Nov2007_LPN

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1. HELP!! I am stuck in a situation! - need advice from experienced nurses

   Nov2007_LPN replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in International

   I don't care how many patients/ residents there are I would want to know the BP if I was giving the med. Id have the CNA's get the vitals if there low hold the med I find as a new nurse most new nurses try to do things the way we are taught. The prob...

2. Writing Telephone Orders/without calling doctor

   Nov2007_LPN replied to Nov2007_LPN's topic in General Nursing

   Okay so what do I do, im not going to write orders for the doctor but my DON keeps telling me too

3. Writing Telephone Orders/without calling doctor

   Nov2007_LPN replied to Nov2007_LPN's topic in General Nursing

   This is in an ALf with an ECC/LNS license-And the Don keeps making statements to me that Im not writing up telephone orders for things that the doc has said we could but I dont feel comfortable doing it.I want the doctor to actually look at the wound...

4. Writing Telephone Orders/without calling doctor

   Nov2007_LPN replied to Nov2007_LPN's topic in General Nursing

   This is in an ALf with an ECC/LNS license-And the Don keeps making statements to me that Im not writing up telephone orders for things that the doc has said we could but I dont feel comfortable doing it.I want the doctor to actually look at the wound...

5. Writing Telephone Orders/without calling doctor

   Nov2007_LPN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Have any of you been asked by your DON and the doctor to write telephone orders for things like home health for wounds,Xrays for falls/injuries and UA's if you suspect a resident has a UTI without actually calling the doctor when these things occur a...

6. Documenting care provided by another nurse

   Nov2007_LPN posted a topic in General Nursing

   This question is for any Nurses really up on Nursing documentation. I'm a new nurse, I got a pocket guide book from hcmarketplace that described how to chart care provided by another nurse if that nurse calls and asks you to chart an entry she forgot...