Alisonisayoshi LVN

Right? Me too! OP I am an LVN in outpatient case management. Our last 3 new case managers have been RN not LVN because of the new Health Homes requirements. Do not count out clinic nursing as the land of just the LPN/VN or the CMA.

I just got hired into my dream job very very visibly pregnant. They know they only have like 10 weeks of orientation then I will need to be out. I was upfront with them that I'd like 8 weeks leave. They were really really open and understanding of...

I don't fit well in Grey's, I'm too curvy for them I think. I love Wonder Wink. I also like Gen Flex by Dickies.

Where on earth do I put freelance articles on a resume? I've written a few, I'm proud of them, but I have no clue how to list them. Should I list them at all?

I got a call today that I'm mostly likely going to get my dream job (just trying to figure out the logistics of employing an LVN in a job that has always been filled by an RN) based mostly on the volunteer work I've been actively involved in for the ...

Just another point to ponder: years ago I failed not one, not two, but three pre employment drug screens. Each time I failed the on site and when the sample was sent out I failed still but for some different reason requiring a retest. Each time I ...

I've see some really cool vial cap art.

I had one once that I was sure was a stroke. The ED was seriously concerned it was as well. True migraine is no joke. Lots of people believe they have "migraines", most don't have much more than a yucky headache.

Well, since I was raped on a church outing, as a young girl, if I followed some of your logic, the answer would be to not send my children to church ever and to never attend church myself. The real answer is to actually punish rapists for their crime...

Can you let the youth group leader who plied me with alcohol on a church trip and told me what he was doing was okay in God's eyes know about God's intentions for sex? Because I was 13 and really quickly was really drunk, but he kept telling me that...

The highest I've done is 40, with 3 CNA's, 6 total for the facility, plus an RNA on shift through dinner and activities assistants on shift through the hour post dinner that can double as sitters. That facility is 80 beds 1/2 rehab, 1/2 LTC. Usuall...

Yup, it's why I left that facility. It was a PM shift too, not a NOC. It happened often when the LTC nurse called off. I just got stuck doing all my rehab pts and half the LTC.

I once threw a total hissy in the Med room after I was told I would have 40 pts for the night because the LTC side nurse had called off and the 2 rehab nurses (myself and another) had to split her pts) and I was also going to be down CNAS. I just sa...

If pt is adhering to regimen they are by definition compliant.

It shouldn't matter what anyone has told you, it should matter that you've done your duty and you and whatever provider you are leaving are comfortable. The provider I work with most often and I have an agreement that I stay if he's doing a procedur...

Ok, so it's not abandonment which is what I think you fear OP. Try thinking of it in terms of handing off care in an acute setting. When I (in my clinic) hand the provider a prepped chart and tell the computer system I've prepped the pt and handed ...

Yeah, no. My LVN course replaces the first year of RN school. That's what a bridge is.

I'm also from NorCal, same story, unable to get into RN, no matter how great my grades were, became an LVN instead. No, you don't have to bridge at the same place. Yes, we are employable, but you are going to most likely work SNF or office. A few ...

I do not do the same thing as an RN. Sometimes in the SNF I do a SIMILAR job but we don't have the same scope, so it's not the same. It's like the MAs at my office job saying they do the same job as me, yes, in that setting our jobs are similar, bu...

I'm an LVN and I'm currently in a clinic. I plan to move back to LTC until I have my RN. I can't stand office work at this point. I'm not built for it. I feel stifled as a nurse, the drama is not for me, I've got zero autonomy, and little to no p...

Kind of my thoughts exactly. The more correct statement would have been "where I'm from we don't have an LPN role and the minimum entry is a BSN".

Yeah, nope you aren't. I grew up with an addict, who now has a lot of clean time. Addicts call Benadryl a "kicker". It kicks their high up a notch and stops all the pesky itching. We had enough Benadryl in my house growing up, it looked like we w...

Please don't demean my title by putting "quotes" around it. Please. I actually am still very much a nurse. You don't view yourself as better but feel the need to put quotes around my title, as if you somehow believe that I'm not actually a nurse? ...

I'm not a school nurse, but I am a T1D, I've been high enough to not register on the meter and still tested negative for ketones. I generally have only seen ketones if my pump site fails or I'm vomiting for an entire day. Still, I'd have it tested ...

NorCal here and I only know about Opana addiction from NPR. I only know Flakka from Drugs Inc.