MistiroseRN

I am so very sorry to here of her passing. I read so many of her post while I was in school and PM'd her to tell her how much I learned from her. All I have to say is heaven is lucky to have her!

I could not agree with you more! I know I only have a little over a year of experience working in LTC. I have 30 residents I take care of. I work the midnight shift. No matter what is going on in my personal life i NEVER show it to my residents. when I am on the job I belong to them. The other morning one lady remarked that I am always pleasant when I wake her up in the morning for her meds. I told her to let me know if that ever changes because it will be time for me to find another job. I love my job and I love my residents.

Marachne thank you so very much for the links. Again thank you all for replying.

Thank you all for your replies. I do understand about the non verbal signs when assessing for pain. It just seems that when someone is close to dying in our facility here comes the Roxanol. Marachne that is when we are giving it every hour. I have oftened questioned if it is necessary. I don't want my residents to be in pain. I feel I still have alot to learn about pain management. That is why I felt this was the best place for this question.

Although I am not new to LTC I am a new nurse. Recently we had had a lot of our redidents pass away. My recent patient had pancreatic cancer and was able to verbalize his pain to me almost up until the time he passed. I had no problem giving it to him. My question is more about the people that can not express to me thier pain and we have them on Roxanol every hour. Is this really necessary? I wanted to place this is the hospice section in hopes of getting feeding back from the ones who would know first hand. It just seems like we are sending them on thier way faster once the Roxanol is given regularly.

A couple of years ago I was very close to a resident. I will call her Josie. I worked the night shift and she was often up at night. She started to decline. I had a feeling she would not be there when I got back to work and my nights off were coming up. At 2:30 in the am I woke up and made a call into work I new she had passed. My coworker said how could you possibly know that she just died. That has never happened to me since.

Shhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone..............but I have done that a time or two

I could not have said it better!

The best advice I can give you is expect 265 questions. Don't watch how many questons you have. Think before you answer even if you believe you are right. Don't let anything distract you. Keep focused on the test. You don't get through nursing school by accident. Take breaks! Get a good night sleep the night before. Good luck!

First off I would like to say I am all for males entering the nursing field. I love men! I am even married to one lol. I would also like to see more enter the field. I think diversity is a great thing. Now that said I guess my point is that on some level you must have known you would be called apon for lifting before chosing this career. My floor is run on a good night with 4 CNA's and only one of them is a male. I asked him last night if he has felt the way you two feel. He said he has in other places he has worked. I guess not everyone thinks the way I do. I do not seek him out for assistants. If he happens to be close when I need help I will ask. More often than not it is a women that is close since we have more of them. I pride myself in being a team player. Nothing is below me. I change attends, answer call bells and put residents on and off the bed pans. When it comes to passing meds I only pass for my side other than that I don't consider what side the call bell is on when it is ringing if it needs answered I answer it. That is where I was coming from and my intention was not to make this a male-female issue. I just feel if the job needs done just do it. I am sure this is not the case in every facility. Maybe you just needed to vent sorry if I overstepped.

I felt the post was stating that you feel like you should get more pay for lifting patients. Why? I do extra lifting and I am not getting extra pay. It goes with the job.

I have been asked many times to help another nurse or a CNA. I feel it's being a team player and taking care of the patients needs. I realize you were asking the men but I find this question a little offensive. If I need help I will ask anyone that is close, be it man or women.

Best of luck. The wait is worse than the test.

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look at it this way there is no cheating the nclex. these people will weed themselves out. when they dont pass the exam they will only have themselves to blame. so just ignore them and concentrate on your work. you will be rewarded for your hard work when you pass the exam. good luck.