NancyJo

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1. Should a dad be in the room?

   NancyJo replied to GARNPEACH's topic in Ob/Gyn

2. What CAN'T LPN's do?

   NancyJo replied to NicInNC's topic in LPN/LVN

   All of the above + where I'm at we can't hang TPN, access central lines, or obtain consents for surgery/blood. We also can't program PCA's but can be the verifying nurse to check with the RN.

3. What squicks you out?

   NancyJo replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

   Occasionally sputum gets to me, but that's usually when i'm already not feeling well. What really bothers me is when I see my usually edentulous pt.'s who soak their toast in coffee. Just thinking about them holding that extremely soggy piece of br...

4. What are your thoughts about this situation and hospital infections?

   NancyJo replied to zcubed's topic in General Nursing

   Isolation precautions do vary from one facitlity to another. At my hopital all who are placed in Neutropenic Isolation are placed in a private room, door must remain closed and all who enter must wear gloves and a mask.

5. Help, need tips for doing a much faster med pass...

   NancyJo replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Geriatric

   When I worked LTC our med drawers were filled twice a week. Most of the time they were stuffed full and you spent most of your time digging through the drawers. It was difficult to just pull them forward as they were so full. What i did was I would p...

6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   NancyJo replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Years ago I worked nights on a LTC unit. No one ever used their call lights there. We always seemed to know when we would have a death, because the nursecall system would go haywire. It would start bleeping, not even a real ring, like half bleeps. No...

7. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   NancyJo replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

   No I don't. I also give a little inservice as Triage posted earlier on getting them ready for home. I also make sure to document the pt. education and that I will continue to encourage pt. to independently complete tasks/ADL's that they are able to ...

8. What's your story? Why did you take up nursing?

   NancyJo replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

   A couple of months before I graduated from high school my parents asked just what I planned on doing? I had it all figured out, I was going to take a year off and just relax and continue to work at Burger King and then I would go to school and becom...

9. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

   NancyJo replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

   :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle Read this one to my husband, who said that must be a joke. People not in nursing haven't got a clue. Says he couldn't imagine someone actually doing this. Told him this is just another day in the life of a nurse. Has a wh...

10. Nurses with Knee Problems

    NancyJo replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    13 years on tile floors, 6 years on carpeted. Knees are terrible. I too know that I would be better off if I could lose a few lbs. My hubby works on concrete floors in a warehouse and at 38 was diagnosed athritis bilat knees. Right is worse and Doc...

11. Discharging disheveled patients from the hospital

    NancyJo replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

    I work in an acute care setting and have worked in LTC setting in the past. Have seen both sides. When we discharge to a LTC here, we have a discharge form that we fill out. It lists the dx, physician orders for meds, activity, diet, nebs, o2, foley...

12. Difference between RN and LPN responsibilities in the hospital setting?

    NancyJo replied to RebeccaJeanRN's topic in General Nursing

    LPN's where I work do all but IV pushes, hang blood and TPN. We do enter initial plans of care but the RN covering us has to go in behind us and enter that they concur. We also do admission assessments, all our own charting, dressings, and yes we do ...

13. Diabetic Education Inpatient? Outpatient?

    NancyJo replied to grannynurse FNP's topic in Endocrine

    Grannynurse, I work in Illinois. We have to have the script for the insulin and syringes also.

14. Diabetic Education Inpatient? Outpatient?

    NancyJo replied to grannynurse FNP's topic in Endocrine

    Nursing initiates diabetic teaching for new diabetics while inpatients here. What it usually amounts to here though is having the pt. return demo accuchecks, drawing up insulin and administering the insulin. Often done in a day or two, not really en...

15. Did Anyone FeeL Nervous before becoming an LPN......

    NancyJo replied to sweetmom's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    I was scared to death. I didn't even want to be a nurse, wanted to be a teacher, but my mom and dad talked me in to it my sr. year in high school. I was a gutless wonder then. Never thought I would make it through, but they knew me better than I knew...