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  1. "Just an LPN"....does anyone else get discouraged?

    FocusRN replied to DeniseLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    as i said a nurse is a person who nurses someone, period. now if you want to say what the medical community as a whole may consider a nurse well fine. but a state board, does not a will never, be able...

  2. "Just an LPN"....does anyone else get discouraged?

    FocusRN replied to DeniseLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Okay just so this will be clear I will post the definition of a NURSE: 1. A person educated and trained to care for the sick or disabled. 2. To serve as a nurse for: nursed the patient back to health....

  3. "Just an LPN"....does anyone else get discouraged?

    FocusRN replied to DeniseLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i never saw her say that cna's an ma's were licensed nurses. she said that they were nurse. i am a cna and i'm as much of a nurse as an lpn or rn. maybe you didn't get the point. as someone else said...

  4. dec grads, when r u taking the nclex?

    FocusRN replied to SpecFuz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks. What holds them up from giving some the ATT

  5. dec grads, when r u taking the nclex?

    FocusRN replied to SpecFuz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Okay, I am of course no where near graduating yet, and I hope this doesn't sound stupid, but what does "ATT",

  6. Any LPN/LVN DON's or ADON's or in Management Somehow???

    FocusRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Okay I now that it is possible because at the last facility that I was at, the ADON, was an LPN. I don't know how long she's been a nurse but she's been their ADON for 9 years, and she's pretty young....

  7. fingerprinting for NC BON? (long)

    FocusRN replied to hikahi's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Okay I live in Louisiana but I just had to reply. First when you first started down the nursing path didn't you know that fingerproniting is required? No matter. With expunged records, one of two...

  8. Any LPN/LVN DON's or ADON's or in Management Somehow???

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    hi, thanks for the advice. but aout lpn's not being in charge of rns, i know it can and does happen. as a matter of fact at the last ltc that i was at, the adon was and lpn, and she had the sole...

  9. Hello LPN's, anyone from LA.,MISS,TENN.?

    FocusRN replied to jmp22's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well I am not an LPN yet, but I do live in Louisiana, and can give you some info. Okay, in the nursing homes that I have had the joy or terror of working in ,in some capacity, pay and working...

  10. Anatomy Physiology Club....NOT A&P

    FocusRN replied to LilPeanut's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This is a great definition. I am however taking mine together. But I think my instructer got it right when she said, in A&P, Anatomy is the lecture, and Physiology in the lab. But Truely you just...

  11. Any LPN/LVN DON's or ADON's or in Management Somehow???

    FocusRN posted a topic in Nurse Management

    Okay I know that it is possible because at the last facility that I was at, the ADON, was an LPN. I don't know how long she's been a nurse but she's been their ADON for 9 years, and she's pretty...

  12. LPN's In Home Health! How Many Visits and Pay???

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Home Health

    So is 20 patients a week the norm? And, with HH, do you have set hours, or do you just make your visits and that's it. I mean if you have 4 patients, and start visits at 8, and the visits don't...

  13. Any LPN/LVN DON's or ADON's or in Management Somehow???

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Okay I know that it is possible because at the last facility that I was at, the ADON, was an LPN. I don't know how long she's been a nurse but she's been their ADON for 9 years, and she's pretty...

  14. Any LPN/LVN DON's or ADON's or in Management Somehow???

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Okay I know that it is possible because at the last facility that I was at, the ADON, was an LPN. I don't know how long she's been a nurse but she's been their ADON for 9 years, and she's pretty...

  15. Any LPN/LVN DON's or ADON's or in Management Somehow???

    FocusRN posted a topic in Nurse Management

    Okay I know that it is possible because at the last facility that I was at, the ADON, was an LPN. I don't know how long she's been a nurse but she's been their ADON for 9 years, and she's pretty...

  16. Any LPN/LVN DON's or ADON's or in Management Somehow???

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Okay I now that it is possible because at the last facility that I was at, the ADON, was an LPN. I don't know how long she's been a nurse but she's been their ADON for 9 years, and she's pretty young....

  17. Any LPN/LVN DON's or ADON's or in Management Somehow???

    FocusRN replied to FocusRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Okay I now that it is possible because at the last facility that I was at, the ADON, was an LPN. I don't know how long she's been a nurse but she's been their ADON for 9 years, and she's pretty young....

  18. Any LPN/LVN DON's or ADON's or in Management Somehow???

    FocusRN posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Okay I now that it is possible because at the last facility that I was at, the ADON, was an LPN. I don't know how long she's been a nurse but she's been their ADON for 9 years, and she's pretty young....

  19. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

    FocusRN replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    That's funny. Try calling on a Monday morning, if their ad was in the paper the day before (Sunday). That is when I called sometime in Nov. Then again maybe it just depends on who talk to. This is...

  20. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

    FocusRN replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    That's funny. Try calling on a Monday morning, if their ad was in the paper the day before (Sunday). That is when I called sometime in Nov. Then again maybe it just depends on who talk to. This is...

  21. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

    FocusRN replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Okay I am not a nurse yet, nor am I going for my RN yet, but I have checked around for salaries. The best deal that I have found is at the VA Medical Center, here in New Orleans. They have loan...

  22. Beginning RN Salary in Louisiana

    FocusRN replied to LouisianaNurse2006's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    Okay I am not a nurse yet, nor am I going for my RN yet, but I have checked around for salaries. The best deal that I have found is at the VA Medical Center, here in New Orleans. They have loan...

  23. Bossy CNA's in LTC(long)

    FocusRN replied to jaimemds's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Haning been a CNA in LTC, I can tell you this, some people just have a sucky attitude, and others have a problem with LPNs because of how they were once treated by one, and just carry that on to every...

  24. Bossy CNA's in LTC(long)

    FocusRN replied to jaimemds's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Haning been a CNA in LTC, I can tell you this, some people just have a sucky attitude, and others have a problem with LPNs because of how they were once treated by one, and just carry that on to every...

  25. How did you obtain your 1st LPN position?

    FocusRN replied to szccdw's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am not an LPN yet, but you may want to check http://www.salary.com, they usually have very accurate payrates. You can use their service for free, but the more detail you go into the more accurate...