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  1. Any Regrets?

    PHTLS replied to RubyKisses's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in the same boat with you people. Unfortunately, I'm going to put off being an RN for a while until I finish my RHIT and computer science programs. I'm getting tired of being a nurse and all the...

  2. Dvt

    PHTLS posted a topic in General Nursing

    QUESTION: If the patient already has a blood clot forming on his/her calf (warm to the touch and + Homan's), would you put on SCD's and potentially cause that clot to dislodge or do you wait for...

  3. my favorite resident

    PHTLS replied to merricat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My current favorite resident is this old hot tempered Russian geezer who's severely demented. Picture an old baby faced guy with a baseball cap on backwards singing all day in his chair waiving at you...

  4. my favorite resident

    PHTLS replied to merricat's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I like em' that way too. Keeps the monotony of passing out meds and doing treatments all day away when you gotta pause and give 'em your

  5. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    PHTLS replied to Barbie38's topic in General Nursing

    Tell me about it. I work with alot of ethnic nurses, but it's Filipinos I have the most problem with (not the American

  6. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    PHTLS replied to Barbie38's topic in General Nursing

    That person's an idiot. I bet that Filipino had an accent huh? No American Filipino (my friends at work) would say something like that face-to-face (even if that person was a

  7. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    PHTLS replied to Barbie38's topic in General Nursing

    They discriminate against their own kind too. I work with a Filipino American and he's always pissed off about them asking him whether he can speak Tagalog and if he's married to a Filipino woman....

  8. How many people are leaving nursing to go into a different field and what field?

    PHTLS replied to alison-z's topic in General Nursing

    I want to get into a 4 year nursing course, but I'm also a computer geek at heart. I'll probably dual

  9. CNA from hell!

    PHTLS replied to Nursebaby23's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure she doesn't pull off any NG's on purpose to make you do more work. Alot of CNA's are cruel out

  10. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    PHTLS replied to Barbie38's topic in General Nursing

    Filipinos discriminate too. 2/3 of nurses in San Francisco are pre-dominantly Filipinos and I've been in the receiving end of their racism as

  11. Okay, it's "weekly summary" time !

    PHTLS posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Every nurse has to write a weekly/monthly summary right? Some days I hate it and somedays I can write a book on that particular resident. What do you chart? I usually start off from their cognitive...

  12. Advise about G-tubes

    PHTLS replied to debbiemig's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How are you taping the

  13. Advise about G-tubes

    PHTLS replied to debbiemig's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    How are you taping the

  14. Medical Asst vs Nurse

    PHTLS replied to kellisdomain's topic in General Nursing

    Don't even trip over somebody who has no clue what a nurse is. You know what a nurse is? Somebody who has been taught nursing ethics, patient rights, had clinicals at the bedside at a local MAIN...

  15. Medical Asst vs Nurse

    PHTLS replied to kellisdomain's topic in General Nursing

    Don't even trip over somebody who has no clue what a nurse is. You know what a nurse is? Somebody who has been taught nursing ethics, patient rights, had clinicals at the bedside at a local MAIN...

  16. Medical Asst vs Nurse

    PHTLS replied to kellisdomain's topic in General Nursing

    An RN program is 2-4 years.An LVN program is 1 year (too short) to 18 months. As an LVN, I think RN's should get paid

  17. Medical Asst vs Nurse

    PHTLS replied to kellisdomain's topic in General Nursing

    An RN program is 2-4 years.An LVN program is 1 year (too short) to 18 months. As an LVN, I think RN's should get paid

  18. Medical Asst vs Nurse

    PHTLS replied to kellisdomain's topic in General Nursing

    hmmmm...i'm an lvn, but i'd consider pca's and cna's as nurses. too me, there's 4 types of nurses: np rn lvn cna why cna's ? because most cna's will end up being lvn's and

  19. Medical Asst vs Nurse

    PHTLS replied to kellisdomain's topic in General Nursing

    hmmmm...i'm an lvn, but i'd consider pca's and cna's as nurses. too me, there's 4 types of nurses: np rn lvn cna why cna's ? because most cna's will end up being lvn's and

  20. Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides

    PHTLS replied to xmaxiex's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't answer them either SINCE it's technically the CNA's job.My job is making sure I pass my meds, do treatment, talking to the doctors, AND "SUPERVISE" all these CNA's on their cell phones. I...

  21. Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides

    PHTLS replied to xmaxiex's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't answer them either SINCE it's technically the CNA's job.My job is making sure I pass my meds, do treatment, talking to the doctors, AND "SUPERVISE" all these CNA's on their cell phones. I...

  22. Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides

    PHTLS replied to xmaxiex's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that's why aides are aides. They are supposed to aide the RN or LVN. This is coming from an ex-CNA like myself who worked in acute care and CONVALESCENT hospitals. I can't stand whiny CNA's who...

  23. Help with hopeless horrible nurse's aides

    PHTLS replied to xmaxiex's topic in General Nursing

    Well, that's why aides are aides. They are supposed to aide the RN or LVN. This is coming from an ex-CNA like myself who worked in acute care and CONVALESCENT hospitals. I can't stand whiny CNA's who...

  24. Don't you hate......

    PHTLS posted a topic in General Nursing

    ...taking the narc keys home and having to drive back to your hospital an hour later because you left it in your scrub's pocket! I hate that!

  25. A new pet peeve of mine

    PHTLS replied to TracyB,RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What I hate are all these companies who put trade names and generic names on the same med! I blame half the medication errors on these