DONN

DONN

Member

  • Content

    69

  • Visitors

    2,851

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    0

All Content by DONN

  1. Hi, newbee here, can use suggestions

    DONN replied to Vman's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hit the questions hard and you shouldnt have any problems. Go get as many books as you can afford and study your a$$ off. I did about 8000 questions from 5 different books and cd's and was satisfied...

  2. When is it too much? (long)

    DONN replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Student4life. You did well to monitor the pt's resp's and report accordingly. Next time look at the orders and see if there is Narcan prescribed for resp's of 8 or less. Ordinarily I wouldnt be overly...

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

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

    Not true at all IMO. Its like any job you have to prove to everyone you are capable and that takes time. No school in the world prepares you for your first days/weeks/months in a hospital setting. Yes...

  4. What were your clinicals like?

    DONN replied to FarainFlorida's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    We did our LTC stuff and it was boring as all get out. Then we did some more LTC stuff and it was boring as all get out. Then we went to acute care for 4 months solid and spent time in a lot of...

  5. Day in the life of a Med/Surge LPN

    DONN replied to nursesaideBen's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in a hospital in Pa.. 500 beds acute care on the 6th floor which is all surgical patients: Cabg, general surgeries, Bariatrics, and a lot of telemetry. Chest tubes, drains, ostomies, wound...

  6. Major disagreement with my preceptor...

    DONN replied to NewGradBSN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First off NEVER EVER let em see you cry. It shows weakness and that their intimidation worked. Im a guy so trust me on this one. Then go one on one with the preceptor and tell her that she cannot...

  7. not used to feeling dumb

    DONN replied to Sandy46's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hang in there Sandy. No school in the world will prepare you for your own daily assignment. Delays, backtracking, and just learning "how to be a nurse" all take time. After all if a 51 year old fart...

  8. I see a difference. Is it a coincidence?

    DONN replied to SemperFI's topic in Men in Nursing

    There is a difference. I work on a floor with 7 male nurses and believe me I have yet to see one of them "break down and cry" and when and if that day does ever occur it must be something pretty bad...

  9. What kind of nursing do you do????

    DONN replied to dspring's topic in Men in Nursing

    Acute care: Med/Surg which includes: CABG, General Surgery patients, Bariatrics, and whatever else they throw at us. LPN with my own daily assignment with an RN resource nurse to do my pushes....

  10. Are LPN's/LVN's real nurses?

    DONN replied to Faeriewand's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Whats to blame here are the "antiquated and out dated nurse practice acts". Do you really think that I, as an LPN, could not read the numbers on a bag of blood and compare it to tha patient and then...

  11. med/surg- do I have to?

    DONN replied to ks@va's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    To be sure you will use SOME skills in LTC. but is is misleading to say that you will get the same broad based experience in LTC as you would being a floor nurse in an acute Med/Surg environment. A...

  12. How hard is it to transfer your LPN to other states?

    DONN replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I found it difficult and expensive to transfer my Pennsylvania license to Ohio. With fingerprinting, cost of having papers from Pa. to Ohio, Ohio not wanting to accept my transcrpt from Mercyhurts...

  13. Where are LPN's working besides LTC/Home Health?

    DONN replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in a hospital on the Med sure floor. I run my own patient assignment and function in the same way, with obvious practice differences, as an RN.. I couldnt work in LTC except as a fill in with...

  14. this is off base when it comes to LPN's

    DONN replied to GN1974's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    So maybe the next time a DO. comes to the floor instead of an MD we should ask are you a real Doctor or "one of those others"? Seems

  15. NEED ADVICE....taking NCLEXLPN this THURS!

    DONN replied to hopeful79's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    The test was a breeze. I took mine in Dec of 04 and had 85 questions and was done in about 45 min. I knew when I walked out the door I had passed. The key is in the preparation. Stop studying NOW and...

  16. LPN Dilema

    DONN replied to dmlong7's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Glorified CNA......not bloody likely. I graduated from LPN school in Aug of 2004 and landed the only job I applied for at the only place I wanted to work here at Hamot Hospital in Erie. No course in...