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horrorxgirl

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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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

  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. Immobile med carts

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

    Whoops! This was totally meant for the LTC

  7. CCAC Fall 2012 Applicants

    horrorxgirl posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hello, Is anyone else in the process of applying for CCAC for fall? Right now I'm waiting for the office to finish pulling up all of my transcripts and paperwork so that I can turn in my application....

  8. 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

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  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. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. 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...

  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,...

  16. 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...

  17. Bathing in LTC

    horrorxgirl replied to txdon's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    This is what I was thinking too. Our residents get at least a weekly shower or more if they request it, but it's all scheduled and split between two shifts. Nobody gets a shower every single day...

  18. I'm so agitated right now! Mostly a vent.

    horrorxgirl posted a topic in General Students

    So I've been attending CCAC for 2 years now. My High School has sent them my transcripts 4 times. FOUR times! They still have somehow NOT received them. I have no idea where this problem is coming...

  19. obtaining UA/C&S in LTC

    horrorxgirl replied to nursegreenbean's topic in General Nursing

    I always straight cath. It is a very very very rare occasion that I get a sample any other way. I've never had a sample sent back stating it was contaminated which leads to quicker treatment. It's...

  20. C-Diff, and isolation precautions

    horrorxgirl replied to katrinabreck's topic in General Nursing

    The facility I work at does put C-Diff patients on isolation. They don't do it for MRSA

  21. any one applying for Pittsburgh area fall 2012 programs?

    horrorxgirl replied to pixiestudent2's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I'm applying for the fall nursing program at CCAC Allegheny. I'm doing LPN to RN so I would be joining the class that started last year

  22. CCAC Nursing school or possibly one of the others?

    horrorxgirl replied to Newme17's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    So they are telling you that you need to have the bio done before applying instead of having it done before the program starts? I am an LPN that is doing prereqs at CCAC and our requirements are a...

  23. Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    horrorxgirl replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I totally disagree with you. In fact, my Dad sees a physician who also utilizes an NP. My Dad and his wife prefer the NP because she is better than the doctor. Recently, my dad became very ill, began...

  24. I have a question about CCAC LPN to RN program

    horrorxgirl posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I have been working on my prereqs for this program for quite some time, but something occurred to me today that I hadn't even thought about before and is now stressing me the hell out. Going into the...

  25. Postfall Neurochecks. What's your protocol?

    horrorxgirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering what type of post fall neurochecks that other facilities, mainly longterm care facilities, have in place. When I first started at my current job a few years ago, whenever a...