OK.  So I am an LPN working in Charlotte NC.  I hope when I graduate from the bridge program in a few months with my RN, that there are plenty of LPN's to take care of me if I am sick!!!!  It is unbelievable the RN's I work "under" now.  Asking questions like "what is a hand held nebulizer and what does it look like?"  and better yet ..."what is furosemide?, is that for anxiety?"  Well well my silly 2 year degree friend...I will need something for anxiety if I am ever deathly ill and you walk into my room...and its not furosemide that I'll be requesting!!!!  WOW Jesus Christ!!!  I'm not downing all RN's because I will be one myself one day soon.  But 90% of the ones I work with are complete and utter dumbasses.  My DON came and pulled me off the hall to set the inspiration and peep on a ventilator!!!  I am ventilator certified and this RN MSN is NOT!!!   and LPN's cant challenge a board? 

WOW you are going to be taken off at the knees.... I am popping some popcorn.. I can assure you THIS MSN knows a teeny tiny bit about ventilators.... BUT i will leave the public flaying for others.

RED- Could not have said it better myself!!!

NURSEHOLLY34 says ...

OK.  So I am an LPN working in Charlotte NC.  I hope when I graduate from the bridge program in a few months with my RN, that there are plenty of LPN's to take care of me if I am sick!!!!  It is unbelievable the RN's I work "under" now.  Asking questions like "what is a hand held nebulizer and what does it look like?"  and better yet ..."what is furosemide?, is that for anxiety?"  Well well my silly 2 year degree friend...I will need something for anxiety if I am ever deathly ill and you walk into my room...and its not furosemide that I'll be requesting!!!!  WOW Jesus Christ!!!  I'm not downing all RN's because I will be one myself one day soon.  But 90% of the ones I work with are complete and utter dumbasses.  My DON came and pulled me off the hall to set the inspiration and peep on a ventilator!!!  I am ventilator certified and this RN MSN is NOT!!!   and LPN's cant challenge a board? 

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Furosemide works by blocking the absorption of salt and fluid in the kidney tubules, causing a profound increase in urine output (diuresis). The diuretic effect of furosemide can cause body water and electrolyte depletion. Therefore, careful medical supervision is necessary during treatment.

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You should of told her that a hand held nebulizer is for a patient who is sufffering from a severe lung conditions, especially a COPD patient who is wheezing severely, and their lungs are fully constricted. It has a hose in the side of it, with a tube that you inhale the albuterol through, you have to add normal saline to it, to dilute it. It is connected to 02. I don't know who told you that furosemide is for anxiety, I know my pharmocology, or is it something i didn't study,  Itsn't  furosemide is generic for Lasix, a loop diuretic, uses CHF, HTN, edema, ascites, actions.

How true, Kittyrn! A Resident physician once asked me "Where is the sacrum?" He wasn't kidding. And many others, when we RN's would report patient problems, they would ask us what they should prescribe! We would tell them, and they would take our word for it and write the script.

A dialysis center here has RN's, techs, and one LPN. The LPN has been there for 15 years, and is clearly the most knowledgable employee there. In fact they put her in charge of patient education, and she helps with scheduling and staffing, as well as patient care in both hemo and PD. If anyone has a question they go to the LPN. BUT she just never got around to getting that RN... So she is paid as a tech, not a nurse. What a shame!

When I retired from NJ State service they were trying to phase out all the LPN's, just using RNs in the Sttte psych hospitals. I'm not really sure why!

I don't know who told you that furosemide is for anxiety, I know my pharmocology, or is it something i didn't study,  Itsn't  furosemide is generic for Lasix, a loop diuretic, uses CHF, HTN, edema, ascites, actions.

I know what furosemide is cutie....one of the RN's I work with asked me what it was, and asked if it was for anxiety.  Read posts more clearly before you jump to a college report on pharmaceuticals

Did I say "stupid" in my post? Oh yeah, I did. OK it's because it is an ignorant observation. I incorrectly used "stupid". And you sound ridiculous. You hope there are plenty of LPN's to care for you if you get sick? Then that makes 2 of us hoping for that. I'll bet you were still in diapers or trainers when I started pounding a floor as a RN. I have set many ventilators until (for very good reasons) most hospitals disallowed anyone other than RT to set a vent in any way. Some facilities keep RT in the unit full time.

Vent all you want. Then listen to those of us who vent on your venting. Reread what you wrote. If you don't see how it sounds after you blew off your steam - oh well. Keep on keepin' on, kid.

I wish I could retire. And you can do math OK I guess.

Future RN, (maybe). Presnt PIA (definitely).

Enough with the Mud please

       I know, but let us start by keeping it cool.  Just be careful with the generalizations as some feel there being draged/grouped with the trash.  Better luck and mix some happy in that recipe.  If you have seen what I have you may see that we have it made compairitively for the most part.  There is a lot of good that comes out of nursing, but the bull does put a wrench in it a little. 

Cheers and good luck to you and all of yours - Tim, R.N.

Good luck trying to change stripes on a grown cat, Tim.

This is too funny.  Nurse Holly..............what a horrible attitude.  Some day there might be a time when you need somebody to help you.......like an obese chf patient needs a diaper change and its a 400 pounder, would you care whether the help is an LPN or RN?  Would their  test grade he/he made on clinical calculations and pharmacology?   With that attitude, get ready for a  back injury because many will choose to leave you on your own with the 400 pounders poops. 

Yeah Mr. Brown is a real hoot!! What would we do without our "class clown"?

That's right, cuttie... I've been an EMT for a long time, and worked long term care as a nurse manager. Lots of long term care nurses know nothing about CPR, how to use the O2, or any emergency medical care. That's because they rarely use those skills. We just have to help each other!