My license expired the same day but I sent in my payment in June. They told me in school to make sure there's a minimum of a 3 month cushion when dealing with the BVNPT, as they will not hurry in...
SinikRN101 replied to FaithGurl93's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
I felt the same way, I just kept applying like it WAS my job. Also pay attention to WHO you see in these facilities.. as it turns out the person who recommended me was the receptionist because she...
SinikRN101 replied to lifeisgood2012's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
I worked at a LTC facility for over a year and a half.. I never really "fit in." I would definitely recommend a change in jobs. I went to private duty shift care and never looked back. They knew what...
No, I knew full well the responsibility of the loan I took out. I spent years longer in community college to have LESS student loan debt, now because someone else took the quick/easy (at a tech school...
I don't know about Florida, I'm in California, but there's no way I would carry out that order. I would make sure the RN took care of it. Just like all the other ones said if you have IV...
I believe in a case such as this, the "direction" they were headed in would have been to let you go and find someone cheaper and maybe less qualified. All the above comments ^^^ I agree with also...
SinikRN101 replied to supermommy1030's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
I've been an LVN 3 years now in CA. A year and half in LTC, a year and a half at my present job 8hour shift care. Zero stress and minimal responsibility. About $20 an hour. I'm doing the pre-reqs for...
SinikRN101 replied to sAssy_NurSe's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
I agree, you did the right thing. You cannot let patients, family, cna's etc. dictate what you are going to do when, if you had med's out that is on your license should anything happen as a result....
The norm... I hope not. Have I seen and heard of all this happening in the facility I worked at... yes. Unfortunately a very sad thing, some nurses were fired for not doing med pass/treatments. I...
I would have taken that job because at least it is acute care that you can put on your resume. My first job as an LVN was in long term care. (Noc shift of course) Most nights I had 50+ patients with 3...
That's really sad they had to deal with that before the experienced nurses came in, seems it should have been the other way around to me. But you know what they say, the squeeky wheel gets the grease...
Obviously varies from state to state. I have my certification for both IV and phlebotomy in California. Graduated in 2008, got my cert. shortly thereafter. The instructors in my nursing program told...
Our school did the whole thing. We had a pinning committee (which I was a part of) who planned the whole event. We paid class dues which funded each aspect of the ceremony including a single rose for...
SinikRN101 replied to nursetweety's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
Yes, you have to come clean eventually, misrepresentation on an application can you get you fired again later and un-qualify you for unemployment. You can always write "Will Discuss" it's a dead...