gardenpartyy

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1. Hourly Rate for an LPN in Florida

   gardenpartyy replied to ANNG7's topic in Geriatric

   Remind me to never move to FL..wow.

2. Will an Incident Report get me Fired?

   gardenpartyy replied to mndlng97's topic in Geriatric

   I'm just shocked that the tea was so hot that it burned the resident. Most places I've worked, the food is luke warm at best.

3. What is a typical day working in a nursing home?

   gardenpartyy replied to Life22feb's topic in Geriatric

   It really depends on the facility you work at and the shift you're on. Some are less staffed than others and some require more of the nursing staff than others. You pretty much will get report, count your narcotics, start your first med pass, get in...

4. What does an RN supervisor do?

   gardenpartyy replied to MelissaLPN's topic in Geriatric

   Man, it must be like a running theme with RN supervisors. We just got rid of our new one after only 2.5 weeks because all she did was brush her hair and slowly walk around looking lost. When we'd ask the supervisor to change a PICC line dressing or s...

5. Geriatrics

   gardenpartyy replied to healthcare2015's topic in Geriatric

   I've never work-worked in a hospital, just spent a lot of Med Surg time in clinicals and I hated it. I love the nursing homes, mostly because you can get to know the residents and their families--learning their quirks and what not. When you're workin...

6. Paparazzi at work?

   gardenpartyy replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Geriatric

   I do believe I would be contacting your corporate office, or your DON at the very least. Maybe even your state's board of nursing.

7. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

   gardenpartyy posted a topic in Private Duty

   Here's a great opportunity for you guys to vent. I want to know what are the most frivolous/nit-picking complaints or comments that you have received from family members in private duty.

8. Old wives tales

   gardenpartyy replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

   I have a parent who will lift the patient's arms up when patient is choking. The clinical supervisor has tried to explain this does nothing, but the parent refuses to listen.

9. THAT kind of nurse

   gardenpartyy posted a topic in Private Duty

   i cannot tolerate vindictive and catty behavior in general, but in the nursing setting, it makes me want to do thin that will land me in jail. i have a case I go to once a week and relieve the daytime nurse (after havin just worked 9 hours at another...

10. My choice or required

    gardenpartyy replied to Rdforever's topic in Private Duty

    Literally all of this. I don't mind playing with my patient intermittently--but that's certainly not what I'm there to focus on. Especially when patient has seizures, I have a mountain of paperwork to complete, so I kind of HAVE to do it. I can do it...

11. Role during school settings

    gardenpartyy replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks for all the replies so far! It really makes me feel better about how I've perceived my role while there.

12. Question about med administration

    gardenpartyy replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    Oh, all the meds have orders, it was just an issue of them being drawn up by the family before school.

13. Role during school settings

    gardenpartyy posted a topic in Private Duty

    So I'm a little unsure about my role while I'm at school with the patient. As a private duty nurse, when you are at school with the patient, do you mostly work with them or are the teachers predominately supposed to do that. I do as much as I can, bu...

14. Question about med administration

    gardenpartyy replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    Hmm, thanks for the advice! Luckily summer is almost here, so I can just pour the meds normally for a few months and then figure out what I'll do when school stars back up again.

15. Question about med administration

    gardenpartyy posted a topic in Private Duty

    Ok so I started a new thread for this since I have other questions on the subject. background: I am new to any type of home health/PD, so this type of situation is new to me. I have a patient (school aged child with congenital disorder that affects m...