horrorxgirl

horrorxgirl has 8 years experience and specializes in LTC, peds, rehab, psych.

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1. Question about who is responsible for an incident report

   horrorxgirl replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

   Ok. I just wanted to make sure that they weren't trying to make her do something illegal. I've worked at many facilities and I've never seen one not require the witnessing party be the one to fill...

2. Question about who is responsible for an incident report

   horrorxgirl replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

   It's not that I would expect it to end up in court, it's more a question about who should be responsible and if her filling out the details of the report could be considered false

3. Question about who is responsible for an incident report

   horrorxgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

   Ok so the other day my wife was working a 12 hour night shift with the first 4 hours on one unit and the following 8 hours on a different unit. She arrived on the second unit around d 11:15 after...

4. Immobile med carts

   horrorxgirl replied to horrorxgirl's topic in Long Term Acute Care

   Whoops! This was totally meant for the LTC

5. Immobile med carts

   horrorxgirl posted a topic in Long Term Acute Care

   So my facility switched from paper mars to computer mars a few years back. Within the last year every battery pack for our computers has failed and the med carts are no longer able to be moved from...

6. Picc Line Question

   horrorxgirl replied to sophtheorn's topic in General Nursing

   The ICU that I have been doing my mentorship in uses vamps on their central lines so no blood is actually

7. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   horrorxgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   We have a room on our unit that every pt that stays there sees things. It doesn't matter if they are confused or oriented. Even some staff have claimed to have seen things in that room, although I...

8. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   horrorxgirl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   About a year ago while working midnight shift I was standing at my med cart charting on the computer. My back was to the nurse's station. From the corner of my left eye I started to see someone...

9. These just seems so gross to me

   horrorxgirl replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

   The cnas said that they were willing to go room to room to wash them but so far it's a no. Not sure what state would think about it. Lots of places used to wash bed pans together and I guess our...

10. These just seems so gross to me

    horrorxgirl replied to horrorxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    They aren't autoclaved or sterilized. I would trust autoclaving because they do that with surgical instruments. Bleach isn't a sterilant, it's a disinfectant. Good point about the silverware although...

11. These just seems so gross to me

    horrorxgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    So somebody at my facility has decided to make the rule that the cna's on 11-7 have to collect all of the plastic bed pans from everyone's room and soak them together in some bleach in the soiled...

12. PA scope of practice for LPN. IV pushes?

    horrorxgirl posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I had a question about LPNs doing IV pushes in Pennsylvania. As far as my understanding goes, and from what I've read under the PAcode for LPNs, that we are not allowed to do IV pushes. My sister...

13. Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

    horrorxgirl replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I will tell you a story. When I was a junior in High School, I had trigonometry. Advanced math has never been my strong suit, and at the time I didn't take it too seriously. I went into class one...

14. Looking for guidance on becoming a nurse educator

    horrorxgirl replied to horrorxgirl's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thank you for the info! I do believe I'm going to focus on med surg. I'm going to have to try to find out the qualifications for teaching CNA classes in Pennsylvania. Perhaps that would be a good...

15. Looking for guidance on becoming a nurse educator

    horrorxgirl posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hi, I'm just looking for some input on experience needed to become a nurse educator. I've been working as an LPN for 10 years, mostly in longterm care, but some experience in peds, transitional care,...