purpil29

purpil29 specializes in LTC.

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1. Gustav Roll Call

   purpil29 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   south louisiana here. gustav uprooted most of the trees on the road i live on. along with part of my roof. i now have mold growing on my ceiling. i got power back late last night and it is a good thing because gas to run the generator is like find...

2. should i feel guilty?

   purpil29 posted a topic in General Nursing

   i have decided to take a leave for a coulple of months and just stay home. i have no kids,no money problems,i am not sick,i am not lazy and i am not sick of nsg. i just want to try on the roll of fulltime house wife for a little while. my husband ...

3. lazy mean assistants

   purpil29 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   sorry about the spelling im tired.

4. lazy mean assistants

   purpil29 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

   i have worked with hard working cna's that always did what i asked with a pleasant attitude but when i was off my relief had huge problems with the same girls that i was so pleased with. i asked them point blank why they did this to her. she was a ...

5. luck just ran out - contaminated needle stick

   purpil29 replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

   sorry to hear your going thru this. i wish you well and i will have my fingers crossed for you. keep your chin up and things will work out .

6. How much is your pay?

   purpil29 replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

   lpn in louisiana here. going on 6 yrs. pay is 21.50 per hour with a 2000 $ sign on bonus ltc/snf. i work the floor do mds and careplans and all new admits before five pm .weekends and holidays off. however,if you have floor exp.only you will likely g...

7. LVN/LPN Assessments

   purpil29 replied to Simpleplan's topic in General Nursing

   i am an lpn. i do head to toe assessment on admit and i do the careplan for the resident the rn comes if i need her to stage a wound. the docter and rn sign off on the careplan q mth with the orders. i think the scope of practice for an lpn varies f...

8. Witnessed a terrible death last night--pls help me...

   purpil29 replied to Annebug's topic in General Nursing

   it is hard everytime you see a hard death but the first does stay with you. your fellow nurses may have seemed to have good poker faces but ill bet they each have atleast one that is always with them. this is not a bad thing it just means you care ...

9. Nurses wearing white

   purpil29 replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

   I Have Always Been Proud To Wear White As It Makes Me Feel Good (just Me) However, I Wear Navy Blue Some Days Just To Mix It Up. The Cna's Wear Anything They Want. One Cna Came To Work Wearing White One Day And Some Of The Nurses Were Upset By This. ...

10. A Mean Nurse Verses A Good Don!!!

    purpil29 posted a topic in General Nursing

    :heartbeatI WILL START AT THE BEGINNING. IN NSG SCHOOL WE HAD ONE STUDENT WHO WAS JUST MEAN! SHE MADE EVERYBODY WANT TO GO THE OTHER WAY WHEN SHE CAME IN THE ROOM! IF SOMEONE CRIED FOR GETTING A LOWER THAN DESIRED GRADE OR EXPRESSED THEIR FEELING OR...

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

    purpil29 replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Hi All, I Always Heard People Say That Nurse Was Good,the Nurse Was Bad Or I Have To Hang Up The Nurse Is In The Room . I Always Loved The Way The Nurse Was Never Forgotten (except For Her Name) I Was On The Waiting List To Enter School And When My N...

12. Sickest you have ever been, and still expected to work.

    purpil29 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had the flu and a sprained ankle (what luck,huh) i work LTC i managed to get the first day off but was told that was it because i had nobody to take my place and the don refuses to work the floor EVER FOR ANY REASON. I went in limping and coughing...

13. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    purpil29 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    this guy thinks higher of a dropout(quiter) than he thinks of you. is he really worth your time? i am not being ugly but when nursing is put down i take it to heart. NURSING is hard and sometimes thankless work but most days it gives you a sence of...

14. How many times have you cried???

    purpil29 replied to CareBayer's topic in New Nurse

    6 mths in. IT was a sunday,most sundays were quiet but not this one. family members everywhere all wanting to talk about loved ones(they had not seen in god knows how long) at once i had pt with sob, another with chest pain ,another with bloodsugar ...

15. Nurse patient ratio

    purpil29 replied to beckyvon's topic in New Nurse

    idk but i always thought LTC should have no more than 30 residents to a nurse, i went straight LTC i was trained by an agency nurse for two days then given my hall of 40 residents (no tx nurse) and state walked thru the door. i learned fast . however...