thenursebabe25

thenursebabe25 has 4 years experience and specializes in Long Term Care.

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1. Nurse coworker won't help with patient care

   thenursebabe25 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Alright everyone, I need some advice. I work at a small long term care/assisted living facility. Small as in my floor literally always under 10 patients. Our ratios are unheard of. On my shift, we...

2. How to deal with CNA insubordination?

   thenursebabe25 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Before anyone gets upset, please understand the whole story. I'm the nurse that absolute adores and appreciates CNAs. I'm the nurse who has no problem making check and change rounds with the aids even...

3. Patient “fall”? No neuro checks?

   thenursebabe25 replied to thenursebabe25's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, I really appreciate your feedback! All very true. As far as agency; I've been a nurse for 2 years now and in healthcare for about 5. I would say my lack of confidence at times comes from paranoia...

4. Lazy Coworkers?

   thenursebabe25 replied to thenursebabe25's topic in General Nursing

   So I work for one of those online agencies that are really just more of a third party than an actually agency. They wouldn't really be able to do

5. Lazy Coworkers?

   thenursebabe25 posted a topic in General Nursing

   OK everyone! How do you handle working behind a lazy coworker? For example. I'm an agency nurse, and there's one (LTC) facility I work at frequently. Just about every week. There's one particular...

6. Patient “fall”? No neuro checks?

   thenursebabe25 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I worked at a LTC facility (memory care unit) for the first time with one of my agencies. I had a patient complaining of pain to her side. After assessing patient, my CNA let me know that her son...

7. Could I lose my license?

   thenursebabe25 replied to thenursebabe25's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for this, I said the same exact thing when the nurse gave me report!! It was the MDs responsibility to order any appropriate testing! Again, I appreciate this

8. Could I lose my license?

   thenursebabe25 posted a topic in General Nursing

   With everything going on in the nursing world as far as the legal aspects, I'm constantly paranoid about losing my license. Especially working in a long term care facility. As most nurses do, I still...

9. Did I fail my patient?

   thenursebabe25 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I worked at a long term care facility as an agency nurse. It was a crazy night, I sent several patients to the hospital and so forth. A high fall risk patient managed to get out of bed into her...