MonkeyLPN

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1. Is this a system flaw?

   MonkeyLPN replied to MonkeyLPN's topic in Geriatric

   Sorry for the original post being a little crazy. I have a lot on my mind because of this situation. I think that putting the flow sheet would be a better way to go about having the PT/INR available to be seen. The flow sheet is in the pt's chart. So...

2. Is this a system flaw?

   MonkeyLPN replied to MonkeyLPN's topic in Geriatric

   It was a PT/INR so it should have been checked the next day by someone that it was followed through, dr, nurse manager, even the nurse who drew the blood. But no one caught it until I did on Sunday. The nurse manager does not do a lot of chart checki...

3. Is this a system flaw?

   MonkeyLPN posted a topic in Geriatric

   I will say that I did make a mistake, but was my mistake a system flaw? We had a new admit on my floor about two weeks ago. When the meds were written in the MAR there was nothing stating that there needed to be a lab draw on the pt 2 days into the s...

4. Am I just being a big baby?

   MonkeyLPN replied to mamarhonda's topic in Geriatric

   I have the opposite problem. I have 3 aids and love to see them sitting at the nurses station having a good ol' time or "pretending" to chart while call lights are going off, while I am running my tail off with so much work. While I know they have pl...

5. New Grad Freaking Out!!!!!!!!!!!

   MonkeyLPN replied to rottie69's topic in Geriatric

   Run! That is not enough orientation, also that is not a manageable pt load at all for an experienced nurse, not on that shift. Just keep looking.

6. GPA for BSU's nursing program?

   MonkeyLPN replied to duyvo23's topic in Idaho

   The lowest GPA I have heard about getting in is a 3.4, but that is the exception. You need at least a 3.7 to be competitive. There are people taking classes three times to get better grades. Which I think is ridiculous, they should move on at a certa...

7. Dr orders for HH Nursing

   MonkeyLPN replied to MonkeyLPN's topic in Home Health

   The thing about getting the orders clarified is exactly what was not being done by any nurses that have been doing this "online" procedure for a few weeks now. That is why I left the home. The mother and nurse were on board doing this with the pt. Th...

8. Dr orders for HH Nursing

   MonkeyLPN replied to MonkeyLPN's topic in Home Health

   At the time that I left the patient was responsive, so it was not a medical emergency. She had been having ICP, but they could not get anyone to see the patient in the area because she is so complicated, medicaid pt, etc. She had the shunt replaced i...

9. Dr orders for HH Nursing

   MonkeyLPN posted a topic in Home Health

   I am new to HH and I know that you need a Dr's order to do anything. My question is a pt today had a VA shunt that from what the nurse who was orienting me said was supposed to have pumped Q2hr. Well she explained that she was told by the pt mother t...