HippyDippyLPN

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  1. 34,000 dollars for lpn school at platt okc

    HippyDippyLPN replied to LPN MOM's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    Yes I do realize we have licenses as I one and our schools call it certifications not diplomas, I have never heard it called a diploma. It's the same thing, either way 34k for an LPN education is...

  2. 34,000 dollars for lpn school at platt okc

    HippyDippyLPN replied to LPN MOM's topic in Oklahoma Nursing

    I am not from Oklahoma but 34k is INSANE god just an LPN cert! I paid 15k which I think is nuts as

  3. Have interview Friday...

    HippyDippyLPN replied to HippyDippyLPN's topic in Occupational Health

    Just wanted to give an up date that I got the job

  4. Just let me be...

    HippyDippyLPN replied to WldChrry's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I very much agree and know that RN's have more responsibilities, its not an opinion as much as it is a fact. I hesitate at times going for my RN because it seems in LTC that after a bit they push a...

  5. Job LTC

    HippyDippyLPN replied to jnurse21's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My first job ever I would say I felt completely comfortable with my residents and hall about 6-8 weeks in but I was really green! I didn't feel like I had all the paperwork etc down till almost 3-4...

  6. Job LTC

    HippyDippyLPN replied to jnurse21's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Bring a paper and pen, take as many notes as you can. Try to learn the residents, write down if they are crushed, whole, like their meds a certain way, or a certain time. On my hall sheet where it...

  7. A doctor needs to be present to draw blood?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to psu_213's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Lol well it was just a thought! The doc I worked with was very particular about things and it sounds like the kind of policy he would put in

  8. A doctor needs to be present to draw blood?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to psu_213's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You never know though some docs are odd about stuff, it may he a rule he really put in place for his own peace of

  9. A doctor needs to be present to draw blood?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to psu_213's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    That is very odd! I was a PCP office Lpn last winter (short term contract) and we drew blood if the MD was there or not...we had protocols in place for any issues but I never had one other than a hard...

  10. How did you become a LPN?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to HeatherMax's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    And if you want to be an LPN take pride in it! Soon there will be all BSN's and no LPN's with all the hospitals wanting it lol so I am waiting for that

  11. How did you become a LPN?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to HeatherMax's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I went to a vocational school for mine, it was around $15k, took me 12 months. I wish I would have researched the schools before I chose but I was 19 and an idiot. I had to teach a lot of my LPN...

  12. Just let me be...

    HippyDippyLPN replied to WldChrry's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What we need to as a nursing community, and I mean the whole bit from CNA to NP is stop pecking at each other, band together, and start getting a union together to give us all better work...

  13. Is this what nursing has turned in to?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to vegnurse21's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of our most ridiculous budget cuts is when of my dementia unit residents ask for a snack, I am to tell them the kitchen is closed (I am told the facility can't afford snacks but just built a whole...

  14. Is this what nursing has turned in to?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to vegnurse21's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh yeah I hear ya! I have only been working as an Lpn since 2010 and that's the only conditions I have seen. Clinics are a bit better but LTC is always the same....no breaks ever, management who only...

  15. Job market- ADN students being warned?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to hope3456's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Huh well I stand corrected then. I have always been told the 80% deal, by other hospital nurses and educators in the field..wonder why there is such misinterpretation of the real

  16. Job market- ADN students being warned?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to hope3456's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Well isn't true to stay magnet you have to have 80% BSN employed? That's why I say so few jobs for ADN around because if they do make it to a hospital, they don't

  17. Hiring a new grad in Columbus Ohio? Advice

    HippyDippyLPN replied to JennzieRN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Oh and post this in Ohio forum, much more people with knowledge on the city! I only lived in the actual city for a short time so rent may have gotten less or

  18. Hiring a new grad in Columbus Ohio? Advice

    HippyDippyLPN replied to JennzieRN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I am from around the area the only think I can speak on is cost of living is lower. A nice I bedroom apartment in a good section will run ya $600-$800. Do research before you sign a lease, like all...

  19. discolorations

    HippyDippyLPN replied to epg712003's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah it depends as others have said...if it's a huge massive bruise that a stranger couldn't miss then yes that would be an issues but it's a small blue bruise underneath the arm or something, she...

  20. What shift does the 7am med pass?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to keepitsimple0025's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We do not have a 7 am med pass time. 11 to 7 takes care of the 6 am meds then 7 to 3 takes care of the 8A/9A

  21. LPN Bridge programs

    HippyDippyLPN replied to AJ13's topic in Online Distance Learning

    there is a good online program for LPN to RN's in Ohio but you would still have to live in this state because you have to travel to a specific location in ohio for clinicals once a week...other than...

  22. Job market- ADN students being warned?

    HippyDippyLPN replied to hope3456's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I agree with many points here...that prospective nursing students do need to research the field before paying thousands to become an RN/LPN but at the same time schools do need to stop hawking the...

  23. Left position that stunk, feeling bad...

    HippyDippyLPN replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Nursing Career

    I did the same at a LTC facility except I just finished out my shift, tied up all loose ends, wrote a note to my boss (it was a Sunday), left my badge, and never came back! I only worked every 6ish...

  24. To work or not to work (while in nursing school)

    HippyDippyLPN replied to manatee17's topic in General Students

    It does often depend on your situation such as kids, etc. when I was in LPN school it was just me so I was able to work 20 hours/week as an STNA in LTC and still maintain a good GPA. Unfortunately my...

  25. Is there a chart of how the job task duties differ

    HippyDippyLPN replied to HeatherMax's topic in General Students

    Where this is @loriangel? Sounds nice! In my state we are more limited. I can start IV's in certain places only, can barley hang anything of importance, and no PICC lines allowed ever. So we are...