kmarie724

kmarie724

LTC

Member

  • Content

    280

  • Visitors

    8,618

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    5

All Content by kmarie724

  1. What do (did) you do during the gap between graduation and your first job

    kmarie724 replied to sourapril's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Had a baby! My oldest DD was born less than a week after my last day of class. My plan for my maternity leave was to study for NCLEX, pass it, and have a job as an RN within 6-8 weeks. It turned out...

  2. What do you do about doctors who don't write scripts for narcotics/sleeping pills etc

    kmarie724 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Call and fax and call again. Ask the pharmacy to call. Fax over the form pharmacy faxes to us stating they need a script. Call again and

  3. Does your facility send someone home every shift?

    kmarie724 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When our census is low, we send home a CNA home early (usually half way through the shift) if we are full staffed and we don't fill a call-in for a CNA if census is low. When someone needs to go home,...

  4. 2 months into my job, and I have state coming this whole week. any tips?

    kmarie724 replied to keepitsimple0025's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The best advise I got from my DON, if you're not sure of the answer to a question they ask, don't say "I don't know" say "I'm not sure, but I will go find the answer and let you know" and then go find...

  5. Electronic charting- administration time out of compliance

    kmarie724 replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When we went to EMAR, we changed our med pass times so we had a longer window to give them. With the exception of meds that absolutely need to be given at a certain time (eg: it's scheduled q 6 hrs,...

  6. Patients who can do ADLs but want nurses to

    kmarie724 replied to destova's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The strangest thing I've encountered in this area was a pt with orders to straight cath for post void bladder scan greater than 400 cc that admitted she tried to hold in her urine while she was on the...

  7. Almost passed out during clinicals!!

    kmarie724 replied to fm1089's topic in General Students

    When I was a student, I passed out at clinicals while observing a circumcision. My clinical instructor noticed what was happening and caught me and sat me in a chair and one of the nurses got me some...

  8. which shift is preferable for nurses who has a baby?

    kmarie724 replied to gwafuh_rn's topic in Nursing Career

    I just recently switched from evenings to days. I have two little girls, ages 4 years and 13 months. Evenings were nice because I had my mornings free with them to do what we needed to do and I could...

  9. Working nights with a new baby

    kmarie724 replied to mgalla's topic in Nursing Career

    I worked nocs when I went back to work after my first baby. If I had to go back to work again that night, I would sleep at my mom's house and she would watch the baby and wake me up when she needed to...

  10. Habits you picked up from work...

    kmarie724 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I opened a new bottle of ibuprofen at home yesterday and without even thinking I grabbed a Sharpie and wrote the date opened on

  11. Habits you picked up from work...

    kmarie724 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    When I used to work nocs, the beeping of the garbage truck backing up when I was sleeping during the day always caused me to wake up thinking "What alarm is

  12. How much training did you get?

    kmarie724 replied to sue1000's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I started as a new grad, I trained on all 3 shifts. I trained 5 shifts on each shift (nocs/days/eves) plus worked two shifts with the evening supervisor to learn how to do an admission. Looks...

  13. Dry Hands

    kmarie724 replied to puroticorico's topic in General Nursing

    At night, I slather my hands in Aquaphor and put socks over my hands. My husband makes fun of me, but I don't care. I also love L'Occitane hand

  14. How do you all like to start your shifts?

    kmarie724 replied to j_tay1981's topic in General Nursing

    I work day shift. My first priority after getting report is to get blood sugars and insulins done as well as any tx or assessments that are that are best done before people get out of bed for the day...

  15. Things pts say that make you scratch your head.

    kmarie724 replied to Mommy&RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We used to have a resident in the LTC I work at that would constantly put on her call light to c/o not being able to find her call

  16. Pumping at Work???

    kmarie724 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC and pumped for both my kids while working there. I was working evenings, so I would use the social worker's office since she had already gone home for the day when it was time for me to...

  17. State Survey all this week.

    kmarie724 replied to KRODD's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good luck! Just stay calm and do everything the way you were taught to do it. I managed to mostly avoid the surveyors asking me too many questions the last time they were are my facility by trying my...

  18. Soiled Scrubs Mid-Shift

    kmarie724 replied to TheBlackDogWaits's topic in General Nursing

    I keep an extra set of scrubs in a plastic bag. If I would need to change, I would bring the soiled ones home in the plastic

  19. what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

    kmarie724 replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    I got a $25 Target gift card. There was also a Christmas party which was a catered lunch and they had a drawing for some other prizes which looked like they were things donated by other local...

  20. Scheduling conflicts

    kmarie724 replied to JackFrostRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a set schedule that is a 6 weeks block. I like it because I can figure out my schedule months in advance if I want to plan something. We are required to work every other holiday and if it's...

  21. Moments that make you giggle....

    kmarie724 replied to Pat2012's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One day a resident with demtia was c/o her husband not coming home (he had been deceased for many years, but she always forgets). She said "I guess he's not coming home, so I'm going to find a new...

  22. What should I bring with me on my first day in LTC?

    kmarie724 replied to Mrsearly2009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Lots of pens! As soon as I set on down, it tends to disappear. I also bring a Sharpie marker, a yellow highlighter (for "yellowing out" DC'd orders) and my own bandage scissors since there never...

  23. No BP taken before BP meds??

    kmarie724 replied to brandinalove's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We don't take BP before administering BP meds except for when there is a recent med change or for a few residents who have a h/o their BP bottoming out. People at home don't take their BP before...

  24. CNA job & Pregnancy

    kmarie724 replied to bluemountain's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I worked as a CNA my entire first pregnancy. I worked right until I went into labor at 39 weeks. It is a myth the heavy lifting can cause a miscarriage. In my last trimester, I did need help...

  25. mom vs nurse

    kmarie724 replied to rn2bnok's topic in General Nursing

    I work full time evening (3-11:30 pm) and have two kiddos, ages 3.5 and 10 months. Right now, working evenings is great because I have the mornings free to spend with my kids, run errands, clean the...