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    How big is your facility?

    lpnflorida replied to Fonenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work for a health care system non profit which includes five acute care hospital locations, as well as other healthcare facilities and services, which include a home health agency, a nursing home,...
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    Nursing Shortage Fallacy?

    lpnflorida replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Shobe, I hear what you are saying, however I believe again due current and future economy none of us may end up in the position of pick and choose. We are truly headed to a thank god I have a job mode...
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    How often are you forced to work nights?

    lpnflorida replied to yerbluez's topic in General Nursing

    I can not but think as to why it use to be that new grads did orientation on the day shift as that was where there was more supervision and then moved to either afternoon or night shift. For the 12...
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    Are there any positives to being a nurse?

    lpnflorida replied to Lola89's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is the career most love, but have hateful moments or shifts. I can explain it in no easier clearer ways. I could not imagine doing anything else, why as I love
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    x1 rn for 46 patients in nursing home

    lpnflorida replied to Aviationurse's topic in General Nursing

    mine was $23.00/hr =20 patients, I must be a woos.
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    Why unions are good for nursing and good for patients

    lpnflorida replied to advocateforsafety's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Woodenpug, yes, of course My hospital is currently working towards Magnet Status, have been for a couple of years and we do not have
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    Why unions are good for nursing and good for patients

    lpnflorida replied to advocateforsafety's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/490769_print, I found this article intersesting to read. I am wondering. Perhaps we should be comparing Magnet status Hospitals without unions. to Non Magnet...
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    x1 rn for 46 patients in nursing home

    lpnflorida replied to Aviationurse's topic in General Nursing

    Glad you laughed. I do realize that many a good nurse works in LTC and are good at it. I do not know how they do it, but they do. A part of me says, perhaps if it were not to suppliment my income as...
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    x1 rn for 46 patients in nursing home

    lpnflorida replied to Aviationurse's topic in General Nursing

    is the term run considered reasonable advice? It really is not my expertise, I tried for 2 days orientation recently in LTC/rehab prn to supliment my working in rehab at a hospital/somehow I thought...
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    Having trouble with changing iv bags

    lpnflorida replied to student200977's topic in General Nursing

    All the above is standard practice. However in regards to the secondary IV fluid it will depend on the policy the institution you work in. Our policy, we are no longer to back flush into the...
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    Shut up when I am giving you report...

    lpnflorida replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I also hate being interupted when giving report live and in color as I say. I usually stop, ask to keep questions to the end of that particular patient and if I missed something then they can...
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    Nursing Shortage Fallacy?

    lpnflorida replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    our area, we lost 20,000 people in the last year due to the downturn in the housing market which reduced our numbers of patients. Due to the economy, census everywhere is beginning to tank. Hospital...
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    Ethics of Nurse/Patient Relationships

    lpnflorida replied to patwil73's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    While I love ethical discussions, oh to be able to afford to live the life of the great philosophers. Assuming of course I would be smart enough lol... I have accepted, my belief in the principled...
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    Nurse's Discretion Dilemma

    lpnflorida replied to BizzieRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Approach your doctors when the dust settles and bring up a dialog in regards to patients rights in regards to how they want to take their meds. Ask them how they feel about it. Any patient as we all...
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    Why unions are good for nursing and good for patients

    lpnflorida replied to advocateforsafety's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I worked 20 years in a union Mn hospital from 1978-1999. While my union was the MLPNA , and the RN"s were MNA. With that said, our union made it possible to preserve the ability of the LPN's...
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    Lpn Scope Of Practice

    lpnflorida replied to Itsnotoveryet's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Re: LPN doing assessments Mn permalink I just want to impart on one part of the BON. It is the teaching part which states Rn only. So my question is. . I teach my patients something everyday whether...
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    LPN doing assessments Mn

    lpnflorida replied to ElderCare Nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    oh shoot, I just realized this is an old thread, well if anyone happens to read it. I would love their thoughts on
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    LPN doing assessments Mn

    lpnflorida replied to ElderCare Nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just want to impart on one part of the BON. It is the teaching part. I teach my patients something everyday whether is what the purpose, possible side effects or food drug interactions might be on...
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    Clinical Care Councils/Unit Based Practice Councils?

    lpnflorida replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I have been a member in our Hospital Systems Clinical Practice council term of two years.. A member of units Performance Inititives Team for the past 8 years. Our unit based Wound Care team,...
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    Nursing Shortage Fallacy?

    lpnflorida replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I do not believe at this time there is a true shortage, economics is driving the health system right now. Healthcare is however looking at that fact that with the advent of we baby boomers coming into...
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    nursing care of a family suspected of childabuse?

    lpnflorida replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Dec97/abusive.families.ssl.html hope either of these sites can be of help to
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    nursing care of a family suspected of childabuse?

    lpnflorida replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    Current interventions for abusive parents: Why not send fathers to existing programs? Many communities have services available for supporting parents, and have developed prevention and...
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    nursing care of a family suspected of childabuse?

    lpnflorida replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.caringdadsprogram.com/agency/pdfs/final_report.pdf
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    I overcame my first year as a new RN and to top it off I got engaged!!!!

    lpnflorida replied to Morettia2's topic in General Nursing

    You did what you needed to do. I have never had difficulty if I discover a med error writing the incident report whether it is on myself or someone who is unavailable to write the report themselves....
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    Flu shoots

    lpnflorida replied to Jenn-eRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Ours come in single dose vials, we draw them up into our safety syringes. Well as you know do not try to recap the syringes. Do you have those darn red things to put the needle into? I do not recall...