I am an lpn, who just sent in applications to a technical college and one to a private college. Both offer a "bridge course", so you basically don't have to do the first yr of nsg school. I know several co-workers who went this route and they were ...
i i would hope that the charge nurse would be available to you at all times. you should never feel that you are alone. As for night shift, I agree with others, make sure you restock, area is neat,and unless you were swamped, all of your tx's are d...
jude11142 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric
I have no problem reporting any incident that is abusive, neglectful, illegal, inhumane, dangerous or potentionally dangerous and so on. As nurses ,we are the patients advocate and mandated to report any abuse. As a human being, I believe that we s...
jude11142 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric
Our facility recently changed the hrs of bowel regimen. Now, days gives out the MOM, evenings next with the supp. and night shift is to give the fleets enema if no results. It's crazy to wake up a resident in the middle of the night for this! Some...
I don't know if this is an option for you but, what I do is I take a 10 minute break and go outside in our courtyard. I walk around and the fresh air gives me my second wind. I know that not everyone can just get off the floor let alone off the uni...
i think that everyone feels nervous at first.....as for being grossed out, i worked in the o.r. as a scrub tech, so blood and guts don't bother me..............what does gross me out is vomit, lol.....if you weren't nervous, i would be worry....it is...
we had a good amt of rules when i went to school. yes, we had to have our hair pulled back/up. the only earrings we could wear were studs or small hoops. the only rings allowed was a wedding band. minimal make-up..........absolutely no perfume!...
jude11142 replied to fiandcamie's topic in LPN/LVN
i was just past my 40th birthday, when i was accepted into the lpn program. i too, thought that i'd be the oldest student, but there were others who were even in their fifties!! i always wanted to be a nurse :melody: but the time was never right. ...
jude11142 replied to donmomofnine's topic in Geriatric
We have a 156 room facility. On night shift, we have 4 licensed staff. We have 5 units and our supervisor(RN)takes one unit. The other 4 are covered with either lpn or rn, many times it's lpns. One of the nurses has to work a "double unit"(60pts)...
I work in a LTCF and have to say that we seem to have the same employees calling out time after time. Doesn't really matter if they are nurses, cna's, dietary etc...If it's a weekend that they call out on, then they have to work the next one. I oft...
Very dangerous, I feel. I would never work in a place where there are medication aides. No way!! Med pass is not just doling out pills(as we all know)...what about side effects, allergic reactions, monitoring effects and so on??? This is nothing...
jude11142 replied to kittiesareus's topic in Safety
I think that every nurse has at one time or another has made a med error. The main thing is to learn from it. You realized how serious of an error you made, so now you need to learn from it. When I first started working in a long-term facility, I ...
jude11142 replied to ButterflyRN04's topic in Safety
I 100% agree with you. I have seen this happen and it makes me sick!! All patients should be treated equally. Yeah, some may need more attention than others but that's something totally different. It upsets me also when a coworker will say "so an...
jude11142 replied to HisTreasure's topic in LPN/LVN
I work in a LTCF and got a sign-on bonus of 2500.00. 1000.00@6 months and the rest @ 1 yr. 2500.00 seems to be the avg sign-on bonus around here for LPN's. JUDE :Melody:
Hi, I was enrolled about a yr ago with Excelsior and had found it hard to make the time to study. At that time, I had alot going on in my life, with hubby in hospital etc...Now................I am ready for it!!! I have my work schedule pretty much...