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Have a question and need some advice. I have a friend that is working in a psychiatric facility. She has been complaining to me about her facility's DON and other mgmt. staff. She states that the facility is so dirty, residents sitting in dirty briefs for several hrs,floors filthy c/ urine, roaches in her med cart, nurses yelling at residents. The cleaning supplies are locked up and she can't clean up a mess when it happens. She wants to say something but is afraid that her job will be in jeopardy. I suggested that she document what she see's and contact her State agency responsible for nursing homes. Can she do that discreetly/ anonymously..? Pls advise. Thanks!!

Hi df341, What specific sales area are talking about? Surgical appliance(OR) sales?

Thank you for the good advice!!

Any advice would be appreciated!

Hello Fellow Nurses, I'm needing some career advice. I've been an LPN for almost 2 yrs. Enjoy my work. I'm in my late 40's, Have 15-20 more yrs to work. I've worked in LTC, now in psych. nursing & acute care. Am needing to decide if I really want to earn the RN or to use the MBA that I earned 8 years ago but have not used. I am good with numbers and dealing with people.However I haven't really used my MBA since getting it in '04.I am a good nurse but nursing is not my natural passion, business is. I've read on this site that LTC administrator jobs are hard to find and that it's not a good job(never able to please your boss) and to stick with nursing. I've experienced a lot of layoff's and enjoy the stability of nursing which administrator/tive positions may not have. The 2 options i see are for me to get my RN and go into travel nursing or to not earn the RN but try to find an MBA healthcare position. Does anybody have any advice for me.? I know this is a disjointed post but would appreciate some honest feedback. I'm preparing for the LPN to RN program and I don't feel the excitement that I should be feeling. I'm practically 50, should i stick with a field that is "safe" or use myMBA.

Hello Fellow Nurses, I'm needing some career advice. I've been an LPN for almost 2 yrs. Enjoy my work. I'm in my late 40's, Have 15-20 more yrs to work. I've worked in LTC, now in psych. nursing & acute care. Am needing to decide if I really want to earn the RN or to use the MBA that I earned 8 years ago but have not used. I am good with numbers and dealing with people. However I haven't really used my MBA since getting it in '04.I am a good nurse but nursing is not my natural passion, business is. I've read on this site that LTC administrator jobs are hard to find and that it's not a good job(never able to please your boss) and to stick with nursing. I've experienced a lot of layoff's and enjoy the stability of nursing which administrator/tive positions may not have. The 2 options i see are for me to get my RN and go into travel nursing or to not earn the RN but try to find an MBA healthcare position. Does anybody have any advice for me.? I know this is a disjointed post but would appreciate some honest feedback. I'm preparing for the LPN to RN program and I don't feel the excitement that I should be feeling. I'm practically 50, should i stick with a field that is "safe" or use my MBA. Thank you for your time & advice!

Hello Fellow Nurses, I'm needing some career advice. I've been an LPN for almost 2 yrs. Enjoy my work. I'm in my late 40's, Have 15-20 more yrs to work. I've worked in LTC, now in psych. nursing & acute care. Am needing to decide if I really want to earn the RN or to use the MBA that I earned 8 years ago but have not used. I am good with numbers and dealing with people. However I haven't really used my MBA since getting it in '04.I am a good nurse but nursing is not my natural passion, business is. I've read on this site that LTC administrator jobs are hard to find and that it's not a good job(never able to please your boss) and to stick with nursing. I've experienced a lot of layoff's and enjoy the stability of nursing which administrator/tive positions may not have. The 2 options i see are for me to get my RN and go into travel nursing or to not earn the RN but try to find an MBA healthcare position. Does anybody have any advice for me.? I know this is a disjointed post but would appreciate some honest feedback. I'm preparing for the LPN to RN program and I don't feel the excitement that I should be feeling. I'm practically 50, should i stick with a field that is "safe" or use myMBA.

Thank you very much for the feedback. I'll check with the hospital.

I'm a LPN with 18 mo's of experience, age late 40's.. Have a wife & 3 young kids. Have worked as charge nurse for 15 mo's in ltc setting & 3 mo's as PDN ped's. I need to research and determine what nursing career path to take. I will be starting a LPN to RN bridge program next yr. I've read nursing blogs on Travel nursing, Nurse anesthetists, APRN, and Nurse practitioners. I need to earn more than $20-22/hour as an RN in the local not for profit hospital. I have extensive experience c/ heart babies (I have one). Would like to work in PICU/NICU. Need to shadow in that environment. I would really appreciate any feedback!!

