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  1. NG Tube placement and tube feeds??/ (M)

    pink2blue1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, new LVN here. Been working about 4 months now. I work in and acute care hospital on Med-surg. Came into work yesterday and had a patient that had a CVA, He was on NG tube feedings and...

  2. 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...

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. Sent home for Low Census because I am the LVN!!!

    pink2blue1 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was sent home early today because our census dropped. Thing is, it's been SLOW this past week or so. So I had already been called off on Tuesday. Today was my first day back in 6 days. I got to the...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

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

    pink2blue1 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am an LVN in California, busy surgical floor. Been there for 7 years total (4 as a CNA, 3 as an LVN) The charge nurse covers me for my piggy backs and pushes. They tends not to give me Direct admits...

  16. 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....

  17. 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

  18. 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...

  19. Shorting us of our NAs---WHY??

    pink2blue1 replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    They are doing the same thing at our hospital. I work on a busy surgical floor. We have 90 beds. Back a few years ago, we would have 3 CNA's to cover our floor. They would do the vitals for us, do...

  20. OB nurse and childcare - help!

    pink2blue1 replied to TarheelRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have 3 kids and thought about going to night shift, but I could never do it full time. Have worked one here and there but it did me in. My kids are 5, 10 and 12 and luckily my parents and my...

  21. Census dreadfully low at our hospital, anyone else???

    pink2blue1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    For about 3 weeks now our census ha been realy low. Not just our floor, but the whole hospital. Nurses are getting called off or sent home mid shift daily. It's frustrating. They have some staffing...

  22. Would you use a cell phone at work? Do you need a cell phone at work?

    pink2blue1 replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    I do keep my cell on me on vibrate while I am working. I never ever answer in a patients room, and if it's one of my kids calling, I leave the floor to call back. I have 3 kids, 5, 10 and 12. My...

  23. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    pink2blue1 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Techs have never done fingersticks where I work. Always been the LVN/RN

  24. California LVN's Question about duties at work....

    pink2blue1 posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hello all, I am an LVN and work in Acute care on a Med-surg floor. We take care of post surgical patients after they have had surgery and are discharged from PACU. As an LVN I am IV certified. I know...

  25. California LVN's Question about duties at work....

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

    Hi Nicole, thanks for responding... Our situations sound a lot the same. I also worked as a CNA for 4 years on this same floor before finally getting my LVN license. So I transitioned right into LVN....