LesMonsterRN

LesMonsterRN ADN, RN

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I'm a Long Term Care RN with a passion for person-centered care. I'm also a penguin-obsessed musician as well as a wife/mother/grandmother in flyover country.

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  1. I'm a GN Nurse w/ Sarcoidosis

    LesMonsterRN replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I have sarcoid, too, but for as much as I've read on it, I never connected joint pain with it although right now I'm having some pretty intense hip pain. Makes perfect sense now that I think about

  2. LPN's just glorified nurse aids in LTC? Huh?

    LesMonsterRN replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's odd to me. In MO, our IV-certified LPNs can hang the first dose of an abt - most of the time there's no other choice. We can't mix TPN, but we can hang it and Lipids as well, which in some...

  3. Getting a hard night off my chest-

    LesMonsterRN replied to FNimuaeMae's topic in General Nursing

    That is so

  4. When staff accuse resident's of being racist?

    LesMonsterRN replied to LadyMonteCarlo's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I really and thoroughly object to referring to the word demented as being crazy in this instance. A person with dementia has a loss of cognition. While they might also have psychiatric problems,...

  5. Job Offer - Patient Load Resonable???

    LesMonsterRN replied to joey1967's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It sounds like it could be a huge gamble with the staffing issues. If you didn't have to pick up an additional unit it could be okay, even if you only had 1 LPN with you during a shift, but covering 2...

  6. Does this sound do-able?

    LesMonsterRN replied to jade-athyst's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm wondering how many CNA's typically work 3-11 and what the LPN's responsibilities are. For an experienced LTC nurse it could be very doable, depending on those two variables. As a newish nurse, it...

  7. What exactly am I in for?

    LesMonsterRN replied to emotional_she's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I would give any amount of money for that kind of

  8. Anyone pushing 50 and a recent grad??

    LesMonsterRN replied to TCooper's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This thread has given me such heart and confidence! I'm 42 and plan to return to finish my RN in a few years. I've worried that my age will be a problem, but I'm much less worried after reading

  9. I need a 12-step program

    LesMonsterRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am addicted to this forum! LOL. I recently made the decision to return to school to finish my RN and what I'm really burning to do after I'm finished is to work in L&D. Quite the change from...