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1. Question about insulins

   signet123 replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric

   Don't feel like a fool. This is a very common mistake. When Lantus first came out, I remember Doing this once or twice. Someone asked me what this new type of insulin was. I looked it up online and found out you can't mix it. The drug books on t...

2. repeating parrot

   signet123 posted a topic in Geriatric

   I started working at a new nursing home recently. They have been orienting me to different halls. On the one hall I worked over the weekend, there was an intresting sight. This little old lady who speaks only Italian had a stuffed parrot. It was ...

3. They dropped my mother head first

   signet123 posted a topic in Geriatric

   I'm an Lpn working in a local nursing home 2 days a week. I watch my son the rest of the time while my spouse works. My mother is a resident in the facility where I work. She went in there about a month after I started working at this place. This was...

4. New to LTC. Any tips for me?

   signet123 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric

   You definitely need more orientation time. I was almost exactly in the same position you are six months ago. It was very overwhelming trying to learn all the patients and their habits. How they take their meds, what treatments they have ect.. A f...

5. tips for dealing with an uncooperative pt

   signet123 posted a topic in Geriatric

   I'm a new LPN working as a med nurse in a nursing home. I have this one patient who is very uncooperative. She is diabetic and gets accuchecks at 4 pm and 9pm. She gets Novolin N at 4pm as well as coverage determined by the accucheck. She also get 5p...