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1. Hourly Rate for an LPN in Florida

   needtoknowbasis replied to ANNG7's topic in Geriatric

   I was born and raised in south Florida and, just like anywhere else, it depends where you are. I live in Bradenton which is on the south side of Tampa Bay and directly north of Sarasota and I would say that it's not so horrible. Every city and town h...

2. What to do, what to do.

   needtoknowbasis replied to needtoknowbasis's topic in Geriatric

   I already know my facility's policies and procedures. I've shown her specifically where it says that exact thing and yet it still is ignored.

3. What to do, what to do.

   needtoknowbasis replied to needtoknowbasis's topic in Geriatric

   Trust me, this site/forum isn't the first place I went to with this problem. I went to her first, then the unit manager, then the DON, and pretty soon I believe I will be hitting up the Risk Manager at my facility about this. What kind of shady nurse...

4. What to do, what to do.

   needtoknowbasis replied to needtoknowbasis's topic in Geriatric

   Facility protocol requires that unless otherwise stated: QD = 9a; BID = 9a, 6p; TID = 9a, 1p, 6p unless Q12 hours which means it's at 9a and 9p unless otherwise ordered; QID = 9a, 1p, 6p, 9p unless otherwise stated such as Q6 hours which would then b...

5. Hourly Rate for an LPN in Florida

   needtoknowbasis replied to ANNG7's topic in Geriatric

   Most LPNs in south Florida where there are more retirees make, starting out, about 18 dollars an hour with lots of upward mobility on that. When I started out as a PRN LPN in an LTC/rehab facility here in south Florida, I started out at 18.50 an hour...

6. What to do, what to do.

   needtoknowbasis posted a topic in Geriatric

   I am an LPN in an LTC/rehab facility in south Florida and have been doing this for about four years now. Where I currently work, I do not have my own "assigned" hall but rather on nights [11p-7a] I work, I am put on a hall where I am needed to be tha...