ns lpn

Thank heavens. I didn't even think it was something you did or didn't but I know the questions that always go through my head anytime something unforseen happens. Take care.

The assisted living facility I work in is only staffed 8-4 by one LPN (1:21). It is attached to a LTC facility which offers only emergency care/medication delivery/Treatments after hours. It is the families responsibility other wise to see they are cared for after 4pm. Problems arise when pt's health turns unexpectantly and they need 24hr care but usually they get sent to OPD and we r/f to re-admit when this occurs...sad but true. Some of my pt's are almost completly independent and others need meds, baths, meals, pysio ect... In a week you could have a day there is little to do and the rest you could be non-stop it really depends on the pt's health mental and physical. From what I can see the 'assisted living' title can be very different from one place to the next and I would be trying to research as much as possible about each one before working in them.

That's awful I would be freaked out too. I've never seen the police at work for anything except the odd time an alzhiemers pt's called and filed a complaint. ?? if it's because that type of break is uncommon and they need to follow up. Or ? Would the family have requested an inquiry? Maybe they're checking the facility over to see if it meets safety standards?

I like to smell nice too but there are far too many ppl with sensitivities and allergies. I say no at work and yes at home.

I agree with babynurse some people just don't respect others. It happens in all fields not just nursing and it is very frustrating. My personal pet peeve is "it's not my job" I hear more RN's, LPN's and CNA's say this at my work to each other and I just hate it. There are lots of things not in my job description but well with in my scope of practice or just basic human things that I do to make life easier for my patients and my co-workers. I don't understand how staff can be so kind to a patient and so mean to each other?

I tend not to go if I'm sick. They are short staffed and I'm a good nurse, they are not going to fire me. Besides if I go in I know I wont be able to leave b/c they wont let me with out a replacement.

You need a buisness plan and insurance to protect yourself. Also you'll need to be extra cautious to stay within the bounds of your job description (which may be hard if your learning new skills and competencies in school) and if you do nothing else keep good documents of your activities. I would think assisting with ADL's, meal prep. and errands would be as much as I'd offer starting off. Good Luck:)

Good advice, thanks.

Should be illegal everywhere.

My grandmother was taking Sinemet QID for her Parkinsons and she too had a lot of hallucinations. Currently they have her on a very low dose of the Sinemet and she seems to have a lot less hallucinations but still gets disoriented to TPP. Our latest problems with her are the numerous seizures she takes some lasting much too long, but according to her doctor not epileptic and therefore not worth treating???

I don't see any difference in the nursing care provided by male vs. female nurses and I'm not afraid to tell a co-worker the same if they hold that bias. A good nurse is a good nurse male or female.

I don't even want to know if I do, but I find it interesting that my LTC is so intrigued with knowing which pt's carry it and never ask if staff do?

had to spend a whole day making up beds - so i know what you're talking about!":rolleyes: lol...wish i could train her in cna work.

My mother took nursing and never finished b/c she didn't like it. Anyways she still had nursing books in the home when I was growing up. In grade 5 we had to do public speaking and my mother still teases me today that my topic was "bursitis"....I've always been interested in human conditions. When I graduated I was in the top of my class but didn't know exactly what I wanted to do for the rest of my life and because I'd recieved a bursary in computer sciences I fiqured that was what I should do...so I took a tech course and did really well but never did anything with it ...it wasn't what I wanted. A friend of mine had taken the LPN course and was telling me about her work...it sounded good....and here I am doing it. Ideally if I could go back I would have taken extra courses in grade 12 and applied for scholorships into a BSN program but I am content being an LPN and I still enjoy learning about the human condition.

I don't hide it but I don't tell everyone either. I think I lose my nursing perspective when it's my child, my husband,my mother ect.. I find I'm not so calm and professional when it comes to them or myself. I think this is normal but can be embarrasing if others know your a nurse. As far as going to the doctors, yes its awfull for me because I work with my GP. Not only do I see him at work professionally, I see him outside of work as a patient and it can be embarassing. Only sometimes do friends or family ask my medical opinion and they know I'm not a doctor so if its something I know or can find out I tell them if not then they have to go to the doctors like everyone else. I don't find strangers ask this b/c they usually don't know I'm a nurse.