RN4NICU LPN, LVN

RN4NICU has 15 years experience as a LPN, LVN.

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1. Missing meds & I'm getting the blame

   RN4NICU replied to ForeverMoving's topic in General Nursing

   The OP said it was a missing BOTTLE of lortab. All the hair follicle tests in the world would not prove she did not sell the pills. Proving she did not use the drug does not prove she did not...

2. Can't sleep anymore!

   RN4NICU replied to DreamyEyes's topic in General Nursing

   I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who has been through this. I worked night shift for 10 years - LOVED IT. Then, one day, it was like someone flipped a switch. I would get in bed by about 8 am...

3. Going from a career in nursing to med school

   RN4NICU replied to AmandaMae3721's topic in General Nursing

   I guess the grass is always greener - many physicians I know have told me if they could do it over they would be NPs instead of going to med school. Not for nothing, unless you go for a high-dollar...

4. If you could do it all over again, would you choose nursing as your career?

   RN4NICU replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

   No way. I would stay as far away from any career in healthcare as I could

5. Over worked Nurses

   RN4NICU replied to ttpurtee's topic in General Nursing

   always

6. High contact sports and nursing?

   RN4NICU replied to mochamonster's topic in General Nursing

   Legal and ethical issues? What kind of sport are we talking about here? Seriously, though, what you do on your own time (disclaimer: as long as you are not participating in some illegal activity)...

7. how to read a nursing schedule/time shift

   RN4NICU replied to deetrain's topic in General Nursing

   The circled C likely indicates who is Charge for the

8. Public Health and birth control

   RN4NICU replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

   It seems the OP has Plan B confused with

9. Is this ever acceptable?

   RN4NICU replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

   Spoken like someone who's never worked in a NICU We never, ever waste blood. When drawing labs from a UAC/UVC, we always give the blood back. I was horrified the first time I saw a "big people"...

10. I'm probably nuts for asking, but....

    RN4NICU replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

    Non-partisan

11. Need advice from FNP or PNP Please

    RN4NICU replied to Hozgur's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    That isn't a question that can just be answered as there is no "starting wage for NPs" - NPs all start out at different wages. It depends on what type of work you will be doing, call/rounds...

12. A physican where I work called a patient a "FAT PIG!"

    RN4NICU replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Gastroenterology is a subspecialty of internal medicine. It is not a surgical specialty. Gastroenterologists (GI docs) do not perform abdominal surgeries. They do endooscopies, liver biopsy, polyp...

13. Get to OR as nurse or PA?

    RN4NICU replied to Laird215's topic in General Nursing

    PAs and NPs that work with a surgical group will sometimes first assist in surgery, close the wound, harvest the vein for bypass, assist with joint replacements,

14. Get to OR as nurse or PA?

    RN4NICU replied to Laird215's topic in General Nursing

    What do you want to do in the OR? You can work in the OR as a nurse, a PA, a nurse practitioner, a surgical technologist, a CRNA. They all have different roles, so the best path for you to take...

15. Nursing Student

    RN4NICU replied to carissabest's topic in General Nursing

    I think you will be fine. I didn't take chemistry in HS and still did fine in college