Lil1Flip

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1. Nurse to Resident ratio

   Lil1Flip replied to 4everlearning's topic in Geriatric

   No RN in the building.... wow where I work we have an RN in the builing at all times. Day shift on my side we have 1 charge, 1 treatment nurse and 3 nurses, on evenings we have 1 charge and 3 nurses at night it is 2 nurses. The average is 1 nurse to ...

2. How do you get through a loss?

   Lil1Flip posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am just curious how do some of you cope with a loss of a patient? Do you ever get immuned to it? At the long term facility I work in we have just started a celebration of life committee, in which we are celebrating a life. We are just starting and ...

3. Have you ever done CPR off duty?

   Lil1Flip replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

   okay I read and now I am going to respond. I have only performed CPR twice as a nurse (neither survived) and as a volunteer EMT 12 with only 1 surviving initial crisis died a week later. It does come to you. I remember the very first arrest I had and...

4. Lowest blood sugar you have seen

   Lil1Flip replied to AfloydRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have taken care of a resident that would go below the range on glucometer which is below 20 on ours. He is talking making perfect sense. The only reason we check his fingerstick is it is ordered before each meal and at bedtime. Sandy