Tentorio2002

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1. Does it get better?

   Tentorio2002 replied to Tentorio2002's topic in Operating Room

   LPN stands for Licensed Practical Nurse. We are licensed nurses who provide bedside care to the pt much in the same way as a Registered Nurse, but we have a smaller scope of practice and are not...

2. Does it get better?

   Tentorio2002 replied to Tentorio2002's topic in Operating Room

   I live in Tennessee, and work at a large teaching hospital in Nashville. I have asked how it is that LPN's can circulate there, and the answers I got varied from "that's the way its always been" to...

3. Does it get better?

   Tentorio2002 posted a topic in Operating Room

   I'm a new grad LPN working as a circulator/scrub in a large teaching hospital. Most days I feel like I've bitten off more than I can chew for my first job as a nurse, and I constantly feel...

4. "Just an LPN"....does anyone else get discouraged?

   Tentorio2002 replied to DeniseLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   For people who have dedicated their professional lives to performing a role of compassion there seems to be an awful lot of petty snipping in this thread. Instead of bragging about how much money has...

5. Skyline Medical Center in Nashville?

   Tentorio2002 replied to Town & Country's topic in Tennessee Nursing

   Hey all, I'm currently an LPN student working as a tech (they call us Care Partners) at Vandy, and there are opportunities for LPN's in places other than the TVC (clinic). Vandy uses LPNs in...

6. Phasing out LPN's?????

   Tentorio2002 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I'm currently a fist quarter LPN student and this very topic was addressed the other day in class. Our instructor informed us with the nursing shortage being what it is, and with it only getting...

7. Any Lpn's Working In Er??

   Tentorio2002 replied to Guest26407's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   During my time in the ER, I worked with LPN's and RN's both......I always thought it was kind of interesting that the majority of the LPNs could run circles around the other

8. Anyone a CNA/nursing assistant b4 an LPN?

   Tentorio2002 replied to Maggie in NC's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Sounds like my job as a tech in the SICU, with the exception of the impaction removal. I was always taught that digitally removing an impaction can potentially cause a vagal nerve reaction, not...

9. my D.O.N. frightens me

   Tentorio2002 replied to tiroka03's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   sounds like a bad place to be i think sometimes nurses forget why they got into it in the first place glad you didn't best of

10. How do I go about...

    Tentorio2002 replied to PCGrad06's topic in Ob/Gyn

    If you're currently in school you might want to try to get a job on that floor now as a PCT/CNT/CNA or whatever they're called where you're from. Oftentimes Nurse Managers will hire from within, even...