Finestnurse, Lpn

Finestnurse, Lpn has 8 years experience and specializes in ALF.

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1. Am I too old to change career?

   Finestnurse, Lpn replied to mmaku2020's topic in General Nursing

   I went to LPN school with a male age 45. That was 8 years ago. He now is a surgical nurse. Never too old to restart. Oldest lady in my class was about 60.

2. Do Rn's miss having Lpn's in the hospital setting?

   Finestnurse, Lpn posted a topic in Relations

   In my area all hospitals have gotten rid of their LPN staff and have all RN nurses and CNA's performing all pt care. Im curious as an LPN who always wanted to work in a hospital setting if this has affected pt care at all? Opinions from experienced ...

3. What's Rude?

   Finestnurse, Lpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   People CONSISTANTLY asking ALL the time if im going back to school for my RN! After almost 10 years of hearing it i want to scream when someone asks. And they ask alot. Oh your only an LPN? Are you going back to school? NO Than they look confused li...

4. What's Rude?

   Finestnurse, Lpn replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Relations

   Or the complete opposite family member that wont let you medicate a family member bc they will either get "hooked on it" or "morphine kills hospice patients!" Even though they are 95 years old we dont want to create a drug problem or perhaps give too...

5. Getting so busy and forgot to notify the charge nurse about a small med error

   Finestnurse, Lpn replied to georgya3's topic in General Nursing

   What if the patient had an allergy to morphine? The charge nurse should have been notified immediately regardless of your relationship. Thats your immediate supervisor. Breaks dont take precedence over pt care especially a med error! I work 12 hour s...

6. Getting so busy and forgot to notify the charge nurse about a small med error

   Finestnurse, Lpn replied to georgya3's topic in General Nursing

   Alot of times i hear MDs laughing or just shrug off med errors as long as its not a huge one. I accidently gave a xanax instead of lyrica to a ltc pt, realized my error soon after, called MD and he said I guess she'll sleep good tonight! Not trying ...

7. Getting so busy and forgot to notify the charge nurse about a small med error

   Finestnurse, Lpn replied to georgya3's topic in General Nursing

   Totally agree

8. showering: before or after work

   Finestnurse, Lpn replied to peachypurple's topic in General Nursing

   If i worked at a hospital im sure i would shower more often just bc you come in contact with so many different types of illnesses and patients. I work in ALF were we rarely see things like MRSA or even CDIPH. I generally only shower preferably the ni...

9. Director of Nursing ALF LPN Pay

   Finestnurse, Lpn replied to Calimom's topic in LPN/LVN

   In Ohio an LPN must work under the supervision of an RN, CNP, Physician or Dentist. This just means you must have contact with above said at any given time. I worked at an ALF that had LPN as DON but was supervised by an RN whom had several facilitie...

10. HH visits at ALF

    Finestnurse, Lpn replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Home Health

    By law, at least in Ohio, this is a state regulation! The law states that wounds not expected to heal within 180 days are to be monitored by an outside agency. As a nurse with 8 years experience in AL, we use home health all the time. And FYI, AL is ...

11. CNA: Patient and LVN: Patient ratio's in an ALF??

    Finestnurse, Lpn replied to jennakay89's topic in Safety

    Im in Ohio and we also have no regulations on staffing ratio. I work in a 15 million dollar facility that is beautiful and well-maintained. Some of our memory impaired residents think they are in a Hotel and the male caregivers are bellhops! Resident...

12. Counting Liquid NARCS

    Finestnurse, Lpn replied to ltcnurse4u's topic in Geriatric

    The ADON is probably saying this bc they think thats why but it sounds more like a facility/ corporate policy. I once worked at an ALF where the liquid narcs had to be predrawn into dosages and we just counted each dose. Hh or hospice nurses had to d...

13. ALF Understaffing?

    Finestnurse, Lpn replied to ShoelessJo's topic in LPN/LVN

    That is common in ALF. I have 50 residents, alot of hands on care, tons of meds and plenty of memory issues. Assisted living is a fancy name for a nrsg home I always say. Been at my facility almost 8 years amd what you are describing is typical AL st...