DanaMSN MSN

DanaMSN has 15 years experience as a MSN.

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1. LPN 7 Years Experience Needs INFO STAT!

   DanaMSN replied to brown eyed girl's topic in Ohio Nursing

   There have been some ads in the Dayton paper for LPNs in LTC, you can look online for them. Also some LTCs in Washington Courthouse have been hiring recently. Pay is lower in the rural areas though,...

2. Do you need an RN lisence to be a LNHA

   DanaMSN replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   Are you talking about being a nursing home administrator? It probably depends on your state. In Ohio you do not need to be an RN to be the administrator but there are education requirements. You...

3. Workplace cliques

   DanaMSN replied to LTCnurse11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I work in LTC and the cliques are terrible at my facility. We actually have groups of nurses and aids that look for every tiny mistake a coworker makes and then report to the

4. oxygen sTaturations

   DanaMSN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

   *too hard to

5. oxygen sTaturations

   DanaMSN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

   I have a fellow nurse who calls me by the wrong name. She calls me Diana, Dena, Donna... Anything but DANA. It isn't that hard, call me by the right name please. She claims it is to hard to...

6. oxygen sTaturations

   DanaMSN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

   I am going to ask my next no call/ no show if he/ she was misconfused about the schedule. Too

7. oxygen sTaturations

   DanaMSN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

   Just heard this at the pharmacy....."can someone help me find the blood pressure cups". Hmmmm. I'd like to see one of those

8. oxygen sTaturations

   DanaMSN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

   IbuprofRen and acetaminophRen. If you can't say it correctly just call it Tylenol or

9. oxygen sTaturations

   DanaMSN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

   If a patient says things incorrectly I don't mind nearly as much as when a fellow nurse does. During school I had a preceptor in the surgery department frequently refer to the OR room. Really?...

10. RN in ltc

    DanaMSN replied to obizyanka's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think it depends on the facility. The RN staff where I work perform the same tasks as the LPN staff with a few extras like admission assessments, running TPN, managing PICC lines

11. oxygen sTaturations

    DanaMSN replied to Creamsoda's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in orthopedics I hated rotator CUP. Orientate drives me crazy as

12. Any Other Mid-Life Students?

    DanaMSN replied to kmundhenke's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I graduated in 2010 at 39 years old. I stayed at home with my children until they were in junior high and high school before going to school to get my BSN. I did start my pre-reqs online when they...

13. Paramedic to RN

    DanaMSN replied to GRUNT0317's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Clark State Community College in Springfield, Ohio has a paramedic to RN

14. RN's...in demand if willing to relocate?

    DanaMSN replied to pat8585's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm in southern Ohio and couldn't agree

15. Authorization to test in Ohio

    DanaMSN replied to ICUNURSE2BE's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated Nov 20, our letters went out the Nov 22, received my ATT Dec 7 and I tested Dec 20. I could have tested as early as Dec 9. However, some of my classmates did not receive their ATT until...