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Shanon, Im originally from Mass. STCC is an awesome school. Also in that area is Elms College! GOOD LUCK !

Umass Amherst has an incredible nursing program.......Look into it !

i am newly transplanted to ct from mass. yes the pay is better, some things are higher (ie, gas, rent). but alot outweigh those things. the school system is the top in the country, fresh clean air and good people. welcome to ct !!

boston - nurses at cooley dickinson hospital in northampton are supporting a bill that would have the legislature set minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in massachusetts hospitals. many nurses across the state say that because there is no rati...

amen nursepa !!!!!!!! well said ! i also can teach, have done mds's and so on...... theres alot to be said for lpn's !!

I think ya both need to move out of the states your in.....I dont answer to anyone but the Supervisor or DON ! I am a Charge nurse on my unit with yes another charge nurse. we are both responsible for the unit (split into 2 wings) Did I mention that ...

oopsie...it also depends on where the excoriation is............... if its in a moist area(ie;under breasts, abd folds..ect..) i like nystatin powder

xenaderm!!!!!!!!! also like lantiseptic or a&d with zinc

just wondering.......lpn's in other states just wondering what lpn's can & cant do in other states.... im in mass. been a nurse for 8yrs now :balloons: and have done alot in my "short" career so far. ive been a wound nurse, mds nurse, add-on nur...

HI Boop.....Im in western Ma too. Been an LPN for 8yrs too....Where did ya go to school?

HI Kelly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Im in western mass too :rotfl:

IM an LPN in Ma Some hospitals do hire LPNs and some places do treat us as aides. Not so in Western Mass. There are certain limitations that we have to abide by, but mostly depends on policies. LTC is the best way to go. Lots of facilities will hire ...

amen to your last statement nursenan......well said! those lpns are the ones who give all lpns a bad name....:angryfire here in mass. an lpn can start, stop and remove pher.ivs, but not place or remove midline, ect...monitor midline, centrals give m...

no southern i wasnt trying to offend you or anyone, i apologize if i had.....and, i couldnt agree more that titles mean nothing. i'm tired of reading thru posts that to me seem as if they are lpn-bashing. ive had more then one rn come up to me and as...

all i can say is thank god i live and work where i do ! an lpn that cant take md orders? omg thats almost barbaric lol......... what on earth are they allowed to do?

why wont your facility hire one of the lpns for that suprvisor position? there are plenty of lpns in management positions.

amen nursefeelgood! yes , we all work hard to acheive the same result......quaility care! i'm glad i wasnt the only one to take it the wrong way.

in all the facilities that ive worked in (in mass.) , all nurses including lpns are charge nurses and run the floor.. shame on dj5 for what i took as offensive to all lpns ! i have been a supervior of an 151 bed facility,with rns working under me! lp...

in mass (at least the area i'm at) the pay for a new grad lpn is around $15-16/hr.depends on the facility...don't forget that is you work 3-11 or 11-7 you get a shift differential..my facility offers $2/hr (m-f) & $3./hr (sat&sun) for shift ...

it's always funny to me when we talk about hrly pays............ ihave been licensed for 8 yrs now.. when i was a new grad i started off at $15/hr plus $2.00/hr shift diff (3-11). i was contemplating moving to tn and contacted a facility that was wit...

most facilities ltc/rehab will hire lpn's. i know in my area, the local hospitals will hire new grad lpn's for the med surg floors, as well as the psych floors....my 1st licensed position was in a 151 bed facility that had units ranging from sub-acut...

i also work the 3-11 shift...(have worked all 3 shifts). personally i don't think any shift is harder then another...they all are hard in their own right..yes it's hard to follow after someone who doesnt finish their work,(ie; treatments), but there ...

i guess i'm never going to complain about staffing again...... i work in a ltc privately owned facility... we have 3 units, (ltc,dementia & rehab). all units have a capacity of 45 beds each. there are 2 nurses for each unit all shifts except 11-7...