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    Are LPN's being phased out?

    LoveMyBugs replied to JSlovex2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in a LTAC/SNF and there is an even mix of LPNs and RNs, the only difference is the LPN's "gather data" and RN's assess, and a few others, such they have to have a RN sign off on the inital skin...
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    You're TERRIBLE at IV starts?? omg!

    LoveMyBugs replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    My last week of senior practicum in nursing school, I was able to get one on an obese IV drug user:yeah: Of course my preceptor was the IV queen of the unit and I spent a lot of time in the ED...
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    Don't move to Oregon if you're a new grad

    LoveMyBugs replied to JulieB71's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Are you already working for Prov, because unless you have a BSN that may be the ONLY way to get hired right now without a BSN. Every job states BSN required by 2018, but in the prequalifying questions...
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    ADN to BSN experience?

    LoveMyBugs replied to pacnwRN's topic in General Nursing

    With WGU it is around 3k per term, each term is 6 months long,because it is a work at your own pace if I had really pushed myself I could have been done within 6months, as I only had 23 credits. You...
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    ADN to BSN experience?

    LoveMyBugs replied to pacnwRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am currently doing Western Govenors University, I am almost done if I woule quit procrastinating and write this last paper I would be done with my first term and then only 11 more credits to the...
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    charge nurse after less than a year of experience??!

    LoveMyBugs replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    I have only been at my job for 4 months and they have me precepting students:eek: ummm okay, I am still asking a lot of questions myself, but I am at a LTAC I have a class mate who recently made the...
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    ITT Tech's New Program???

    LoveMyBugs replied to Joyfull77's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I understand your frustration, it took me 3 years of applications before I got into a program, many people I went to school with had tried up to 6 times, while others got in on their first try I just...
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    24 hour facility

    LoveMyBugs replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a LTAC/SNF, work 2-10pm and we are not allowed to pass anything off to the next shift, if we do it just makes it harder for that shift. When I went through orientation I was constently told...
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    A Pre-nursing Student who believes...

    LoveMyBugs replied to digoe74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    She has to get through nursing school first and if she makes it through, then she has to find one of those jobs where you don't have to work beside and a new grad with no experience is a long shot...
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    Pre Nursing Student--ER Tech?

    LoveMyBugs replied to duckyluck111's topic in Emergency

    I worked as a ED tech while in nursing school. I loved it and I miss the ED so much, my goal is to make it back to the ED one day:p I would go to work and try and absorb as much information as a...
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    Don't move to Oregon if you're a new grad

    LoveMyBugs replied to JulieB71's topic in Oregon Nursing

    http://www.oregon.gov/OSBN/pdfs/passrates.pdf Is the link to the OSBN, with the pass rates of each school, for EOU/OHSU they have had 100% pass rates for the last 2 years If Eastern Oregon is...
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    Don't move to Oregon if you're a new grad

    LoveMyBugs replied to JulieB71's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Only you know that, do you want to be a nurse? Yes the market is really tight right now, I had to go across the river to get a job in Vancouver, but who knows what the market will be by the time you...
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    Accept a tech position?

    LoveMyBugs replied to daliguana's topic in General Nursing

    You will most likley get really tired of working as a tech, when infact you are a RN I worked as an ED tech for 3 years, hoping that one day it would turn into a RN position, during those 3 years I...
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    Pediatric patient- home nurse situations!?

    LoveMyBugs replied to MomLPN4's topic in Private Duty

    Umm WOW, ethical breach:eek: You need to step away from the situation, as you can not objectively see both sides as you are romantically involved with dad How are you so sure that the best thing is...
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    would this be a hipaa violation?

    LoveMyBugs replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is a HIPAA violation. I too would be raising an eyebrow to the relationship the co-worker has with the resident, professional boundries are being breached. Have you brought your concerns to...
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    Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?

    LoveMyBugs replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

    I am doing an RN-BSN program that is about a year long with out clinicals, started in Nov 2010. I never stopped applying to positions and looking for work and in Jan of this year I got hired in a...
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    Have you ever had the kind of day

    LoveMyBugs replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    HaHa, I just told my mom this today, that with my last shift the only time I sat down was in the
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    The "F" word....Floating!

    LoveMyBugs replied to bastet35's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I worked at when I was a CNA had a float resource nurses. As a CNA you could be floated anywhere, but for a nurse to float they had to be in the float pool, which ment that they got...
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    BSN Homework help

    LoveMyBugs replied to RedHeadNurse85's topic in General Nursing

    I am finishing up my 1st term with them, (just one more paper) and for me the pass/no pass did not matter, my ASN program was the same way pass/no pass, had to pass with a B. Which has affected me...
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    Job application question, LTAC/SNF/LTC?

    LoveMyBugs posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working since January in a SNF/LTC facility, we have a vent unit, where I have heard that unit referred to as a Long term acute, I have been working in the LTC side of the facility and on...
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    Applied and was offered a Job Unsure

    LoveMyBugs replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Depends on the acuity of the patients, where I am at there is a vent unit, where they are all trachs, vents, GT, wounds and treatments, that section has 20. Then the skilled unit has a couple more...
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    BSN Homework help

    LoveMyBugs replied to RedHeadNurse85's topic in General Nursing

    WGU? When I had that assingment, I tired on allnurses too, but ultimatley I had to make appointments with them, one I emailed her the questions and she emailed them back to me, but that assingment was...
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    Different Color Pillows to Prevent Infection

    LoveMyBugs replied to Luna Nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    "To help prevent pneumonia infections among patients on ventilators, one staffer suggested color-coded pillows to keep those used to support legs and feet from being used under patients' heads. Along...
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    Nurses, help me! I want to get in the hospital!!!

    LoveMyBugs replied to Devie06's topic in General Nursing

    Might be the area you are in. I went from a LTC at $10 and hour (4 years ago) to a CNA2 starting in the hospital at $13, when I left my hospital position in January because I finally got a RN position...
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    Nurses, help me! I want to get in the hospital!!!

    LoveMyBugs replied to Devie06's topic in General Nursing

    Very true, my former manager said they close the jobs after 30 applications because they were getting swamped with 100+ applications for every open