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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, LTC

    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...

  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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  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...

  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,...

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

    meagansmom posted a topic in LPN to 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...

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

    meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in LPN to 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...

  11. LPN to RN with no schooling?

    meagansmom replied to jamangel's topic in LPN to 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...

  12. LPN to RN with no schooling?

    meagansmom replied to jamangel's topic in LPN to 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

  13. LPN to RN Salary Question

    meagansmom replied to Stutts5's topic in LPN to 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...

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

    meagansmom replied to WickedRedRN's topic in LPN to 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...

  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...

  16. Dangerous Situation

    meagansmom posted a topic in Home Health

    What would happen at your agency if a patient called the office and stated that he didn't think that it was a good idea for a nurse to come because had thoughts of killing himself and his family? And...

  17. Dangerous Situation

    meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in Home Health

    I agree no one in our agency should have been subjected to this. We still have this patient and he was never psychologically assessed and he is in my area. So I assume I will be scheduled to see him...

  18. Dangerous Situation

    meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in Home Health

    This happened to me yesterday. I was called and told that this happened and not to go see the patient that he had agreed to go the ER. Well, he didn't go to the ER and I was called to go on and see...

  19. Possible to get a "sleeping" HH position

    meagansmom replied to shell_lpn's topic in Home Health

    Our office has a position for an RN on call at night, you could probably sleep some nights and others you may not get a wink. She would see scheduled PM visits, PM admissions and take calls and make...

  20. What's your pay for an LPN working HH? Just curious.

    meagansmom replied to emndarmic's topic in Home Health

    15.91 an hour. 1 night a week on call and drive my own car and paid mileage. Looks like I need to go to work where some of you are

  21. PM visits and admissions and safety

    meagansmom posted a topic in Home Health

    At the home health I work for it is mostly in a rural area. Many nights we have scheduled PM visits or PM admissions. Our nurses have been voicing concern about the danger of PM visits, especially...

  22. PM visits and admissions and safety

    meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in Home Health

    I am an LPN so I don't do admissions so I usually go into homes that have already been checked out. But I am oncall 1 night a week and have to make PM visits. None of this really bothered me years...

  23. GFR Questions

    meagansmom posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am an LPN and GFR was a new term for me. My mom has lupus or so they suspect and she called me after going to the doctor on Monday and said that she had a declining GFR. She said the MD stated that...

  24. GFR Questions

    meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    bump

  25. GFR Questions

    meagansmom replied to meagansmom's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks for responding. She does have an appt with a nephrologist on the 21st. I have asked off to go with her. I really want to hear what they have to say. No one has discussed dialysis with her, I am...