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The only one I know of is HCEN in Burlingame, but they no longer offer IV cert classes. Please help

Yesterday, I had one resident who past on around dinner time and I had to watch her only friend/family in the whole world breakdown at her bedside. And just before my shift ended, I had one resident fall so bad, she landed on the back of her skull. I...

My vote's for swing shift with am shift a close second. Nights is the dullest shift. I've worked in SNF, Long Term, Medical Surgical, and Intensive Care for 14 years, so that's my experience with those 3 shifts. Keep in mind that I've never worked 12...

You must work ER then :)

Labor and Delivery! or OBGYN. I was getting A's and B's until my LPN class rotated to OB.

Haha.. the only nurse I know that swears constantly is this charge nurse in a TCU at my old hospital. She used to intimidate the hell out of the nurses to the point the victimized nurses would cry only to have the same charge nurse apologize to them ...

Amen :)

Well...duh you're working in the ER.btw, I WANT TO WORK IN THE ER!!!!!!!!!

Just remember that if the pt is asymptomatic, that "one time " 3 beat V-tach doesn't mean squat.

Not only that, you have to tell the teletech to configure the tele computer for transport. Otherwise, when the patient's in the elavator, the tele computer will be alarming the whole time and it will start printing strips like crazy. This is only if ...

I strapped on a telemetry box on myself one time and tapped it until a v-tach occured. The tech jumped out of his chair screaming to the nurse ha-ha.

I was a telemetry tech for 2 years. My *** got big just sitting on that damn computer chair all night. Not only that, I needed SCD's on my legs to keep them circulating Yeah, being a monitor tech is cool. You do get plenty of reading. I've read doz...

I don't know why I'm still in this profession. I was happy being a unit clerk on my med surg ward.

Yeah, and all your patients are asleep in bed. That means no ADL's, hardly any meds (hopefully all your Restorils have been passed), not as much call lights, no meal trays, no absurd amount of phone calls, and so on. You also don't have visitors bugg...

The pain scale should just be from 1 to 3 with 1 being mild and 3 being severe. What's the freaking difference between 6 and 7 ?

Don't do it! don't be an officer, stay with the enlisted.

hmmmm...am and pm shifts are the hardest shift to work in, so all you night owls will have to bite.

An LVN in a convy or LTC doesn't have time to help CNA's, especially when you have one or two CNA's goofing off in the activity room instead of turning residents or changing soaked diapers.

Hooo-ah! 91WM6 (LPN) here!

Tips: 1- Get organized! Bring a notepad and write down EVERYTHING you need to do for that shift. 2- Take charge of your CNA's and have them turn those residents. You don't need anymore pressure ulcers to treat. 3- Administer those Ativans PRN so you ...

Man, I didn't know they paid nurses that low in SOCAL.

I've been working at this 32 bed convalescent hospital as an LVN for a year now and I'm getting out. The pay's way below what acute care LVN's make and I don't have any benefits even though I work 24-32 hours "on-call" a week. The CNA's (some are goo...

I worked for KP 8 years. Good people, but alot bad apples too.