Zizka

Hi All, Advance apologies if this question has been asked before. I did a few searches and didn't find an answer. Does anybody know if there is any nursing license (RN/LPN) reciprocity between NJ and PA? Thanks, Ziz

Once you're in a facility you'll be treated the same as everybody else. It's laughible to imagine that staff look at somebodies insurance and treat them any differently. I mean it's hard enough to get them to even know the patients name, let alone kn...

Anybody else noticed how many "wacko's" seemed to be attracted to this line of work? I have some theories about this phenomena.

It's a PITA (pain in the ass) but let's treat it! Any PRN work is chore. People use any excuse to put off PRN's. Let's not be judgemental or puritanical and use this as an excuse not to give pain medication because it means we have to do even more wo...

Most nurses are female. What pros and cons (the positive and negative attributes) has that brought into the profession?

Well thats very kind of you Mr Tweety.

Oop's I missed that, my bad.

Agree. There's alot of BS out there. Obviously "isolation" is not workling. "In the United States, it has been estimated that as many as one hospital patient in ten acquires a nosocomial infection, or 2 million patients a year. Estimates of the annua...

Quick response: I'm an LPN after working in computers for 18 years I decided on a career change to a nurse. Couldn't afford to take 2/3 years out to RN and did the LPN in 13 months. I'm gonna go the quick route next and get RN with an associate degre...

I'm guessing the reasoning behind long acting substances not being given IV or IM is that they need to remain in the SC areas to be LONG acting.

I don't feel that women are the problem with the problems in the nursing profession either. I'm interested in both sides of the story not just the problems. It's also interesting to imagine, when you think about it, that nursing is probably one of th...

So what did they do to heal you? Draw labs? Huh? What was it that made you sick and how did they fix it? That would help the orginal poster. Let's hope you just needed a course of iron pills?

One easy trick is to breath through your mouth and not through the nose. Personally I can take anything related to humans but I cant look at anything related to "animals". It's kind of odd but any harm to animals makes me cry but with humans (which I...

I'm the same. I encourage our patients to treat their pain.

swimming is the greatest ever sport. (thats in caps for good reason) find a good sized pool and swim at least twice a week and hit the sauna afterwards.

In the nursing care setting I think the opposite is true. It's human nature to not want to work and therefore providing people with pain management is usually just another chore. You have to give it out, chart it, etc. For PRN medications the nurse w...

Thanks for the welcome. Feel like i've been lurking for a while although my posting count is low. Yes, I'm sure this subject has been brought up before. I'm not looking to start any fights (trolling) and I am curious about peoples feeling on the sub...

Personally I treat almost every situation as if all the people around me are idiots because most people DON'T seem to have much in the way of common sense. I think we might all notice that when we drive around on the roads. Just because somebody has ...

The reason that males are circumcised within the USA is because the population is culturally conditioned to have their males circumcised. It's as simple as that.

"Circumcision cuts HIV rates in half." - This statement would seem to be BS. Circumcision is performed in the US for cultural reasons. I think the biggest influence came from the US army and from the Catholics & Jews. For example in England (the ...

Damn right! And with the way the tables are turned these employers need to learn that the nurses command the advantage with there being huge shortages, and more and more shortages to come. So listen up employers, you need to keep us happy, not the ot...

Yes. (In my experience) Doctors are typically mean, arrogant, stupid, ugly people, so no surprise there!

The elderly probably use nursing services the most and in the healthcare setting they mainly reside within nursing homes. I would have to say that PT/OT rehab and activities are the most over looked part of care. They need to be of high quailty and c...

Please don't be under paid. If you're under paid, change jobs. DON'T LET THEM UNDER PAY US... CHANGE JOB. There's a nursing shortage. Use that to your advantage and get the best pay. We work our asses off!!!

How ya doin'? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN!! Go get the best pay and best experience - work in a nursing home. Full time with frills - 7-3 = $21+ an hour Full time with frills 3-11 = $24+ an hour. Agency = $30 an hour. As an LPN in a hospital you'll get the s...