gymrat33

gymrat33 LPN

certified med tech and Lpn

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About gymrat33

gymrat33 has 3 years experience as a LPN and specializes in certified med tech and Lpn.


I am married to my soulmate and together we have 4 children

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  1. Med Pass

    The last facility I was in went to the "baggie" system. We had lap tops on our med carts and we had to sign in every shift. The bags were strung together and had morning, noon, evening, and noc meds all in one. The special meds (i.e...antibiotics,...
  2. CNAs that take extended breaks

    I agree. Even if you do have an RN supervisor in the building, they are not following you around on your unit so therefore do NOT know what your aides are doing or not doing unless you, the charge nurse, let them know because afterall you are the on...
  3. CNAs that take extended breaks

    Unfortunetly, none of us want to babysit grown women but whether they are giving care or taking 60 minute breaks, it falls back on the charge nurse. Tardiness or absenteism is the job of the supervisor but once they are there, they are , sad to say, ...
  4. New LPN starting LTC job in Alzheimers unit

    You do learn how to balance. It's hard but not impossible. I work for a community for just Alzheimer's and I love it. Sometimes the residents understand things more than the management. I work 3-11 shift so I have to find the balance between work ...
  5. You know it's gonna be a bad day at the home when

    You know it's a bad day when you walk in at 3pm and a new admission has arrived at 11am and they left it for you and a second one is coming in and you are the only nurse and you are short a cna.
  6. what do you want to hear during report??

    In LTC, I like to know of labs pending, incident follow ups, antibiotics, how their mood was that day (I work in a facility that is strictly Alzheimers/Dementia). Any new orders help as well.
  7. Barrier Cream on a Skin Tear?

    The new place I started also uses bandaides. I do not like that idea. We had one skin tear that they were changing 3 times a day. I think that is too excessive. In my past experience, the more you mess with the wound/skin tear, the more irritated ...
  8. Nurse as a patient...

    Everytime one of my family members is in the hospital for whatever reason in or out patient, They always feel the need to state that I'm a nurse (like it will make a difference). When I visit, I am there on a personal status for my family not on a pr...
  9. Take it!! Remember, Family first, then job. Lower stress levels, better for your family. I currently have a Tues - Fri job and am switching so I can be home more during the week for homework duty :) A little sacrifice goes a long way
  10. "struggling" with med pass

    More of the same: Organize the needs of your patients. I also work 3-11 and the first med pass (supper) is the most trying. There are the doc calls, getting res up for dinner/activities, etc... As in earlier posts, I do those in pain first, and dia...
  11. Reporting a Fall???

    ours is the same but now if it is unwitnessed, we start a 3 day neurochecks per facility policy no matter if the pt is alert and said she/he didn't hit their head.
  12. feel inadequate in assessing heart sounds

    I think you can go to like American Heart Association and hear all kinds of sounds. They even do lung sounds. Extremely helpful
  13. Problems with CNAs

    I work the evening shift and when I come in, I make out the assignment sheet immediately. On top of the assign. sheet is a cover sheet that lists in very to the point expectations what needs to be done in general to make our unit run smoothly. At th...
  14. Nurses getting fired left and right...

    I agree with you. I work for a facility that does the same thing. If you apply for another job and they find out, my place just fires you on the spot. I feel like we are always walking on egg shells around there. I'm glad you got out of a bad situati...
  15. LTC LPN's...how many patients do you have??

    I have anywhere from 35 - 39 residents on a floor where 75% are dementia and sun-downers with 1 - 3 admissions weekly and a med aide only about half the time. Most of the tx are on days but I now have 3 g tubes to take care of and hook up for cont fe...