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A co-worker mentioned she did this and was telling me about some previous arrests of our patients. Is this illegal? It seems very unethical. what should i do?

Long story short- I wanna know how much an LPN makes a month. Especially if you work in LTC! I appreciate all answers!! and if you're new, that's even better!

Anyone wear scrubs from this line? I wanna know if they are indeed soft as butter. I want to wear pajama-like scrubs to work :):):)

Well, are you? :)

when someone is baker acted and taken for evaluation against their will, do they have any bills to pay? :) this pertains to baker acts in FLORIDA only.

he sounds like a control freak!

My nursing instructor told me once to never ever sit on a patients bed. I work at a LTC facility and i see some nurses sitting on the side of the bed with alert and oriented patients when they are counseling them or trying to cheer them up. What do ...

idk about all of this but i think i should get tested for ADD! i have all these symptoms and more! i find myself calling objects by the wrong name. once i asked my fiance "did you put a spoon in here?" referring to a coke can with a straw in it. i me...

Okay good, i'm still a new nurse, and despite what i've learned, i have found myself counseling my pt's while sitting on the side of their bed. I just wondered if this was common practice. :)

wow. you sound exactly like me. word finding issues are my biggest problem. i don't know where to turn, or how to get help- but i am a nurse, and i darn good one :)

Once, a muslim patient i had wanted to be turned east so they could pray 5 times a day.

No of course not

Thanks for the replies! I didn't want to judge my co-worker for this, and now that i see it is fairly common to look up records! :) i will choose not to, because i want all my patients to be innocent angels in my eyes :icon_roll i can't imagine if th...

Yes i know its public and all, but isn't that a big conflict of interest? or should i look as it like i have a right to know? what do you think about it? :) thanks!

GO SABRES!

I am going to do an LPN to RN program in about a year, but i'm worried. Ya see, i live with my fiance in an apartment, and i am the main bread winner. i work PRN and make about $2000 a month to pay for our expenses (which is about $1000 a month). Fia...

I poked myself with a sterile insulin syringe right before drawing up the insulin. Thank god it was a sterile needle with nothing in it- this was when i was a student. so i will never make that mistake again !!

I have been belittled by medstudents numerous times. the whole "You don't know as much" or "You didn't go to school as long as a doc" always comes up. what is is that they have to prove to me? why do they do this? Where is the respect??? This is a d...

Your going to have a lot of people who do not understand how you feel tell you to "get over it", "who cares what others think"- etc. its not that easy, it sure is easy to say tho- if your not that kind of a person. Personally, i think nurses are very...

I agree! I was just going to say this exact thing! pain is hard to eliminate once it is intense. :heartbeat

I work in a LTC/ Skilled nursing facility, and i would like to hear some opinions about calling long-term residents "sweetie", "honey" or "hun", etc. This is the persons home, and calling them Mrs. or Mr. is textbook and so formal. Of course, i would...

In my facility We have them on in the day- off at night. Assess for redness, breakdown, blisters, edema, etc.

This one time a 102 year old woman took out her dentures and grabbed my arm, and proceeded to suck/gum on it. my face was like :uhoh21:

I got extremely lucky when i graduated. i live in FL, btw. I graduated in Feb, passed the Nclex in mid march, and got a job april 1st. (I applied as a graduate nurse, which is a temporary license here in FL) I make $18.50/hr PRN and when they shift m...

IV therapy is very useful and it makes you so much more marketable as an LPN! You can also get your ACLS, which would also prove very helpful. ALSO- did you read the sticky on this? it pretty much answers your Q. https://allnurses.com/lpn-lvn-corner/...