Simba&NalasMom

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  1. Applied to 2 Residential DD programs

    Simba&NalasMom replied to TheSpectator's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Congrats! I love working in this

  2. Newer nurse to DD/MR nursing

    Simba&NalasMom replied to HappyNurse09's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Maybe search for organizations in your area that provide services for MRDD individuals? BTW love your name...I'm a Deadhead too. Going to Santa Clara in

  3. Newer nurse to DD/MR nursing

    Simba&NalasMom replied to HappyNurse09's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I've been working in a group home caring for 5 individuals for the past 2 years. I've finally found my niche as an LPN and love what I do. Great to meet the rest of you!

  4. What does an LPN do at a group home?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Lmomma's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Sorry I'm just now seeing this...you'll be graduating next month? Congrats! I'm an LPN in a group home for medically fragile MRDD adults. I absolutely LOVE what I do. For 8 years before I got this...

  5. Help: Which states allow an LPN to Determine death?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to sposator's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh...you wanted feelings as well...nursing is nursing and with a few exceptions, dead is dead. It's ridiculous for somebody to have to wait an hour for another person to show up and say, "Yup. Gone"...

  6. Help: Which states allow an LPN to Determine death?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to sposator's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm an LPN in Oregon and have worked in several different nursing homes and an assisted living facility. I have attended several deaths and been the only nurse to make the determination. My...

  7. The Honest NCLEX Exam

    Simba&NalasMom replied to caroladybelle's topic in General Nursing

    Haha!!! Sorry about the Sprite thing. I'm an LPN and work in a group home for medically fragile DD adults. When one of my individuals is hospitalized I spend time hanging out in the room on my days...

  8. Anybody approved for SSDI for fibro?

    Simba&NalasMom posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Around 7-8 years ago, I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It has been mild until about 6 months ago. These days, I'm lucky if I get 1-2 days a month that are free of pain and fatigue. So far, I haven't...

  9. Anybody approved for SSDI for fibro?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Simba&NalasMom's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Sorry for the slow response...thanks so much for taking the time to help, Heather! It's amazing how unique the triggers for flare-ups are from person to person. I live in Portland, OR, and humidity is...

  10. Anybody approved for SSDI for fibro?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Simba&NalasMom's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Wow, Esme...thanks so much for the thoughtful response and the time it must have taken to write it. That's a great site! It looks like in 2012 the SSA changed their criteria for approving folks with...

  11. LPN Travel

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Barbara H.'s topic in Travel

    Barbara are they using med aides in CO a lot yet? I heard they started training them a few years back. I got licensed in CO and worked in Lakewood my first NH. Usually I had around 35 and all the...

  12. LPN Travel

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Barbara H.'s topic in Travel

    Sorry for jumping into the thread so late...Strawberry, did you have correctional experience before you started traveling? Or did you just kind of jump in? I'm excited to hear about LPNs traveling; I...

  13. Portland-home health

    Simba&NalasMom replied to meaganb1989's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I would check out Gentiva; when I worked assisted living the HH RN was from there and she seemed pretty happy. Not sure what they pay. Avoid Addus; I haven't heard anything for a few years since I've...

  14. How is the market for LPNs?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to gaius's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Not too good right now; I've been an LPN for 8 years but got into the vicious agency cycle, don't have the most stable work history, and have been having a hard time finding work. Very saturated with...

  15. Replaced by Certified Medication Aide!

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ladyjanelpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You do have a point...some of the buildings I have been in (I work agency) will give the nurses 20-30 skilled patients and it's all you can do to keep your trachs

  16. Replaced by Certified Medication Aide!

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ladyjanelpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yep. I would sooner flip burgers than pass meds. It's just not something that I happen to be good at; the passes are insanely heavy and I can't handle that level of stress, I'm like the deer in the...

  17. How high have you seen??

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Tarabara's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen them in the mid 30s (US) and

  18. How high have you seen??

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Tarabara's topic in General Nursing

    I think I had a guy once in LTC whose BG at the hospital was around 1200 or so.

  19. Replaced by Certified Medication Aide!

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ladyjanelpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Here in OR, CMAs work under their own certification. If they screw up, it's them and the facility that gets it. To the OP: here in OR it is similar. We have CMAs (I'm actually grateful that we do as I...

  20. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    Simba&NalasMom replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

  21. 54 yr old healthcare worker called a "bag of bones" by her healthcare employer

    Simba&NalasMom replied to kcmylorn's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    She earned her angel wings tenfold. :) Hopefully the owner was also ignorant enough to fire her so she could sue under whistle blower

  22. Foot care

    Simba&NalasMom replied to adrienurse's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    What an inspiration you are, LoisJean! I have lots of foot care experience and am also hoping to open my own business soon. Thanks for your wonderful response! :) Edit: Just realized I already...

  23. Anxiety/short attention span/no filter/chronic pain...vent

    Simba&NalasMom posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    So I was just let go AGAIN. This time it was my big mouth that got me in trouble. I have also been let go from other various jobs for 1) not succeeding in a preceptorship because my performance...

  24. Anxiety/short attention span/no filter/chronic pain...vent

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Simba&NalasMom's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    :hug:Thanks so much for the support and encouragement, my friends! I've seen a therapist on a short-term basis and am getting to know better what makes me tick. What will work for me, ultimately, is...

  25. How to tell the family the patient has died

    Simba&NalasMom replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    I would imagine that would vary widely by state. It's my understanding that here in OR, licensed nurses must get a verbal pronouncement from the MD unless the resident is on hospice. If the resident...