Iheartnursing

Iheartnursing ASN

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About Iheartnursing

Iheartnursing has 15 years experience as a ASN and specializes in RN.


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  1. Recently completed my RN after 11 years as an LPN and really just want to get this BSN thing done and over with for as little money as possible.... I have started the admission process at WGU after...
  2. Exploring the World of Freelance Writing for Nurses

    Loved this TY! I'm wondering about your thoughts as to if freelance writing would be a good fit for an LPN? I'm not finding any reasons why an LPN could not do
  3. Med errors

    Also, using the less than or greater than symbol in the MAR is not acceptable. The facility should not be using acronyms in MARS... it's no longer acceptable
  4. To the nurses, a question.

    I help whenever I can and many CNA's have complemented me on this. Sometimes though, it seems like the aids think I am not busy when I am... I typically never get a break but my aids always DO!...
  5. Life, death, and dying.

    Wow... I could not have read a more fitting post for my week... Started off the week with an elderly woman with dementia in LTC speaking to me one minute and gone the next... Spent days questioning if...
  6. LPN, BSN, MSN?

    "While I didn't go into nursing because I love the smell of c-diff in the morning, the truth is that the most important assessment skills can be learned from getting your hands dirty." Haha So
  7. Where do you get your cont Ed?

    Where do you go (website or live) for continuing education? I am finding a lack of useful continuing education and skills refreshment in my current position. Thanks for the
  8. Agency nursing and cont education

    One thing I have noticed I will be missing since becoming and agency nurse is opportunities for continuing education. Any
  9. Yuck! med error

    The med wasn't missing from the pack I missed administering it but signed it out in error. So its an omission
  10. Yuck! med error

    ugh! I made a med error! I feel just sick about it! I work as an agency nurse and have been working a lot in one facility. They have a hard time finding med techs (skilled/ long term care) so...
  11. Cheapest Way for A&P credits

    Awesome! Last question lol... There which A&P option will give me the credit I need. There is I and II both with and without a lab. I had a previous A&P from the tech school where I...
  12. Cheapest Way for A&P credits

    Thank you I am going through
  13. Cheapest Way for A&P credits

    Is there another route for A&P that may be less expensive then the Excelsior exam for A&P and mico? Outside of the community college route... as I want to get out of the way
  14. What is your current LPN salary

    I work in a Doctors office in Central Maine the starting salary for an LPN is 17.50/hour. If I went back to a LTC facility I could make approx $20/hr. Agency $25 and up.... I have four years...
  15. Lpn in nursing home

    Well lets see..... Although I no longer work in a nursing home A typical day would go like this.... If I was on a LTC unit for the day I would begin by passing medications to all residents on the...