patmostoi

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1. *To All LPN Charge Nurses*

   patmostoi replied to night owl's topic in Geriatric

   hey night owl glad to see you again. in reference to title charge nurse. it is only a name it is synonomous with nurse supervisor, floor nurse ect,depending on where you work. if you are in charge of staff you are a charge nurse. in reference to pay-...

2. Ques. about presetting up of meds

   patmostoi replied to mondk's topic in Geriatric

   can't see the forest for the trees. ok first in michigan as far as i know. if in individual pkgs the meds may be set up. the pkg must stay sealed until time of use. the liquids ,stock meds, and narcs may not be preset(or to some prepoured) it is not ...

3. crushing pills

   patmostoi replied to nursejanedough's topic in Geriatric

   ever wonder why nurses are calm and dont have seizures and why our bones are good. wonder what our blood levels are for certain meds after we crush them?

4. Use of diapers vs. underpads for incontinent patients

   patmostoi replied to bmaury's topic in Safety

   i have worked in alot of different areas. if the pt has a cath and no loose stools.only use a draw sheet. apply a&d. if loose or alot of inconts use a&d or epc cream. and a underpad.if a person is incont of urine when up use wicking briefs th...

5. What is a real nurse?????

   patmostoi replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

   i have been a lpn for almost 6 years-so i am a young un. i have worked with people with different titles..some are skilled others you are afraid to work with this goes for cenas, lpns, rns,cma,pas,mds,dos, and cnp. it depends on the person entirely. ...

6. Where is JCAHO in all of this mess??

   patmostoi replied to RNSue's topic in General Nursing

   you have got to be kidding.i know where u are coming from. i do know that census' are fudged they list resident assistant who only pass water, linen, ect and do not do pt care as staff members. so despite having 37 pts the record looks like we have 5...

7. ethics

   patmostoi posted a topic in General Nursing

   hey any body around who can give me advice? i work in a nursing home. the new don came in last 6 months -she acts really nice most of the time, but i have seen her show bipolar sociopath with pathological liar tendencies. she set the administrator up...

8. RN"s and LPN's mandated to work as CNA's

   patmostoi replied to chili2641's topic in General Nursing

   has anyone considered that for census-legally they are not supposed to list rns as cenas. in michigan last time i knew if an rn in the building-despite working as a cena they must be listed for state numbers as rns, or lpns depending on licensure. th...