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  1. LPN/RN ...Is it all the same? Please Advise!

    j464335 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a LPN for 10 yrs, the majority of my work being in LTC/SNF. I recently took a job where I lasted all of ONE day. Definitly learned some major lessons, like...check to see if the DON is on...

  2. LPN/RN ...Is it all the same? Please Advise!

    j464335 replied to j464335's topic in General Nursing

    As a LPN in a rural MO area, the only jobs for LPN's in my area are SNF's (the bad ones). The hospital's, home healthcare companies, staffing agencies, etc.. All want RN's! And due to 6 ASN-RN...

  3. LPN/RN ...Is it all the same? Please Advise!

    j464335 replied to j464335's topic in General Nursing

    sleepRN... Your Mom is right, stay away from SNF's. I am convinced they are a small piece of hell on earth! Now with that new law they put on Hospitals being penalized for re-admit's an medicare Pt's...

  4. Need Opinions!

    j464335 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have been a LPN since 2002, the first few years I went from one LTC facilty to the next, bouncing around due to bad work conditions and 99% of the time being afraid of losing my license due to...

  5. Need opinions... Please! :)

    j464335 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a LPN since 2002, the first few years I went from one LTC facilty to the next, bouncing around due to bad work conditions and 99% of the time being afraid of losing my license due to...

  6. Need Opinions!

    j464335 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have been a LPN since 2002, the first few years I went from one LTC facilty to the next, bouncing around due to bad work conditions and 99% of the time being afraid of losing my license due to...

  7. LPN needs advice from RN or NUR w/ LTC management experience

    j464335 posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I have been a LPN since 2002, the first few years I went from one LTC facilty to the next, bouncing around due to bad work conditions and 99% of the time being afraid of losing my license due to...

  8. A&P 2 online suggestions needed... Anyone take it w/Darton?

    j464335 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need A&P 2 this summer and my CC isn't offering it. I checked all the college's within two hours from me and their classes are already full. I am exploring online options now, my biggest hurdle...

  9. A&P 2 online suggestions needed... Anyone take it w/Darton?

    j464335 replied to j464335's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the heads-up. Yes,I have checked and Dbl checked,lol! I have found that as long as the school is accredited and you have a lab with it you are okay, your transcript won't even show that you...

  10. A&P 2 online suggestions needed... Anyone take it w/Darton?

    j464335 replied to j464335's topic in General Nursing

    If anyone has take it online, I would appreciate any suggestions you could give as far a institution and instructors. Please respect my educational decisions, I am not asking for opinions about online...

  11. Unsafe ?? Need opinions....

    j464335 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have recently obtained employment at a LTC facilty. This place is like all others and is severly understaffed.. I am a LPN hired to Med-Tech part-time. I'm on 2nd shift and there is a charge nurse,...

  12. Need encouragement please

    j464335 replied to LPNweezy's topic in LPN to RN

    I'd apply for ANY gov't assistance available, low income housing,etc... Another thought is giving up the apt. and both of you living in dorms untill your finished with school, the loans and grants...

  13. nursing care r/t pregnancy termination

    j464335 replied to CeilingCat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You could volunteer at a local clinic or simply ask to shadow one of their nurses for a few days, this would provide alot of insight to your

  14. Staff and artificial nails

    j464335 replied to txdon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would love to have beautiful nails...but... they're not worth the incident report I'll have to fill out after I've accidently scratched a patient OR the bacteria that would stay with me for months((...

  15. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

    j464335 replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    "At the hospital I used to work at, lots of other staff wore lab coats, and I never noticed a doctor throwing a fit about it. " In my "neck of the woods".... our Dr.'s, PA's, & NP's are the only...

  16. Everyone's wearing scrubs...is this good?

    j464335 replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    I may be a bit old fashioned but I think it is confusing for patients and their families...and they shouldn't have to read a poster, or play a guessing game especially since their paying for services....

  17. Nurses with C-diff?

    j464335 replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! I have known 4 nurses who have "picked it up"...literally, they weren't known for good hand washing skills. I am always worried about getting it, esp. when their is multiple pt's with it on my...

  18. Colace and Senna BAD drugs???

    j464335 replied to looking_2_head_south's topic in General Nursing

    Funny, the place I work at is Rx all our new pt's Miralax too! However no Dc's yet on the old pt's senna or

  19. Nursing Anxiety

    j464335 replied to Lilichk's topic in General Nursing

    I am a LPN and work in LTC, I too struggle with the anxiety and stress that nursing puts on you..I am not trying to give you medical advice in anyway shape or form and agree with the other posters...

  20. Where to go from this point....suggestions please!

    j464335 replied to amyrose's topic in General Nursing

    It is hard to learn how to "conform your personality" to please other co-workers. However, it seems this is one profession that makes it a necessity to be a "people pleaser" and it is not easy given...

  21. Professional Advice?

    j464335 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a LPN that Grad. in '02. I have been a SAHM since '04. My youngest started school this year prompting me to get back to my professional life... In light of the current employment issues and...

  22. Breaking out of LTC

    j464335 replied to mehitabela's topic in General Nursing

    Just wanted to say.... your not the only one in this prediciment.... My plan is to keep trying, there is teaching universities in my State that offer "internships" for 12 weeks (generally in the...

  23. Professional Advice?

    j464335 replied to j464335's topic in General Nursing

    you never know until you try....with that said i would apply for jobs with the hospital now as one of their benefits will most likely be to pay for your rn classes. i have tried... and the hospitals...

  24. Have you ever worked as a state surveyor?

    j464335 replied to sasha2lady's topic in Nursing Career

    "why don't surveyors tag for holes in mars or lack of charting?" what do you mean when you say "holes"

  25. New Nurse.....not feeling welcome on my unit. What do I do?

    j464335 replied to Blondie24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    as you get to be a "seasoned" nurse you will learn to adapt your personality to theirs. ex., i started a new job in a ltc facility and a cna comes up to me and asks "where is your name tag" , it was...