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  1. Do all of your vented pt's get restrained?

    shopgal replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work on a Long-Term Vent unit and so because we are "long-term" we are considered under nsg home guidelines and so we not only can't use restraints, we can't even have siderails! Most of my pts are...

  2. CNA training in Kansas City

    shopgal replied to MzMandie23's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, I live in Kansas City and you can go to Johnson County Community College, Kansas City Kansas Community College, If you live in MO, you can go to AIT or Penn Valley Community College. There are...

  3. Greetings Missourians/lets get to know each other

    shopgal replied to Nursie30's topic in General Nursing

    Nicole, LPN, future ADN student at Park University in Parkville, MO. Live in KC, work in Overland Park, KS. 27 y/o divorced, no kids, have a black lab and a long-haired dashound that are my kids....

  4. I am 51 y/o, is it too late? (need honesty)

    shopgal replied to wandaeh's topic in General Nursing

    There was a lady in my class that had been a country school teacher for 25 yrs. and her school closed and she didn't want to be a public school teacher, so she went to LPN school. She graduated at 62...

  5. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    shopgal replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    I missed the show, but I guess that I'll be missing it in the future. What a prehistoric idea. Did the nurses also have on little tight dresses with huge prostitute blonde hair under our little...

  6. Do LPN's get the pay they deserve?

    shopgal replied to Pedsnrs2003's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question, NO, as an RN, you do not get paid enough to be responsible for someones else' patients. LPNs get paid enough in my opinion realted to their low level of education and limited...

  7. Do LPN's get the pay they deserve?

    shopgal replied to Pedsnrs2003's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN on a long-term vent unit and my job is no different than the RN's jobs, I do all IVs and so on. I make $18.54/hr., I graduated in 2003, so I am at the top of my pay scale LPNwise. But...

  8. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    shopgal replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Last noc when I went to work, the nurse that I was following was giving me report and telling me that he sent a pt to the ER. He said, "I am such a dumba**, I sent her out because I went to replace...

  9. No She/he Did Not!!!

    shopgal replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    No she didn't.... ask me if the trach patient vomited out her mouth, she thought that it came out of her trach. I asked her if she wanted me to draw her a picture. The saddest thing is that she is a...

  10. No She/he Did Not!!!

    shopgal replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    I've done it, but in my defense, the woman was 90 and she had had 8

  11. No She/he Did Not!!!

    shopgal replied to Maggie in NC's topic in General Students

    We had a girl that said, "Oh, are you going to eat that?" and ate the rest of the pt's food in front of him and then proceeded to continue the

  12. Horrible CNAs! Need to vent

    shopgal replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    I think that I'd say, "Well, I was looking for a job when I found this one," and tell this nightmare to my co-workers at my next job. I've worked noc shift for 7 yrs. and my boss gave me the reigns a...

  13. Nurses' Week Celebration

    shopgal replied to KungPaoNsg's topic in Nurse Management

    Last year we got a notepad and

  14. Nurses' Week Celebration

    shopgal replied to KungPaoNsg's topic in Nurse Management

    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They always have everything during the day and totally exclude noc shift. :roll :roll

  15. Poll: Nurse for life or do you have an "after nursing plan"?

    shopgal replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a lifer. Nothing else really interests me and there is no other profession with as many options. I come from a long line of nurses in my family and so, of course, that was the last thing that I...

  16. Turning your patients

    shopgal replied to redwinggirlie's topic in General Nursing

    I am the only nurse at noc on an 18 bed Vent unit and I am literally running for 12.5 hrs. I don't have time to turn pts myself, but I am in the rooms all of the checking vent alarms, tube feedings,...

  17. Do you wear makeup?

    shopgal replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Students

    I wear only the esentials on my face, eyeliner and mascera and moisturizer. I have to wear that otherwise I would scare my pts. My hair, I throw in a ponytail. When I was in school, windpants and a...

  18. Do you wear makeup?

    shopgal replied to FutureNurse2005's topic in General Students

    Cockerspaniels are a cute dog at least

  19. Please, Please, Please Answer Me. (lpn In A Week!)

    shopgal replied to Ilonatizzi's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was really nervous too to take the boards and I just took them 17 months ago. My test had a lot about diet and religion on them, like, "If you had a muslim pt. die, what would be the first thing...

  20. What weekends do you work?

    shopgal replied to TLC RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work every weekend Fri, Sat, and Sun noc 7p - 7a It works with my school

  21. Super Nurse?

    shopgal replied to Claver's topic in General Nursing

    No kidding! Gee, Where do I sign up? Suppositories

  22. Need your advice Please (LPN school)

    shopgal replied to kellisdomain's topic in General Nursing

    First of all good luck it's hard, but imagine the benefit when you are done. The thing is, especially if you have kids, there is never going to be a good time to go to school, the money will never be...

  23. Kind of gross...but fever blisters

    shopgal replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry, they must be miserable. My mom gets them when she gets stressed out too, luckily I didn't get that gene, so I can't sympathize. She has also been on every perscription med that there...

  24. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    shopgal replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    I just wonder about the new "wife, girlfriend," whatever she is and what kind of a person she is to get involved with a man like this? I certainly wouldn't want him to raise my children! Maybe she...

  25. How do you deal with backstabbing

    shopgal replied to gladtobeOB's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't say ALL, I said most. And it's great when you do find the few gems that aren't. I think that we all have a lot to learn from eachother and I think that we have enough working against us...