aerinlpn

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1. New Grad LPN Blues

   aerinlpn replied to diana2moss's topic in New Nurse

   I totally feel your pain I am a new lpn grad I took my boards in july and landed a nursing home job full skilled care I recieved 8 days of training from a nurse that was packing a huge stage 4 pressure ulcer with a 4 x4 that fell on the floor oh my g...

2. Nursing Home Nightmare

   aerinlpn replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

   thank you I will check out the site and see what it says. you guys are all great you can get your questions answered right away. tahnks for all the help aerin

3. Nursing Home Nightmare

   aerinlpn replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

   so I guess I just need to toughen up and face the fire, get through what I can and manage the best I can with what is unfamiliar, I think I will be applying at the hospital in the mean time. I think the 6 weeks of training would be an experience of r...

4. Nursing Home Nightmare

   aerinlpn replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

   thank you Dale, it is true each thing I do for real makes me think hey I can give a real person a injection and it is not much different from the skin bag in school. I know it will take time to adjust I need to have confidence in my ability to figure...

5. Nursing Home Nightmare

   aerinlpn replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

   well I guess I will have to see how tonight goes I know I will be the only LPN on again with just the one medication aide, it just doesn't seem safe to me knowing most of my skills have been done on manicans and not real people. Thanks for the replie...

6. Nursing Home Nightmare

   aerinlpn replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

   should I mention it is union and i am only paid 14.42 should I get my own liability insurance even though there is a union?

7. Nursing Home Nightmare

   aerinlpn replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

   40 residents to 1 lpn is normal? With 8 days training. At the hospital new lpn's have mandatory 6 weeks training before on their own

8. Nursing Home Nightmare

   aerinlpn replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

   thank you but won't that look horrible to the next job interview I have. To say I only last a week?

9. Freaking Out!!

   aerinlpn replied to ckaeser's topic in General Students

   keep your goals insight. make a study schedule and stick to it as much as possible. I studied and read at 4am before husband and two small children woke up then I knew I could get it done with no interuptions and it was fresh in my mind for the day I...

10. Nursing Home Nightmare

    aerinlpn replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

    The DON is the one sending people home to save $ I stated concerns and his reply was I have full confidence in your abilities. WHAT? I think I have spoken to this guy three times. Does anyone know the answer to the liability if something happens and ...

11. Nursing Home Nightmare

    aerinlpn replied to aerinlpn's topic in Geriatric

    No it wasn't 11 -7 It was 2:30 to 11pm there were 40 residents . the TMA could pass meds but I had to do all treatments injections and narcotics. the problem was that 20 of the residents on the 2nd wing I hadn't even met yet so I had to keep asking t...

12. Nursing Home Nightmare

    aerinlpn posted a topic in Geriatric

    new LPN started first nursing home job. I have only recieved 8 days of training and was left in 40 bed facility for whole shift with 1 TMA myself and 3 aides is this normal. oh my god should I get out of this isn't that a huge liability on myself if ...