UnderpaidNurse

Your welcome O2nurse..good luck to ya! We've got to stick together and help each other out. I will admit that moving back to california just relit the fire to get my RN, I hate that I can't do what is second nature now because of the scope of practi...

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In NC, we LPN's were able to push everything except cardiac drugs, and we are not allowed to initiate IV Chemotherapy. I was able to play with all CAVD's. We accessed port a caths as well. We even were able to pull PICC lines. I've moved to Calif...

I just moved to the San Jose area in August. I am ACLS certified and have two years acute care experience. I hooked up with an agency and now that flu season is hitting I'm starting to work consistently. Agency LVN in the three hospitals they send...

If you are a brand new LVN/LPN any floor would give you a world of experience. If you can get onto a Cardiac floor, I"d grab that one. I worked an Ortho floor and loved it, and got really good at time management etc..just like the girls on med/surg...

So True!!!! In North Carolina I could push all pain meds, hang abx, give blood with a RN cosigner, monitor IV chemo, pull piccs, access port-a-caths. I recently moved to California and all of a sudden, I"m relegated to basically med tech and wound ...

Sorry for just jumping in, but I finally got a position on a floor that almost a year and a half ago I applied for (back when I was in LPN school).:balloons: I spent the last year in LTC and in a subacute rehab and vent unit at a local SNF. Around ...

I graudated in June of '06 got my license at the end of august, worked in a subacute rehab hospital. Left that because of the hours for a job in an urgent care. I'm learning tons, tons more than the subacute/ltc job. The only bad thing is the dr'...

I planned on being one of the people that had a study group face to face, unfortunately, that has not been able to pan out. I need to get my RN in the next year. I can not keep myself enclosed in the paramaters that they have sent for LPN's here in...

Hi, I just took my NCLEX-PN this morning and got physically sick afterwards. I know every NCLEX test is different, but on the average what does it mean if it stops at 85 and the majority of the questions were prioritize, check all that apply. I wan...

HI, I just took my NCLEX-PN on tuesday and found out yesterday that I had passed. My work is ready for me to start training for a LPN position but have to wait until my license is verifiable. Does anyone know how long until they process and post it...

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you to everyone

I stopped at85 today as well. I had tons of psych, prioritize, and a huge amount of check all that apply. I just kept saying to myself, "I would love to check all that apply if I knew what the heck you were talking about". I'm scared. I don't fee...

I will be taking my NCLEX-PN this Friday (8/4). I'm petrified, I realize I know less after studying than I did Or at least I thought I did before I began studying. Pearson-vue, said two buisness days for my results, but I can't get any info on the...

ACK!!!!! A lot of my clinicals were dealing with the geriatric population that seem to like to keep their rooms the temperature of the sun. By the time I'm done with their a.m. ADL's I'm dripping. If I had to wear makeup doing that, I'd end up loo...

Okay, this might sound stupid. But what is Suzanne's name on here? I graduate in four days and just saved up enough money to pay for all the stuff I have to do to take the NCLEX and now need to focus. Thanks :)

The guy that grew up across the street from me, had a child a few years back. I ran into him a couple of christmases ago when I went home to visit my parents and was introduced to his son Rockey (first name) Rhodes ( last name). Very hard to get pa...

Congratulations to EVERYONE on here!! Join me in the mantra that is getting me through my lastfew weeks......hmmmmmmmbalabalabal....19 more days........ can't wait for graduation, to all of you that have had the experience of a close knit group...ENJ...

hi, i am preparing a presentation on horizontal violence, a.k.a. how nurses eat their young . i have all sorts of statistics but what i am lacking are anecdotal stories. if you could relay some of what you have seen, or have happen to you, i would ap...

Very good suggestion, thank you. I pose it to the people responding, if you would not like me to use your scenario as an example, just let me know after your post. I will not be using any names. Thank you

THANK YOU!!!!!! You all have opened up my eyes to the whole scope of what this topic entails. One of the saddest things I have to report is that it seems to start in nursing school as well. Once again, thank you to everyone!

Hi, I posted this on the general nursing forum, but am interested in LPN/LVN's take on this since my presentation I am preparing is for my graduation from LPN school. I am doing a presentation on Horizontal violence or How nurses eat their young I h...

Thank you to both of you, for your comments. They are both duly noted. But now, if you could give me an example of each side of the story, it would help me out immensely. Thank you

Hi, I'll be graduating in June and I just got an interview with a local hospitals ortho med/surg floor. I can't keep my adrenaline from surging at the thought of this opportunity, but am scared because I"m not quite sure what types of questions will...

:sofahider okay, I spoke way to soon. I called the nurse manager, and professionally asked to confirm that she had received my resume. I got a call back three days later, and just had my interview. I feel good about it, I did my best, answered the...