Thank you Viva for the information on the context. She is a good nurse. I believe she had a knee jerk slip of the tongue. From her account, she was verbally threatened and may have been caught off guard. Thank you for the advice!!

My friend works in Ks and I'm not familiar with what their State Nursing Home agency discipline guidelines are. Is it likely she will she lose her license, get some type of discipline..?

Have a question. Have a friend that's just been suspended pending investigation because she responded to a residents cursing and repeated the curse back once. Other residents heard it and she has been suspended for next several days. My question is what will happen to her? Will she lose her license over this? Is it likely she'll lose her job. She is really distraught over this. She has been on the receiving end of many, many curse words and she repeats one and she is history..?

Give yourself a chance to learn, try to relax (easy to say, I know) I've been working as LPN for 1 1/2 yrs. It will get much more manageable.

Are there any Pratt CC LPN-RN Hybrid students here? Please reply to me. I'm starting this May and would like to talk with you. Thanks! Wecan11

I am trying to get into the Hybrid LPN-RN program for Summer '12. They have not told me whether I've made it or not. Classes start 5/21/12. I don't think I've made the cut. Could some of you tell me what you made on TEAS and your pre-req course grades to get in? I wou;d really appreciate it. It is frustrating when the admissions dept can't /won't tell you anything. Thank You!!

Thank You !! I feel so bad for my res. ThANKS Again!! I will definitely try the flashlight & extra liquid.

I have a Sr., lady aged late 80's that I've tried to straight cath twice, failed twice. She has had enough to drink but I couldn't thread the needle so to speak. I'm a newbie, only saw males get cathed. hat am I doing wrong. It's easy to go into the VJ but i'm not. Any advice would be great! Thanks!

So true!! Don't be lazy.

Why was a public health nurse not for you? Thanks You!

Hi amb_lyn, I am hoping to be accepted for the hybrid lpn-rn progr. for this summer. I'm taking the A&P review(enhanced) class and I'm struggling to find the answers since we don't use a std. textbook. Do you anybody that's taking this class now? I'm a WATC grad. & reasonably bright but this is a struggle.. Thank you for your help!

Here is my background, I'm based in the largest city in S. Central Ks. I have 9 mo's experience working as an LPN. 6 as charge nurse in a LTC wing of a nursing home. 3 as PDN Ped's. I have been applying to nursing homes on and off for the past 2 months and haven't been able to get a job offer. I have been getting interviews but no job offers. My question is what do I need to do to get the charge nurse job. I don't have 1 year of experience yet. I do have charge nurse experience in ltc but not skilled nursing experience. I am IV certified for lpn's. Thank you for your advice.

Thanks to the 3 who replied. I am aiming for RN bridge program this summer. Good advice from all. Will study this decision much more. Thanks again!

Hi Friends, I am a semi-new LPN working as Priv duty nurse, Ped's. My question is I'm interested in PICU nursing but don't know if I've got what it takes. During my PN clinicals I thought I could see myself doing PICU work but now I feel different. I have a 2 yr old daughter born w/ a serious heart defect. We learned to care for her, doing assessments all the time, nebulizer tx's, med's O2 tx's, pretty much what a Private duty nurse would do. I get really teared up when I read other articles here about PICU work. It's one thing to care for your own child, a whole different deal caring for somebody else's baby. I would lover to hear from anybody that has some advice. Thank You!!

Dear Mrs. H. Thank you for the sage advice. Best Regards, wecan11

Hi Friends, I am a new LPN (worked 7 months), 5 in LTC(didn't like) & now working as Private Duty Ped's nurse. I enjoy PDN work but the low pay & constant cancellations are hurting my family & I need to find something more stable. I'm hopefuuly starting a RN bridge program next June. I have a 2 year old CHD "heart baby". My question is I have enjoyed taking care of my heart kid but I'm not sure I'll like/can handle working in NICU or PICU. I was a B student in PN school. Can anybody share their thoughts with me? Am I making any sense? Thank You!!