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I agree with much of the above. I work in pulmonology so I have become very familiar with inhalers and other commonly prescribed meds there but they provide us with updated drug books for reference. I give alot of flu and pneumonia shots on a daily b...

I think it depends on your position, I've never worked in the hospital as a nurse, but I have worked in the same clinic for 2 years now and I am constantly doing this. I get calls from nurses at the hospital asking if I can talk to dr. so-and-so abou...

I was actually taught different ways in school too. When I was oriented to a private duty case about 6 months ago I was showed the way graysonret described, continuous and twirl, I also hold my breath. Like it's been said, once people are taught one ...

I have floated in our clinic to derm and it was pretty straight forward. Any specialty you go into will need to do OJT as everyone does it a little differently. I love working in an office. Good luck!

I would choose job 2, benefits and regular hours seal the deal for me. I also would prefer working with DD than Ltc, but that's something I've learned about myself after a few years of experience. Good luck with your new adventure whichever it is!

I do not work in the hospital anymore, but I used to as a PCA and would get floated as a sitter,i would not be comfortable with that policy. How did that come about?

I agree with the above post. You will get more confident and comfortable around people, but even if you remain shy you can still be a great nurse. I work with a nurse who is very introverted, but when she is with patients she is awesome because she f...

I have done this actually, I left a job I loved for something that paid better but I hated. I was gone three days and called my old manager and asked if I could come in to talk. I had left on great terms and later she told me when I called she was pr...

Not exactly, neither ambien or lunesta affect sleep apnea, although they do have weird side effects (sleep walking/talking, acting out dream etc.) but anti-depressants, anti-anxiety pills can cause respiratory suppresion and are therefore not used du...

the pulmonologists I work with strongly prefer polysomnograms in the sleep lab, if the patient feels that they will not be able to sleep, they may consider a sleep aide. They usually only order home studies as a last resort. That's just what I've obs...

Like its been said, check with your BON, but in the clinic I'm at, LPNs can work as MAs, just depends on the department. A lot of places don't seem to want to hire Lpns as aides because they know as soon as a nurse position opens up, they will go for...

Whoa...that would not fly here, I'm assuming this is a small clinic? We use electronic charting and only nurses or MAs call in prescriptions. we can send them electronically or call them in and then the physician has to sign the emr in a timely manne...

Try to prepare for the questions, think about what to say when asked, "why do you want to work here?" or "what are your strengths and weaknesses?" I always feel more confident when I'm prepared.

A lot of it is personality. When we are hiring a new nurse for our office, first the applicant interviews with our supervisor, then with the nurses, then with the provider. I got my job as a new grad. Not sure what made them give me an interview, but...

I am working on my last pre-reqs for RN. It is not about the money for me either. I just want to expand my knowledge and skills. Hopefully I can stay at the clinic where I work now, which does not pay much (lpn or rn) but its a great place to work. ...

It really depends on your area, here the hospitals are phasing out LPNs. I am going back to RN school and I will have many more options afterwards. I do job searching frequently and for LPNs here, options are office or LTC. I like my office job, but ...

Couldn't it be a problem when people are afraid to admit to a mistake??? I don't think we should pander to poor behavior, but when someone does have a problem we should not just judge them and say well, too bad you shouldn't have screwed up in the fi...

Thanks for the replies, I'm not leaving my current company, I am just going to stay on with both until I find out more. I really thought this seemed weird. I have not had any problems or complaints so I will just see what happens I guess.

Just wondering if anyone has had something like this happen: I was driving to work (my f/t job in a clinic) when the father of the ped patient I see on weekends called me on my cell phone. He asked if I had heard about what was going on at the compan...

When I first started in my clinic (granted it is a speciatly area) there were things I had no idea about, but luckily anything I wasn't comfortable with another nurse would show me and even the doctor would explain to me what exactly he expects, as e...

Is there any sort of telehealth postition you could get? Perhaps if you weren't dealing directly with patient care they would be more open to it.

I have to say, I agree with systoly, yes this nurse was in the wrong as well as the father, but really, you needn't be so harsh about it. She saught advice and she came to her senses. And as she said hopefully if you ever make a mistake, you will be ...

Here in Missouri clinics use MAs, LPNs, and RNs in some specialty areas. The facility where I work lets the individual providers have a say whether they want an MA or a nurse. As an lpn, I make about $1.50/hr more than the MAs. I asked my supervisor ...

I just got caught up on this thread, good for you for realizing and following through with the professional action. I can understand how hard it must be. I am a hopeless romantic myself, but we have to sometimes force ourselves to think with our brai...

I also started applying for jobs as a GPN like LPNweezy, I had a job before I graduated actually. I live in a smaller city in MO and had experience as a CNA/Unit Sec for the Hospital that owns the clinic I work at. I actually have two jobs, first wo...