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1. disappearing nurses notes!

   nursenow replied to ltcnightrn's topic in General Nursing

   If you made copies of a patients information and kept it you would be as guilty as the DON. You would be breaking facility and probably federal rules. This is another great example of why everyone nees to go to electronic charting. If your DON del...

2. disappearing nurses notes!

   nursenow replied to ltcnightrn's topic in General Nursing

   I am sitting here wondering what situation would cause me to use two pages charting about a slow MD/pharmacy taking four hours to supply pain meds. I really can't. If it was that bad, I would call an oncall MD and tell him/her I need to transport a...

3. Why aren't pt phones & TV free?

   nursenow replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   Nothing is free. Your hospital is taking those services into consideration as a cost of business and billing appropriately. They just don't itemize them. Somewhere they are adding the hospital cost of the sevices to the patients bill, maybe by add...

4. what's it like to be a LVN in LTC?

   nursenow replied to Kellyma's topic in Geriatric

   It is sad someone attaches so little importance to such an important and neccesary part of the modern nursing process. There is alot of difference between "just paperwork" and charting.

5. what's it like to be a LVN in LTC?

   nursenow replied to Kellyma's topic in Geriatric

   Charting and the "paperwork" you do IS nursing. One thing that makes modern healthcare/nursing so effective is the charting and record keeping which allows us to keep track of a patients progress and gives us a history. I am always amazed at how many...

6. LVNs training RNs???

   nursenow replied to JStollRN's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a SNF currently LVN still going to school dreaming of BSN. I am at my current postition in the facility because a BSN was clueless so my boss replaced him with me and gave him an easier job (fewer critical thinking skills needed). I have se...

7. Can I lose my license for being nude on internet?

   nursenow replied to climbs's topic in Pennsylvania

   I believe you will be OK but could you post the online addy of the photos so I can evaluate them more closely for you? :)

8. What have you done without a Dr. order?

   nursenow replied to PureLifeRN's topic in General Nursing

   Someday, doing all those things wlithout an order will catch up to you. A not very nice MD or someone you work for/with with with cure you of doing that.

9. Needing an honest answer

   nursenow replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Nursing

   Is this another one of those topics posted just to get a response and drum up interest/participation?

10. Well, No Nursing for Me

    nursenow replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    Gosh. You sure showed them. I dont know how those schoolsl are going to get along without your attendence. Every class on every subject I have ever taken had an exit exam. Usually they are called a final.

11. questions on wound care

    nursenow replied to fiffy's topic in General Nursing

    Considering it is not infected, it is safe to assume the antibiotics are doing what they are supposed to do. I would remind the MD, dietary and anyone else you can of the situation and document that.(cya) It is interesting Dietary did not order vit-c...

12. Med pass in LTC

    nursenow replied to Cat Truitt RN's topic in Geriatric

    I noticed some posts here where people claim to do a legal med pass with 60 plus patients within the legal two hour limit. That is physicaly impossible. By the time you pull the med out of the cart, do your three checks, check BP... (depending on t...

13. Why did you choose to go into nursing?

    nursenow replied to JonB04's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Considering there isn't alot of formal education required the pay is pretty good. Um, oh yea I also like helping people.

14. LPN to BSN @ Indiana State U...here is the info i got!!!

    nursenow replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Indiana (ISU)

    Yes there are advantages to ISU but I feel the price disadvantage is starting to outway the other advantages(for me) but that is a decision every person has to make for themselves. If it works for someone I say go for it. Just because someone is pay...

15. LPN to BSN @ Indiana State U...here is the info i got!!!

    nursenow replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Indiana (ISU)

    I was at the ISU site last nite and saw they are raising their prices AGAIN. Now it is over $1,000 just for an out of state 3 credit hour class.(not including books and other fees) Pretty obscene, in my opinion. I am still taking classes at the l...