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  1. Regulations re: MARS

    kstec posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I just started at a new LTC facility and I'm wondering if what they are doing is necessary. When we get orders from the hospital for a new admit we of course have to write them all out on the POS,...

  2. Help Me! I'm trying to quit smoking!!!!

    kstec posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a smoker since I was 14 years old and will be 36 this Sept. I have two boys who are 7 and 9 and hate the fact that I smoke. No I don't smoke in my house or car. The other day my 7 year...

  3. Better clinicals with BSN program???

    kstec replied to litebrightgirl's topic in General Students

    I'm a LPN, but from what I've heard and gathered from talking to RN ASN, vs. RN, BSN is that ultimately you both take the same state boards, but a lot of the testing is on assessments and what to do...

  4. Snapped at a nurse student last night, she had a bad case of Nursitis

    kstec replied to Tony1790's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    As a LPN, I've experienced the hierarchy crap too. I think it goes all the way up. If your a CNA, then why aren't you a nurse, if your a LPN, than why aren't you a RN, then it's when are you going...

  5. Digoxin Error, How should it be handled? Worried for a Pt.

    kstec replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    LPN's are in charge of themselves in LTC. We don't answer to RN's. It would of been the nurse whether it be LPN or RN to contact the MD. As for her being on orientation, in the future always look...

  6. I Quit!

    kstec replied to Super Nurse JoshuA's topic in General Nursing

    I had to do that appx. 3 months ago. It's a little different for me, but the reasons were the same. I'm a LPN and was working at a LTC facility. My unit had 32 residents (10 hoyers, 7 diabetics, 3...

  7. As a new grad, expect to stay late?

    kstec replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    For the one's that think that I get paid overtime for my extra hours over my 8, I don't. I get straight time, because I'm prn. My facility doesn't pay overtime until you get to 40 hours a week. I'm...

  8. As a new grad, expect to stay late?

    kstec replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    Well I have found that on a very rare occasion I get out on time. Most of the time it's anywhere from 1 to 3 hours late. I work at a rehab facility and was just supposed to cover from 6pm to 10:30pm...

  9. For all nurses, especially peds..Heartwarming

    kstec posted a topic in General Nursing

    [color=#d600d9]am i a firemanyet?? [color=#8e15ff] in phoenix , arizona , a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6 year old son, who was dying of terminal leukemia. [color=#8e15ff] although her heart...

  10. Transgender Nursing Student

    kstec replied to Transgender_n_TN's topic in General Students

    Nursing school is hard enough alone, but adding the whole being (externally) your changing, that is going to take it's own toll on you emotionally, physically and psychologically whether you want this...

  11. Please help me

    kstec replied to lulu190080's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Study up on what you know are your weak areas. Review sample NCLEX questions. Then just try and relax. My thought was, if I don't know it by now, I'm not going to learn it in the short amount of...

  12. Graduated LPN in 06 - Havent worked yet! Need Advice!

    kstec replied to bshi's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Honesty is the best policy. If you interview with a facility who has any understanding of family first, then they will understand and be willing to be patient as you get your feet wet again. I would...

  13. Second Med-Surg Shift...Woot!!

    kstec replied to pagandeva2000's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Where do you live? I'm just wondering, because the hospitals around where I live wouldn't touch a LPN with a ten foot pole. When I originally started my pre-reqs for the LPN program LPN's were still...

  14. First Job!! First Day!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh...

    kstec replied to LVN2145's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You'll be a nervous wreck and it will continue that way for about 2-4 weeks. Once you get used to the residents and the medpass, it will get easier. At first you think that there is no way you'll be...

  15. A question for geriatric nurses...

    kstec replied to VickyRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    On admission, we copy what the discharging MD wrote and give a copy to dietary. The RD will then meet with the resident and family after looking over the the diagnosis(s). She will then request any...

  16. Liability and giving opinions

    kstec replied to nowinsituation's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't see what you did wrong. I had a patient recently who had already had one leg amputated and all toes off the other. He had numerous necrotizing spots on the foot with no toes. When the...

  17. Nursing, Smoking, and Kids

    kstec replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    Call me the dummy. I'm a nurse who smokes with kids. I know it's bad and have tried to quit with every product out there. I quit when I was pregnant and while I was breastfeeding and then started...

  18. Does Pharmacy Experience Help??

    kstec replied to joshindfw's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a hospital pharmacy for 14 years as a pharmacy technician and it helped me emensely (sp). I actually tutored in LPN school for the critical care drips and calculations. In pharmacy you...

  19. Need to accept LPN school position by Friday Jul 18th, what do I do??

    kstec replied to Tony1790's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Take the LPN course, it will open up all kinds of doors and if you like it,(working as a LPN) obviously continue, if not, quit. There are always other options for different careers. If nursing is...

  20. Does anyone feel the same way?

    kstec replied to bagladytoRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The LPN/RN thing is a neverending story. A RN, ASN or RN, BSN, does not a good nurse make. Anyone who goes into nursing for the right reason whether it be a CNA, LPN, or RN are excellent in my eyes....

  21. Dementia pts refusing to eat.

    kstec replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I've had dementia residents who still know to hold a cup, so they lived on 2 cal or medpass, or whatever each facility calls it. If it was 5-10 cups a shift, than be it. Also, like someone else...

  22. death and dying

    kstec replied to evil03midget's topic in General Nursing

    When I started as a nurse two years ago I'd experienced two deaths in my family, so death was not my area of expertise. The first death was my grandmother who was 48 years old and I was 8 years old...

  23. IJ catheter for Dialysis

    kstec replied to kstec's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Thanks for all the replies. Yes the resident was brought to us to pass. He is alert and confused and does pull at this IJ and peg tube. My question also was ,why didn't they pull the port before...

  24. Unfreaking Real!!!!

    kstec replied to chiari_mom's topic in General Nursing

    I had to call yesterday to let my boss know that I would be late getting to work because my grandmother was actively passing. When I went up to the hospital before work I had no idea that she had...

  25. Nurses: Who came from a dysfuntional family?

    kstec posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am just curious as to how many of us came from a dysfunctional family. When I say dysfunctional, I mean children of alcholics, drug addicts, mental illness, child abuse whether it be physical or...