CoffeeRTC

CoffeeRTC BSN, RN

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  1. going to my first childbirth ed class!!

    CoffeeRTC replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Not a L and D nurse, but a nurse who has had babies and took this class yrs ago with my first one. It will give you a good idea as to what new parents expect or have been told before they show up on...

  2. What is Long Term Acute Care?

    CoffeeRTC replied to Spartan05's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Take the LTAC over LTC. Some LTCs are tuning into the LTAC but without the support, supplies staffing

  3. Narcotic Wasting Mistake

    CoffeeRTC replied to macbelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've done it before too...but thankfully I live close and was able to turn around and go back. good

  4. Why don't docs send these pt's HOME!?

    CoffeeRTC replied to zofran's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain from the other side. When they finally get booted from the hospital...they come to my nursing home where they have every single right under the son. Getting them booted from the...

  5. family requests and time management

    CoffeeRTC replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

    You need to be firm. It takes time to master this, but once you do...things will be better. The chair moving.....I would include them in moving them. The tea/ request....gee....the cafeteria is...

  6. CNA Training in Pittsburgh

    CoffeeRTC replied to mochabean's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I thought 9-10 is average in our local nursing

  7. Honesty is NOT the best policy....

    CoffeeRTC replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    My place would love to hire you! Now...getting you into a FT LPN position after graduation might be difficult depending on what position is open. I don't see how this would hurt the...

  8. Split Assignment?

    CoffeeRTC replied to chellelynn25's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ugh...I quit a place like that. I like to be able to at least see my assigned

  9. act 102 no mandation

    CoffeeRTC replied to theresa,lpn's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Even with the union...I still don't see this stopping in

  10. CNA Training in Pittsburgh

    CoffeeRTC replied to mochabean's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    $7.40 to start?

  11. LTC charting

    CoffeeRTC replied to NightNurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do 3-11 on weekends, it is a lot less of the rush around, but still....I have just as many pills as the day shift, yeah, only one meal, but more of the treatments and we get all the admits and...

  12. Question re: cleaning MDI inhalers --- SNF practices?

    CoffeeRTC replied to RN007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good luck finding the time to do that. I have 4 or more people getting them at a time. I do clean the masks etc on the nebulizers. The state has never asked me about

  13. Per diem premium at your facility?

    CoffeeRTC replied to dreavt's topic in General Nursing

    I work PRN or perdiem. My pay is about $5 more an hr (or at least it was) I don't get raises, OT unless it is over 40 hrs a week, I don't get benefits. I do get the time and a half for

  14. Your appointment is only 10 minutes long...

    CoffeeRTC replied to qt2168's topic in General Nursing

    Okay...we all get it, but what about all the elderly or non medical people? I think we/ they need a better way of communicating this to the patient before they come in or at least have a better way...

  15. Your appointment is only 10 minutes long...

    CoffeeRTC replied to qt2168's topic in General Nursing

    Wow....I totally understand the fact that the docs or NP need to see that many people and to be quick about it, but is that the patient's fault? NO...For some older people or just busy people...

  16. do you think docs know what they're doing with your patients?

    CoffeeRTC replied to Ginger's Person's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Just like peds are not little adults. Geriatrics are not just old people. They are different and should be treated as such. Often times med doses need adjusted, the treatment plans need to be...

  17. Mad and confused!

    CoffeeRTC replied to Sparrowhawk's topic in General Nursing

    I'm willing to bet some $$$ this is the

  18. What do you do when/if a Doctor or other nurse curses you out?

    CoffeeRTC replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    um...nerdtonurse...I prob would have said something a bit harsher in that situation. I would probably laugh after I picked my jaw up off the floor. I have had another nurse curse and I just stared...

  19. CNA Training in Pittsburgh

    CoffeeRTC replied to mochabean's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I would go the hospital PCA route. I work LTC as and RN and have done CNA work years

  20. LTC/rehab facility: ?'s --LPN Scope of Practice

    CoffeeRTC replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes...this is true. I just looked again at the OP's screen name..RN2009. We were all new nurses at one point in time. Heck...when I graduated from my BSN program, it was a total cultural shock to...

  21. motrin for c section pain

    CoffeeRTC replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I think the big problem was that your concerns were just brushed off. I've had a Csection and 3 vbacs. With the csection I do remember having a PCA for at least 12 hrs after. Foley was dc'd soon...

  22. LTC/rehab facility: ?'s --LPN Scope of Practice

    CoffeeRTC replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Things will varry from state to state, so check you BON. LPNS take verbals, assess the residents, do care plans and can do the MDS but need the RN to co sign, there is no way that we can do double...

  23. Pumping at work and childcare

    CoffeeRTC replied to bigmona's topic in General Nursing

    Some hospitals will let you go to the L and D department and use the pumps. I work LTC and we don't have a room for that. I bring my pump and used an empty conference room or have went into an...

  24. Charge Nurse did CNA work. Learned A LOT.

    CoffeeRTC replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had an excellent bunch of CNAs that I worked with...and yes...they were mine and I was their nurse. (might be demeaning for some, but we worked well together...they knew me, I knew them) I think...

  25. did i do the right thing?

    CoffeeRTC replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    Yep...you did right. Now....another scenario..suppose this was LTC and you might have only one or two nurses on duty and someone goes down and a cna calls a "code". Being the only nurse on duty or...