LPNer

A friend of mine said she has seen an advertisement, she couldn't remember where, for a LPN to RN program in Salt Lake City with most of the program online. There was 1 trip to Salt Lake required. She had gotten some Emails form them and when her PC ...

Until there is a group specific need, it would be difficult to define it. But one might think fo something akin to LPNs positions if it were decided to remove them from the acute care floors or benefits concerning continueing education. It really wo...

I don't remember anybody in this thread thinking that an LPN should be the same as an RN. As mentioned in your post, LPNs have two levels of IV certification. This is the type of certifications I am talking about. But it should not be limited to PIV ...

I am not nearly as concerned about breaking the wafers by hand as I am counting them in front of the pt. This is, after all a Methadone Treatment Facility! I wouldn't want them to see any more than the one dose they are getting.

Oh, I see what you are saying now. I didnt susgest a separate bargaining unit, I asked her to find out how they are going to handle issues that pertain strictly to nurses. And that would be exactly what I would suggest to pharm techs, physical therap...

I agree 100%! What I want to know is HOW? Everytime I suggest that LPNs be permitted to become certified in this or that, as in Colorado they have an advanced IV therepy permitting LPNs to work with CLines. This is what I am talking about, yet every ...

There has to be more to that guidline than stated here. Would you mind sharing your source with us?

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I'm watching it now. The movie is OK, How heroic of the folks who were really there. But now, it's just a movie, seen better, seen worse.

LPNs had a lot more carreer mobility when I became an LPN in the 70s. An LPN was the head nurse of the ER where I went to school. I was offered the charge nurse postiion in the ER of a small hospital in Ky in the early 80s. (I didn't want to work ER ...

Been there done that! The cuff was quite long and it wrapped around until it wasa several layers thick around the arm, then inflate and take blood pressure as you do now with a stethescope. The whole thing did not inflate, I suppose being wrapped so...

Just because they do not reward nurses for education aquired in other ways than college credits does not mean this can not change! That's my who point! LPNs need to stand together and be seen! RNs have various ladder programs (their scope allows empl...

I've been hearing the same thing since the 70s! I understand NY has taken steps to do just that; however, I don't see the final date for "convertion" ever being met. As always, that date will keep getting set back. Even Kentucky, at one time, had sai...

I sure miss having my cigarettes while I chart!

I do not remember anyone saying it does or should or could or anything else like that. Where did you get the idea that anyone has said that?

Most of the once a day meds can be spread out over less heavy med times thoughout the day. That would be the first step in managing the load. LTC facilities have long "ignored" this problem because it is a method of repremanding nurses who for whate...

There were a few metal IV needles available still in the 70s but angiocaths were also available. Seems they lasted just about as long as an angio does, some sites hold up while others fail pretty quick. In any event, none "last" past 3 days (except ...

The hospital I am at now is not union. I am sure a union with other licensed personel would be better than grouped with non-licensed staff. But... I still worry that your particular needs as a staff nurse will not be met. When the hospital I did wor...

Actually I do undrestand. I have far more formal education than being a simple LPN indicates. When my first husband died, sorely underinsured, I had nearly completed the ADN program. In all these 20 years since I have continued to work as an LPN and ...

Things need to change in nursing. RNs move to make changes in their scope of practice all the time, yet LPNs seem to think it's not possible and RNs continue to foster that misconception (job security)! We are not RNs, never said I think the wave of...

I worked at a University Hosp where the RNs had their own union and the LPNs were in the union with most of the other staff, all of which were non-licensed personel! The needs of those personel who are not professionals, who are not licensed, are ver...

Ancilliary personel! Run, stay away from them. They can not help the LPN in our particular crisis!

I did not mean that experience alone should allow a greater scope of practice but that the BON should institute a ladder that would allow LPNs to test and gain a rung on the ladder if passed. This would not make them RNs. They would still be LPNs wit...

The way I remember to cover my bases when doing a head to toe is to, of course, start at the head and think of each system in the area I am working with. Overall Appearance, grossly obese, emaciated, dirty, etc Odors, urine, stool, BO, fruity, etc W...

My school required that back in the mid 70s. Alas, the hospital they were attached to has closed, so did they.