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We do 2 person for every care. No one enters their room alone. Oh and document the hell out of her behavior.

Holy crap that's horrible! We blow our budget EVERY month because we use agency, but until I can hire more staff it's a necessary evil.

I'm doing the one from CDC as well. 12 modules and free.

We call all available nurses and all the agencies to get shifts covered. Once in a while we have to work short but all efforts are made to get it covered.

I use a 3:1 ratio. I warm and mix 3 oz milk with 1oz molasses. Works every time!

Did anyone question the high dosage? Did any one call the doctor to report her response? Those would be my first questions. You sought help but trust your instincts. You knew something wasn't right. Have a little faith in your judgment. Take thi...

There are CBD tinctures that are 100% legal in all 50 states and contains no THC. There would be no reason for them not to give it. But they probably need to be educated about it before they'd allow it. Check out hempworks.com they sell one of the be...

This might be a silly question but I'll ask anyway. If you have a patient that is hypoglycemic, we start with juice with sugar in it, or glucose tablets. I was told once that you'll want to follow up treatment with some protein, to help keep them fro...

I miss spoke, we start with orange juice, if it is lower we will add a packet of sugar. We can give glucotabs, but sometimes the juice is more accessible. The protein was to avoid the secondary spike in blood sugar.

I always start my shift seeing patients and doing my assessments, they only take about 5 minutes, flush any IV's, check what's running, etc. if they need pain meds I make that a priority and get it when I'm done with them. Then onto the next patient....

I'm sorry that you are feeling that way. Is there another carer that you could put your education towards and get a different degree? What is it about the job specifically that you don't like? Think about what does interest you and see how your curre...

Does the warning with stipulations prevent you from doing this job? Either way I think I would wait until they offer you the position. Then that way you know they like you and may want to work around it.

I would have talked with the patient about the affects of the medication and my concerns. If they didn't want it, then I could chart that they refused. I'd rather side with caution. Just because they are md's don't make then right all the time. Or yo...

I am having a hard time with tracing blood from the heart to the medulla and back. Does anyone have this? It is mostly the way back that I am confused on. Do you know of any good sites for this? Thanks, Shannon

The one thing that I cannot stand is liars. I would report it. I might report it anonomously.... (sp?)

Reading before bed. If that doesn't work I take a half a trazadone :)

Unless I had a serious conflict I wouldn't trade patients. Why would you? Recently a friend of mine and my ex hubby (Well soon to be ex), she was the nurse that took care of his new girlfriend when she was having his baby. Now that was a conflct for ...

It has been a LOT of hard work but my class has been AWESOME. We all get along and we make each other laugh. It is a real team effort, we help each other out. It has been the best time. It is nice to have friends that are going through the hard times...

Most of mine have been at 6am. My next clinical starts at 5pm to midnight. all of my clinicals have been at hospitals minus the first quarter, we were at a nursing home.

I would agree with the first post. Know what the suffixes are. Like with cardiac drugs ending in olol they are Beta blockers. Know thataa Beta blocker blocks the stimulation of the Beta1 receptor in the heart which lowers blood pressure and heart rat...

If it were me I would do the RN. I know a lot of hospitals here aren't even hiring for LPNs and the ones they do have they are having them get their RN. Plus if you are going back go for the gusto! Good luck!

Congrats! I went back to school later like you I work part time, have a son and got divorced in my second quarter. It is a lot of HARD work but totally doable. The best advice is be ORGANIZED. Know what is due when, what to read. In the first couple...

Do you reread the chapters before class? Well at least skim through it? Then you'll have an idea of what will be in class. Also do they provide learning objectives for that subject? I skim the chapters, then when I go back and read the chapter I have...

Oh yeah, I was thinking a clogged artery too.

Uh yeah, I wouldn't think he would feel good!