liveyourlife747

liveyourlife747

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About liveyourlife747

liveyourlife747 specializes in Home Health/PD.


I am a hardworking, independent 20 year old and I love my job as an LPN! I have a wonderful boyfriend and dog and I'm about to close on my first house! Woo Hoo!

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  1. Long drive after night shift

    If you get enough sleep before your shift you should be fine. I know night shifters that work a 12 then go to Walmart grocery shopping before going home. I like to crash ASAP when I worked nights, but each person is different. Just be sure to listen ...
  2. Spinal Cord Injury Rehab Patient Assessments

    Just do a basic assessment on them, focus on their neuro areas that are affected: legs, arms, etc. Also know the level of the injury, that will help you to focus your assessments as well. High level injuries will result in bowel/bladder issues that y...
  3. my first NG tube insertion

    I caused a bad nosebleed on my first ng insertion as well. We place our tubes in hot water to increase flexibility. If the pt is dysphasic I have one person hold the head back at the beginning and the move the head forward to help ease the tube it. A...
  4. Asking all nurses...need a consensus!

    We get some TID and BID PRN medications on our floor. But the Pyxis flags us if we try to pull a controlled med before the 8-12 hr time that needs to be between them. Other PRNs that's aren't a controlled med that are TID or BID PRN don't have a warn...
  5. prioritizing in the ER

    Wow! That seems like a lot of work! I work on the floor and the ED nurses rarely, if ever, start giving medications on admitted Pts. Our Pts med recs aren't even scanned until the pt is on the floor. I don't know how you all do it, but kudos to you a...
  6. Rx's for new pt's @ snf

    We fax all d/c orders with copies of scrips to SNF prior to a pt being d/c'd. If the SNF sees something where they need a script, they call yhe hospital and usually the attending MD will write the script before d/c
  7. Nurses Notes

    The best way I've learned is to look at others note. You will see things you like and things you say "that shouldn't be in there." You can borrow others ideas of what to put in notes and make them your own. At my job we have "precut" nursing notes i...
  8. Did I help the nurses or did I do nothing?

    If you were answering call bells an providing the care you are supposed to (which sounds like you did) then I would be more than happy to have you as my aide. Sounds like you did a great job!
  9. What to expect in patient's "Progress Notes"?

    I agree with all the previous posters. Also some MDs break down "problems" that the pt came in with or developed and they list assessment findings related to that as well as their plan. Since most MDs won't call and let you know about what they are w...
  10. How to Deal with the Chaos of Med/Surg

    Some days will be better than others. Do the best you can. Try to cluster care as much as possible. Say rm 205 needs pain Meds? Md called on 204? See what md wants (I hate to put md needs over pain but they called first.) and call them back. See 205 ...
  11. I know nursing notes have been mentioned before, but....

    "Unflavored" respirations! Lol. Gotta love the typos
  12. RN->BSN ODU Teletechnet/Online

    I'd like to know as well! I am looking into that program for fall 2013
  13. What are the best nursing programs in Virginia?

    If you are planning on staying around the JMU/EMU area, I would go to EMU. Our local hospital staffs way more EMU grads than JMU, and working on the floor, EMU students tend to act better and think more than the JMU clans. Not dogging JMU, but those ...
  14. Cant believe the nurse did.....

  15. Bedside Report

    Oh and at our facility aides do not do bedside report. It is just the nursing staff that does this.