SweetPoo

Never say "I'm sorry," say " I apologize," sounds better.

I work out 4-5 times a week, and it bothers me that most of my co workers are severely obese, and are constantly eating. I'm to busy with work to be sitting down eating all day, how do some nurses balloon to such a size? If I were a patient I wouldn't want some obese nurse telling me how to control my diet, and bad smoking habits? My job offers a gym on campus"free", but it's rarely used. So I don't understand. Is this a common issue nation wide?

Thank you, finally someone who sees what I've been saying. You RN's have become too "great and elite" to now dismiss us as LPNs as a real professions.

Obama will make LPNs the standard of nursing, and they will bump NP's up into the role of physicians and take over. RN will have 2 options go back to school and get a NP or work with LPNs doing the same thing making what we make now. Only way to solve this health care debate. Only Fair way to do this. We have to save these pts, while maintaining affordable care. That option solves it.

I change wet diapers, you change pooped diapers along with me. I hang IV meds which I have Calculated the drip rate and all, and all you do is pretend to double check my work, and sign off on it. Oh the physical exam, not really hard to listen to wheezing, rales, arrhythmias, a good skin check for ulcers, those are all things I do along side the RNs. Obama will figure this out, and phase RNs out since LPNs are cheaper, and then have NP's phase doctors because that's cheaper. That's how you solve healthcare in America.

Im pretty sure what I stated in regards to HYPOkalemia and insulin and so fourth are a fact. Whether I pulled it from wiki, Journal article, some physician, it's free knowledge and it's correct at least in this case. Thank you.

You stated more education makes you better than me and must know more than me, so how can you say you chased doctors in July and stated you have more knowledge than them. Because you don't according to your own statement of more education equals greater critical thinking kills. And from what we know MD have more years of training. And that's a fact.

Can I tell you about the time when the RN who had recently graduated asked me "hey this PTs BUN is really Low, should I call the doctor to see if he wants to give the pt more BUN. I don't know what they are teaching the new generation of nurses, but we don't hand out BUN's to pts when the lab Value comes back as low.

My knowledge has been attacked all day, I respond with 1 snarky comment in response to someone trying to clown me and I'm the bad person?

You're real bright, the future looks good for you. The nurse mentioned a pt who was HYPOkalemic, less than 3.5. And Mr. Steven Hawkins, who ever you may be, you should know giving insulin drives K+ back into the cells worsening their HYPOkalemic state. Insulin activates the Sodium/K ATPase pump on the cells outer membrane. Which is why Mr. Steven Hawkings, the principles to why we should anticipate on giving a hyperkalemic patient especially in DKA more K+ once the insulin drip is started K+ levels will plummet. Because, pts are depleted of K+ intracellularly where most of it resides and will be shifted during acidosis through a Hydrogen/K+ exchange pump on the cell membrane which will mobilize K+ ions to the outside and take in more Hydrogen ions to try to balance the PH. Thus, leading a severe HYPOkalemia which leads to really bad arrhythmias which will lead to Death. Way to go Mr Hawkings, you killed your first virtual patient. Read Wiki once in a while. It does save lives. And like I said I work on a step down ICU unit, so don't try to Belittle me.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2010/04/15/nurses-masquerading-doctors/ This arrogant Doctor is what you guys sound like at the moment. I don't understand how my case should be any different.

I do the same thing you do, only I am "inferior." I understand now, trust me.

Isn't that what NP's use when we back them against physicians? That their training as nurses with extensive experience adds up to be on par with their training? That makes the case for LPNs as well. Once again, you have proven my original point. I can see right through the condescending remarks, and know how to read between the lines. And, if you search on this entire allnurses.com, I have found plenty on LPN bashing, not just on this thread.

For someone with a lot more education than this mere LPN, your sentences make 0 sense. I hope you don't chart like that. "Patient hurts butt bubble burst."

A lot of condescending statements here in regards to LPNs and our training. You guys are starting to sound like physicians when they bash RN's, and now you guys are bashing LPNs. You guys should know that nurses should stick together. But, seems like you go on and get another year of education, and now you're some sort of elite. I get it. Thanks.