virmm1

virmm1 LPN

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About virmm1

virmm1 is a LPN and specializes in LTC.


married ,1 child, 2 cats,1 dog,

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  1. LPN/LVN Additional Certifications

    I'm glad I found this forum. I've been an LPN for 13 years and I didn't know we could get certifications. I worked in a doctor's office where an LPN was allowed to work in the lab full time. I don't know if she got lab certifications or not. I was ...
  2. Caring for ALS pts

    Thanks for the info.
  3. Good luck on your next boards. I think you'll do just fine. Welcome to the wonderful world of nursing. You will find that many times competent nurses are fired for trying to do right by their pts. As nurses we are taught to be pt advocates along wi...
  4. Caring for ALS pts

    We have a resident who was dxed w/ ALS last Oct. She is already in a w/c and wears O2 at night. She spends her days working jigsaw puzzles. I want to know if the stages of ALS have any peticular order of sx as it progresses or is it like MS in that...
  5. The *PERFECT* Nurse Image? What???

    I breastfed my daughter until she got teeth and bit me. She slept w/ her dad and me until she was about 9-10 years old. She decided she wanted to sleep in her own room. Thankfully. She turned out ok. I am also 100 lbs overweight and smoke pk qd. Wor...
  6. Sleep patterns

    Our residents get dried throughout the night. we have some 6am meds but there's very few meds given during 11-7. The accuchecks start on 7-3.and 11-7 doesn't get anyone up unless they want to get up. We recently got a new admit who likes to get up at...
  7. Sleep patterns

    Our residents get dried throughout the night. we have some 6am meds but there's very few meds given during 11-7. The accuchecks start on 7-3.and 11-7 doesn't get anyone up unless they want to get up. We recently got a new admit who likes to get up at...
  8. staff abuse

    HE will be getting a psyche consult very soon. Thanks for all the execellent advice. For the last couple of days I haven't heard of him hitting anyone. As for the dtr, our administrator had a little chat with her. She is much quieter when she comes ...
  9. staff abuse

    HE will be getting a psyche consult very soon. Thanks for all the execellent advice. For the last couple of days I haven't heard of him hitting anyone. As for the dtr, our administrator had a little chat with her. She is much quieter when she comes ...
  10. staff abuse

    Whats up with LTC management allowing staff to be abused by rsds. We recently got a new admit. What legal recourse do nurses and CNA's have when management keeps making excuses for agressive rsds? Man w/ dementia, WWII vet. He has been here less t...
  11. I Won!!!!!

    Congradulations!! Its nice to know that justice prevails at times. Please take that ball and run with it. The CNAs deserve an unemployment check too.
  12. Help am New DON FOR LTC

    It sounds like you need to do some housecleaning. Can you start documenting the incidents of insobordination and then hire more aides before getting rid of the insobordinate ones? As a DON there's no sense in you putting up with this type of behavior...
  13. Do Nonprofit Hospitals Deserve Their Tax-Exempt Status?

    The healthcare corp I used to work for has a non profit hospital as well as for profit office practices. The head man gets a 6 figure salary. We were always told tht capital was tight and tht our practice was not making any profits while we were forc...
  14. Do your dying patient's have company?

    He was breathing and had a pulse, there was no need for CPR or Rescue Breathing. You did the right thing by lying him on his side.
  15. Am I an idiot? (reconstituting ampicillin)

    I learn something new everytime I visit this site.