shipmanmisty

shipmanmisty has 1 years experience.

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1. A Day In the Life of a LPN

   shipmanmisty replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in LPN/LVN

   I work on a med/surg floor. 0630-1500. I arrive/clock in @ 0620. I get my assignment usually 4-6pts. I fill out my brain sheet (the paper I use to track my day). I print out mars. Do narc count. 0640-0700: get report. We do report in pts room. 070...

2. Pregnant and working full time

   shipmanmisty replied to Haleyking08's topic in LPN/LVN

   My job hired a gvn that was about 6 months pregnant as a PRN. Fortunately prns at my job usually get full time hrs. It may be beneficial to you to take a prn job. :)

3. Help with documenting.

   shipmanmisty replied to RegenerativeNurse's topic in LPN/LVN

   You're welcome. Glad it helps you out. I've been a nurse for 2 years now and I still have a hard time wording what I need to say. Practice makes perfect. :)

4. Help with documenting.

   shipmanmisty replied to RegenerativeNurse's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hello! Here is my daily documentation (example of course) I work 0630-1500 on a med/surg floor 0700 Note: Report received. DX: diagnosis. Medical status (acute care/obs/swing). Code status. Pt. resting quietly in bed (or whatever the pt is doing when...

5. Pregnant and working full time

   shipmanmisty replied to Haleyking08's topic in LPN/LVN

   I am currently 9 months pregnant. I work full time on a busy med surg floor. I am scheduled to be induced Sept 24th. My boss has taken my off the schedule a week before my induction. At the beginning of my pregnancy, I wanted to work up until I deliv...

6. 5 twelve hour shifts in a row?? Is it safe??

   shipmanmisty replied to shipmanmisty's topic in LPN/LVN

   When I told the charge nurse it would make 5 twelves in a row then she told me to stay home. I felt bad because I know how swamped they are w/ pts. Any charge nurse or RN can change the hard copy by marking out someone's name and adding someone elses...

7. 5 twelve hour shifts in a row?? Is it safe??

   shipmanmisty posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   Seriously folks, I was put down to work today. I worked a 12 yesterday and will work a 12 saturday, sunday, and monday. If I had worked a 12 today that would make 5 12's in a row. Not to mention overtime. On my schedule I was off but on our hardcopy ...

8. New nurse still on orientation and first med error?

   shipmanmisty replied to sleepdeprived1's topic in Safety

   In my facility we are allowed to give warm packs w/o an order. We are also allowed to put in foley's if the pt. needs one as well as take one out. The doctor states that f/c's are a nurse thing...we put them in then he writes the order.

9. Blood Transfusion: Confused on the whole situation. Input?

   shipmanmisty posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   SO I get a new patient direct admit from home, dx: colon mass, anemia. I don't have any orders yet but my charge nurse tells me to go a head and get a SL in the pt. So I go and get a 22g the pt. is content. Then the nurse walks in after i'm done dres...

10. Input please for recent LPN graduate

    shipmanmisty replied to lifeisgood2012's topic in LPN/LVN

    Just a little input facilities usually hire at the beginning of the month. I would cont. putting in apps everywhere including nursing homes, home health, sub acute, m/s...It took me 3 months and over 50 applications to finally get a job and now I've ...

11. Having a medication nurse?? Yes or No?

    shipmanmisty replied to shipmanmisty's topic in Safety

    At our facility it is allowed to have a med nurse, when needed, but in this case I think it isn't needed.

12. Having a medication nurse?? Yes or No?

    shipmanmisty posted a topic in Safety

    I am an LVN on a m/s floor. Yesterday we had a low census and our CNA was running late. Only having 7 patients wouldn't justify having 3 nurses so since our aid was late the charge nurse made one of the nurses the med nurse until the aid showed up an...

13. 2 Med Errors in 6 months

    shipmanmisty posted a topic in Medications

    Okay so my first med error was that I gave a scheduled Xanax 0.25mg PO 1.5hrs early. The doctor said that it was fine. I got written up for it. Then second med error I made the other day and I'm beating myself up about it and also super worried about...