dorieabsLPN

dorieabsLPN

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  1. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    dorieabsLPN replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    my sister had surgery in new york and i am with her in recovery, her surgeon came in to check on her and she is very happy to see him saying in a very loud voice how good he smells and then procedes...

  2. What is your weakness?

    dorieabsLPN replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

    orthopedic surgery. the sound the smell the hammering the violence of it. We got a moose this year and we butchered it ourselves I had to leave during the bone sawing part. Just the thought makes me...

  3. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    dorieabsLPN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I am a huge pain advocate. I have seen many people suffer needlesly. PAIN IS NOT OUR FRIEND. If someone tells me they are in pain I beleive them. I will medicate and do other things to help them...

  4. Nln

    dorieabsLPN replied to Jamie-Sue's topic in General Nursing

    hi fellow nh person :) Have you seen the study guide books that are out there? I have heard of many people getting real help from them. Try not to stress too much that can be detrimental. Get a good...

  5. need advice - delicate situation (long)

    dorieabsLPN replied to mkf0605's topic in General Nursing

    we never document in the nurses note the incident report. It is an inside document usually used for safety meetings and ways to prevent things from happening again. If you mention it in your nursing...

  6. What is your job?

    dorieabsLPN replied to mgalloLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I woek in a home for adults with brain injuries. Gtubes trachs lots of rehab. We have 11 people who live there. I get to spend a lot of time with each resident. It is a fantastic

  7. Are you getting holiday pay?

    dorieabsLPN replied to chaoticnme's topic in General Nursing

    double time for thanksgiving, christmas, and 4th of July. Time and a half for the others. we also get 3 hours of earned time extra for working any

  8. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    dorieabsLPN replied to ZASHAGALKA's topic in General Nursing

    1994 LPN 10.50 hr 2006 LPN 23.50

  9. Is the LPN program hard???

    dorieabsLPN replied to CheekyStar321's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    on our first day of class our instructor said look to your right now look to your left one of these people wont be here at the end of this program. We literally lost half our class by the end. we...

  10. How many times did you take the NCLEX before you passed?

    dorieabsLPN replied to blackberry4eva's topic in General Nursing

    once 75 questions. took me about 45 minutes too. I started the test with the following questions are practice. so I am going along and must have missed the part where it said your test is starting. I...

  11. What part of pt care gets overlooked most often

    dorieabsLPN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I see that range of motion is hugely missed on a lot of patients. oral care for sure is at the top. Actually cleaning the ears with qtips and for patients who are unable cleaning the noses. I work...

  12. Mobile Insurance Exams

    dorieabsLPN replied to pattycake's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN and I do long term care insurance assessments for lifeplans they are based out of mass but do exams accross the country. Welcome to LifePlans. It's not about risk ... it's about...

  13. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    dorieabsLPN replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    at my place we can sign up for 4 hour shifts on holidays so everyone gets to enjoy most of the day with their families. sometimes people volunteer to work the whole

  14. What's your holiday bonus?

    dorieabsLPN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    also if we work thanksgiving or christmas we get double time pay and we get 3 hours earned time. if we work new years we get time and a half and 3 hours earned

  15. What's your holiday bonus?

    dorieabsLPN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a small brain injury home. we get a 50$ gift certificate to the honey baked ham store. and cash which increases each year that you work there. last year I got 400. we also have a great...

  16. LNA teacher threatened by student

    dorieabsLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi I have been teaching since april and had to fail my first student last week. She did not pass the clinical portion. She would leave people wet not wash them when changing ect. When she was told she...

  17. LNA teacher threatened by student

    dorieabsLPN replied to dorieabsLPN's topic in General Nursing

    She has a letter to the board of nursing from the owner of the company I work for. She can never obtain a license in nh from the board of nursing. The police came that night and she is charged with...

  18. Help me with common LTC medications

    dorieabsLPN replied to candyLPN2Be's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would look up by category to start with, lots of BP meds, glaucoma meds diabetic meds, cardiac meds, bowel

  19. Most unforgettable nursing instructor

    dorieabsLPN replied to CaseManager1947's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school at st joes in nashua nh I had lots of memorable teachers. It was the hardest thing Ive ever done but so worth it. Mrs Moran was so incredible when lecturing she was so full of energy...

  20. Racism in the workplace

    dorieabsLPN replied to staygold's topic in General Nursing

    there are people from every race that are racist against some other race. It is a very sad world we live in when people are prejudiced each other based on looks,weight,race,hair color,religion ect. We...

  21. lna health careers NH

    dorieabsLPN posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    would like peoples opinions of this school. honest

  22. Job offer please offer advice

    dorieabsLPN replied to crystalclear's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Im in NH I am making 20$ an hour. I work in a home like setting for people who have had brain injuries. we only have 11 patients. we also have 4 or 5 lnas on the 7-3 shift and 3 or 4 lnas on the 3-11...

  23. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    dorieabsLPN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    during one night at the er we had an elderly lady come in from the nursing home. She had fallen and fractured her wrist. I assisted the doc by providing countertraction as he attempted to realign her...