superbratnurse

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1. IM injection question

   superbratnurse replied to srknurse's topic in General Nursing

   I work in LTC, I have always used Z-track, mostly in the VG, but with agitated, combative patients, sometimes, you have to hit the biggest muscle you can reach easily...such as the quads, or delts in...

2. Losing your skills in LTC

   superbratnurse replied to Cubby's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   the only skills that i feel i have really lost are peds/ob experience.... i have post surgical patients, cvas, ivs, sometimes with lipids, or tpn, irrigate catheters, not to mention insert...

3. anyone here NOT have back problems?

   superbratnurse replied to alias's topic in General Nursing

   Been in LTC for 17 years...1 as CNA (during LPN school) and 16 as LPN, and never hurt my back ON THE JOB.... however, I was in an ejection MVA in '97 and broke my back, but thanks to a talented...

4. What is your salary?

   superbratnurse replied to daniele72's topic in General Nursing

   I am an LPN in LTC in a little town in north central Arkansas... i work in one of the higher paying facilities there, and have 16 years experience. I gross about $3000 a month. sometimes more...

5. nurse to pt.ratios

   superbratnurse replied to angltnk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   in my state (Arkansas) the legal ratio is 40/1 on days and evenings and 80/1 on nights (11/7) of course there are ways to get around that, and it depends how your facility is broken up... in my...

6. Charting Bloopers

   superbratnurse replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

   When I first Graduated from school I worked in a small hospital, that would frequently put noncontagious pts such as kidney stones or chronic pain, on the post-partum unit, when the hospital was...

7. Code Procedures Please

   superbratnurse replied to nursebabygurl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   the best thing to do, is check your policy and procedure book, and ask your don. also ask the other lpn's in the building what procedure is, or the nurse on the previous shift. at least find out...

8. Lovenox Injections: SC, But Where?

   superbratnurse replied to lmz's topic in Patient Medications

   The best thing that I could come up with on the web was a patient guide for self-injection of lovenox, put out by Aventis pharmaceuticals, for their prefilled syringes, and in it, it said: "May I...

9. Where you work

   superbratnurse replied to AlishaNHayzley's topic in General Nursing

   I work at a LTC facility in North Central Arkansas, our nurse pt ratio 30-40 residents per nurse, depending on which area you work in the facility, at maximum census, the most residents a nurse could...

10. Share Your Saying

    superbratnurse replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ok, here are some of my favorites: "Too broke to pay attention" "Sharp as a bag of wet hair" "Dumb as a bag of hammers" "Squirrelly as a bird" (remember i'm from the South) My dad's favorite saying...

11. Is it ever ok to force a resident to change?

    superbratnurse replied to NicInNC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The only thing you can do, Nic, is what you are doing....it sounds like a no win situation to me also. Just make sure that you document everything you do, (as you seem to be doing) and keep bugging...

12. How do they post DNR in the patients rooms at your LTC

    superbratnurse replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our facility has red heart stickers on the charts, and on the name cards outside the resident's rooms if they are a DNR. Also our MARs have the code status on the bottom. Another thing that is...

13. Incident Report Turmoil (somewhat long)

    superbratnurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Hi commuter, Ok, first off, and I know this doesn't help much...NEVER state or chart a measurement that you haven't measured yourself, don't trust YOUR liscense to anyone else! That's just to keep...

14. Falls and incident reports in LTC

    superbratnurse replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    DO IT THEN.... don't leave it for later, don't wait at all if you can avoid it, it just takes 10-15 minutes max, to call family/RP, doc, fill out the form, and chart the details after ya assess and...