dorieabsLPN

dorieabsLPN

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

    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 to tell him and the entire staff in the room that h...
  2. What is your weakness?

    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 queasy
  3. Memory Vitamin.. I can't find it

    ginseng?
  4. Pain shots are us, not this nurse!

    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 reposition,massage,enviormental factors. Pain is so sub...
  5. What's the weirdest baby name?

    my husbands optometrist is Dr. Glassman :) had a woman name her daugther heaven leigh but she pronounced the middle name lay as in lay down heaven lay not a good name
  6. Nln

    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 nights sleep eat a great breakfast.
  7. need advice - delicate situation (long)

    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 notes then outside people can request to see it.
  8. What is your job?

    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 job.
  9. Are you getting holiday pay?

    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 holiday
  10. How much did you start as a nurse and when.

    1994 LPN 10.50 hr 2006 LPN 23.50 hr
  11. Is the LPN program hard???

    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 thought she was kidding nope. It is a hard program but...
  12. How many times did you take the NCLEX before you passed?

    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 started freaking when I got to about 50 questions ...
  13. What part of pt care gets overlooked most often

    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 with brain injured people and so many have crusty nos...
  14. Mobile Insurance Exams

    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 relationships.
  15. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    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 shift.
  16. What's your holiday bonus?

    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 time
  17. What's your holiday bonus?

    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 christmas party with all the residents. everyone brings...
  18. LNA teacher threatened by student

    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 wasnt going to pass she became angry which I can ...
  19. LNA teacher threatened by student

    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 criminal mischief for breaking the phone. The police...
  20. Help me with common LTC medications

    I would look up by category to start with, lots of BP meds, glaucoma meds diabetic meds, cardiac meds, bowel meds,
  21. Most unforgettable nursing instructor

    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 and incredible she would yell out BINGO when someo...
  22. Racism in the workplace

    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 can only control what we think and what we do. Wh...
  23. lna health careers NH

    would like peoples opinions of this school. honest opinions
  24. LPN pay

    I have been a nurse for 11 years and I make $20 and hour.I live in NH
  25. Job offer please offer advice

    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 shift.