Hi! I've been a pre-op/pacu LPN in an outpatient surgery center for 2 1/2 yrs. I like the people I work with and the low stress at my current job, although that translates into boredom at times since...
YES!!! Absolutely!! Go for it!! Nursing is a second career for me, which had always been the desire of my heart, but I'd never had the chance to go through with it -- until I was married, with 2 girls...
Just a few other thoughts... I have a background in Med/Surg, Hospice, and more recently, Outpatient Surgery Center (PreOp/Pacu). Though a hospital floor can be very, very, crazy what you learn there...
Hi, there! I'm an LPN with 2 years experience including Med-Surg (1 1/2 yr), hospice and outpatient surgery center. I loved every minute of hospice and I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy HH. I was offered a...
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OK!!! I turned in my resignation this AM:innerconf I really like my job there, but the pay and the flexibility the HH agency offers me is really a big PLUS for my family. I had all my questions...
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Sorry... I thought my profile that shows on the left-hand side of the screen also showed where I live... I'm in Central Florida. Thank you guys, SO MUCH, for answering so quick!! I'll meet with the...
Hi, there! I'm an LPN relocating from FL to PA, married with 2 kids, one in elementary and one in middle school. Would you gals/guys give me an idea of good neighborhoods I should be looking into as...
Thank you so much for your responses!!! After much prayer and research (and talking to someone I met who lived in both places) we decided for Pittsburgh. Now we're trying to figure out exactly where...
CMLPNnowRN replied to CMLPNnowRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
hey, everybody!! ok, it's official -- i'm a chicken :stone well, after 2 days of intensive madness (oops, i should say "orientation") i figured out that my health and sanity weren't worth loosing...
hi everybody! i've been an lpn for 1 1/2 years now. i've done hospital, surgical floor, since before graduation, where i started as a nurse tech. extremely busy floor, working very short all the time...
CMLPNnowRN replied to CMLPNnowRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
sharlynn, i don't know yet the cna/pt ratio, they were very vague about it when i asked during the tour i was given. today will be my first day; i'll update everybody sometime this week. i also...
CMLPNnowRN replied to CMLPNnowRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
thank you all for your replies! i surely appreciate it! have a very merry christmas!!! :icon_lol: :ball: cmlpn "for i am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither...
Hi, there!! Any LPNs doing hospice? If so, what is it like? What are your likes and dislikes about it? I've been a Surgical Nurse for almost 2 years now and have been thinking about a career change. I...
Hi, there! I know they can be pricey, but while I was in LPN school a couple of years ago I decided to take their phlebotomy workshop (being able to make some $$ on the side is always a good thing :)...