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  1. Do LPNs Get the Respect They Deserve?

    Dixiedi replied to Truly_Blessed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Just once I'd like to see them toss the money at me! It's not a free and easy with loans and scholarships piling up after you are an adult with resposibilities. Just toss that 7 grand to me and see...

  2. Do LPNs Get the Respect They Deserve?

    Dixiedi replied to Truly_Blessed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Finally! Somebody who has the same experience I have! Except I haven't come up with the financing to pay to finish the RN yet. Long story and not needed here, but I still hope to someday, for the...

  3. caths.question

    Dixiedi replied to PCGrad06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sometimes, specially on older obese women, it can be very difficult to identify the meatus. You'll get the hang of it after you see, or don't see it. Yea, sometimes you can't visualize because gravity...

  4. Do LPNs Get the Respect They Deserve?

    Dixiedi replied to Truly_Blessed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'll tell ya what. To be nurses, I just can't understand WHY it is so difficult to understand the jest of what I am saying. I did not say LPNs and RNS have the same education. Comparable yes, if you...

  5. Can't take boards?

    Dixiedi replied to melaniew's topic in General Nursing

    congratulations! i know it's hard to be patient when there isn't any imcome, but a month isn't all that long. yea, i know that's easy for me to say so i will tell you what i tell my tbi patient....

  6. Do LPNs Get the Respect They Deserve?

    Dixiedi replied to Truly_Blessed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I never said the educations are the same. They are comparable, but not the same. However, just because educations are not the same does not mean the LPN should be treated as though she/he is not a...

  7. Do LPNs Get the Respect They Deserve?

    Dixiedi replied to Truly_Blessed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Up here in Ohio these days hospitals don't want to hire LPNs because the nurse practice act has been, well it hasn't changed much, but the interpretation has been hard on the LPNs. Ohio (and not ALL...

  8. Do LPNs Get the Respect They Deserve?

    Dixiedi replied to Truly_Blessed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

  9. caths.question

    Dixiedi replied to PCGrad06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Have to tell you this story! I had been a nurse for about 2 years. Had put in countless caths by then and felt very confident. I usually worked on the eye/ears/nose/throat unit but this day I had been...

  10. Can't take boards?

    Dixiedi replied to melaniew's topic in General Nursing

    Can't say for sure, but I am pretty darn sure anything that happened while a minor would not be allowed. Don't they seal those records? The DUI could be a problem they just have to make sure that's...

  11. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    Dixiedi replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

  12. Nurses with BSN - necessary?

    Dixiedi replied to lroche's topic in Home Health

    A BSN really won't give you an advantage until you have the desire to be a supervisor. However, the BSN still needs some years of experience before she is qualified to supervise (she/he has to start...

  13. Should Nursing Education Begin in the Hospital?

    Dixiedi replied to Dixiedi's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Oh goodness, I didn't think anyone would not understand how a hospital based nursing school prepares their nurses! Hospital prepared nurses spend a lot of time in the classroom. For example, when I...

  14. ANA President speaks up

    Dixiedi replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I know it would be difficult for the ANA to suggest this... but why don't they tell the RNs they represent to ask any nurse trained in a hospital setting instead of a university. I would bet my next...

  15. New to Ohio and frustrated

    Dixiedi replied to tomkat612's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Excuse me, I AM a nurse. An LPN, Lisenced Practical Nurse! Sad to hear you chose

  16. Too Many Nurses?

    Dixiedi replied to LilStudent's topic in General Nursing

    As you said, the attrition rate is huge. And those that do make it through (I heard someone say not too long ago that less the 50% graduate and pass the boards but I don't know if that is so.) may not...

  17. Is Nursing really an Art and a Science

    Dixiedi replied to GracefulRN's topic in General Nursing

    MMM, the art or medicaine. Not the science of medicaine. Science definately plays a huge role in practicing the arts of medicine and nursing but it still an art. Imagination (art) can not be set...

  18. Too Many Nurses?

    Dixiedi replied to LilStudent's topic in General Nursing

    They may not be driving down the RN wages, but they are holding the LPN down in a badpan passing job instead of forcing institutions to see just exactly how competant we are compared to their RNs. A...

  19. I have to be bathed by my classmate???

    Dixiedi replied to Saved_by_Grace's topic in General Students

    Ya'll didn't "give shots" to your patients in clinicals? Our instructor hung out at the medication room waiting for a staff nurse going in for an

  20. Nurse Practice Act/poll/ROLL CALL!

    Dixiedi replied to nurseunderwater's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Let's revive this thread! I am Diana LPN, I graduated back in the mid 70s. Guess I could pull out my diploma, wherever it is, to find the exact date. LOL I am on my 3rd husband...widowed at 28 with 2...

  21. Would you assist in abortions?

    Dixiedi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can not believe that you would allow that mother to die just to maintain your pitiful excuse for religion. How arrogant of you! As you mature in life you will realize that there are trade offs....

  22. Do LPNs Get the Respect They Deserve?

    Dixiedi replied to Truly_Blessed's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    the question shouold not be who has the most education but rather is everybody's education good enough to perform! i know lpns right out of school that are tons more prepared than a variety of rns...

  23. I have to be bathed by my classmate???

    Dixiedi replied to Saved_by_Grace's topic in General Students

    Way back when we didn't have to give a bath. But...we did have to do a complete linen change with your partner in complete uniform. Back then it would not have been an option to strip in school, not...

  24. Would you assist in abortions?

    Dixiedi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was fairly sure they do, some things never go away, but have no numbers to back it up. One thing for sure I've learned here is that if you make a statement, you'd better be able to back it with...

  25. Would you assist in abortions?

    Dixiedi replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We are getting into a morality issue that will never be closed. The original post was simply would you work in an abortion facility/floor. We are not to judge our patients choices. We can disagree...