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Last month our pharmacy stated that the DEA has began issuing citations that add up to millions of dollars to LTC facilities that have nurses who accept telephone orders for narcotics from MD's. This includes vicodin, ativan, xanax, etc. The pharmaci...

My mother was a patient at the facility where I work until she passed away 2 years ago. My father is a patient there now. It's a win-win situation for me. The only thing that I asked was not to be assigned to the hall that a family member is on where...

Administrator and DON are going by what pharmacy says.

After reading and listening to the news about staff taking nude photos of residents at Waddell Nursing Home in Galax Virginia, I am sickened by the thought of how anyone could do something like this. Two staff members (CNA's) took nude photos of resi...

Where I was employed at before entering the field of nursing, cell phones weren't allowed due to risks of blue prints and designs being photographed and copied. If you were found with a cell phone on the premises, you were fired. Are you saying that ...

I took the Virginia NCLEXRN. You should be able to call the 1-804 number that you have for the Virginia Board of Nursing the next business day after you take your test. You put in your SS # and a recording will tell you the license you currently hold...

The trick does work. Took the NCLEXRN on July 2nd. Couldn't find out my quick results until this morning because of the holiday. The trick was the only thing that kept me sane during the weekend. I kept getting the block that wouldn't let me reregist...

I got a dream catcher tattooed on my shoulder with my graduation date and RN. The dream catcher symbolized making my dreams come true by being a nurse. By placing it on my shoulder, I can keep it covered at work and maintain a professional attire pe...

It has always been my understanding that the LPN cannot do the initial assessment when a person is admitted to the facility without an RN cosigning. Where I work at, LPN's are constantly assessing the patient. This is a part of nursing care that the...

I've been a LPN for 2 years and hopefully will graduate with my RN in May 09. During my clinicals this semester, I've been able to spend a lot of time in ICU. I have to say that I simply love it. Of course the patient's are much more critical, but...

I am soooo in your shoes. I work 40 hrs. on weekends and I'm carrying 15 credits right now. All I do is work, go to school, and do homework on my one day off. All that keeps me going is graduation in May of 2009. I keep telling myself "this too s...

Since 1998, my mother has been plagued with numerous health problems, but we had been able to manage. My father has been partially paralayzed from a CVA since 1990. Last Thursday night, I got in from clinicals and talked to my mother and everything w...

I am a nontraditional student and received a $300 scholarship for the fall semester. Apply for everything out there. You never know when you will get lucky and get something. My tuition was 1354.00 this semester and the cost of my books was $685. ...

I encourage each of you to never say never. No one knows what it's like for another person until you have walked a mile in their shoes. I was in my last semester of nursing school when Mom's dementia kicked into high gear. She also became unable t...

I just completed a summer bridge program from LPN to RN. I'll graduate in May 2009 also. I'm also working 40 hrs/week while going to school full-time. I know that it will fly by for me and I am sooooo ready. It really sounds good to say that I gr...

You are the nurse. The aides are working under you. If you see that they aren't doing their job, write them up. You have that authority. It also shows a paper trail so that management can take disciplinary action. I can almost guarantee that afte...

I don't know how it is where some people work, but I never have time to get sleepy on night shift. I work as the supervisor. I'm responsible for the patients on my hall and every other patient in the building. There is another nurse that works with ...

I work nights 7p-7am and supervise with 62 patients. One other nurse works with me and has 58 patients. We are very fortunate to have 6 terrific CNAs. It can be done. It just takes teamwork and very good aides that are your eyes and ears. Just look o...

I used the Saunders review book but didn't take any review courses. I just couldn't fit those expensive review courses into my budget. I took the NCLEX exam as soon as I could after graduating. I passed the first time with 75 questions. As stated abo...

I passed the NCLEX with 75 questions. When it shut off, my mouth fell open. I wanted more questions. I was convinced that I had done very bad or very good. Thankfully, it was the latter and I will have been a nurse for a year this June. I know the wa...

In my LTC facility, we deal with many family members like this. I think that it's because they are feeling guilty that they can't take care of their loved ones at home. Because of this, they scrutinize every aspect of their loved one's care, looking ...

I agree that agency is not the place for a new nurse. Building up speed on a med pass takes time. I can remember the time that both med passes almost seemed to run together, but you do build up speed. If you stay at the same facilityl, there will com...

When I was in nursing school, I had to go to do my drug test prior to doing clinicals. Just so happened, this was when I had an absessed tooth and had just been prescribed percocet. Well, I went to do my drug test with my prescription bottle in hand ...

I'm just curious about something. It's the policy at my facility before removing a catheter, that we do bladder retraining for 24 hours prior to the catheter removal. This is done by clamping and unclamping the catheter for a certain period of time o...

I also worked as a CNA at my facility before becoming an LPN. I feel very fortunate for the CNAs that I have. Of course there was a transition period where boundaries had to be set. The key to the situation is that everyone has to work together. I do...