kermitlady replied to ulmaulma's topic in Geriatric
I have to add my two cents here b/c this is an extremely frustrating issue, especially after last weekend. I had a main who had metastatic throat CA with an old, open trach stoma. He'd been with me for about a week and had never had any discharge fro...
kermitlady replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing
I honestly don't see how pre-pulling your meds saves any time whatsoever. In all actuality, it actually INCREASES the amount of time you spend w/your med pass. You have to go through the MAR, pull the meds for that person, label that cup with a name,...
kermitlady replied to florianslove's topic in Geriatric
I was going to post something along the same lines. No offense to RN's in general but please educate yourself about the speciality differences if you're transitioning from a hospital to LTC. I've had two ICU trained RN's train at my facility in the p...
kermitlady replied to AddieRN's topic in Geriatric
My question is, how do you expect the experienced nurses to respect you in a management position when you essentially have no experience in LTC? (SDC is considered management where I work.)
kermitlady replied to yfloridanurse's topic in General Nursing
I agree that the OP is being quite offensive in her opinion of LPN's. I wonder what she would think of the RN-BSN I know who tried to give a suppository PO and couldn't figure out the dynamap. But, hey, she MUST know what and why she was doing everyt...
kermitlady replied to yfloridanurse's topic in General Nursing
To answer the original question. I think it greatly depends on the setting where the RN is training. If it's in ALF or LTC then I don't see a problem with it but if it were in an ER or ICU or something along those lines, I'd say absolutely not.
kermitlady replied to yfloridanurse's topic in General Nursing
A bit off-topic, but I have a question for some of you. Why does it seem like quite a few of you believe that LPN's are not taught the rationale behind nursing actions? I would really like to know where you received this information because where I l...
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Check out the distance learning forum under the "student" tab. You'll find tons of info there. And just so you know, TCN is NOT Excelsior! If you're going this path, my advice would be to skip TCN and go straight through Excelsior. HTH
kermitlady replied to kermitlady's topic in Geriatric
Thanks for the reply! I know it was probably more a vent than anything but I figured I'd ask if it was common thinking. Good to know it's not universal!
kermitlady replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing
I, too, carry my own manual BP cuff to work w/me. Especially after all sizes except the peds cuffs came up missing. The peds cuffs only work on like the 80lb old men!
Holding hands, I wouldn't think is a big deal. However, anything more than that, but resident's have to be competent to make their own decisions. So, yes, you need to report this to the higher-ups and see what your facility's policy is on the issue. ...