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eldragon

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  1. A letter to my clinical instructor..

    eldragon replied to mlisk589's topic in General Students

    I can relate to your story. I'm out of school now, but had a teacher/clinical instructor kind of like yours. She lived to fail students and succeeded in failing over half the class. I'd like to say it...

  2. I don't think I can handle this!

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure why you had "LPN in quotes, as I am also an LPN. The thing is, this woman is the first to get her tray, and has it for a full 45 minutes. She's eaten 90% of the...

  3. I don't think I can handle this!

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks, everyone, for your helpful comments. This morning I almost lost it first thing when a nurse who has been an LPN for 30 years, but 3 at this facility, and works a desk job, told me I couldn't...

  4. I don't think I can handle this!

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm there because it's my first job and I was told in school to stay at your first job a year at least; and I'm there because the facility looks nice, and employs a nice staff; and I'm there because...

  5. I don't think I can handle this!

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    we have treatments nurses who do skin assessments, and it's daily - because we are a skilled nursing facility. patients only stay until their benefits run out, or they get better, usually. but we...

  6. I don't think I can handle this!

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I feel bad for my patients. By being dumped in a place like this, they are wronged several times, and losing people who care, like me, is just another bad thing that is happening to them. The only way...

  7. I don't think I can handle this!

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have 1 or 2 CNA's on our hall, and they are responsible for showering patients, helping them toilet, and making beds. They are quite busy also. At our facility, the nurse has to take vital signs....

  8. I don't think I can handle this!

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I also want to add that since I took this job, five weeks ago, I've lost 15 pounds. I'm driving my husband crazy from all the "work-talk," and I can't handle much around the house in the evenings...

  9. Other Nurses/Other Shifts Not Doing Their Part?

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is sad to hear. My life has changed so much since I took this job. My husband took a swing shift so that our daughter won't be home all day long in the summer, by herself (she's 11,) and that...

  10. Other Nurses/Other Shifts Not Doing Their Part?

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was told by a graveyard shift nurse, that I should come on nights, because "there are about 6 hours with nothing to do." That's ridiculous, because first : they make $2 more an hour than I do, and...

  11. Other Nurses/Other Shifts Not Doing Their Part?

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I actually was pulled aside today and apologized to by the RN Supervisor in charge, because she said I should not have to be spending so much time trying to get med orders filled. (I should, of...

  12. Other Nurses/Other Shifts Not Doing Their Part?

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    But other facilities are not like this, right? Please tell me they aren't all like this. Is the trick to just ignore what other shifts

  13. NCLEX Results

    eldragon replied to ufgatorfan20024's topic in General Nursing

    You have to check the Mississippi Board of Nursing website. MS. does not use quick results with Pearson Vue. Go to their website: http://www.msbn.state.ms.us/ Click on - online services, and nurses...

  14. Interesting Article

    eldragon replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    BS. For one thing, a year in an LPN program is like two years in a regular college program. I went a solid year, without a summer vacation, full-time. We had geriatrics as part of our LPN program....

  15. Submitted my two week notice today

    eldragon replied to trsa34's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It's really hard, isn't it? I just finished my 3rd week at my first job - also LTC, skilled nursing. I don't have a problem with the CNA's at all, but nurses on other shifts. I work days as a...

  16. Can you get your NCLEX results on the weekend?

    eldragon replied to alliemb222's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Probably. I got my results on the MS BON on a SATURDAY

  17. NCLEX Results

    eldragon replied to ufgatorfan20024's topic in General Nursing

    I took my NCLEX exam on a Thursday morning, and the results were posted by the following Saturday morning. Others have reported the same time frame. Good

  18. Tools, Notes for YOU to CYA

    eldragon replied to OldMareLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I keep notes written down on a sheet of paper that consists of who gets pain medicine, and why and what time; any meds withheld and why; any meds not given because there's none left, waiting for...

  19. Lpn Or Ma

    eldragon replied to greggysmama's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LPN's are the backbone of LTC. I'm pretty sure all those facilities aren't going to have the budget to pay RN's to do treatments and pass meds. Doctors offices use MA's, but the local ones also have...

  20. Is This What I Can Expect?

    eldragon replied to WVlpn2b's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm an LPN, medication nurse at a SNF. That's pretty much all I do, officially. Besides charting, vitals and and watching mealtime. I hate it. Afternoons are fine, but mornings are a nightmare -...

  21. Am I right that these things scare me enough to quit.`

    eldragon replied to OldMareLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    There are so many "evils" involved in nursing home care. First - there is the disease process that takes away the persons ability to live independently and with dignity....... next - the family who...

  22. OMG I feel so overwhelmed

    eldragon replied to kayleighac's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    True. Anything done right, takes

  23. Pay for LPN in USA

    eldragon replied to Young28's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Here in Mississippi, I just started a SNF job at $14 an hour, will get $14.50 in 90 days. Plus free health insurance, for a stipend of $150 if I don't take it. Some LTC facilties pay up to $21 an hour...

  24. Change in Delivery of Care!

    eldragon replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always heard that Alzheimers patients need a strict routine for meals, bedstime, etc? Is that not the

  25. Split days off?

    eldragon replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So it's not just me. I don't know, I always thought LTC was what I wanted to do, but this is crazy. I'm so exhausted by the time I get home, I'm useless. I'm in bed by 8. I'm not sure this is going to...