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I feel like I just made a huge mistake. I'm a new grad LVN. I Graduated in August 2007. I worked for 3 weeks on a med/surg floor. I just moved towns. After a bunch of applications and resume faxing, I had 3 main choices. 1. Doctor's office - mainly...

I feel like I just made a huge mistake. I'm a new grad LVN. I Graduated in August 2007. I worked for 3 weeks on a med/surg floor. I just moved towns. After a bunch of applications and resume faxing, I had 3 main choices. 1. Doctor's office - mainly...

Texas. She's a well experienced floor nurse -med/surg, tele, ortho, peds, home health...etc. worked in Louisiana, Los Angeles, San Fran...other places in Texas. She works down town Houston for an infusion homehealth company. She basically is over al...

I figured I could work my work schedule around school....F/S/S nursing school normally gives you at least one day off. If not...online'll work. thanks!

me too. Don't worry about it. Pts don't normally watch the needle go in anyway. Plus its easy enough to stabilize yourself. It's not a problem

Go for med/surg. You'll do so many different things and take care of so many different pts maybe you'll find one area that suits you more, or maybe you'll end up loving med/surg! Either way with a years med/surg experience you can work anywhere. Best...

Thank you both. That's much appreciated :)

I'm a new grad LPN, and I went for an interview today at my local hospital. I got offered the Job But one thing concerned me. I kept asking the director about whether they provide IV certification (I believe LPNs need this legally to start IVs), an...

Yeah, I'm in Texas. So basically with what that says, if I complete my competencies and follow the facilites policy and procedure, I'm good. I think

i've had a quick look around, and i can't find anywhere round here that offers such a class. do you know if it is required for lpn/lvn's to posses certification to administer iv therapy? a friend has my npa book, and i'm getting back sometime today....

I'm an lvn student, and I graduate in the fall. I reckon I have 3 general options. 1. Hospital (med/surg) Good-Good orientation, good experience, good base for nursing, possibility of doing 12 hr shifts which would be good for going back to college t...

I have the "Mosby's Comprehensive Review of Practicle Nursing for the NCLEX-PN Examination." I comes with a CD that has thousands of NCLEX questions on it, and if you set it as "review" you get the rationale pop up as you answer each question. That'...

I couldn't get your link to work, but I searched and found this. I think its the same site. http://ino.ie/DesktopModules/Articles/ArticlesView.aspx?TabID=6194&ItemID=5676&mid=18213 That site shows in the diagram the rectus femoris and vastus...

says if a hurricane hits, even if you are not scheduled to work, you will come in and help out, and not doing so will result in you being arrested?

So do nurses in the UK not start IVs? Are you allowed to give IV push meds? A couple of you mentioned that you can give angina meds at your own discretion, does this mean that you have a standing/prn order from the pt's doc or are you able to prescr...

Was this necessary? I mean, is there a reason why you felt the need to make a mockery of my screen name? I know Cariad did this also, but I let it slide. Considering her interpretation of my original post, I assumed she had simply misread it. I re...

From some American travel nurses....both had worked in the UK. I also heard that UK nurses have much higher patient ratios. Is this true? Disclaimer: The question in bold is not a statement or judgement I am making of UK nurses. It is, in fact, so...

Funny that you would have a problem with the phrasing of this question when this is not the question I asked. It is a misquote. I mean, if it is indeed the manner in which the question was phrased that poses a problem for you, I would have expected a...

simply, i did not say that i "think" uk nurses are "likened" to cna's. i simply stated what i heard and asked a question. yeah, maybe if you started a thread and made a statement that said us nurses are equal to cna's, you'd get a few negative r...

eerrrr.....i'm an lpn student. obviously something i said offended you. nothing i said was meant to be "inflammatory," nor was anything i said derogatory towards uk nurses. i simply asked a question and provided a statement i had "heard." if what i h...

Oh there's no denying the fact that life in the US kicks ass, especially Florida. Are there any differences between the job itself though besides the pay? I heard nursing in the UK was a lot more CNA type stuff and less, I don't know, delegating and...

I say this due to experience with a past contract stating that the traveler is able to leave the assignemt without penalty as long as she gives 14 days notice. However, when 14 days notice was given, the company informed the traveler that the hospita...

Update: The traveler has now seen the hosptial's version of the contract, and low and behold it says they are only obliged to work the travel nurse 36hrs. What's the recruiter saying? -Don't worry about it. They (the hospital) assured us that you can...

Hi all, I'm a 25 yr old male. I'm married, and I'm in my second yr of pre-reques for nursing-I had to start from remedials. I have worked and been in and out of college since school. I finally decided on nursing, as my wife is a nurse and I have a l...

I met my wife on the internet. In a chat room on yahoo like 6 yrs ago....lol...Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not agorophobic or anything. I met my wife in a chat room while I was at college. We talked everyday for nearly a year as friends. My friend...