Cream and sugar LPN

The last place a nurse should ever be is in the home of a patient without having been given report. And to top it off your stating that they are probably video taping you as your puttering around their home asking their family to give you report? Get...

I originally planned to get my ADN at a local college, I finished the prerequisites, took the teas and was put on the waitlist. I even retook A&P and had a pretty decent GPA 3.7 and still didn't make the first cut. People in school where on their...

HA! I needed to address this post... Some of your advice is not based on experience whatsoever, rather it's an inaccurate opinion on a nursing program you have never completed and a job you have never even done. Not to mention it's rather rude to im...

Just chart the refusal and the education that you gave regarding what can happen. Other than that, what can you do. Patients do this all the time and they have the right to.

This is uncalled for and ridiculous! Who reported you? Nighttime meds were not popped and they decided it was because of you? Nonsense. If I ever find a cup with meds left from last shift I would mention that to that nurse next time I saw her- unless...

My head is pounding reading through all this... did I miss in there if you have CNAs? If you do can't they do vitals? With the exception of patients on perameters of course. That is just way too much work for just you alone. We have wound rounds on t...

LPNs in CT cannot start IV lines, can not hang blood products but can be the second check for the RN hanging the blood, we cannot push IV meds... You have been contemplating LPN, RN for as long as I've been on Allnurses... years and years at this poi...

I did not state that anyone on this post said LVN is a waste of time, rather I said some people on this SITE have been known to take that stance. And if you've been here long enough, you already know this. My advice came after reading her newest post...

My suggestions stem from her recent post stating she just had an interview with a SNF and held off in the past applying to such places due to nerves and lack of floor experience

Yeah... run don't walk to the exit. Facilities are responsible to cover the costs of treatment for injuries incurred without the proper documentation. In CT it's called riskwatch. The state will have a field day during survey time and if I were you I...

Brandon, don't you need an order in place when placing an intervention such as scans in the TAR? At my facility other than interventions such as Q shift vitals it wouldn't be considered negligent not to sign off on a TX based on individual opinions o...

Why would Ohio make a licensed nurse get an additional certification for medications when they are already licensed to do this? I get the IV certification. I've never heard of the MLPN title

Guys she wants to know what to do about now, I'm sure she'll need to find a job, regardless if she decides to go back for RN. Don't feel bad about having your LVN. As you've probably seen on this site there are a few that love to go on the LPN/LVN co...

Your first nursing job is always exciting! my floor has 30 beds and we average about 27 most of the time. Ask what their ratios are. Ask how much training your entitled too. Will you be floating? Be sure to get enough shifts so that you have your res...

I don't understand your post Floor_nurse Nothing is ever "almost" illegal, especially in healthcare... and it's always the responsibility of the nurse on the floor to know how each and every one of their residents ambulate and their diet. The nurse s...

Present as in watching the administration or in the building? Someone has to have a license in the building I believe or at least oncall and readily available.

Never. You shouldn't even have to ask this question. The same goes for any medication with perimeters. Think of it this way- What are you going to say on the stand when said resident has a sentinel event and the family's attorney asks you their blood...

I agree with your decision for not going in. I myself have stayed for part or all of the next shift because the cna's at my facility call out on the regular. I have felt bad at times because it always seems to hurt our good cna's and the last thing I...

This sounds like my first facility job, heavy med pass, lots of diabetics and neb treatments and to top it off I would have to park my cart at meals as well just like you describe, stop my med pass and start serving trays and pouring coffee in the di...

Yes, the cost of living is extremely high!

Not to mention all that clinical time when you practice the role of lpn at multiple facilities. I'm a little confused myself..

Connecticut, skilled nursing facility and rehab- 29.50 with shift differential.

I'm very confused, since when is a HHA permitted to administer medications, let alone morphine? None of this makes any sense, please explain?

I agree with scottishtape, just be sure to give proper notice- you never know who knows who in this business, people in administration move around a lot. I've had the same DNS twice already and the positions were an hour driving apart! It happens! A...

If it says 1 year of nursing experience is needed, then 2 years experience as a cna does not qualify as experience. In home health you will be working solo. That's not the safest option for a new nurse. Your best transition into this field is to get ...