toninurse

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1. First job in long-term care facility

   toninurse replied to lsjoli's topic in Geriatric

   Isjoli, I remember the first month of LPN nursing in LTC and it does get better. BUT you can work a hallway/unit that has a unique group of patients that turn a "typical" 25 patient hallway into an unmanageable hallway. When I say "unique group" I am...

2. WHY!!!!

   toninurse replied to 0hnoes85's topic in General Nursing

   I was in the same situation awhile ago. Just finished school, worked in LTC as an LPN then an RN then RN Supervisor. First thing I noticed was that everyone acted like the residents were "things"...things to move around, talk about, laugh at, cuddle,...

3. Transfering to Toilet?

   toninurse replied to justme01's topic in CNA/MA

   Why don't you let the patient use a shower chair? It's on rollers and slides right over the toilet.

4. Company not paying for mandatory inservices

   toninurse replied to erinp88's topic in General Nursing

   Don't back down on this. Call your state labor board and get an answer as to whether "mandatory" in-services should be paid. As you said, this adds up to a lot of money loss for the employees and an unscrupulous labor practice set forth by your emplo...

5. Question I got wrong on my test!

   toninurse replied to Laurs14's topic in General Students

   It's daily weights. One problem I had in school was that I read too much into the question. Don't assume this is an emergency room, or that the patient has any fluid loss problems at present. What did we learn in school? ...that weight loss is the be...

6. Dirty little secrets to managing LTC

   toninurse replied to Kashia's topic in Geriatric

   nursenow, That's just it, an LTC/SNF RN has the same general responsibilities as any other RN, AND she/he works with a large group of people that have multiple chronic conditions, a massive amount of medications, and daily treatments from applying ny...

7. Dirty little secrets to managing LTC

   toninurse replied to Kashia's topic in Geriatric

   SuequatchRN said, "I have regularly passed a massive amount of meds on a unit of 44. Without errors and on time. Yes, it takes practice, and yes, I do it BETTER by not taking shortcuts." I agree with you. It's possible when you've had time to get to ...

8. not what i expected

   toninurse replied to neo200120018's topic in New Nurse

   I also know how you feel. I remember being green and looking forward to the "seasoned" nurses to give me experienced advice and, in a sense, show me how to be a good nurse. Well, reality hit me hard when I would walk around a corner and two nurses wo...

9. New Nurse Rant

   toninurse replied to Lorrie34's topic in New Nurse

   Zak, I think you are wrong. You're from WI and practice the same scope of practice as I do (or did as an LPN). It may be your hospital POLICY that states an LPN cannot assess a patient but that's not the scope of practice for an LPN. For example, in ...

10. New Nurse Rant

    toninurse replied to Lorrie34's topic in New Nurse

    Here in Wisconsin an LPN can assist in the nursing assessment by collecting, reporting, and recording objective AND subjective data about the patient's condition at the direction of the RN. You are doing what you should be doing if your state laws ar...

11. Please help need advice :-(

    toninurse replied to ipray2him's topic in General Students

    ipray2him, Without knowing what your long-term goals or other personal info or whether the schools accept transfer credits from the other schols, I'll just give you info based on what my locality offers. The university will probably require a higher ...

12. Dear future nursing students,

    toninurse replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

    Beefree, Just to let you know there are at least one person from each category that happen to be my patients at one time or another. I worked as a CNA all through nursing school and WAS more knowledgable than the nursing students that thought they we...