LTCangel ADN, BSN, LPN

LTCangel has 28 years experience as a ADN, BSN, LPN and specializes in LTC, Float Pool, Ortho, Telemetry.

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   Age vs Years Nursing

   LTCangel replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

   Age 50, LPN for 7 years, RN for 17 years for total of 24 years. I obtained my BSN in 2008
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   Taboo: 10 Things Nurses Should NEVER Say!

   LTCangel replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   Us opp
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   What do you do about doctors who don't write scripts for narcotics/sleeping pills etc

   LTCangel replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric
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   I feel like such an idiot

   LTCangel replied to NurseEricaB's topic in Geriatric
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   Got into a car accident after working a night shift

   LTCangel replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked nights for 13 years. In the past I have pulled over someplace safe and napped. My strategy for my 35 minute drive now is chewing ice. My co workers wondered why before I leave, I fill a large cup with ice and I had to explain that all tha...
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   New NP in LTC

   LTCangel replied to momnurse6's topic in Geriatric

   Momnurse6,I wasn't trying to say that you were saying any one group of nurses is better than another and I'm sorry if you took it that way. I understand that you probably work with more LPNs. I think it def sounds like a continuity of care issue and ...
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   Mouth crud

   LTCangel replied to liveyourlife747's topic in General Nursing

   A little bit of Mineral oil mixed with Mouthwash and a toothette have work well for me. It moistens and freshens. My LTC also has a product for mouth cleaning made by Biotene.
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   what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

   LTCangel replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

   We got a 25$ Walmart gift card and a t-shirt with the company logo. Also a free Christmas dinner but I work nights so I didn't come in for that. We also got lots of cards and homemade goodies from residents' families and a scarf from family. Last yea...
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   What lies were you told when you were first hired in LTC?

   LTCangel replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

   In my facility all staff do answer call lights but that is the extent of it. For instance, if the secretary walks in and answers a call light, she simply comes out and tells the nearest Nurse or CNA what the resident needs/wants. This can happen over...
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    What lies were you told when you were first hired in LTC?

    LTCangel replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

    In my facility all staff do answer call lights but that is the extent of it. For instance, if the secretary walks in and answers a call light, she simply comes out and tells the nearest Nurse or CNA what the resident needs/wants. This can happen over...
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    I am not Superwoman

    LTCangel replied to WldChrry's topic in Geriatric

    My DON likes to say that we are a 24 hour facility and that it's ok to pass some things to the next shift. That resident returning at 10:45 would have been something that I would have passed along. A set of vitals, a note to say they have returned an...
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    New NP in LTC

    LTCangel replied to momnurse6's topic in Geriatric

    I have been a Nurse for 16 yrs. Almost half of that was as an LPN. I earned my ADN and then my BSN. I worked a number of years in Acute Care and am now in LTC. I find that I have worked with great and not so great Nurses who have been LPNs and RNs. I...
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    New nurses in LTC

    LTCangel replied to Sweeti738's topic in Geriatric

    I'm glad you've figured that out! I have been a Nurse for 16 years and I started out in LTC as an LPN. Went on to work in the hospital for 14 yrs and some of that in float pool. I ended up on an Ortho/Med-Surg floor and eventually got my RN, BSN. It'...
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    New nurses in LTC

    LTCangel replied to Sweeti738's topic in Geriatric

    Uhmm...yes you are passing lots of meds, aren't you learning the reasons for these meds? Aren't you assessing your residents while you are in their rooms? You have your own hall, you should be learning the ins and outs of all of your residents and th...
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    Dear new grad...

    LTCangel replied to smurfynursey's topic in Relations

    I started out in LTC as an LPN and then after 1 1/2 years got a job at a hospital. I worked in this hospital for 14 yrs. While there I obtained my RN and then my BSN. I worked on a busy Orthopedic/Med-Surg unit. I ended up leaving that job for reason...