nursedawn67

nursedawn67 LPN

Geriatrics, LTC

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About nursedawn67

nursedawn67 is a LPN and specializes in Geriatrics, LTC.


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  1. Hey you..with the trashy blonde hair

    Hey from one "trashy blonde" to another....run while you can. Serously I dye my hair blond, and if my...no let me correct that.....if anyone called me trashy I would tell them to mind their own business. You are most definately doing the right th...
  2. Bling on the job?

    I too wear my wedding rings...one I wash them frequently (as well as my hands) and alcohol gel them. Two if you are concerned with damage/losing them put them on your hoouse insurance, that's what I did with mine, god forbid I lose a diamond or what...
  3. LPN's just glorified nurse aids in LTC? Huh?

    I work in LTC, I am a LPN and I do exactly the same thing as the RN's with the exception of putting in an IV. I can pronounce, give meds, hang IV"s (just not put them in), tube feeds...all of it) But each facility is different in what a LPN is able...
  4. This person was going to die whether you gave the morphine or not, by giving the morphine you made that person that much more comfortable. Quit beating yourself up, you were in that person's life at one of their most precious moments and helped them...
  5. I'm so ANGRY!!!

    I agree with taking a break, she is probably too frustrated right now to take it, it will just set her up for another heartbreaking failure...but don't give up. The NCLEX is hard, it has so many answers that seem right, but (as you know) you have to...
  6. Wow.

    Thank you nice to get some kudos! :)
  7. Sopranos Finale - How well was nursing portrayed?

    I agree is is just make believe, but I like to take the comedic look at it and laugh at all the weird things that they screw up or don't even do right and laugh at it. :)
  8. Reality in the LTC

    I usually have about 25 residents (first shift) and on a good day yes I am out of there on time....On a busier day sometimes I am out on time (if I cut my breaks short) and sometimes I am over a bit charting. But we try to help eachother so that we ...
  9. a family member gave me five dollars

    When I have had residents do try to give me stuff, I accept it from that resident then I go to the DON and tell her what happened, I have had a A&Ox3 resident give me a Christmas present and since she is in her right mind I was told I may keep it...
  10. Help name our ROBOT

    Dr Nueronator
  11. Help name our ROBOT

    Doc Bot?
  12. What is it with the nurses in LTC?

    Well at my facility yeah some of us can get an attitude...depends on the day and how much is being dumped on us by higher up nurses and if we have residents that have taken a turn ..that type of thing. But for the most part I think we do alot of lau...
  13. I use lots of lubricant, which I try get all along the edges of the stoool i feel. I wear 2 gloves (nothing worse than finding my glove broke), very gently with my index finger I break up the stool and pull it out, being carefull not to disrupt the t...
  14. Tattooed Nurse?

    I have 4 tattoos, one on each arm and one on each leg and in my uniform that cannot be seen. I would just keep them covered, but you shouldn't have to point yours out if they can be covered.
  15. Funniest Write Up You have Every Recieved?!

    I know a nurse that was in trouble for smiling too much. And myself when I was a CNA I was wrote up for being insubordinate, I asked the nurses the rationale for doing sudden things (like BP's)...I was in nursing school and trying to learn....they di...