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first of all i am sooo sorry to intrude and apoligize for doing so in advance...i just have a nurse/ratio crises at work also and need an answer...i thought if you all were already discussing and answering maybe you could help.. i work in a LTC facility, does anyone know if there is a "legal" pt/res ratio?? two nights last week, night nurses came into a shirt at 5pm with no help for the floor...1 nurse, 3 CNA 4 halls with approx. 75 pts. 12 hr shift, not only near immpossible and unsafe but is it even legal??...i'm so afraid it will happen to me...i think i would run...

another homecare question while i'm thinking about it...what happens if someone gives lovenox im abdominally?? i know he doubled over in pain the day she did it but i don't understand what happens...i know they say Never give lovenox im but they never go into why??? just wondered

heres the next day of my ongoing homecare agency saga...today, the caregiver called with a bs of 159 which needs insulin on the coverage scale...calls the office 1 1/2 hr later still no one there...she feeds her...bs checks next time at 104 but point is...can they completely skip a 12 ordered bs and coverage?? thanks for any input

thanks for your reply...it was documented that the client received 10 units (ordered am dose) just Novolin R rather than Humulin NPH ...i have seen this clients BS anywhere from 99-265... checked 4 x daily..

hello everyone, i am a new graduate LPN and recently started a job in home healthcare..my question is... we have an order on a client for 10 units Humulin NPH at 8:00 am and sliding scale Novolin R coverage as needed per blood sugar checks 4x daily.. .i saw logged that a nurse gave 10 units Novolin (or documented wrong) rather than Humulin.. i reported it to supervision..but follow-up at this agency seems lacking to say the least..checked drug book and internet...if she really gave 10 units of Novolin rather then Humulin would the patient have shown abnormal symptoms during the day?? thanks for any input..i have such new nurse nerves!!

did your school give you practice exams that you can take online over and over?? ours did and it helped me alot...also i bought a study guide for the nclex that came with a CD that had multiple practice tests on it as well...i really think it helped