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  1. q 15 mins charting

    kstec replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    If and when I would ever get caught for this same exact thing, I would ask the person in charge to do it with the patient load, the workload, all the paperwork, the medpass and on and on. Sometimes I...

  2. Long Term Care Needs Some Direction!

    kstec replied to Karynica, RN's topic in General Nursing

    It's the same one's you saw sitting on their butts laughing, that run around like the biggest and best employee of the facility, dictating what is and isn't getting done, rather than getting of their...

  3. What besides the obvious do state inspectors look for in LTC?

    kstec posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I recently started at a LTC facility and they just got a new administrator and are trying to clean the place up. I've only been a LPN for about 18 months and primarily worked family practice for most...

  4. old lady feel like I am starving her

    kstec replied to ulmaulma's topic in General Nursing

    You're the patients advocate. If she voices she wants food and doesn't want to starve to death or has a prognosis that is good, go to anyone and everyone who will listen to get either her food or a...

  5. pt rights & staffing

    kstec replied to caroline205's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The poor residents at my facility know exactly when we are short staffed. They either have to wait to long for something, the nurse is passing meds late because she is pottying people and answering...

  6. If you won the lottery, would you continue to work?

    kstec replied to Natingale's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I think I would get bored not working after a while. I've heard to many horror stories of people who win the lottery ending up worse than before they won, so I would attempt to keep my life...

  7. Going back to get RN from LPN, scared to death

    kstec posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a LPN for appx 18 months, I'm 36 years old, with an 8 and a 10 year old boys,and married. When I did the LPN program full time, it about killed me. The reason that I'm forcing myself to go...

  8. Going back to get RN from LPN, scared to death

    kstec replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    TriageRN 34 I am presently a nurse, LPN. I'm furthering my education, because I want more opportunity. Where I live LPN's are limited, and I enjoy what I've done so far, LTC and family practice, but...

  9. NG Tube Yields 2000 ml Immediately

    kstec replied to Nurse_Advocate's topic in General Nursing

    Kind of like the day I went into work and found my young resident (40+ yrs) sitting up in bed rocking. She doesn't really talk, so I asked her to lay down and what do you know, she looked 4-5 months...

  10. Just met "Ms. Know It All LPN"

    kstec replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    I did make a comment to the ADON about this know it all nurse and she of course defended her attitude by saying that me and know it all have the same type of strong personality and that is why we...

  11. Just met "Ms. Know It All LPN"

    kstec posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work at a LTC facility as a LPN and a new nurse just started the other day. She's been a LPN for about 20 years, so I was just basically orienting her to the unit. Well for starters she's doing...

  12. Just met "Ms. Know It All LPN"

    kstec replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    As far as using alcohol when testing blood sugars and administering injections, I would love to learn more about its significance. But for now I will use the alcohol wipes, because my people get pee,...

  13. Just met "Ms. Know It All LPN"

    kstec replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    When the know it all nurse made the comment about the cholesterol meds, I knew that they work better at night, but I also know that for some reason they are given in the morning. The thing that got...

  14. Told that over time "I would lessen my concern for change"

    kstec posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a LTC facility and am a fairly new LPN. I'm very much a type A personality who strongly believes in being a patient advocate. I believe that residents deserve water, food, cleanliness,...

  15. "Escorted" out of work

    kstec replied to spaniel's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I quit my first LTC job because in the 8 months I was there they walked out 3 DON's and 2 administrators. For what, I have no idea, but I got the heck out of dodge. If the facility is that unstable,...

  16. Assisted living or LTC??

    kstec replied to smak60's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well from what I know assisting living has next to no assessment skills that will be utilized except in rare circumstance, but you also have no poop, or pee to clean up. In LTC care, your assessment...

  17. Promotions in LTC?

    kstec replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Depending on where you live is whether you can do other jobs. In Illinois LPN's are considered LTC emplyees, not hospital, so I've seen LPN's as ADON's, MDS coordinators, Clinical Education...

  18. mixed staffing, all-RN or not?

    kstec replied to nursewanderseek's topic in General Nursing

    Well where I live, LPN's are made to be more of a burden on the RN than an asset. I live in Illinois and the city I live in has 3 large hospitals and none hire LPN's. Between the state of Illinois'...

  19. LPN acronym

    kstec replied to michael79's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    "Let's Pretend Nurse", and "Licensed Pee

  20. coworker complained: I dared to say "butt."

    kstec replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    If someone complained about you saying the word "butt", then I should be unemployable because when I get stressed more than the word "butt" comes out at my supervisors. Of course, not in front of...

  21. Guilt: Not being able to do it all!!!!!

    kstec posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just started at a LTC facility and like the previous one I worked at, it's very short staffed. The big concern I have is that I attempt to jot down things as I'm passing meds to address when I'm...

  22. Guilt: Not being able to do it all!!!!!

    kstec replied to kstec's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I turned in a 2 page list of things that I've witnessed that are not being done on a daily basis on the unit I work on yesterday. I gave one to the Adminstrator and one to the ADON. Some of the...

  23. Do LPN/LVN's work with NICU or Maternity Wards?

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

    I don't know where you live, but in the state of Illinois, only RN's work anywhere in the hospitals, especially critical care areas. The only LPN's left in hospitals have either been there a long...

  24. Rather work with men or women?

    kstec replied to Runman1914's topic in General Nursing

    I have had better luck with men as coworkers. When I worked in the hospital pharmacy prior to becoming a nurse, most pharmacists were male and I never dealt with alot of BS and that is why I worked...

  25. Mixing Lantus

    kstec replied to ann945n's topic in General Nursing

    I've actually witnessed nurses mixing Lantus with other insulins. I've made a comment and they of course just blew me off. I do not know what happened with the patients, but that is one of many...