Beary-nice

So, a little over 4 months ago I took a RN position at a long term care facility close to my home and my children...littlest just started kindergarten. When I was looking at this position and then had agreed to it, I had an understanding with the DO...

And thank-you too. I am supposed to be doing staff education but am met with everyday roadblocks of just trying to keep afloat. It will come in time if I am patient. My relationship with the nurses has improved since my last posting. I agree it i...

Beary has been da busy bee....:typing at my new job. I am in the process of revamping an entire skin and wound care program at a long term care facility amongst doing about 40,000 other things. I am having difficulty in finding not so much the sta...

Thanks will have to check these out!

thanks for the info. i would like to see something like this for us down the pike. we are very, very small potatoes and everything is on paper. i came from a place that was highly computerized, so big change there back to old style for me.

You're right some of it isn't you and I know I don't mesh with everybody. I feel you are laying the groundwork to build yourself up and take this head on. I am glad that you stand for pt/res care, that is what is most important and this person in ...

Hugs to (((((you)))))). There are always those pts out there that we don't click with. Possibly this man was upset about something else and unfortunately remembers you so lies his unfound complaints. You did nothing wrong and you are being support...

I very much believe in this statement.

That is too bad. Just remember that wherever you go there will be another one of her, just a different name and face. If you like where you are and what you are doing don't let her rain on it. I was 19 when I first had my LPN license and dealt wi...

I am confused. You are very worried about not knowing what to do and you want to go to ICU. That is what I am getting from your post. I think somewhere in your heart you are burning a candle for an ICU position and that is fine. But, if you are s...

I am slowly getting a handle on the interruptions. If I think about it, it is better than it was. Usually it is the floor nurses coming in the office wondering how to do this or that, generally it is simple stuff like changing med times etc. I am ...

No ADON, all of the LPNs and RNs on the floor are considered "charge nurses", no supervisors really, yes we have an MDS nurse who is a LPN. I have taken over alot of what the MDS nurse was doing because she is now also doing medicare billing. Medica...

Thanks for the support Suzy. I agree I need to sit down with the DON. I have been trying to do that for the past 3 weeks. She is hard to corner. Her and I get along fine. I have worked for her before in the past, just on a different level. My g...

Sometimes I wonder about the ADON thing, but no one has indicated that and I don't know what ADON pay is, I think I make not too bad of a wage, not near what I was getting but I was working every weekend for that wage. Thank you for encouraging me ...

Bless you and thank you for responding. I was giving up. I become disappointed when I come here which isn't very often anymore just out of busy-ness, and I leave feeling ignored. I am really stressed right now, I am sorry. I wish something was on ...

Okay, I figured out it is just me. Thanks to all who took the time to at least read this. I made my bed, I shall lie in it or move on.

You are pretty early in the game. I am glad that you are doing well. It is amazing what a little studying can do. Figuring out what studying habit works best for you is part of the key. Will it always work? Hope so, but then may come the times wh...

Do not apologize for venting. I hope I didn't sound mean, but my goal is that you think of all of the angles before jumping into something else. That something else may not be any better. Some of the things you explained about the instructor, the ...

Things I dislike... 1. Poor to illegible handwriting and then a tempertantrum when you ask for clarification. 2. Holier than thou attitude. (We are all human...get with the program) 3. Pt trying to or wanting to ask questions only to be brushed off ...

Thank you for the positive comment. Thank you also again to Nightmare for commenting about PMing. I hope I was able to help the OP.

I think we are allowed a little spelling boo-boo or typo every now and then.

That is what I came up with sort of... 60x15gtt/30min=30gtt/min or 120mL/hr Oh, and I agree with what you got on the first part or the 10mL part.

:DEnema???? Now that is awesome!!! Good grief...what they won't do. You will be great, don't let it get you down...and if it is a bull whip free zone...all the more a plus! Rock on and show em you can do it!

So, if you are able to PM me and feel comfortable doing so, I would try my best to help you. You are not dumb, there are still dosage calcs that after about 20 years of nursing I still have to think about. Thank you Nightmare, I don't know all of the...

I want to help you, but is some of the problem missing?