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  1. Social Class and Nursing

    historylovinglpn replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an LPN...so I am already sitting by myself in the cafeteria. lol. I remember when the attending invited his residents and the triage nurses (who were all RN's.) to a party he was having. None of...

  2. How did you spend your first nursing paycheck?

    historylovinglpn replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    I bought a new bike for me when I received my first nursing

  3. License is Expired

    historylovinglpn replied to cmh1118's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I left nursing (only left for about a year and a half) I went full time into personal trainer and let my license expire. I didnt' expect to come back. Alas, I did and faced having to get in...

  4. Director of Nursing ALF LPN Pay

    historylovinglpn replied to Calimom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Never worked at a facility with a LPN DON, but many with LPN ADONs. At the place I work at now, our ADON is an LPN. We have three other sister facilities each with the same setup ( the ADON's are all...

  5. Why did you decide to become a nurse?

    historylovinglpn replied to sd610's topic in General Nursing

    I never even thought of nursing as a career choice. Back when I was 17 I took the asvab and the test pretty much gave me three choices, psych tech (I think it is called mental health specialist now)...

  6. Looking for a school that does NOT proctor Statistics

    historylovinglpn replied to NurseEmjay's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I am actually doing a masters in...statistics. Right after LPN school I was in an LPN-RN program and took dreaded stats. I hated it. I just didn't get it. Ended up dropping the course and not...

  7. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    historylovinglpn replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    How awful.. my bmi is 29%..( according to outdated charts im on the cusp of obesity! (.but i compete in kettlebell sport competitions and am on a local team where i also instruct during my off time. I...

  8. First job offer has bad Google reviews.

    historylovinglpn replied to Bratt88's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My current job has REALLY bad reviews online on Glassdoor. But I actually enjoy my job, despite the reviews. New nurses were hired and the culture is changing. Plus some of the reviews were from other...

  9. I'm an LPN but am often called a medtech

    historylovinglpn replied to Shasha831's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ditto, I'm down for sweeping floors too as long as I get paid my LPN rate! I'll take out the garbage

  10. What's your definition of orientation?

    historylovinglpn replied to Sparkle9212's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I got lucky. I got two weeks of orientation and not even a new grad, but from talking to another new hire, she is also receiving two weeks as well. One week was just doing paperwork. 2nd week was...

  11. Being called an idiot

    historylovinglpn posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I almost forgot why I left nursing in the first place. Now I really like my new coworkers. I get along with my team. YES! But I was brought to reality when a doc called me an idiot. I call the...

  12. Keeping track of monthly inj.

    historylovinglpn posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My 1st week off orientation and I am finding HUGE errors with missed monthly injections, i.e Haldol Dec, Abilify, Aristada..etc. I am seeing injections that are on the Mar that were missed this month...

  13. Keeping track of monthly inj.

    historylovinglpn replied to historylovinglpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in a psych facility. No computers. Paper charting. Heck even our checks are live.. and not direct deposited. Anyways, since I posted this, I designed a simple Excel reminder sheet. Hoping that...

  14. How much do you make 2016

    historylovinglpn replied to soon2bnurse5's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I first started (I think it was 96 or 97) I made $10 an hour and thought i was making BANK! Of course $10 an hour in 1996 went farther than now. AT least it felt that way. I was single, no kids....

  15. I'm an LPN but am often called a medtech

    historylovinglpn replied to Shasha831's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I did some agency work at a hospital,(and occasionally still do) they had agency Lpns working as CNA's. I was fine with that because I still got paid the agency LPN rate. My full time job was...

  16. New Nurse Exhausted from Extremely Long Shifts? Help?

    historylovinglpn replied to KellySpencer800's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When i was a new Lpn back in the late 90's, I never said no to extra shifts. 6 months later, I was burnt out and left that facility. I actually loved the environment but let my superiors take...

  17. Being called an idiot

    historylovinglpn replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are totally right Ruby Vee. Just like certain docs take it out on us nurses.. I have to watch that I don't take it out on the people I

  18. Being called an idiot

    historylovinglpn replied to historylovinglpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yes needed to have a consent signed and all the urologist wrote was "procedure." How am I supposed to get a signature if I don't even know what this person is signing up to have done? I am supposed...

  19. Do you get paid to stay late and chart?

    historylovinglpn replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    I am encouraged to stay late and finish documenting. My nursing home has gotten slammed for documentation (before I worked there)so now they encourage us to stay and get some extra OT to finish...

  20. Received 2 job offers, a conundrum

    historylovinglpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been out of nursing for two years, working as a personal trainer full-time and decided to go back to nursing. Surprisingly I was offered a 7-3 shift with every other weekend off. This is the...

  21. Received 2 job offers, a conundrum

    historylovinglpn replied to historylovinglpn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for catching the misspelling. Math is more my thing..... I appreciate you telling me it's not all peachy and rosy out there, didn't like the whole "surprising" I have been out of nursing and...

  22. Received 2 job offers, a conundrum

    historylovinglpn replied to historylovinglpn's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked psych. I started off as an Lpn in 1997 in the military,and after, consistently until 2014 when i took 2 years off. I am definately not new as i have worked psych for 5 years before...

  23. Received 2 job offers, a conundrum

    historylovinglpn replied to historylovinglpn's topic in General Nursing

    Update, I picked Job 2. Not just for the pay, but for the environment. DON said after I put in a year on 3-11, I can go to 7-3. (one of the Lpns will be starting an LPN- RN program next year so I can...

  24. Commuting an hour to work

    historylovinglpn replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

    I used to commute an hour and a half each way a few years ago. Via the train that is. What I decided to do was learn Spanish and refresh my sign language skills on the commute. If I was going to be...

  25. Anything I can do with nursing and history degrees?

    historylovinglpn replied to Weirdo's topic in General Nursing

    I think you may be my