I work in a nursing home as an MDS nurse. Friday I arrive and immediately the floor nurse needs me to draw labs from a picc. Only RN can draw labs from a picc at our facility. So as the only RN in the...
I have 2 questions. I have an lvn and rn active license in Texas. It's time to renew in april 2019 and they are both due at the same time. I know I would have to do 20 hrs for lvn renewal but this...
So here is my situation. I found out i was pregnant in may and was working full time on a medsurg floor 12 hr shifts very busy. Before i found out i had planned on quitting this job soon because i was...
Patient load and no help. I like the patients but its just becoming too much for me. I cant get one person to help! And they constantly pile the work on and on! 12 hr shift turns into 14 hr shifts....
So i took care of a pt who when i came on to report his potassium level was 2.7, the night nurse gave him 40 meq of potassoum tablets and then it was rechecked at 10 am on my shift. It came back at...
Hello. I've worked in nursing homes for 3 years and now am new to working on a medsurg floor in a hospital. I'm still in training with a preceptor. At this point I've been allowed to take care of...
I did a picc dressing change and after I removed the old dressing I couldn't get the blue bio patch off the patient it was sticking to their skin so I used my hand to grab it off. I then put on the...
Yesterday working in a nursing home a family member approached me and rudely said why has a set of vitals not been take on her family member who happens to be actively dying and on hospice care. She...
Should I use Kaplan or Uworld for the NCLEX-RN to study? I would like to pass on the first time of course. My class is giving us the Kaplan review course and today was day 2 of 4. We have utilized...