SinikRN101

SinikRN101

Lvn to RN, new grad med/surg

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SinikRN101 has 7 years experience and specializes in Lvn to RN, new grad med/surg.


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  1. Assigned to a filthy home?

    Personal protection is required by the agency, I keep a stash on me unless I know the patient is stocked up. Outside of that, it depends on you, if you're that uncomfortable and don't need the shift just inform the agency. Some patients homes are cl...
  2. IV Infusion/ question

    I've seen ABT as short for antibiotic therapy as in documentation on adverse side effects (ase), lack thereof or therapeutic effects.
  3. Opportunities after Private Duty Nursing?

    My suggestion after acls/pals would be to look for a critical care class in your area. Definitely get all the hands on you can with the more complicated cases more experience= increased competencies. Add everything to your resume and apply, apply an...
  4. Lie on notes? Don't follow care plan.

    I also have a lot of those things going on right now. When I attempted to educate parents on the correct uses of medication and advocate for my patient then I'm not "doing things the way they like it" and there are "personality conflicts". Personall...
  5. How much personal info do you share with parents?

    I've recently learned how to "guide" a conversation sorta speak to find ways to avoid such things. But yes, lesson learned the hard way as I had my hours cut because I was in school, in the future I will lie.
  6. A Day in the Life of a Private Duty Nurse

    Walk in, greet parent(s)/caregiver full assessment, full set of vitals- assessment and vitals will dictate any priority intervention. Check if patient needs changed/turned/ toileted. Am/Pm cares, oral care, washing face , bed bath etc. Check and gi...
  7. The Scarlet Letter Nurse

    Look into getting your record expunged. Any rehabilitation efforts in addition to the time that has passed would help also. Usually the biggest hurdle is the state board seems like if they granted your license I don't know why an individual employer ...
  8. Do which ever works for you. I usually prefer to go home and go straight to sleep to be awake with my kiddos in the afternoon (after school) and early evening and even tuck them in before I go to work. But for certain things like appts, or special ...
  9. Frequently changing a scheduled med's schedule

    Yes on the consistent schedule. The only person that can change the schedule would be a Doctor's order. Check with your nurse practice act and/or state board. Ours states that we have one hour before and up to one hour after. IE) Order states to give...
  10. Vent: Difficult Case

    When in a situation of mandatory reporting as nurses are it's not an option to report, hence "mandatory reporter". You can tell them (if you so choose) that you need to report because you are a mandatory reporter, if they choose not to have you back...
  11. How do you do nights?

    I used to be able to flip back and forth. After 4-5 years, it's much easier to stay up during my nights off and continue my regular schedule even on my days off. Sometimes I end up watching tv by myself while the family sleeps, but I tell myself it w...
  12. Taking away chairs from nursing station

    Yes, the lack of professionalism is appalling. They expect us to act like professionals, I expect to be treated as such ie) regulating how much time is needed to sit at a desk and chart and how much is needed at the bedside. And to one of the previou...
  13. Vent- Client's Mom Stabbed Me in the Back (not literally)

    I've had the same thing happen to me, I know the feeling. It also creates a very sour work environment. It seems sometimes they are never happy and I've been chalking it up to trying to deal with the loss of the image they had before "the event" what...
  14. Tattoos are taboo at work. Yes? No?

    Yes I agree. Tasteful, tattoos shouldn't be a problem. Now the letters that are vulgar on the fingers, distasteful things I would probably have a problem with. My patients have asked me about my tattoo, but I haven't had anyone who's had a problem wi...
  15. Nurses aren't maids!

    Thank you to the OP for posting this and getting completely flamed and standing your ground. I know I'm not alone, but I usually can not come up with the right words and certainly not as articulate as you have posted. Currently, I have the learned th...