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Any experienced PDNs who do their own taxes? I am a private duty Medicaid nurse in NY. I have been a nurse for 11 years, but just started PDN last year. I've done my own tases since I was a kid, but being "self-employed" is really confusing. I t...

I look at it like this: At my private-duty case, I'm getting paid more to take care of ONE patient on a vent than I ever made taking care of multiple patients on a vent unit and running around like a headless chicken. The LEAST I can do is fold a l...

Last year, a new company won the bid and took over the medical dpt. The departing company decided to stop ordering stock meds during the last month, to save money, I guess. The last two days of the month, we were out of Motrin and Tum. The med pas...

Here at the county jail, we used to do KOP for lotions, drops, shampoo, etc but now have to dispense portions of everything from the cart. The only KOPs allowed now are inhalers, (for SOME IMs) and three nitro tabs. I would think that the nitro is ...

I an a NY LPN with two jobs and four kids. I've been hearing about excelsior college as a way to complete my degree at home. Their website is pretty vague about how it works. I have 80+ credits worth of "liberal arts" classes; I just need the core...

There ARE travel opportunities for LPNs, but they are few and far between. I traveled with Supplemental Healthcare for over a year and made ~$27/hr. Your "wage" is only $10-12/hr, but they give you a tax-free "expense stipend" of $550-650/ week. Ot...

I passed at 86 Questions. I wouldn't worry, it's a good sigh that you know your stuff and have consistently answered a number of the top-rated questions correctly. :w00t: When you get a question right, the computer gives you a harder question. Whe...

My wife and I are travel LPNs with Supplemental Health Care. The worse the assignment, the better the money. Sad, but true. We are bringing in nearly 30$ per hour at the County Home- and doing our best to make a difference while we're there. A po...

Good luck. I am an LPN here in NY. I worked in the ER back when they allowed us to be nurses... They have this big push now towars having a bsn at every bedside. As a result, the hospitals, at least in my area, aren't hiring LPNs and are making ...

Hi everyone! I just wanted to do some recon and get your views on the donation process to try to see things from your eyes. What have you seen that you liked? What did you dislike? What could have been done better? What sort of questions were ...

Hey roadrunner, I'm an organ procurement coordinator in NY, (and a nurse ) and we've seen a big difference in the colaborative hospitals. The numbers are up, yes. Hospitals who have only had a donor every few years are now donating anually. How...

Bow-fishing just opened here in North-Western NY. Gotta love the faces on all those guys with poles when you pull your bow out of the case... Anyway, it's good practice for fall deer season- something other than target shooting. I get the turkey t...

If you're from NY, you know what I'm talking about... Here's a quote from one of my other posts for those of you who don'n know what we're facing here in NY: "It IS happening here. I am from NY. They instituted the BSN law this year. Right now, the...

*cringe* it just takes one allegation... I only do LTC on the side, (per diem float) and really don't have the opportunity to make that kind of bond with any of the residnts. I do, however make it a point to shake hands and give a familiar residen...

LPN. Get your RN.

hey ken-pin- listen to this- i don't wear my pin, but that's just because it's one more thing to add to my morning routine. i will say, however, that the pinning ceremony meant more to me than the graduation ceremony. it really made me feel like ...

1) well, at home, i'm a boxer guy- but boxers don't cut it under scrubs. i tried briefs, but hate them. now i wear boxer-briefs under my scrubs. it took a while to get used to- there's much less "movement" with them on. you still need to "adj...

i always found it difficult to cook for one, because there were always left-overs. so, i started cooking big portions and eating the same thing every-other day. i had a crock pot, so stew, chili and goulash were almost always in the fridge. beats ...

I wear a goat- but keep it short to fit into a duck mask. I used to wear a beard and had to use "the hood". It's a positive pressure "helmet" like HAZMAT teams wear. It was a big pain to wear and frightened some patients.

emergency the few, the proud: acute care lpns! :yelclap: :w00t:

Our male ER docs are very strict about having a female nurse present when doing vag exams. The female docs are less predictable- some do bring a male into the room when examining a male's groin, and some don't. I, personally, err on the side of ca...

Ditto.

You probably have your reasons for leaving, but it's worth mentioning- an RN in the military ranks as an officer, and gets paid accordingly. I have two friends who served as RN's, one in the AF, and one in the army. Both said that they loved it. ...

I've got the bean dip! *fart*

I started wearing solid color shirts, (not just plain T-shirts) instead of scrub tops. It solves the hair issue and is more comfortable.