pink2blue1

pink2blue1 specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

   pink2blue1 replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I just wanted to say one more thing....Just because a person has RN behind their name, vs. LVN/LPN, it doesn't mean that they are automatically a "better" or more competent nurse. I have worked with...

2. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

   pink2blue1 replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Yeah, What state are you in? I am in California and I CAN do IV's, BUT I had to pay for and go to a class to become IV therapy and BLood withdrawal

3. LPN starting pay $26.50!

   pink2blue1 replied to mustbegood's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I've been an LVN in California for 3.5 years and that is EXACTLY what I make NOW. I started at

4. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

   pink2blue1 replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I also think things differ by state. I am in California (I am an LVN) and I can take a physicians order and I can note my own orders and do my own chart checks. I am also held accountable for my own...

5. Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice....

   pink2blue1 replied to lovesunsets's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I am an LVN in California/ I work in Acute care on a surgical floor. I work independently with my own group of 5 patients, but the Charge Nurse, who is an RN always, covers me for the IV stuff I...

6. Is It Bad To Ask For Help When Caring For a Heavy Patient?

   pink2blue1 replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

   There is NOTHING wrong with asking for help when it comes to moving, rolling, transfering heavy patients. Its a matter of safety for you and for them. If you try to move someone who is too hard for...

7. A little freaked out......

   pink2blue1 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Been an LVN for 3.5 years on a med-surg floor. I work on a busy floor that has post surgical patients. We see a lot ofdifferent surgeries. This past weekend was no different. I worked Sunday and took...

8. LVN before RN? Should I? Help!

   pink2blue1 replied to NursKam's topic in General Nursing

   I am an LVN in California and I do work in Acute care, however when I graduated (3 years ago) There were not very many hospitals hiring LVN's (Mine included, but I was a CNA and transitioned to LVN) I...

9. Flu shot policy at your hospital....(m)

   pink2blue1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   The hospital that I work at is requiring all staff to get the flu vaccine, and if we don't get it or we cannot get it due to allergy, we are going to be required to wear a mask while inside the...

10. Nurse-to-CNA ratio

    pink2blue1 replied to lolalelu's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not an RN, I am an LVN but on our floor, they base the number of CNA's we get on the number of patients we have on the floor. They call it the staffing matrix, which none of us have ever seen, For...

11. Am I Crazy? 38, never thought I'd considering nursing but now I am

    pink2blue1 replied to Elizabeth K.'s topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from Nursing School at 39, and I am now 42 and pursuing my BSN. I had known I wanted to be a nurse in my 30's, but never had the guts or time to go back to school. I was the mom of 2 and...

12. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    pink2blue1 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    o the family members/friends of patients who walk out of the patients room and up to the nurses station because they need something : PLEASE use the phone to call me, that is why I put my portable...

13. LVN's/LPN's How does coverage work on your floors???

    pink2blue1 replied to pink2blue1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have heard in California that we are governed by the board of Register Nursing. I did have to get an IV certification in order to even work as an LVN in my hospital. I would have gotten it anyways....

14. LVN's/LPN's How does coverage work on your floors???

    pink2blue1 replied to pink2blue1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LOL!! I considered doing this, but I really really need my paycheck. I am afraid she would have said yes

15. LVN's/LPN's How does coverage work on your floors???

    pink2blue1 replied to pink2blue1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No, I know what my scope is and what can be assigned to me. But this charge nurse really had a problem covering me> I mean she had an attitude. USed the F word with me because one of my patients...