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catlynLPN

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  1. Medication Administration: Nurse as a caregiver

    catlynLPN replied to Balder_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I wouldn't want to do it, unless I could review the medication list. Can she look on the bottles? That might not help tho, if there should be something, in with all the other containers,...

  2. Our coworker wants to be the manager and we get to interview him...

    catlynLPN replied to Freshman RN's topic in Emergency

    You all better be praying he doesn't get the job. Sounds like a nutcase to

  3. Help! New nurse needs advice: Incident at a LTC facility

    catlynLPN replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I read your post but don't have time to read everyone else's, so you may have already received this advice. If I were you, I would get copies of all the papers, ESP that paper the CNA documented...

  4. "The Jesus Factor"

    catlynLPN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    OH, ok, I see some of what you are saying concerning the first part of the question. But concerning the second part, isn't it really more about the patient than the caregiver.....it doesn't matter if...

  5. "The Jesus Factor"

    catlynLPN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am interested to know why the above statement, that you quoted, affects you this

  6. Nursing Surplus?

    catlynLPN replied to sgmanda's topic in General Nursing

    There has never been a surplus where I've worked for the last 27 years. Have always been short handed. Then when we did get what was considered a full staff, someone would quit and it would take 6...

  7. Deluded Medical Assistant

    catlynLPN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    This is intended as NO offense to you, but I am glad that my doctor has an LPN do his medication call-in

  8. Frustation with the charge nurse

    catlynLPN replied to littleRNthatcould's topic in General Nursing

    This is most definitely "abuse of authority". That's what they call it on my job. My boss used to go into her office, shut the door and do cross stitching and quilting. We knew she was doing it,...

  9. The smell...

    catlynLPN replied to dbledutchs's topic in General Nursing

    I remember the first time I worked as an aide many years. An older aide was training me. We had to change a severe decubitus. I thought I would never get over the smell. We didn't know about the...

  10. assault in nursing home

    catlynLPN replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This went on for 3 years and no one saw anything for 3 years??? Didn't nurses there make rounds q2hrs and the aides doing their bedchecks, changes, meals being served, trays being picked up, and...

  11. Pruritis at the movies?

    catlynLPN replied to nptobee's topic in General Nursing

    I know. Cute for a quick laugh, but on the serious side, I, too, thought about all the germs that could be lurking on those seats.

  12. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    catlynLPN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I read alot of this stuff for learning. You can learn from other people's mistakes. Hopefully, I don't have to learn something so big as that K+ shouldn't be given IM, but some things are suttle. But...

  13. Pruritis at the movies?

    catlynLPN replied to nptobee's topic in General Nursing

    May be bugs on some o" you mugs but there ain't no bugs on me!!! lol....I couldn't

  14. Hospital to charge employees who smoke

    catlynLPN replied to lpn2rnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    If everyone had to submit to testing for every imaginable disease and test negative there would be no sense in having insurance. So they start out with smoking and overweight, what's next? They'll...

  15. Never ending frustration in LTC.....

    catlynLPN replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    That's just it....they're NOT thinking. The OP should call Office of LTC, or whatever office in her state governs the nursing homes. It is STATE law that people are supposed to be toileted and...

  16. Reality in the LTC

    catlynLPN replied to pnurseuwm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've worked LTC. I did not set up meds ahead of time. I started on time, and got finished on time. I didn't have to do treatments as we had a TX nurse. So after my 8pm med round was done, I went to...

  17. How would you tell your boss this?

    catlynLPN replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Relabeling of meds prescribed for one person to another person is "practicing dispensing". And that's illegal unless done by a licensed

  18. Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    catlynLPN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    You think alot like myself. I took out a second loan on my house to put some new siding on it, and the loan was about $16,000. I worked a part time job a couple days a week, as my regular job is 4...

  19. Unbelievable, what do you think?

    catlynLPN replied to Lylesmom's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's illegal to document in a patient's chart that the reason something wasn't done was due to lack of staff. If it isn't actually illegal I'm sure your manager would have a field day with...

  20. Nurses as Patients: What was your best/worst experience as a patient?

    catlynLPN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    look, i'm old...i wear glasses but there's not much going to help me be able to read this small print. can you make it bigger,

  21. Nurses as Patients: What was your best/worst experience as a patient?

    catlynLPN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    My experience occurred when I had my gallbladder out. When the surgeon came in the next day to change the bandage and check the incision, he pulled the taped bandage off in such a way I thought I was...

  22. RN from h#ll

    catlynLPN replied to bshaw96's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know one of

  23. "A good first impression???"

    catlynLPN replied to ahett's topic in General Nursing

    You know that uniforms you have to buy are tax deductible? You will get some of your cost back that

  24. Would you call in because you didn't get any sleep?

    catlynLPN replied to Elvish's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I called in recently due to not having had any sleep in over 24hours. Had something upsetting happen during the night, causing me to not be able to sleep. So I called in. She thought I should...