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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 c...

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...

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...

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.

I was just wondering what kind of medication systems are being used and what are their pro's and con's. At my LTC facility we use blister packed meds on rungs divided by halls and times of day so at 0700 you would take all the rungs labeled 0700 for ...

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 ...

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 lates...

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'...

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 embarr...

holiday pay and union. It has to be negotiated.

I heard from a friend of mine when they were finished renovating her building the doorways were too narrow for the beds to go through and the bathrooms were so poorly designed that they had to go back in and redo most of the renovations. I don't thin...

I don't think there is anything wrong with having a field of interest in nursing but I think, and could be wrong, the issue is with people who take up nursing that really don't want to do any hands on care. Why would you go into the nursing field and...

Working LTC is difficult because you don't have all the time you'd like to spend with the residents. Even the CCA's don't have all the time they need to spend with the residents, and it's mostly due to understaffing. This being said I do like LTC ...

Thank-you for all the feed back. There are very few people around here I can get this information from and sometimes I wonder if I'm doing the right thing ie..suggesting tea tree oil. I did refer the lady back to her doctor b/c on my last visit th...

I agree with Augigi. Our facility is unionized and I doubt their is anything that the union could do when there is no one else to work.

Of the union talk for a moment. If your CNA's won't work ie...change a brief when asked. Tell them you are writting them up, change the brief yourself if you can (ie..have time) or delegate it to someone else and document the incident, then follow-...

the nurses in the union should be the voice. this is often true, but it also helps the good nurses as well. besides i don't feel rn's and lpn's should be in the same union as the cna's/pcw's because our issues are different. if your voted union ...

I don't know about agencey nursing but I do know what its like starting out LTC scarey. Meds are the whole day, you'll see them at night when your sleeping, worry when you get home that you might have missed something even with your checks b/c there...