LTC_LPN

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1. giving iv meds

   LTC_LPN replied to HOOPS's topic in General Nursing

   Perhaps I'm missing something here....I work at nights in a nursing home, but we NEVER have an RN on duty during the night shift. Only a couple of LPN's and a handfull of cna's. And we are a "medicare skilled" facility....certified for medicare and...

2. What do you have on count???

   LTC_LPN replied to burger914's topic in Geriatric

   We have an ER box which is kept locked - when anything is taken out, the ER box is replaced. No narcs are in the ER Box. The only narcs we have are whatever meds the md's have prescribed for individual residents, and these are kept in the appropriat...

3. More Strange Baby Names

   LTC_LPN replied to RNLaborNurse4U's topic in Ob/Gyn

   A girl I work with named her daughter Pajama Pinky....and pronounces her name as "paj-a-may pinn-kay". (yeah, this is arkansas...)

4. Do LPN's get the pay they deserve?

   LTC_LPN replied to Pedsnrs2003's topic in General Nursing

   As a night nurse in LTC, I am paid $15.50 per hour, and I work in Arkansas. The dayshift nurses at this facility are paid $12.50 per hour. My problem is that I've been an LPN for 15 years, and yet the other night nurse, a new grad LPN, makes $15.00 p...

5. Help!!! How Much Should The Public Know

   LTC_LPN replied to gabym25's topic in General Nursing

   How in the world would someone get that info off the DOH website? I just checked at the arkansas state department of health website, and there aren't any links that show nurses names, etc. Or at least, not that I could find!

6. Nurses, Will you work OT for straight pay?

   LTC_LPN replied to klondike's topic in General Nursing

   I am paid hourly, as an LPN, and I frequently work very much overtime. However, if the overtime pay is taken away I will not work overtime anymore because I don't believe that is a fair issue. We don't have "mandatory" overtime. If someone calls in...

7. What to do when family says no to care?

   LTC_LPN replied to juley0129's topic in Geriatric

   I would definitely speak with social services about this situation. Even if a doctor writes the order for "comfort care only" - like they do when someone is gravely ill or failing, I would think that chest pain would be uncomfortable and should be t...

8. NOC Patient bathing

   LTC_LPN replied to sheridan7679's topic in Safety

   At our nursing home, according to the law, we have to comply with the resident's rights. If they want to take a bath at 4:00 am, then we'll give them one. But I'm not about to wake a sleeping resident to ask them if they want to take a bath at that...

9. Mandatory meetings and night shift

   LTC_LPN replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric

   If my state board of nursing knew you were sleeping at the nurses station, you'ld be out of a job....and out of a license. I don't know what alternate universe you work in, but I work 11-7 shift, and I have never had a night where there's no work to ...

10. being pregnant and hair..........

    LTC_LPN replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Funny story....and totally true: when I was 7 months pregnant, I had my hair highlighted at the beauty shop. I did sit outside in fresh air a bit while the goo was on my head. Strangely tho, when my daughter was born 2 months later, she had the pre...

11. Is this understaffing (or is it me?)

    LTC_LPN replied to Town & Country's topic in Geriatric

    Our facility has about 110 beds, and we are practically full right now. Our staffing is this: 7-3 shift: 4 lpns, 1 tx lpn, 12 cna's, 2 rehab cna's, rn(mds) lpn (mcare coord) don, adon, rn supervisor 3-11 shift: 4 lpns, (sometimes only 2 or 3) 6-8 cn...

12. arrogant nurses

    LTC_LPN replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric

    Where I work, we don't have an RN on the 11-7 shift, although I wish we did. We have approx. 110 residents, 6 cna's, and 2 lpn's....although quite frequently one of the lpns is left alone for a few hours each night. Usually one lpn stays and passes ...

13. arrogant nurses

    LTC_LPN replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric

    :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire what??? not a "nurses job" to answer a call light?!?! what alternate universe does this idiot don work in????? i'd hate to have to work with any nurse who has the audacity to stand beneath 7 call lights and not lif...

14. Beat up by a resident, what to do??

    LTC_LPN replied to purple_angel24521's topic in Geriatric

    My sentiments, exactly!! At our facility, residents who are like this - with extreme behaviors - can and will end up with a 30 day discharge because of their behaviors. So...in 30 days, they are discharged from the facility. And in most cases, will...

15. GTube, med administration..HELP

    LTC_LPN replied to perksrn's topic in General Nursing

    It's no longer a "last resort" because I've worked with the same nurses at the same nursing home now almost 2 years...and we've been inserviced and inserviced on this subject repeatedly. Yet amazingly, we still have the same problems. Notes left in...