LPN01112005

LPN01112005

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  1. Overtime not paid at time and a half? Is this common?

    My employer has stated they will not pay over-time, but all that meant was that we were not to work a minute over. I refuse to work off the clock, and I have been paid time and a half for the few minutes I've had to work over in order to get the job ...
  2. very nervous: Narc missing!!

    Gives PRN narcotics to residents who rarely/never c/o pain when other nurses are assigned to them Gives PRN's at every opportunity....say q4hr to residents that NEVER have to have them that often when others are caring for them Let's it be known to o...
  3. very nervous: Narc missing!!

    Try to calm down. If you didn't take the meds, then you'll breeze through the investigation. Like a previous poster said, just because the pharmacy notified you, doesn't mean you are the suspect. They just have to notify and you happened to be the pe...
  4. should i be held responsible

    Although the first person to address the wounds should have been the admitting nurse, the fact that she or he didn't do it, does not let any subsequent nurse off the hook. I am the Wound Care Coordinator for a LTC facility. I would have written up ...
  5. I need help...holes in MAR

    Actually, signing the MAR and TAR after the med pass and treatments IS the problem. If the nurses would sign the MAR and TAR as the give the meds and do the tx. then holes wouldn't even be an issue. At our facility, believe it or not, there are a fe...
  6. When to enter meds on MAR

    At our facility, the med order goes on the MAR at the time the order is noted. Meds are taken from the Emergency drug box on each unit for the doses that will be due before the nightly pharmacy delivery. If the order is for a med not readily availabl...
  7. New RN interested in LTC

    There are opportunities for RN's in LTC other than being the medication nurse. So, once you've gotten the hang of LTC, you could move into another position such as ADON, Unit Manager or MDS Coordinator or Wound Coordinator. I went to LTC fresh out of...
  8. LPN working as CNA

    Ok, I did it. I worked as a CNA last evening/night with a resident load of 17 due to another unexpected CNA call out. I was also the supervisor on duty. I was able to get everyone changed, toileted and put to bed without any injuries to myself or t...
  9. LPN working as CNA

    To be clear, I have worked in the hospital med surg unit. We were "total care", there were no CNA's, so the nurses did work as a team to provide all the care necessary to care for the patients. However, what I'm referring to here is a LTC setting wh...
  10. LPN working as CNA

    Can an on-call nurse be forced to work as a CNA? My administrator is demanding that the on-call staff (I am part of the on call rotation) fill in as CNA's. This is not about me thinking I'm better than the CNA's, but the fact is, I'm not a CNA and ...
  11. Nails

    Natural nails only and they must be trimmed. This is an infection control issue. Polish is ok as long as it isn't chipped.
  12. Agency nurses refusing to work on a certain unit

    I just took a job on a "Busy but Doable" Unit. HA HA HA. It is only doable if you skip meds that some nurses consider too time consuming like med pass, eye gtts, nasal spray, colace, propass and neb tx. I was actually oriented to my unit by an age...
  13. Axillary thermometer w/o cover/cleaning

    This is just a case of the supply clerk falling down on the job and nobody stepping up to intervene. Have your clinical instructor "ask" the charge nurse on duty where she might find thermometer probe covers. This may be all it takes to have someon...
  14. LTC nurse wage more?

    My experience has been a better base rate for LTC, but it is a harder more physically demanding job than the hospital. My hospital shift diff. was better than LTC's, but the base rate was a couple dollars less. All in all, it evened out to about th...
  15. So what is my problem?

    7 what? med omissions? I'm confused. You can't be effective with your med pass until you are using your MAR as you go along. Once you get the hang of your med pass, and have a routine going then you can skim over your MAR at the beginning of your s...