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  1. Hi all, I have an interview with a great company but I am very very nervous-I have been an LPN for 5 years (mostly ltc but have also worked hospice as well). I'm currently in school and am leaving my current job because I was told it was part time bu...
  2. Help! Need tips to speed up with wound care

    Thanks! I got my review today and it went excellent so at least I'm ok there. I still have so much to learn but learning is one of my favorite things to do. They are sending me to a 3 week wound course (once a week for 8 hours a day). I'm an LPN but ...
  3. Help! Need tips to speed up with wound care

    Thank you both for the great suggestions!! Tammy you are so right-today when i went in i put my foot down and pulled the aides to the side and explained that the nurses are responsible for x,y and z. I also spoke to the shower aides so that we could ...
  4. Help! Need tips to speed up with wound care

    Getting really desperate for suggestions. If I continue getting out this late it's going to start affecting my schooling. I talked to my DON about me getting stuck with the skin tears, etc. which i shouldnt be doing. I had one very experienced RN tel...
  5. Hi I just started a new part time wound care position (more info is in previous threads). Anyway, i have some wc experience, but I'm finding that I'm scheduled 5 hour days/6 days a week but im clocking out 2-3 hours after that I do all the wounds f...
  6. Hello I'm going to try this again :)... I recently posted a thread about accepting a wound care nurse position at a SNF. I have what I call a small amount of experience (wound care on the weekends and of course wound care while working the floor). I ...
  7. Hi everyone-I am an LPN who currently works at a SNF. I have several years of experience in LTC working the floor, and around 1 year accumulated experience of doing wound care on the weekends. I was offered the mon-fri wound care position at my curre...
  8. Hi I was recently hired at an ALF which requires for me to do alot of monthly MARS/TARS checks...the problem is I have never done it and have no clue how to. The last facility I worked at had specific nurses come in monthly to do those and i never le...
  9. wow-ltc is crazy!!!!

    hello again thanks so much for your responses! i completed my 2nd day and it went alot smoother then the first. I was better organized and made sure to stop as soon as i finished my first med pass to complete my charting, as well as soon as finished ...
  10. wow-ltc is crazy!!!!

    oh and golflinda-the answer to your question about my patient. No I've never done suctioning before so I wanted to watch someone do it. And to tell you the truth-most of the things i did that day I've never done before. So I guess the combination of ...
  11. wow-ltc is crazy!!!!

    thanks for all your quick responses. When I did my orientation i was lucky enough to have very helpful nurses every time ( i had a different floor every day during my 3 day orientation) I knew there was no way they can show me everything-thats imposs...
  12. wow-ltc is crazy!!!!

    After 3 days of orientation, I started on my own as an LPN at a skilled nursing facility. My patient load consists of about 30 residents and these include lots of g-tubes, tube feedings, accu checks and of course lots of meds! I work a 7a to 7p shift...
  13. thanks for all the advice everyone :) i didnt really think about the fact that a bad ltc facility could put my license in jeopardy. kinda scary! i will keep everyone posted on whatever i choose
  14. ive done some prereq's for my RN but wanted to be an LPN for 1-2 more years in order to feel more experienced. I didnt want to jump in and be an RN with more responsibility and not know what I was doing LOL. But I think youre right-I feel really limi...
  15. I recently was hired at a LTC facility working 12 hour shifts. I've been a nurse only a year and most of my experience is from working at a methadone clinic. I just started my new job but have seen that noone seems to stay there, people are constantl...