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  1. Any EMT Paramedic Nurses? NCLEX vs NREMT

    downsouthlaff posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hi I am an EMT and very familiar with how challenging the NREMT is. I just wanted to know if there are any Paramedic/EMT Nurses out there who have taken both tests and can compare the difficulty and...

  2. I understand why people go the LPN route

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Here in Louisiana a New Grad LPN can expect to earn 14-16 dollars an hour! In LTC! A new CNA can expect to earn around 8 or 9 dollars per hour. Some facilities have Healy raises for example one...

  3. I understand why people go the LPN route

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    And the reason I love long term care is because of the chance to in anyway possible lift a residents spirits. Nursing a homes are not fun places, there not a place ANYBODY wants to be. No matter how...

  4. I understand why people go the LPN route

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thank you all for the replies! Good helpful information. Now I will say that where I live there is a ginormous pay gap in LPN and RN salary! And LPNs really do not work in hospitals anymore much here....

  5. Young Male CNA discussion!

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Men in Nursing

    Thanks for the reply! I'm current working at my second LTC/Nursing Home. The first one was 2 miles from my house and very shady! It was also a 70 year old building wich was very dark creepy and yes...

  6. I understand why people go the LPN route

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for the reply.? I agree with you and would like go see a change for the better to with nursing home

  7. Any EMT Paramedic Nurses? NCLEX vs NREMT

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thanks for the

  8. I understand why people go the LPN route

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The facility I work at as a nursing aide (CNA) starts LPNs out at 15$ an hour! And you made 17 in your state! I wanna live in your state. But of course cost of living probly much higher were your at...

  9. I understand why people go the LPN route

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

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  10. I understand why people go the LPN route

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm other words If I was an LPN in the nursing home for the rest of my life I would be ok with that, but I would not be ok with doing what I do now

  11. I understand why people go the LPN route

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for your reply and actually the 9.50 is my EMT salary, the 8.10 is my CNA salary YIKES huh? And I do have goals of becoming an RN to work in different areas of nursing and for leadership. But...

  12. CNA VS LPN

    downsouthlaff replied to mz_tonep's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    My advice to you would be if your absolutely certain that you love the nursing home setting, and can work there for 35 plus years and you can handle BM, vomit, bad odors, Ostomys, then go straight to...

  13. CNA VS LPN

    downsouthlaff replied to mz_tonep's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    CNA vs LPN Alot of people do a bad job explaining this one on here so let me take a crack at it the best I can and see if the nurses can validate it or disagree. Theoretically in the old days of...

  14. What do you all think? Good idea or bad idea.

    downsouthlaff posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ok, just an idea. Maybe this will happen in the long term future maybe not who knows. But anyway i was thinking what if there would be a change to the nursing assistant today. What if boards of...

  15. What do you all think? Good idea or bad idea.

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks for your post Esme 12, I think your right in saying that, facilities probably would hate this because of wages, but in my Idea, the difference between an LPN and LNA would be that the LPN still...

  16. What do you all think? Good idea or bad idea.

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    And to me when they use the term Patient Care Tech, or Personal Care Assistant or Direct Support, it paints the picture that PCA/PCT and the Nurse are two seperate entities working for two seperate...

  17. What do you all think? Good idea or bad idea.

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks for the replies everyone! Just seems to make more sense to me to have one formal LNA. It would be better organization. It's good that many boards of nursing are starting to take over the...

  18. Department Wars

    downsouthlaff replied to mstearns09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I'm not in anyway trying to blame you for what is going on at your facility. But housekeeping purposely throwing away supplies, and trying to get you in trouble, that's serious housekeepers have an...

  19. Department Wars

    downsouthlaff replied to mstearns09's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    This is not new to me. We've had those housekeepers who thought they new it all. Personally, I would never give any information about the residents care to a housekeeper. That's a hippa violation. The...

  20. What do you all think? Good idea or bad idea.

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    And this is not to imply a way to replace LPNs/LVNs or anything like that, it's simply a way to improve patient care in all facilities, and to help the nurse more. It also ensures an RN or LPN who is...

  21. medical assistant

    downsouthlaff replied to mairyn90's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I guess my advice to you is if you really want to be an MA, see if there are any doctors offices,or clinics in your area or the area you want to move too is hiring receptionists. If you can get hired,...

  22. medical assistant

    downsouthlaff replied to mairyn90's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    From what I hear medical assistant is not worth it. Don't mean to bash medical assistants but all the people I know that took that one year course truly regrets and thinks its a waist of time. As an...

  23. What do you all think? Good idea or bad idea.

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    And even if they dont add to the scope ill still think its a better idea to lose PCTs, PCAs, MHTs, NTs, and let the BON outline a curriculum and training requirements that of course comply with...

  24. What do you all think? Good idea or bad idea.

    downsouthlaff replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Thanks for your reply! And from what ive seen, i think New Hampshire has the right idea, i think Licensing and Regulating Nursing Assistants through the Board of Nursing is a better fit than having...

  25. Terminated from my first CNA job.

    downsouthlaff replied to esand's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Anyway point of my story to your post is that as a CNA especially in LTC, from the ugliest facilities with the meanest people, to the nicest facilities with the nicest people its basically all the...