CynicallyVexed

CynicallyVexed has 15 years experience.

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1. reported a nurse stealing narcs and not giving meds, shes friends with the DON :(

   CynicallyVexed replied to CynicallyVexed's topic in Safety

   I have, she gets majorly defensive and yells at the nurses station that she gives her meds. But the card packets of new admissions that have been there for days and the cards for dayshift haven't been touched state otherwise.

2. reported a nurse stealing narcs and not giving meds, shes friends with the DON :(

   CynicallyVexed posted a topic in Safety

   HI I'm fairly new at the SNF I'm currently working at.. (Less then two weeks to be exact) and in the past week the nurse I follow (she works days and I work evening shift) she was constantly leaving me in a hot mess and not wanting to count narcs unt...

3. How is this acceptable? 50 patients ltc/skilled DAYSHIFT!

   CynicallyVexed replied to CynicallyVexed's topic in Geriatric

   My patients never change unless if somebody dies and I get an admit, so I always had the same patients. Which means I remembered their meds. We have computer charting so checking out our mars and tars. During meds I only do meds cause to me those...

4. How is this acceptable? 50 patients ltc/skilled DAYSHIFT!

   CynicallyVexed replied to CynicallyVexed's topic in Geriatric

   i put my notice in today, going to a different facility and I'm going to be trained as a floor nurse while they are opening up their new rebab/skilled area, when that opens up they are going to make me a restorative nurse coordinator. On dayshift tho...

5. How is this acceptable? 50 patients ltc/skilled DAYSHIFT!

   CynicallyVexed replied to CynicallyVexed's topic in Geriatric

   I'm actually an LPN in charge of doing medications/treatments/charting of 50 patients as well as charge nurse duties. Each floor is suppose to have two nurses and four months ago I had a second nurse and I no longer do and some of the other floors th...

6. How is this acceptable? 50 patients ltc/skilled DAYSHIFT!

   CynicallyVexed posted a topic in Geriatric

   So obviously I work LTC/Skilled facility and the facility itself is nice all private rooms nice furnishings/finishings etc etc, even nursing has computer tars/mars/charts on the med carts.... All the floors have 50 patients. how is it acceptable to h...

7. Professionalism as an LPN

   CynicallyVexed replied to RoyalNurse's topic in LPN/LVN

   As a LPN who has taken on primary nursing roles under supervision of an RN and allowed to do IV therapy/push as long as it wasn't IV insulin or cardiac drugs on telemetry acute and ICU, I would suggest both are at fault. One LPN not communicating the...

8. clear liquid

   CynicallyVexed replied to mrnewman's topic in Student Assist

   anything clear no matter the temp is a clear liquid diet a full liquid diet is anything that is liquid including dairy like ice cream, creamer for your coffee, tomato soup, pudding, ect.

9. Do you have time to give baths?

   CynicallyVexed replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

   At the last hospital I worked at your RN's would laugh, are DON is insane, on acute care floors they have gave CNA's 10 patients a piece, 8-10 patients for the LPNs, and 5-8 patients for the RNs... RN's Duties : VS, TOTAL CARE (bathes, call lights, ...

10. I give in to drug seeking patients

    CynicallyVexed replied to Raidernurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have very little tolerance for drug seekers. In my town several pain clinics have been busted which means more patients in the hospital that are drug seeking... What does our hospital do? Gives anybody that walks through the door 0.5mg - 1mg of dil...

11. Are you dissatisfied in being a nurse? Why?

    CynicallyVexed replied to jaclynshroyer64's topic in General Nursing

    1. Upper management RN's that have lost all realistic aspects of nursing and have forgot what a nurse is and what it's about. 2. short staffing, unsafe patient care ratio and with upper management with their unrealistic expectations 3. FAMILIES that...

12. how much do you make a month? new LPN

    CynicallyVexed replied to LPNweezy's topic in LPN/LVN

    I was a new grad in 09, starting salary in a LTC/Skilled 16 on days, 18 on nights... Hospital pay on telemetry nightshift is 14.82 and i'm with a nursing agency now and depending which assignment I take it ranges from 18-20 doctors offices hospitals...

13. Is it okay for an LPN to administer oxygen without an MD order?

    CynicallyVexed replied to regineroy's topic in LPN/LVN

    you did the right thing by adm O2 up to 2LNC with out MD order it's within our scope of practice. My next judgement would be asses the lungs, heart and vitals, especially if they are full code. If they were stable I would go ahead and call the DR se...

14. med pass for 60 clients?

    CynicallyVexed replied to HannahLPN's topic in LPN/LVN

    Unfortunately this is the life of a LTC/Assisted living LPN on nights... If you have medicare/skilled tho you can't have more than 25 in the state of TN, but there is more to come with that than 60 LTC/Assisted living patients... At least they give ...

15. Any LPN's work for NurseFinders?

    CynicallyVexed posted a topic in LPN/LVN

    I'm rather excited that I have interview with them next week, but I'm curious if any of you L's out there work there or have and where at? What was your pay range? I've been in the nursing home enviroment and hospital environment and the current hos...