Debbie_LPN

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  1. Having a problem with an STNA

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I went to work the last 2 nights, and all the other aides on my shift, and ALL the nurses are behind me. They said it has ALWAYS been a rule, and this certain aide doesn't like to have...

  2. Having a problem with an STNA

    Debbie_LPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am so frustrated! I am the charge nurse at my facility and I am having a problem with this STNA. The STNA's are not allowed behind the nurses station desk or in the med room. This certain aide,...

  3. TCTC School of Nursing

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    HEY GIRL!!! I got a job too! It took me until march to find one though---it sucked! But now I am a full time midnight charge nurse. I am the only nurse there...and it's hard when I have no nursing...

  4. Having a problem with an STNA

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone so much for all the support. I am about to go to work. The DON wasn't in today but I am talking with her

  5. Having a problem with an STNA

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    ok, now this is why I am so upset. I didn't understand how to go about the whole situation. I was very nice about it, and I ALWAYS help my aides. It was clearly in the inservice about the whole...

  6. Having a problem with an STNA

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, lol, I did clarify that they cannot sit behind the desk. I didn't have an attitude, I also explained that with changeover, the DON can walk in at anytime and that would be my

  7. STATE was in!!!

    Debbie_LPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    OMG! I went to work on tuesday(I work 3-11:30), and I must've missed the signs on the door. The nurse on the other wing came up to me as I clocked in and told me state was in. :uhoh21: I went up...

  8. STATE was in!!!

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    lmao!!!!!!

  9. STATE was in!!!

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah in my facility, we have 2(not one, but 2!)nurses that I know of who don't even use the MAR when passing. Now I know I'm a new grad and all, but isn't that STUPID??!!! What if a med changed, or...

  10. Phasing out LPN's?????

    Debbie_LPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    :uhoh21: Is it true that they are phasing out LPN's.....especially in Ohio?? Unable to get a job now for 8 months(I'm fresh out of nursing school), I have been told that they are phasing us out. I...

  11. I made my 1st med error tonight!

    Debbie_LPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, I finally went off of orientation. I am a new nurse, it's my first job, and I had 4 days of orientation. Tonight was HELL! I had to send 2 residents out to the hospital, there were 6 room...

  12. LTC ratio

    Debbie_LPN replied to obillyboy's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I have 37 pts of my very own(I am an LPN, and I am the charge nurse on the 3-11 shift). In Ohio is is 1:50. In PA it's 1:45. I live right on the border, and I looked up both states to see which...

  13. Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here's a couple more after my night at work tonight: How not to laugh when an escapee gets his/her wheelchair stuck in a muddy ditch across the street. How not to laugh when a resident says "I'm going...

  14. Youngest labor patient?

    Debbie_LPN replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is really sad. I got pregnant at the age of 17, and I decided to give the baby up for adoption. The reason: I personally felt I was too young to raise a baby. Now at 23 and happily married, I...

  15. Pressure in my bum-relieve?

    Debbie_LPN replied to following_faith's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well honey, sounds to me like you might have that baby! I had that too. It IS uncomfortable....and after I went to the hospital cause of the pressure, they sent me home. At 5:30 am my water...

  16. Ohio get together?

    Debbie_LPN replied to OHmom2boys's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I'm in! I'm in NE ohio(right next to youngstown....keep me posted!!!!

  17. HIV patient

    Debbie_LPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Kinda new, so help me please. I found out that one of my residents is HIV-positive where I work. I don't treat him any differently, and he is an awesome person. Well, passing meds, he puts the med...

  18. HIV patient

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    thank you soooooooo much!!!!!! i read the article, and i am very at ease tonight! like i said, i'm new to treating patients with hiv. it makes me so happy that i won't contract it this way!

  19. anyone who got 205 in nclex and did not passed!

    Debbie_LPN replied to scarycakes's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    scarycakes...I toook my boards 2 times, first with 205 and failed, and second with 205 and passed. A lot of fellow classmates passed with 205...you prob did fine. I would tell u not to worry, but I...

  20. Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Debbie_LPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    hello all! i am starting work this monday as a new nurse(finally!!!), and today while doing my paperwork, i asked what my nurse to patient ratio was. the don told me it would be 1:38. i thought...

  21. Schools/good places to work in Western PA?

    Debbie_LPN replied to GodsWillNotMine's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I live in ohio, but i think i can help you(i'm right on the border of PA). There is one LPN school that is a 10 month course: mercer county career center. They take adults as well as students....

  22. Getting frustrated with lack of employment ops

    Debbie_LPN replied to HangingInThere2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I graduated in June 2004, and start my new LPN job monday. I was having the same probs as you, no experience as a nurse, and i looked EVERYWHERE!!!! I almost gave up, but the 1st application i put...

  23. Scared to be an LPN.....

    Debbie_LPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OK here's the dillemma: I graduated in june 2004 from nursing school. Our ATT for the NCLEX did not arrive until august. tested 2 weeks later and failed. Waited 45 days(paid $275 lol), and passed...

  24. Bossy CNA's in LTC(long)

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

    As I am just starting off as an LPN, I am gald I have something else besides a new med pass to look forward to!!!

  25. Nurses and smoking......

    Debbie_LPN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I am the same way. I won't smoke over someone elses house unless they give me permission(and if they dont smoke, I wont even ask!). But thats sooooo true, I don't throw my butts an the ground, and I...