lovesmarissa

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1. NIGHT SHIFT - advice to new grads going to work 3 12s a week

   lovesmarissa posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hello! I hope this question is on other new RN's minds as well...especially if they've been hired on for 3 12 hour shifts a week. My shift at the hospital is going to be 7p-7:30a. I also have a daughter who is home from school this summer, and I wil...

2. Help me brainstorm, swollen hands on pt.

   lovesmarissa replied to lovesmarissa's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for the ideas....there was a call out to the MD (who is on vacation of course) so he will see her when she gets back. I too think it's more of an RA flare up. She did have cellulitis visualized on the R hand, hence the abt...

3. Help me brainstorm, swollen hands on pt.

   lovesmarissa posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello! I have a home care patient who has the following dx: rheumatoid arthritis, crohn's, macular degen,history of strokes. She is in hospice. About a month ago she was in the hospital. Upon her return home, she started complaining of pain and sore...

4. Leaking Ileostomy - any ideas?

   lovesmarissa posted a topic in Wound

   Hello there, Anyone here have any ideas on what else can be done for this patient? He has an ileostomy that is leaking constantly. His skin is so irritated right now, and he also has an old incision scar that is about a half inch wide that the corner...

5. College Network to get RN? Anyone done this or going through it?

   lovesmarissa posted a topic in Career Support

   Hello! Has anyone heard of The College Network? They claim to be accredited, and have a home based self study RN program... has anyone here gone through them or is going through them? What do you think? Any other ones out there you'd recommend more? ...

6. Holidays - what do you do for co-workers?

   lovesmarissa posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just wondering what you all do during the holidays for co-workers. Do you give cards out to everyone you work with on the floor? Do you do anything special for the CNAs you regularly work with? Do you limit this giving to those you've connected ...

7. I want to be a hospice nurse

   lovesmarissa replied to jaylynn67's topic in Hospice

   lots of good advice in the replies....I agree that it is better to work for hospice before the hospital because of the HUGE difference in outlook. I am an LPN and am fortunate enough to work on the inpatient unit for Hospice. We can do most everythin...

8. Bowel Protocol

   lovesmarissa replied to Kimmyjc's topic in Geriatric

   We use MOM if no BM after 2 days, then a suppository, then an Enema of choice on the 4th day. We have something we call the 11th floor special, named after an oncology floor at the local hospital. It is 500ml warm water, 4 oz glycerin, 4oz baking sod...

9. Advice to a new grad

   lovesmarissa replied to lovesmarissa's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks. I am definitely guilty of not having looked through the forum as much as I've liked....didn't even know there was a LT Nursing forum AND an LPN corner. OOPS.:imbar Let's just say I was extremely exhausted and was hoping to get some friendly ...

10. Question for all nurses

    lovesmarissa replied to srhdaw's topic in General Nursing

    I too used pen and paper. I had my own little abbreviations to speed things up and wrote small so I could write faster. There is something about writing stuff down that helps cement concepts in my mind. I was also lucky that my instructors mostly pos...

11. Advice to a new grad

    lovesmarissa posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello there! I am new to this site and also a new LPN grad. I just passed the NCLEX and I'm working in a long term care facility (3 12s). Soooo....to all you nurses out there, seasoned and new, what kind of advice can you give me about transitioning...