nurseygrrl LPN

nurseygrrl has 12 years experience as a LPN and specializes in HIV/AIDS, Dementia, Psych.

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1. Do you know of any new ergonomical designed med carts?

   nurseygrrl replied to tech's topic in General Nursing

   We have great carts. Top drawer holds OTCs, accucheck supplies, etc. Second drawer holds patient meds and syringes and narcs. Bottom drawer holds overflow. We get our carts from the pharmacy we contract with.

2. HELP a nursing student out!

   nurseygrrl replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

   A good topic would be infection control. When handwashing came about, use of gloves, universal precautions, disposal of sharps, and now safety needles. How it has all changed over the years. Good luck!

3. Working at a nursing home

   nurseygrrl replied to pinoysn's topic in Geriatric

   Haha! Too funny! I would be sure to ask what the normal staffing is and how many patients you will be responsible for. It's a hard job for a new grad. You will have a lot of responsibility. Usually different shifts have different responsibilities. At...

4. So many ways to mess up!

   nurseygrrl replied to NamasteNurse's topic in Geriatric

   Sometimes others forget that we are HUMAN. I wonder if the people that are reaming you out could do better? Probably not. I know just how you feel. As nurses we have to prioritize and write things down, but that doesn't work all the time. Think of it...

5. RN vs. LPN scope conflict: what would you do?

   nurseygrrl replied to LuxCalidaNP's topic in General Nursing

   I am an LPN and in my facility, management sometimes forgets that we are governed by our scope of practice, not our bosses. They like to ask us to do a lot of things beyond our scope. I think it's important to let these nurses know that while you are...

6. I need help and guidance from nurses with experience

   nurseygrrl replied to jmathews's topic in General Nursing

   First of all, 22 is so young! You have your whole life ahead of you and nothing to feel bad about. I got my LPN 12 years ago with all intentions of moving forward to an RN. I never did it! My advice would be to go for the RN off the bat. If that's wh...

7. I want to get out of nursing

   nurseygrrl replied to nurseygrrl's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all so much. I haven't been to this forum in years and thought of this wonderful community again because of how I've been feeling and I am grateful. It is so nice to know that people really care and understand. Please keep the suggestions c...

8. Can I do this to help me insert a Foley?

   nurseygrrl replied to allthesmallthings's topic in General Nursing

   I had a friend just recently teach me to ask the patient to cough and the meatus will 'wink' at you. Placing something in a patient's vagina can get you into a lot of trouble for a lot of reasons. No good.

9. Anyone else miss nail polish?

   nurseygrrl replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't heard of not being able to wear nail polish. My facility really has no restrictions. Some nurses even have fake nails. I would go crazy without nail polish!! I love my dark colors. Black, ruby red, purple. I keep my nails on the shorter sid...

10. I want to get out of nursing

    nurseygrrl replied to nurseygrrl's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you For the suggestions :) I took some time off very recently and it didn't help. I really feel like I just want to walk into a book store and apply for a job LOL. It just feels like nursing is constant worry and fighting. You're asked to do th...

11. I want to get out of nursing

    nurseygrrl posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all :) I have been an LPN for 12 years and I really do love nursing, but over these years I have seen so many bad things. Sad patient stories, being hit and threatened by patients and families, meanness by co workers, administration, famil...

12. What is your specialty, and why do you like it?

    nurseygrrl replied to secondfiddle's topic in General Nursing

    I started out in home care which I didn't like because I felt more like a maid then a nurse so I left that and went into LTC. I liked the unit I was on which as short term rehab. It was fast paced and you had new patients all the time, but after a wh...

13. Care Plans in clinical practice....to "real nurses" are you using them?

    nurseygrrl replied to Heath82371's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an SNF and we definitely use our care plans! Even if you don't use them in the sense of writing them out and having them on the chart, it is very helpful in your thought process when you admit a new patient and have to assess their needs. C...

14. Burned Out and Quit Today!!!

    nurseygrrl replied to CseMgr1's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you find a much better job. No one needs to deal with stress that severe. I wish you the best!!

15. reading a tb skin test

    nurseygrrl replied to kimd's topic in General Nursing

    stidget is right...no induration...negative PPD.