tatgirl

tatgirl specializes in Geriatric and now peds!!!!.

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1. Patients Going Behind Nurse's Station

   tatgirl replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   I too let my patients behind the nurses station! But they are disabled children. However, when I worked with adults, it was a no-no. Wendy

2. Getting burned out?

   tatgirl replied to Jennifera's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I worked at a facility like the ones above too. 46 residents total, 2 nurses, 4 cnas. Lord help us if we were short (which we usually were). Admissions always came on my shift (3-11). You would think...

3. Turnover

   tatgirl replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Nurse hanson: do we work at the same facility? lol. I am so tired of having to scrape up supplies to do my treatments. My patients pay alot of money to be there, and by golly they deserve all the...

4. Is nursing hereditary?

   tatgirl replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

   My mom was an LPN for 35 years. My great-grandma was a nurse too. My great aunt was a surgical nurse. i grew up reading my aunts nursing journals lol. Dinner conversations were a riot with the...

5. Hourly rounding in LTC????

   tatgirl replied to tatgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   That is the key word "Staffing". When they worked us short all last month, the head honchos never gave us a thought as they left at 5pm to go home. The study worked well because it was done in the...

6. Hourly rounding in LTC????

   tatgirl posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   yesterday at work I was handed an article on hourly rounding studies that were done in the hospital and how hourly rounding can cut down on call-lights and falls. The study sounded reasonable as it...

7. LPN program @ ECPI

   tatgirl replied to Wonni85's topic in Virginia Nursing

   I attended the VB campus from Sept 2004 to March 2006. I went to the night program which is 18 months long. I chose them, b/c I had to work fulltime during the day. At the time I went, they were in...

8. How Many Lpn Students Made It Out Of Your Class

   tatgirl replied to vina2550's topic in LPN, LVN Students

   My class started with 50 students. As classes progressed people failed or dropped out. Once we made it to first clinicals, people started dropping like flies!!! We graduated with 10. I work with 3 of...

9. Hostile Family Members!

   tatgirl replied to NrsheartTS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I am in the midst of dealing with a hostile family member myself. I have a pt who has a trach. Now mind you I work in ltc, so i also have 23 other residents I am responsible for. this particular pt...

10. This may be a bit MORBID.. But this little guy is the reason I want to be a Nurse.

    tatgirl replied to GilbertDaddy's topic in General Nursing

    No, it is not a morbid reason at all. My son is the reason why I am a nurse today. He was born in 1990 with a rare genetic birth defect. At the time of his diagnosis, he was the 5th reported case in...

11. Are most LTC understaffed? Are most nurses in LTC overworked, understaffed?

    tatgirl replied to Bala Shark's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    the answer is yes, yes, yes. I am a charge nurse on the 3-11 shift in a ltc. Right now I have 43 patients total for my one unit. There were 2 nurses on the floor, and only 3 cnas. Each cna had 14...

12. What nursing "invention" would make you famous?

    tatgirl replied to juscallmegrace's topic in General Nursing

    An aersol spray system that would deliver Ativan in the air for those aggitated patients, their grouchy families, and sometimes the cranky nurses!!!! lol. Wendy

13. bereavement policy?

    tatgirl replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    My facilitys policy is 3 paid days. In fact I am using one of them today. My mil passed away on Dec 23rd and her funeral is today. I have a sneaky feeling since we are short staffed on nurses, that I...

14. Bite Me!

    tatgirl replied to sleepyndopey's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have been bitten in the past month twice!! No one else gets bitten. My co-workers say I must be tasty!!!! lol. Thank God, the bites didnt break my skin!! Gotta love being a nurse!!! They dont tell...

15. Advice needed

    tatgirl replied to tatgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our policy here if a resident states suicidal ideation is to notify the md, and then they are on suicide watch. Personally I feel that the mds nurse since she supposedly heard the patient say this...