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  1. Hippa rules

    You would resent being told not to break the rules on your second day on a new job? I suppose you would be mad if someone reminded you to wash your hands after you had taken care of 6 residents and not come close to a sink or sanitizer. Maybe you thi...
  2. PICC Line

    Hi In Illinois the new state law requires RNs to flush or change dressing, we can not touch it. That changed this year,LPN used to be able if IV certified. I helped our DON remove one yesterday, but I couldn't do anything else with it. I think it dep...
  3. Roll Call: Introduce Yourselves, LPNs!

    HI, I am 58 yaers old, was a cna for 2 years when I realized that my body wouldn't do that kind of work. Girls let's cheer for our CNAs because in LTC they do the heavy lifting !! Anyway, went to school, graduated in the top 10% of my class, work in ...
  4. NCLEX-PN Stopped @ 175

    Hi, Don't know either, one of the girls in my class had that many and she passed, I stressed and only had 85 or 90, I was sure I had failed. You just have to know that you gave it your best shot, sometimes they throw a really hard test in there to se...
  5. student nurse

    Oh, My I hope not, I'm 58 and graduated last year, I love working in a LTC facility. I was a sales rep befor that, This is so much more rewarding. I really care about my residents and as I read these posts from other nurses I sense that being overwor...
  6. Hippa rules

    I didn't realize that most nurses took their notes home, I am such a pollyanna,, I also am not spiteful, just protective of my resident's privacy, HIPAA is such a hole waiting for us all to fall into. I just do not think from the stories this nurse h...
  7. Hippa rules

    :typingHi, I work at a LTC facility that has computer charting. One of the new nurses was going to take her hall sheet and census report, both of these have information like name , room number and admit date. She had made notes to remind her of the r...
  8. Tips for Geriatric and LTC Nursing

    Oh please hang in there, Peorple in LTC need all the love and care they can get, It will be the best job, with the most hugs, and the nicest people. Even when thye are not nice remember, they have lost everything to be somewhere they don;t want to be...
  9. Is it me or has the world gone mad?

    I am so discouraged,I work at a LTC home that is computerized charting. I thought this would make charting and orders so much easier, oh my!! ILast night it was only me, 25 residents and 2 admits, one on hospice all at med pass time, with3 CNA's. ma...