LPNnowRN

LPNnowRN

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  1. Anyone else hate the online job application process??

    LPNnowRN posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Call me old school, but I worked hard on my resume and cover letters. Why do I have to type in all the information AGAIN when it's all on the resume you just let me upload?? If there is a spot that...

  2. Coffee Is My Medicine

    LPNnowRN replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    At least two pots per day. I justify it because I use half milk in every cup so it's healthy calcium intake. I can drink coffee and go straight to bed, no problem. Love the picture--I always joke...

  3. Did you keep your nursing books?

    LPNnowRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I kept mine and have loaned them out to other people taking classes--there are just a few that I refer to all the time, and I constantly buy more references ( Introduction to Clinical Neurology by...

  4. What is your take on morphine and pancreatitis?

    LPNnowRN replied to an2on's topic in General Nursing

    I know from exerience! Blocked off my common bile duct with a gallstone and had acute pancreatitis. Six day stay until discharged the day after my lap chole. Dilaudid works, but always made me throw...

  5. I just need to vent to people who understand

    LPNnowRN replied to thisismyname's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Woot!! You ROCK! State is stressful and you did good, pat yourself on the

  6. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    LPNnowRN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG--pop came out of my nose on some of these!! OK, in to give meds to patient, scan bracelet, try to open little pill blister pack and flip it under the roommates bed!! I'm on my stomach crawling...

  7. for those in LTC..what songs do your residents like?

    LPNnowRN replied to AshleyinSTL's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I Left My Heart in San Francisco, Tony Bennett. Anything Frank Sinatra or Doris Day. Big band

  8. for those in LTC..what songs do your residents like?

    LPNnowRN replied to AshleyinSTL's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can only hope that when I'm in the home they let me play Metallica and watch Star Wars and The Matrix on TV!!! Rock

  9. Becoming a Nurse After 40

    LPNnowRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    I am 48, and I do regret that I don't have that 20 years that other nurses have. I feel like I have much less time to achieve my dream job by getting my BSN or MSN, getting my Med Surg experience. I...

  10. Do you all think med aides are bad idea?

    LPNnowRN replied to blocp's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our med techs know more pharmacology than I do--can instanly tell you about whatever obscure med just got prescribed. They are amazing. That said, take each person and evaluate their skills--not all...

  11. new grad & written up for the first time today at work :/

    LPNnowRN replied to cherielpn23's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What?!?!?! Only four

  12. Assited Living: The new skilled care

    LPNnowRN replied to NJayne17's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My nursing home was seeing low census over the summer and we figured out that the new ALF in town was starting to take residents that would normally come to a nursing home because their census was...

  13. keys for narcotics

    LPNnowRN replied to onthemark's topic in General Nursing

    LOL!!!

  14. Rewarding tenured staff - what have you seen?

    LPNnowRN replied to enzati's topic in General Nursing

    In my last job at 15-20-ect... years of service we had a catalog that we could pick something out of....I still sleep on my two feather

  15. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    LPNnowRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Way back when I was working as a CNA I took a resident to the toilet--obviously no one had toileted him in a while because he pooped out, with great difficulty I might add, a hard stool the exact...

  16. Nurses eat their Young

    LPNnowRN replied to NYLiz's topic in General Nursing

    Not this topic

  17. So irritated!

    LPNnowRN replied to hiddencatRN's topic in Emergency

    LOL!!I thought it was just me...no one can figure out why all these people love

  18. Alzheimer's: The Art Of Giving Up

    LPNnowRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry for your and her loss. Just last week we caught someone throwing their rings away, and gave them to their spouse for safekeeping. Alzheimer's is a cruel disease on many levels. The...

  19. Whats with Mondays?

    LPNnowRN replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in Emergency

    Quietest duing the Super Bowl, then all heck breaks

  20. Most important thing to know in LTC

    LPNnowRN replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Keep up with your charting--don't save it all up for end of

  21. Most important thing to know in LTC

    LPNnowRN replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Because Lord knows it's always end of shift and the paperwork on a fall will make you

  22. Nursing home/LTC getting more acute

    LPNnowRN replied to adoglover's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah--what's the rush to get a hospital job when the hospital comes right to you? Wound vacs, IV vanco, morphine pumps, fresh ostomies, and on and

  23. 911-ing a resident out, requires an order?

    LPNnowRN replied to NurseLynwood's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had a colleague who came in to pick up her check, ended up being guilted into staying due to short staffing then went to Wally World and bought a set of scrubs and shoes so she could be decent at...

  24. Advantages of Bedside Nursing

    LPNnowRN replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Nursing

    Woot!! Love this post, it's absolutely

  25. Best Pharmacology Book?

    LPNnowRN replied to karenmulder's topic in General Students

    If you really want to learn the material, why it works, how it fits in with the physiology, try this out of print book: The Phunny Pharm The Ultimate Pharmacology Study Guide. C. Reidhead. It is a...