN 2011 - exciting and overwhelming

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

    Hi, Punkinmommy! I go to school in Jacksonville, and I'm floored that you have to know med calc and terminalogy to get in. We got it hard and fast in Nursing core. Anyway, the best advise I can...

  24. LPN/LVN Classes Help????

    jacksonvillelpn replied to shanice86's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Don't know about Tx, but in Fl LPN programs are considered tech, so you can go in with just a high school diploma or GED. You also have to take a "basic skills" test, and you are given a score based...

  25. Feeling awkward at clinicals

    jacksonvillelpn replied to ziggysgal,RN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    If you're a good CNA, then you're a good nurse. It's all about the compassion, the empathy, the caring. They're the same residents you work with every weekend...just different names. Love them the...