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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 awaiting for a peg tube placement. Anyways, I came on...

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 plenty of RN's who could make your head spin! Most ...

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 certified.

I've been an LVN in California for 3.5 years and that is EXACTLY what I make NOW. I started at 18.50.

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 actions. Yes, the RN covers my IV pushes and IV pig...

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 cannot do. In California I can hang blood transfusions ...

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 you to do alone, you could end up with a back injury...

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 care of a patient who was my age (43), and who had...

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 truly feel that if I had not already been working...

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 hospital at all times. Problem is that they have already...

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 floor and there were 13 patients. I had 5, then tw...

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 instance we aren't supposed to even get one CNA u...

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 my husband owned a business. I decided to go back ...

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 number up on the white board in your room. Ugh. They ...

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 or ER admits because the admission assessments ne...

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. All of the other charge nurses on my unit are fine...

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

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 needed IV dilaudid twice the whole 12 hour shift. Sa...

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 baths help take them to the bathroom, help with I&am...

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 husbands dad are close so that is who we depend on for ch...

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 matrix that they talk bout, but none of the nurses h...

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 daughters have hashi's and are on meds, one of my daugt...

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

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 I am unable to perform initial assessment, push IV...

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. I am sure I would have not gotten hired in as an L...