sanchezlpn

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1. Questionable? What to do?

   sanchezlpn posted a topic in LPN/LVN

   Hi there, I am here to ask a question, if you have problems with your cna's and you are the LPN in charge, no charge nurse, just you on the floor in a facility, like where I work, and after 2 months you still are having trouble, disrespect including ...

2. Starting my LPN program in September!

   sanchezlpn replied to tperrix's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   Good luck! You can do this. I graduated this year and have landed a great job on top of it. What to do to prepare, well, where are your weaknesses? Like are you not so good at english, math, etc., because normally you will have to take a pre-exam...

3. Rude Cna To Nurses

   sanchezlpn replied to inna's topic in Relations

   Really....you know what really is quite funny...not the laughing kind of funny though...that rude cna's that treat their nurses like crap, don't speak when spoken to, walk on the unit as if they own the place, rude behavior and offensive attitude are...

4. For all the nurses on this site!

   sanchezlpn replied to katielam616's topic in General Nursing

   Liked that, but if the CNA's and others in the workplace of taking care of people would just realize that NURSES do so much more than just push meds and hand out pills to everyone! It's not about just giving a pill and walking away, its our job, its...

5. How do I handle insubordinate CNAs?

   sanchezlpn replied to ginnieann's topic in New Nurse

   Sorry to have chapped you! I am fairly new there, and yes, my superior has just recently told me that this person is like this, so it tells me that they, my superiors are not going to change anything nor do anything about this...I will speak up when...

6. HIPAA.... violation or not....

   sanchezlpn replied to brendasue's topic in HIPAA

   Never and I say Never talk about others, including clinical experience using names of any kind, not even a nickname because I have found, the world is very small and someone always knows the other! Sorry you got kicked out, but you know the Hippa L...

7. How do I handle insubordinate CNAs?

   sanchezlpn replied to ginnieann's topic in New Nurse

   You have to be kidding me, right....that it bit you because of the insubordination! I am being very careful, but also documenting everything, and I mean everything!!!! I will not do anything about it, I have heard though, that this person has alway...

8. How do I handle insubordinate CNAs?

   sanchezlpn replied to ginnieann's topic in New Nurse

   If the facility has no policy in place or other nurses do not also do the same (asking the cna's to let us know when they need to smoke, or leave the unit or floor) then I am the only one stuck in a bad position, alot of resentment because I would th...

9. Excessive smoke breaks

   sanchezlpn replied to ProgressiveActivist's topic in General Nursing

   I pray everyday for this one aide not to be there when I work.....terrible, but she is rudest person I know!

10. How do I handle insubordinate CNAs?

    sanchezlpn replied to ginnieann's topic in New Nurse

    Is this really happening elsewhere? I too have this problem with one person in particular and I don't like confrontations myself, but being an LPN I want the job done and done right. I also am a pretty newbie at nursing and this particular job but ...

11. Excessive smoke breaks

    sanchezlpn replied to ProgressiveActivist's topic in General Nursing

    I have to comment on this one....I work in a facility that for assisted living and we have dementia also there. I say to you about this...what you are talking about is so common I am over it where I work. I get attitude, people missing and no one c...

12. Disrespectful Aids/CNA's

    sanchezlpn replied to sanchezlpn's topic in LPN/LVN

    I am really not trying to be mean or be having them work any harder than they already do, but this one particular situation the patient was not well, the patient was dizzy, did not have steady gait, and was hallucinating, so I withheld a prn for pain...

13. Disrespectful Aids/CNA's

    sanchezlpn replied to sanchezlpn's topic in LPN/LVN

    I met with a friend of mine, who is also an LPN and she explained to me that our facility is not long term it is difference in asst. living and I should have a more relaxed approach to everything, however, what happened regarding meds was that I expl...

14. NARCOTICS?

    sanchezlpn replied to sanchezlpn's topic in LPN/LVN

    Thank you so much for updating me on electroinics that are great for new nurses. I am so easily exciteable when something happens where I work, I need to chill and remain calm, but being a new nurse, not being what I call seasoned nurse is hard at t...

15. Ugh! Disrespect..

    sanchezlpn replied to sanchezlpn's topic in LPN/LVN

    Assisted Living but I have decided to take a backseat in this whole thing. A friend nurse came to me and we talked, I am not in a ltf where I need to be so head strong. I can take a breath and allow things to just flow. I am apologizing for being...