ohlpn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric
I submitted my resignation today at the ALF where I've worked as a "part time RA" and "prn LPN" for the last 3 years. I showed up for work yesterday to do the month end audits and was told that the week-end nurse (who broke her leg last week) was be...
ohlpn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric
I've been an LPN in ALF for 3 years after retiring from a skilled nursing home position after 13 LOOOONNNNGGGG & painful years. This past year I was "asked" to return to a "part time position" as an RA (resident Assosiate) in order to retain emp...
ohlpn replied to nursemary9's topic in Disabilities
I don't want to be a whiner or complainer, but Diabetic peripheral Neuropathy absolutely inhibits physical and mental/emotional cabilities in the field of nursing! After working as an LPN for over 15 years (plus 5 years previously as an STNA in a s...
My company does not allow Crocs, yet they are the only shoes I can wear comfortably throughout my shift. I've found Easy Spirit walking shoes offer comfort, but they don't last as long as Crocs. I've got Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy (a severe cas...
I graduated (LPN ) in 1993 and made $9.50 straight out of nursing school. After a few years I discovered our company was paying $2 more an hour to the "kids" than I was getting. Get this...I was training these children straight out of high school ...
I haven't read many of the previous posts concerning this issue, but my unbiased opinion is that the US needs some type of Universal Medical Coverage. My story is a case in point.... My DH had PRIMO medical coverage while he worked, we were "young" ...
Diagnosed with Type II Diabetes in 1997, & contracted diabetic peripheral neuropathy in 1999. I've been working as a nurse with this syndrome for the last 11 years & it really doesn't impede my abilities too much. Though it's painfull & ...
In the LTC arena (& probably in hospital venues, as well) how nasty & demanding some families can be when family members are patients. Many of these folks project their anger & guilt towards LTC staff. This is an ongoing problem which m...
I think I've posted this one before, but here goes! I was a fairly new nurse in a nursing home & we had a bedridden patient with an enormous abcess on his back...it actually looked like an infected zit. All shifts were dressing & cleansin...
I started nursing (in '93) vigorous, healthy & overwhelmed with optimism! I am now 61 yo & my priorities & abilities are challenged beyond what I could ever have dreamed! I recently received my handicap placard for my car, I work prn as...
In LTC, we frequently check blood sugars without an order. Behavioral changes & other physical symptoms often require "nursing judgement" where chem sticks & other procedures help with assessments of acute changes that need to be addressed t...
i feel for ya! i finally got out of "nursing home" craziness because of this kind of "administrative" mandates thought up by pencil pushers. i'm now working prn in an asisisted living facility & having the time of my life! don't know what kind ...
When I was a CNA in LTC 20 years ago, a female resident died. The nurse called the son but learned he was on a cruise. The 17 year old grandson answered the phone & a loud party was heard in the background. The grandson wouldn't tell the nurs...
Thanks so much for all the reply's. They were all so informative & re-inforced what I think I already knew. As a post script, my son-in-law says that this nurse was mistaken about the military not being given PPD's. He says all new recruits ar...