JTworoger

JTworoger has 10 years experience and specializes in Long Term Care, Medical Surgical, ER.

Latest Activity

1. Day In The Life of an LPN/pay

   JTworoger replied to Hoping2BeANurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I feel your pain I was an MDS Coordinator for two years!! LPNs do get paid well if they have experience and depending on what State or the "population" of the area they are working in. I work in a...

2. LVN to RN online programs

   JTworoger replied to bruiz1123's topic in Texas Nursing

   Your best option is to research more in to. I attempted to do "The College Network" program and it did not work for me at. It was horrifying, but I have also read several people have succeeded with...

3. Should I try and become a Nurse in a Naturopathic Clinic or a Naturopathic Doctor?

   JTworoger replied to NenaRK's topic in Holistic

   Science-based, evidence-based medicine is good in theory and practice. It is always good to be to have this perspective. However, holistic modalities exist and are IN FACT more popular then...

4. Subq Heparin

   JTworoger replied to JTworoger's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Ok, so using the phrase, "trying to talk my patient out of something" was a tad bit misused. I'm not "TALKING" my patient out of anything. I am after all a nurse as one of you guys sorely pointed...

5. Subq Heparin

   JTworoger posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   I don't know how it is on other Medical floors, but on the medical floor I currently work on the hospitalist group goes extreme with the subq heparin. The big problem with this is we have to scan...

6. Med surg nursing getting more exhausting

   JTworoger replied to stylishgurl's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Wow are you serious? The hospital that I work for just built a new hospital. We now have 7 stories with a department on each floor after the 4th floor. Our hospital layout has its pros and cons....

7. DNP - Changes in Education?

   JTworoger posted a topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

   Ok, let me start off by saying that I am only a Licensed Pratical Nurse and I have A LOT of questions and statements to make. I have been an LPN for 7 years now and I'm actually enrolled in a college...

8. Aggrevated MDS Coordinator

   JTworoger posted a topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   I need a place to vent and probably some advice.... I've been a MDS Coordinator for 2 years now, and I do just about every thing.. all portions of the MDS for 70 beds including Med A residents. (Which...

9. Staff Nurse at Hospital or RAI -MDS Coordinator?

   JTworoger replied to Kookie2412's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

   Lets also not forget the many other jobs that the MDS Coordinator has to do... audit charts, keep up with wound care, making sure the other nurses are documented like they are suppose to, dealing with...

10. Pre Nursing Student--ER Tech?

    JTworoger replied to duckyluck111's topic in Emergency

    Jollydog and I have actually been through this conversation before, but I'm going to say it again, but this time in a different perspective because I have actually been through what you are going...

11. MED A DOCUMENTATION

    JTworoger replied to txdon's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Hi bzyadon, I understand your frustrations with documentation, especially when it comes down to Med A charting. My facility is also in the same ball park. I am the MDS Coordinator and have educated...

12. Accepted into the nursing program, questions about career path

    JTworoger replied to LifesAJourney's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize if I implied I felt like you where discrediting my opinions, I don't feel as if you where doing that at all, so no hard feelings on that part. I know I'm an LPN, but experience as a nurse...

13. Accepted into the nursing program, questions about career path

    JTworoger replied to LifesAJourney's topic in General Nursing

    I knew that there was some speculation regarding the 2015 date of the NP - DNP situation, that is why I suggested that she completed her BSN program first and check around for degree requirements....

14. Accepted into the nursing program, questions about career path

    JTworoger replied to LifesAJourney's topic in General Nursing

    This is not a personal attack, but an observation... this did not help the OP at all, so why you even bothered posting a response like this is beyond me. Anyways, to better answer your questions OP......

15. New grad wanting to work in ICU.

    JTworoger replied to cindycin35's topic in Critical Care

    Cindycin, I think that it is great that you want to work in Critical Care, I find the job myself to be quite exciting and a very great place to actually feel like your nursing care is going somewhere,...