Lynx25

Lynx25 LPN

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About Lynx25

Lynx25 has 1 years experience as a LPN and specializes in LTC.


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  1. Protecting Skin Grafts

    Hey, that might work! I've never seen them used before, but I can get them through Medline. Thanks for the assist.
  2. Protecting Skin Grafts

    Oh I called the surgeon- he told me to dc the bag and apply xeroform. I just don't have any idea how to secure the whole thing to avoid further trauma. I can't get it through anyone's head that he has to be handled with caution. It's a 15:1 aide rati...
  3. Best Burn Centers in US??

    Oh my goodness, I've only been inside two burn centers, but BAMC's unit was freaking beautiful.
  4. Protecting Skin Grafts

    I tried to ask this on another site- was met by a barrage of "OMG CAN'T DIAGNOSE ON THE INTERNETS!" Let's see if this does any better. I have a very obese patient, with split thickness grafts to his entire abdomen. He has a small fistula to one area...
  5. Wound Callus (?) on nonhealing wound

    I have a patient with a stage 4 ulcer, that's not making any progress. It's about the size of the top of a Gatoraide bottle, were someone to punch a hole in his thigh with one. There's some pale pink granulation at the base, but the periwound has a ...
  6. More Things You'd Love to be Able to say to Patients

    I'm so glad we don't have "Customer service surveys" here. I get away with this- "I'M GOING AMA!!!" "K. Here's a box."
  7. We got some storebought cupcakes, and a threat... "If the weather gets bad, you are required to stay overnight at the hospital. You will not be compensated for time spent sleeping at the hospital, if staying greater than 16 hours." I called our board...
  8. I was a medic, and was quite annoyed when I discovered, that in my state I was ONLY allowed to drive the ambulance. I went LPN, and rather wish I had gone for Paramedic instead. Nurse or not, Combat medics aren't given enough credit to apply to thei...
  9. This might be a stupid question but...

    Protip: That New-Skin stuff sold at pharmacies is exactly the same as super-glue. Source: Boyfriend went into their facility to do some industrial type welding on their vats they make it in. Two different vats (Newskin, regular superglue) in the sam...
  10. We are a smoking facility. It's a pain in the ass. We only do it three times a day, but nursing/CNAs do it each time. It's terrible because if we are behind, the patients are NOT understanding, and will often begin to curse, yell, and sometimes chant...
  11. STILL NO JOB

    You can have mine. I quit! Best thing I've done for myself in years.
  12. How to handle lazy LPN's on the team

    I imagine that "these LPNs" don't particularly care for your attitude. Most "people" wouldn't.
  13. Anyone else have a problem with this ad?

    Uhm.... Have you guys EVER seen facebook ads that make any dang sense? There was one on mine with a woman smearing what appeared to be fake blood all over her face, with the ad reading, "Woman finds MIRACLE cure for wrinkles!!! Doctors HATE her!!" S...
  14. D: As a LTC nurse, I was always reassured that "Granny" who has been acting out a bit lately, would be kept safe and seperate, in her own little geri side of the mental health facilty. How awful. What is WRONG with the administration?
  15. "You look tired"

    If this is the worst thing that happens to you in a day, you have had an excellent day.