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  1. made to feel bad after refusing to push iv meds

    frodo replied to manlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Nancy nurse, I do the same thing, I will help them with their po meds, and I start their peripheral iv's . I have made myself a great Iv starter and they ask me all the time to help them. We all...

  2. Why do I always hear, why are you ONLY doing LPN?

    frodo replied to agldragonRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    MedicalLPN , take a deep breath and ask them why does this mean so much to you? if you are happy being an LPN(I sure am!) then enjoy this for a while and if you choose to go for RN, do so at your own...

  3. Why do I always hear, why are you ONLY doing LPN?

    frodo replied to agldragonRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am proud to be an LPN. I answer, yes i am a nurse, an Licensed Practical Nurse! I will be 54 soon, was out of nursing for a while, back in 5 years now, medical floor on a small hospital. The RN's...

  4. Why Does It Seem That RN's Hate Us and Hospitals Don't Believe In Us??

    frodo replied to brown eyed girl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have worked in a community hospital 4 years now, I am in my early 50's. I have worked with people, some who are very good nurses and some who are sadly needing a lot of help, these were LPN's and...

  5. What was the cost of your LPN school

    frodo replied to mrscableman's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I graduated from a junior college in 1972, it was around 400.00 But that ws a lot of money in those days!

  6. do any of you work in anything other than ltc as an LPN?

    frodo replied to Princess74's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi, I work on a medical floor, I think we have 49 beds now. I usually have 5 to 8 patients, I assess them, start IV's hang Iv fluid, if they have a central line, we can't hang or access them. We...

  7. Doing away with LPNs

    frodo replied to krmkl0921's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The staff told me that at our hospital, they tried to do this about 7 years ago. It didn't work, now all they can get are LPN's. The Rn;s are all going to the larger city 50 miles away, who pay a...

  8. What is it like working the overnight shift? Nursing homes? Juggling?

    frodo replied to jennanlpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work the 11-7:30 shift for 2 and 1/2 years now, But I am 51 years old, with a husband at home that works second shift. I tried this years ago, whenmy son was 5 and I didn't ever get any sleep. He...

  9. Phasing out LPN's?????

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

    Denless, I am 51 and I also do not wish to go back to school. I am happy being an LPN, even though the hosp where i work puts restrictions on my nursing, I can live with it. the Rn's I currently...

  10. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    frodo replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I am from illinois, about 40 miles east of mississippi river in northern part. LPN in a medical floor, in a small hospital. Do almost everything the RN's do except. blood,chemo,push meds, and drs...

  11. Phasing out LPN's?????

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

    I work in a local community hospital for 2 years a couple months, had been out of nursing for over 21 years,(burnout). I work the medical floor 11-7. A lot of nights, if we have one to two rn/s we...

  12. tired of bedside care, options???

    frodo replied to sun_chica's topic in Nursing Career

    IT took me a year on medical floor to even feel confident, now i have 2 and a couple of months, and although we are understaffed, I do love my