WingsEarned21 LPN, RN

You are right they woulda saved more money sending home one of the R.N's but we know we are the lowley ones and they sign off or do the admissions so that is probably why they kept her and sent you home.Just like my last job gave me the telemetry tra...

Thanks for the info .I have been wanting to purchase my own as well for work.We have one ,that is just it 1.When we have over 30 residents and you are doing pulse ox on most of them and need to do certain charting certain days then you spend all day...

I made $28 and change for working a weekend program at teh hospital.That was weekend bonus for just working weekends and night shift.We also got a bonus every 3 months.If the holiday didn't fall on the weekend you didn't work it.After 5 years though ...

I heard the clinical failings in that program were for minor things like not wearing or changing gloves and washing your hands,not pulling the privacy curtain,etc. If your comfortable with all those minor things then your good.

MA's can draw blood and do billing.I feel your frustration and am once again contemplating trying to come up with the money to do excelsior.

All good suggestions if you can find the certifications or someone willing to train or give you a chance. Been nursing as an LPN for 24 years and am having the trouble I listed .I have wanted off the floor for at least 10 years and can't seem to get ...

You will find the politics in administration anywhere you go.It sucks big time.If you are lucky enough to find a company that actually gives a hoot anymore then they will welcome ideas otherwise you will see them let you go or make your life hell.Bee...

They just cut our pay 4 percent where I am. Don't know what we are going to do.Hubby works too ,but a lot of his paycheck is on comission.I just heard yesterday that an administrator form our sister facility was supposed to go to a new facility that ...

I hope your hubby can make that kinda money .My hubby did it for a while and there was no money and he was gone from his family for a week at a time.They cut our pay also where I am.I am used to doing my own tx's and orders and Dr. rounds so it was a...

You can get an MDS certificate, also a telemetry certificate.We can get just about anything an R.N. gets even though they may say R.N. only .That is because an R.N. still has to sign off on those things for state reemursement issues.Drives me crazy,t...

You have to give it time.You will find yoru own routine that works for you,honest.Just remember LTC the patients usually don't change too much so you don't have to worry about getting a new patient or hsving all new patients for your assignment.You w...

Well dressing changes get done after med pass.Not really important as to when they are scheduled as long as they get done on 7-3.Also pass 8,9 and 10 a.m's at once.Accuchecks are usually done by night shift adn insulin is either given by day shift or...

I was told by some STNA'S that they no longer teach them how to take a manual BP.I feel they surely do not or did not teach them proper parameters or how or why it is so important for these to be right.I have had the same thing happen andI do not get...

A sleeper is a sleeping pill.Ambien,restoril,etc.Also know your pain meds.Lyrica,vicodin,tylenol with codeine aka t3's,percocet,darvocet,ms contin,etc.

You should carry the med reference book that is available through many nursing supply stores or even college bookstores.It is kinda thick but very quick looking up meds and right to the point.Nothing like a PDR. It usually contains the year in the ti...

I believe in using wrist or electronic cuffs but I also believe that a nurse should have enough common sense that if she gets a weird reading to take the bp by manual cuff not just take the reading for granted.The electronic cuff's have had a tendenc...

If you are truly a nurse the ot will be automatic .You will not be able to let go and pass on things for fear they won't get handled unless you come across a few that are like you to relieve you and that you can trust to follow through.I can't rememb...

LPN'S in my area are making $16-$18 for a new grad.I know it took me 18 years experience before I saw 30,000 on my w-2 for a year .I made that working my arse off in OT.I now make 32-34 year.Hopefully I will get it together and get my R.N. within th...

I have found this to be facility specific .Hospitals usually no,LTC depends on their policy.I remeber asking the board and they e mailed me the policy/jargon they wrote up which is gray.I was able to decipher that we are allowed to hang I.V. bags (at...

bluegeegoo2 hit the nail on the head.I did the same thing and have been a nurse for a long time.My CNA'S respect me because I help them and rely on them for changes in my patients.They say a lot that I am the only one that has done anything about tha...

Luckily when I was in the hospital setting my charge nurse and the leaving nurse always reported to me that I was getting another pt. and I got a face to face report.It does happen at times though or you have one pt. on the other side of the floor an...

I thought about quitting seriously in the last 7 years many times.I have been an LPN for 23 years and all of that has been floor nursing in one aspect or another.I love the hospital and the long term care.The hospital because it used more of my Quick...

I worked in a hospital setting on a 32 bed telemetry unit and we were lucky if we had one cna on 11-7.They were responsible for helping us get our vital signs and patient care as much as possible but we did a majority of it ourselves.In the long term...

I need to know where I can get information on how to place a foley bag when the patient is in the bed lying on their side.I need to do an inservice at work on this and I am not able to find a visual aide or documentation on this.Please help.Thanks so...

Everything I see states over the thigh and below the bladder.If you place the tubing over the thigh while on their side wouldn't there be backflow which is what we are trying to prevent so we can prevent infection.I thought it should go between their...