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  1. cape cod nurses

    oh come on i know your out there.
  2. Kindred Transition & Rehab...any info??

    hmmm kindred imn not sure, but i worked at eagle pond before i became a nurse and would not even apply to work as a nurse. just sayin
  3. What's All the Fuss

    i bet i have mrsa in my nares. as does every other nurse. but you cant isolate a resident or tell them to stay in there room, if there that bad send them to the hospital,. but otherwise you use reverse precautions while the patient is out of his room
  4. New nurse, I thought I did the right thing...

    yes, you did do the right thing, you always call you supervisor immidiatley if there is a discrepancy with narcotics. im betting that the nurse was in a hurry on purpouse. you always always always do the narcotic count together whenever possible, she...
  5. Ooops, I told off a doctor

    i was concerned about my patients gi status since she has low motility and they were aspirating fecal matter out of her stomach, i just felt that bactrim would be way too harsh, also, i have been with this patient for a year and a half, so i know her...
  6. Going into HH what to expect as lpn

    I am an LPN and I have been doing home health for a year and a half and i love it. as an lpn youll be pretty darn autonomous. the case managers are always RN's(per licensure requirements) i had a case manger who was the freakin bomb, loved here and y...
  7. So irritated...

    i do understand what my licensure allows me to do, which is why this is ******* me off so much, i feel like this is how theyre getting around phasing out lpn's its not state law its just becoming company policies. sooo irritating, but it motivates m...
  8. Ooops, I told off a doctor

    Honestly I'm starting to think I need to tell people off more aften. Think I'm being to nice
  9. Any tips for a new grad starting on an intermediate care unit

    become a sponge and ask questions. becuase it always ends up that the question you should have asked was the one you didnt. youll be able to tell which nurses wont help and which ones will. be very good and appreciative to the ones that will. learn a...
  10. Ooops, I told off a doctor

    So I was visiting my patient in the hospital who is just gaining back bowel sounds and has alot of bowel issues ... well now, she has MRSA and the doc comes in and says, "Well the vaco is covering her but I want to put her on bactrim ds". So without...
  11. nclex anxiety

    there have been moments in my short career where i have questioned my decision to become a nurse, now i love what i do, i am gaining confidence and i am going for my rn then bsn. be determined and stick it out. its alot harder than they tell you in n...
  12. So irritated...

    so ive been doing home care for my girl for a year and a half, she came off TPN via PICC in june, well now shes in hospital and has a central port and getting TPN again, and now theyre telling mom that i cant manage it, hang, flush, etc because its c...