Lorie P.

everyone! for those of you that would like the yahoo study groups for helping with excelsior, here are the ones i belong too and wanted to pass along. tons of great information, advice and files to look at. [email protected] ...

or i would be so bored right now. my pt is sleeping up to 6-7 hours for the 8-10 that i am here. i would go bonkers if i didn't have my laptop. anyone else here have a pt that sleeps alot? if so, what do you do to help pass the time? not that i am co...

i have to let it be known, i loved my first week as a private duty nurse! after only one day of training, i had my routine down and could not belive how well it went. i had had time to sit and talk with my pt, make him laugh, talk more than he has ...

cya, cya, cya.... i usually put " no new orders received, continue to monitor pt's status" of course i chart why the doc was called and all info i gave to him/her. from a past experience i had to call an on call doc 3 x about a pt that had a major c...

we have a comfort kit that our medical director will order and we can give atropine 2-4 gtts q 4 prn for secretions...

doesn't sound like a wise thing to do..if the sibling was 18 ( adult) i would feel better about it. did the agency have the parents sign a release form so that you wouldn't be held responsible? sure the agency says once you sign out no problem, but l...

like others have said it takes time, background checks, reference checks, and plus the HR people still have their daily jobs to do. Patience is needed just hang in there!

my orientation for the prn hospice position went very well. i spent 2 days in a classroom and then was able to ride with a nurse for days when she did her visits. the first day out, i jumped right in and did assessments on a couple of pts, then went ...

it was a nation wide company, but they downsized and some of the nurses that worked there got some investors and bought the company. so now it is a private owned company. the pres is a rn with a mba and all of the top admin folks are rn's too. it is ...

was doing my assessment on a terminal pt this past week, he stated he felt like he was going to pass out. i asked him if he felt light headed, dizzy, faint, seeing stars, etc, he looked at me and said " i see monkeys", his wife replied, i never hear...

it person is different, i know of 1 pt that has been like this for 3 yrs, but justlast week he took a turn for the worse. so please enjoy the time you have with him that he is still able to do things.

I didn't say that I was going to give po meds pr, jut mentioning what was told. I know better than to just take some one's word for anything , I always research and go by the Policy manual. Thanks so much!

i just ocmpleted my first orientation day for a local hospice. i asked about the "butter" being used and was told yes! it works and they don't have a problem with it. the rn that did ( doing) orientation says" what can be used for the good of the pt"...

:yeah::yeah:this is why we have an's so that we can vent and not wind up losing our minds!!

but like other areas of nursing....some just aren't cut out for pdn! maybe one day i might consider going back to pdn, but for now i am going to work for a very realible hospice company. those recruiters at the agency not all of them,were something e...

nope sometimes we need to take care of us! don't feel guilty about working prn, if you can than more power to you. here in the deep south there are alot of pdn positions posted. i have seen both lpn's and rn's work the same cases, not sure about the ...

you need to check with your bon in the state you live in to see if they accept ec. also remember that if your state does except ec and you plan on moving to another state, you may not get endorsed by state #2 cause you went the ec route. also go to t...

stop by the hr office ask to speak to the supervisor and politely ask what can be done to expedite your background check. if they give you a time line say check back so-in-so then show up againa and request what you need . sometimes the hr dept are ...

i start orientation next week for a hospice position, any advice, thoughts, recommendations would be greatly appreciated. i am nervous but excited. a new area of nursing for me. also any of you wonderful lpn's have any advice? i know the rn's do, but...

so sorry this happened, but move on and learn from it. too many times i have seen some really wonderful nurses that really knew their stuff and then some one would become jealous and complain and the nurse would either be let go or leave on her own. ...

just spend the next 2 weeks focusing on your pt care, med pass and knowing that you are still getting experience in time mgt. i would pull the preceptor aside again and ask him point blank but in a nice way what is it that i am doing wrong if you tel...

there is no reason to let your employer know about you medical issues. keep up with the doc visits, meds and exercising. if you need a day to regroup, take a sick day and take care of yourself. good luck!! come here anytime to vent, share the good an...

i don't have a hard time getting up( sometimes i do) but it is after i take my morning cocktail that whipes me out for a good 4 hours or more. all i can do is keep taking it one day at a time!! hoping tomorrow is a better day!!!

glad to hear that some things are better. it does seem like a mountain or 2 is off the shoulders once we leave a job doesn't it? can understand about the anxiety of finaces, i got my cobra paperwork and just laughed when i saw how much they wanted. i...

the last few days have been blahhhh to say the least. i have slept for 10hrs or more inthe last 3 days. the new meds don't seem to be helping as much. i will give them until early next week and then call the doc. it seems as if i can't get enough res...