gettingupthere

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1. can you be a DON/ADON without having your license?

   gettingupthere replied to fallinnstyle's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

   Aren't your CNAs and LPNs working under the license of the DON? Or am I

2. What was your starting LPN pay?

   gettingupthere replied to kaitlynCA's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   OMG! That was a long time ago! $1.50 in

3. $35.00/hr.!!

   gettingupthere replied to Steffers's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. What is WRONG with this??

   gettingupthere replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   OMG! This is ME! I am ALWAYS ready to help my pts and coworkers, WHILE I'm at work! Once I get home, I don't want to talk on the phone evn. I check in with my kids, quickly find out if everyone's OK,...

5. Steps of a wet to dry dressing

   gettingupthere replied to oxyjen's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Non of those were wet to dry! wet to dry is not done 3 times a day. The reason for wet to dry is to debride a wound. If it's done 3 times a day, there isn't enough time to allow the gauze to dry. That...

6. What was your hourly wage at your first job as a new grad?

   gettingupthere replied to DelanaRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I graduated in 1968. I started working in a LTF for $3.50 hr. Whem I got married in 1969, I moved to New Mexico and started working in a small hospital making $1.50 hr! I make $34.00 hr now at a LTF,...

7. balloon testing prior to insertion of foley

   gettingupthere replied to URO-RN's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Ahhh, now THAT DID happen to me many years ago! The cath wouln't deflate, my supervisor said to "cut the cath and pull it out" Guess what? I wouldn't come out!!!! Had to send her to a urologist! Bad...

8. balloon testing prior to insertion of foley

   gettingupthere replied to URO-RN's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   I have been inserting foleys for 40 yrs! I have never pre-tested a foley bulb! Never was taught this practice in school! BUT, yesterday I was placing a foley in a pt with a new graduate assisting me....

9. Hit a road block with the wound vac?

   gettingupthere replied to gettingupthere's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Thanks CMARM! As a matter of fact, I did have a KCI rep come in, she really had no more suggestions than what we were already doing. BUT, I really never thought of the condom cath! DUH! As it turns...

10. Hit a road block with the wound vac?

    gettingupthere posted a topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    I have a client who arrived at my facilty with a stage 4 wound to his ishium. After a few weeks of the wet to dry dressings he arrived from the hospital with, we decided to try the wound vac. It has...

11. Wound tx's

    gettingupthere replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Only every three days????? I never heard of calcium alginate dressings being changed so infrequently! Ca alginate is for draining wounds, so why would this be ordered q3days? That's neglectful! If...

12. What do you think of agency LPNs?

    gettingupthere replied to TopazLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

13. What do you think of agency LPNs?

    gettingupthere replied to TopazLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in Long Term, I understand the need for Agency Nurses and the need for nurses to work for agencies. I don't feel positive about them at all! I find MANY medication errors, I see how some do...

14. Staple Removal

    gettingupthere replied to chellelynn25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    In our facility nurses are not allowed to remove

15. Documentation

    gettingupthere replied to bdbrdb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you have patients on Med A, you need to be very specific in your documentation. For instance, should this resident have a hip fx, then you need to document on pain level, meds given and...