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Plagueis

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  1. Is It OK for Nurses to Do These Things?

    So if there's a doctor's order, and the medical power of attorney approves, then it's okay to hide medicine in food? I understand that in a dementia unit, the residents may not fully understand why...
  2. LPN School: How Many Hours Did You Study Per Day?

    Thanks for answering, everybody. Another reason I asked was that I am constantly told by some nurses that studying for nursing school takes up so much time outside of nursing lectures and clinicals...
  3. Is It OK for Nurses to Do These Things?

    Thanks to all of you who responded. Katnip posted something about hiding meds in food that I wondered about too, and that is: what would happen if another resident (B) got hold of the food with...
  4. How can an adult leave a child in a hot car?

    This may be true in your local area, but the stories that I have seen on the news about these tragedies were perpetrated by professional-types. I remember that one was a doctor and another was a...
  5. How can an adult leave a child in a hot car?

    I would think that PSAs about not leaving young kids by themselves in cars, whether it is hot or not, would be useless. People tend to do dumb things anyway, despite warnings about possible dangers....
  6. That is incredible that your cousin made that much, plus she got that sweet deal with the Baylor shift ( and the extra 24 hours). I don't know what part of the country she works in, but in this case,...
  7. It's odd that the school doesn't include liability insurance in its costs. Mine does, and I never heard of school that wanted students to go out on their own to get it. My LPN school also doesn't...
  8. Customer Service and 24 hour visitation

    Totally agree. However, I have seen hospitals in my area that advertise their hotel-like rooms and services in order, it seems, to get people who are in the middle of a heart attack, to choose it. One...
  9. Nurse calls in because of herpes outbreak

    I shouldn't be surprised at the ways some employers try to "discourage" employees from calling out, but all I can say about this "solution" is:
  10. Obviously, LPN salaries will vary across the country. However, around here in southern New Jersey I know LPNs who have started at $18 to $25 per hour. They tell me that is a pretty good salary,...
  11. I don't think these allied programs have contributed to the so-called nursing shortage. From what many of the nurses post on this site say, especially the Commuter (help me out with the exact figures....
  12. parents please talk to your teens

    I agree 100 percent with the idea of parents talking to their teens about alcohol and excessive, or binge drinking. However, this binge drinking and driving drunk problem is not limited to high school...
  13. Men can't give complete baths?

    To make a general rule about not allowing males to bathe females, and not taking into account personal preferences, is ridiculous. If a female has no problem with a male giving her a bath, then I...
  14. My guess as to why someone would not recommend becoming a CNA: We deal with BM, urine, and vomit. We sometimes deal with combative and screaming residents. We deal with 5 call lights going off at the...
  15. A rant: sick time use and policies

    Well, where I work, there are times that we have to bring in a doctor's note, or else not get paid for the day off. If we call out on a weekend day (LTC area), a holiday, the day before or after a...
  16. lunch time insubordination

    About the lunch breaks: where I work, us aides split the 30 minute break. If there are 5 of us, no more than 3 aides go to lunch (dinner on my 3 to 11 shift), and lunch is served at specific times. In...
  17. i certainly don't consider lpns/lvns out of the loop at all. i work primarily with lpns, so i know they do a great job. in fact, i am starting lpn school next month, and i want to continue working in...
  18. Why the high drop out rate of nursing students?

    SarasotaRN2B made great points in her post about why it's not always possible for nursing students to just stop working for the duration of their nursing program. :) As someone who is about to start...
  19. I know that many of you want the BSN to be the required degree to become a nurse, but I don't believe it will happen. Here are some questions that people should think about concerning this issue:...
  20. Finances while in LPN school

    I'm sorry to hear about that lemon of a car that you bought. I hope that you didn't pay too much for it. I too just bought a used car, paid in full, just for the purpose of getting me through LPN...
  21. 2009 Grads! Come 1 Come ALL!

    I recently got accepted into a LPN program that starts in July, and I finish next June. I will still have to work while attending school (I'm not independently wealthy), so I know that it will be a...
  22. Wages around the country?

    Here in southern New Jersey, starting rates that I have seen vary from $9 to $14 per hour. I started at just under $10 per hour a few years ago, and I now earn $12 per
  23. All About the NET

    Hmmm. I guess the NET I took in February was the old-school version. That doesn't sound like an actual "new" section, though. If the science didn't count towards the score, then why have those kind...
  24. All About the NET

    First, the advice Csantos has provided is great. Wish I'd had it before I took the NET earlier this year. Anyway, I just wanted to say that my version of the NET test that I took earlier this year...
  25. Trite Management Platitudes

    I don't know if this qualifies, but it drives me crazy when I hear supervisors, in reference to dealing with difficult residents, say that "if you just talk to the resident in a calm, quiet, and...