tatgirl

tatgirl

Geriatric and now peds!!!!

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  1. Tattoos & Nursing

    tatgirl replied to jadedgreeneyes's topic in General Nursing

    Originally Posted by evbella Having a tattoo certainly doesn't mean you are less intelligent or less capable. I would much rather have a competent nurse with a tattoo than the one without that...

  2. Frustrated in LTC!!

    tatgirl replied to NurseyInFL04's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our management claims to back us up regarding abusive individuals but they really dont. One woman has been on every unit in the last 6 months. The reason: she is extremely verbally abusive and...

  3. Frustrated in LTC!!

    tatgirl replied to NurseyInFL04's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I hear you loud and clear!!! sounds like my work place. I have one resident whose husband will follow you while you are trying to give meds, wanting things for his wife. When I politely tell him that...

  4. Nicknames your pt's give you

    tatgirl replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    One of my residents for some reason thinks that my name is Donna (it is now, it is Wendy) I have no idea how she got that idea. fortunately no one else named Donna works on our unit so it is ok! One...

  5. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    tatgirl replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I work LTC on one of 3 units. One evening at around 1030pm I heard a page saying my name to go to room *** (which was not on my unit). I go to the room and the resident is c/o chest pain radiating to...

  6. Nursing Home Rehab Units

    tatgirl replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I too work in LTC with a rehab unit. I am on the LTC side, but I do have a couple of residents that should be on the rehab side. I have pt who sustained 3rd degree burns to over 50% of her body who...

  7. What meds do you see the most often?

    tatgirl replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ahh yes vitamins for wound healing: vit c, vit e, vit d, calcium, namenda, aricept, iron, senna, lots of colace!!!!! hydralazine, captopril, effexor, wellbutrin. Lots of pysch meds in ltc, but no...

  8. What meds do you see the most often?

    tatgirl replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Insulin, remeron, seroquel, ultram, vicodin, fentanyl patches, coumadin, vitamins, wendy

  9. You guys see what's up over at the RN corner?

    tatgirl replied to msdobson's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    back when my mother was a LPN (in the late 60's) they had talked of phasing out LPN's. 40 years later LPN's are still a vital member of the healthcare team. I am proud to be a LPN. Wendy

  10. big bad nursing myths busted

    tatgirl replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Dang, I am in the wrong speciality!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol. I would love to hold and rock little babies all day long!!!!!!!!! Wendy

  11. big bad nursing myths busted

    tatgirl replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    Let's see: Nurses who work in LTC couldnt hack it in the hospital. Night shift nurses dont do anything all night long ( yeah right!! I have worked nights, and worked my butt off, 1 of me to 46...

  12. How many pts do you care for?

    tatgirl replied to FrankieJane's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am thinking of moving to hospice from LTC. Can ya'll tell me what the LPN's do in hospice? I love my LTC job, but since they hired too many new nurses they have cut my hours down (despite the...

  13. Could she do this?

    tatgirl replied to jenni82104's topic in General Nursing

    This nurse shouldnt have witheld the antibiotic. How does she know it isnt working? Were labs recently drawn? If that was the case, she should call the dr and let him know. Definetly let the DON know...

  14. New syringe every day?

    tatgirl replied to MNNurseCorps's topic in General Nursing

    It is our policy to change the piston syringes, and gravity tube feeding bags q 24 hrs. When I hang new bottles of formula for the continous feedings, I always change that tubing too. A couple of the...

  15. night nurse who leaves everything undone..

    tatgirl replied to linzz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have a resident who is straigt cathed q 6 hrs. He is supposed to be cathed at 12a and 6a by the night nurse. she has excuse after excuse why she couldnt do both. She will cath him at 4am and that...

  16. Smoking in LTC

    tatgirl replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At our facility we supervised smokers and unsupervised. The supervised smokers are taken out by staff at 8am, 11am, 2pm, 4pm and 7 pm. The am times and the early afternoon are done by non nursing...

  17. LTC patient injury

    tatgirl replied to Anne36's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Joy: i hear you loud and clear. We too are a restraint free facility. I get so tired of hearing: the residents have the right to fall. I hate the paperwork involved, calling families. sometimes...

  18. LTC patient injury

    tatgirl replied to Anne36's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    the first question I want to ask is: if this place is so awful why is grandma there? i am a LPN in a ltc. The job is not easy, but I love my residents. Bruises and or skin tears can occur, especially...

  19. What brand/type of shoe should I get?

    tatgirl replied to opal6779's topic in General Nursing

    I wear Nike Air with arch support inserts from Dr Scholl. My feet dont hurt at the end of the shift, and neither does my lower back. I recently (on whim) bought some frocs (fake crocs!) and put the...

  20. Lying to your patient???

    tatgirl replied to TraumaICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above poster. Notify the doctor. for the life of me, I can not understand why her family would lie to her. The patient needs to know the truth. Wendy

  21. Blue collar treatment with white collar expectations

    tatgirl replied to wordstew's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like our facility. management is out the door at 5pm, and gets their weekends off. Just last Friday, we had a meeting. We are so short on nurses and cna's. We were told that we needed to work...

  22. Thrifty Facilities?

    tatgirl replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    I work in ltc, and we are always running short on accu-check strips. We have 3 units and each unit has alot of diabetics receving q6hr checks. anyhow, the don accused the nurses of taking them home....

  23. PRN ducolax suppositories, okay to give right before shift change?

    tatgirl replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    At my LTC facility the scheduled bowel meds (MOM/suppositories) are given at 9pm to work overnite. Now as far as the prns, if day shift had given a prn bowel med right before I came on duty ( I work...

  24. post polio syndrome

    tatgirl replied to old1guitar's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother has this as well. She had polio as a child. She is now in her 70's and was recently dx a few years ago.

  25. highly recommend saunders

    tatgirl replied to law3576's topic in General Students

    I used my Saunders book to help me study through nursing school! When I graduated and got ready to take the nclex, I used Saunders and nclex made incredibly easy. I passed the nclex on the first time...