fadingyouth

Curious to know if anyone else has noticed a delayed reaction to amiodarone drip. My patient was on amiodarone via a left mid lower forearm site. Natrecor was infusing via the left hand. Upon assessment at 0730 there was a gof ball sized edemat...

As an LVN/LPN you acquire a great deal of hands on experience. We learn how to insert foley's, ngt's, IV's, care for peg's, and assess the total patient. The new RN grads, lately, appear to know the text, but have difficulty knowing the clinical ...

I have to agree, Brownie. Although I presently do almost as much as the Rn, I probably have less difficulty doing it for I make more! Isn't life funny?:chuckle

Please be informed that not all agency/temp nurses are here today and gone tomorrow. Hospitals have contracted agency nurses--contract is for 13 weeks. Just no assistance with housing or benefits. in some cases these contracts keep turning ov...

Our family became aware of this project when our dad was in Hospice years ago. There may be another name for it in Arizona but I would think that the Cancer society would be able to lead you in the right direction. This is a wrap-around group--...

Does it make you nervous when you see little old ladies and men shuffling in a store? Does it send shivers up your spine when you just happen to notice that they have a gait difficulty? I walked up to a 80 something gentleman at the mall recentl...

brownms: in most situations you can still, after discharge, ask for a social service consult. they should be then able to provide that patient with services that they can seek on their own. hospice centers also provide counseling service and...

At a time when nurses of all categories should pull together to request changes it seems that we become further apart. Daily new grads faced with the realities of bedside nursing, of broken backs and less support decide to walk away and find a...

some 15 years ago lvn's/lpn's were allowed to seek area specific certifications. i can recall being able to apply for, take, test and wait for certifications in et, diabetic ed, and become a part of the iv therapy team. i suppose the idea that...

I have been an LVN for 35 years and I can recall when I was a NURSE. Now, it seems that since the message is that only professional nurses have the knowledge to be able to assess the total patient and thereby prevent or negate a crise, they are the ...

I know I am because... As a triage nurse for a managed care clinic I would be on call every 3rd weekend. although I always thought that my son and thought that he certainly did not see the frustration- he brought it all home to me one day. ...

Rn in ICU: Managements attempt to correct a situation failed to produce positive results. I am not saying that it is wrong for an LVN to work in the unit because I do, but it is preposterous for one to be in there to "relieve" the bur...

Dear Mattsmom: Ahhhhh indeed! Seems like the right thing to do to feel better. Should the opportunity arise I would certainly love to show some of these RN's what a strong LVN can do.(that's not to say that there aren't any here) Nur...

Where is it written that RN's know the why's and what-for's and LVN's do not? Where is there documentation that RN's have all the rights and LVN's don't. Where is substantiation that they know and we have difficulty knowing? Sorry to say that ...

Each state board has its own criteria and whether you are an LPN/LVN or RN the hospital further regulates your job skills/tasks/ performance. Having ACLS, Chemo cert., BMT cert, a critical care course, advanced iv therapy, etc., does not neces...

Now then if we could just get doc's to place central lines.......... Amiodarone appears to be the drug of choice as of late. What bothers me is that there is no significant literature on possible side effects. That is those reactions that do ...

Haven't really seen this kind of thought since the 60"s, although I am sure that it exists. It was the norm then to find young girls who fancied themselves as wives of successful M.D.'s. They would come into the unit or recovery room reeking of...

Facilities/staff that cannot see past themselves should not expect an agency nurse to return. In the many years I have contracted I tend to start an assignment with the belief that I am there to assist them. However, if attitudes, assignments and g...

:uhoh21: Amazing how this topic springs eternal. Have seen polls often during nursing shortages. It seems to be a matter of do we or don't we use agency nurses. I voted. Presently I am treated as well as regular staff. But then ...

I just reapplied nail tips. Short enough to be able to do anything . I tried applying strengthners, creams, gels, but my nails curve inward and split straight down the middle. They did all this prior to my first application of artificia...

Recruitement of foreign nurses is nothing new. They have been doing it for years. Phillipine nurses were recruited for Texas hospitals and offerred pay, apartments and phone. As time elapsed they found that they could not continue to meet the...

That is a primary reason why I stay agency and not agree to a staff position. Maybe, someday before I retire I shall see Texas come of age.

Get up and go to report and expect????? Somedays, I found myself with the 4 corner syndrome and used to think that it was done to intimidate agency nurses, but.... as I kept watching I found that the staff nurses had those patients too. I some...

Get up and go to report and expect????? Somedays, I found myself with the 4 corner syndrome and used to think that it was done to intimidate agency nurses, but.... as I kept watching I found that the staff nurses had those patients too. I some...