meagansmom

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1. What's It All About, ALFie?--Help and Support for Assisted Living Nurses

   meagansmom replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric

   I have applied for a Resident Care Director position at a facility that is just being built. I applied about a month ago and was surprised when they called because it had been so long. I have been an LPN for 23 years and the majority if that time ha...

2. About Liver Cancer

   meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in General Nursing

   She seems to be ok, not really understanding the implications of the mets. He sees the onocologist tomorrow. I talked with him last night and he was really down and out. He had a cousin that died yesterday of cancer and that was weighing heavy on h...

3. About Liver Cancer

   meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in General Nursing

   The relief was short lived. I received a call from my ex father in law this evening the surgeon called them in and the surgery is cancelled, the tests that were did show mets to the spine. The doctors are going to meet and decide how to proceed from...

4. About Liver Cancer

   meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in General Nursing

   Update: I talked with my daughter about this on Friday and she did better than I thought. Thanks for the advice. The surgery is Thursday we'll see how it goes from there. From what I read I wouldn't think he would have been a candidate for a resect...

5. About Liver Cancer

   meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for responging: He has been sick for a LONG time. He already looks like he just came from a concentration camp and has for a while now. She is quite interested in medicine and wants to be a doctor. She is very savvy when it comes to medical ...

6. About Liver Cancer

   meagansmom posted a topic in General Nursing

   I will try to make this short. I recently found out my ex husband, divorced to 10 years, has liver cancer. We have a 14 year old daughter. We divorced due to problems that eventually damage your liver, abuse of alcohol and prescription pain meds. He...

7. Consulting Firms/Consultant ??

   meagansmom posted a topic in Home Health

   I have never been at an agency where a consulting firm has been hired until now. I assumed that would mean that there would be a live person there basically on a day to day basis??? In this situation the "man" comes in maybe 1 day a week meets with...

8. Question about a new LPN getting into HH

   meagansmom replied to vonsay's topic in Home Health

   Most home health's won't hire LPNs without at least 1 year of experience. The reasoning behind that is in the home you have to make at times spur of the moment decisions without anyone there to help, either in the home or on call over the phone. With...

9. How much time does the LPN to RN Bridge program save you?

   meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in LPN-RN

   Maybe I looked at mine wrong but the actual nursing portion is 12 months. It doesn't appear that I can challenge the OB/GYN portion like you can in others. So really and truly I suppose I will shave off time doing it this way. Some of the crazy prere...

10. How much time does the LPN to RN Bridge program save you?

    meagansmom posted a topic in LPN-RN

    I am working on my prereqs for the LPN to RN Bridge program at my local college. This is new program they just started about 2 years ago. I have looked into other programs that would have meant more traveling to classes in the past but if I am not m...

11. LPN to RN with no schooling?

    meagansmom replied to jamangel's topic in LPN-RN

    Please let me know if you hear anything else on this. Has this proposal been brought before the GA Board of Nursing? I am working on a transition program right now, but it is hard to work full time and go to college at night too. Coming up fairly so...

12. LPN to RN with no schooling?

    meagansmom replied to jamangel's topic in LPN-RN

    I live in Ga and haven't heard of this. There certainly is a shortage. Right now I am going to school in the transition program.

13. LPN to RN Salary Question

    meagansmom replied to Stutts5's topic in LPN-RN

    My hospital does the same gives you 1/2 years credit for LPN. So if I was an RN today it would be like having 8 years experience, since I have been an LPN for 16 years. And that would mean a big pay raise. If I started as an RN new graduate pay, I wo...

14. Those of you working through your program, how are you doing it?

    meagansmom replied to WickedRedRN's topic in LPN-RN

    As a single mom this concerns me as well. I need/have to work fulltime to keep insurance and pay my bills. But I was thinking of maybe taking a student loan and cutting back to PRN and risk no insurance while I am in school fulltime. But that is a ri...

15. Are LPN's really nurses in the eyes of RN's

    meagansmom replied to LUVyourCNA's topic in General Nursing

    I have been an LPN for 16 years and in my facility I always worked as a "nurse". Reading this post I am amazed that some facilties won't let you hang or push IVs or call doctors. I have always done those things. We can't pull PICC lines, hang blood,...