Most of this is a vent but please tell me I am not the only person strugling with this. I have been at a long term/rehabilitation center for almost a year now. on my wing we have 60 patients and 2 nurse's we average 4-6 CNA"S I have pt's from broken ...
I have mostly worked in long term care because it pays more but be prepared to work more. If you find a place that has a good orientation program like at least 2 weeks then a new grad should do ok. I would not go somewhere that only gives you a coupl...
autumnleaf replied to atlantagirl's topic in LPN/LVN
It took me a good month of having the same patients to pick up speed I have 30 patients and it takes me 2 hours to do my first med pass and about 2 hours to do my 2nd. and let me tell you where im at that is pretty good time. I have seen nurses there...
losing a narcotic is very serious and if that facility does not take it so then to me that is a red flag that they have a problem! I would not want to be anywhere near that place.
We have a sever dialysis patient at our long term care facility. He is new. He is on a fluid restriction of 1600 a day which he gets with his meals and fluids he gets with his medication. He will demand water I have educated the CNA's that I manage t...
autumnleaf replied to kerri2686's topic in LPN/LVN
I loved my LPN course. I went to a great school that put you into every situation they could. It was a lot of studying and a lot of work things were fast pace. I complained about failing test but I did graduate with honors . Yes we give tons of meds....
autumnleaf replied to armynavygirl86's topic in LPN/LVN
I think maternity is one of the most popular floors on the hospital. Our hospital does have LPN on the floor but they have been there for a long time. I think they hire RN's because they can if they ever had a problem filling the position they would ...
autumnleaf replied to RNmaria's topic in New Nurse
My biggest mistake in my first year was not speaking up. I should say screaming up. Often it is hard to be heard . I had a doctor that just was not taking me serious about a patient. She barely looked at him when I said he was acting like he was hav...