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  1. disappearing nurses notes!

    nursenow replied to ltcnightrn's topic in General Nursing

    If you made copies of a patients information and kept it you would be as guilty as the DON. You would be breaking facility and probably federal rules. This is another great example of why everyone...

  2. disappearing nurses notes!

    nursenow replied to ltcnightrn's topic in General Nursing

    I am sitting here wondering what situation would cause me to use two pages charting about a slow MD/pharmacy taking four hours to supply pain meds. I really can't. If it was that bad, I would call...

  3. Why aren't pt phones & TV free?

    nursenow replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing is free. Your hospital is taking those services into consideration as a cost of business and billing appropriately. They just don't itemize them. Somewhere they are adding the hospital cost...

  4. what's it like to be a LVN in LTC?

    nursenow replied to Kellyma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It is sad someone attaches so little importance to such an important and neccesary part of the modern nursing process. There is alot of difference between "just paperwork" and

  5. what's it like to be a LVN in LTC?

    nursenow replied to Kellyma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Charting and the "paperwork" you do IS nursing. One thing that makes modern healthcare/nursing so effective is the charting and record keeping which allows us to keep track of a patients progress and...

  6. LVNs training RNs???

    nursenow replied to JStollRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a SNF currently LVN still going to school dreaming of BSN. I am at my current postition in the facility because a BSN was clueless so my boss replaced him with me and gave him an easier job...

  7. Can I lose my license for being nude on internet?

    nursenow replied to climbs's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I believe you will be OK but could you post the online addy of the photos so I can evaluate them more closely for you?

  8. What have you done without a Dr. order?

    nursenow replied to PureLifeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Someday, doing all those things wlithout an order will catch up to you. A not very nice MD or someone you work for/with with with cure you of doing

  9. Well, No Nursing for Me

    nursenow replied to Donald11's topic in General Students

    Gosh. You sure showed them. I dont know how those schoolsl are going to get along without your attendence. Every class on every subject I have ever taken had an exit exam. Usually they are called...

  10. questions on wound care

    nursenow replied to fiffy's topic in General Nursing

    Considering it is not infected, it is safe to assume the antibiotics are doing what they are supposed to do. I would remind the MD, dietary and anyone else you can of the situation and document...

  11. Med pass in LTC

    nursenow replied to Cat Truitt RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I noticed some posts here where people claim to do a legal med pass with 60 plus patients within the legal two hour limit. That is physicaly impossible. By the time you pull the med out of the cart,...

  12. Why did you choose to go into nursing?

    nursenow replied to JonB04's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Considering there isn't alot of formal education required the pay is pretty good. Um, oh yea I also like helping

  13. LPN to BSN @ Indiana State U...here is the info i got!!!

    nursenow replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Indiana State University

    Yes there are advantages to ISU but I feel the price disadvantage is starting to outway the other advantages(for me) but that is a decision every person has to make for themselves. If it works for...

  14. LPN to BSN @ Indiana State U...here is the info i got!!!

    nursenow replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Indiana State University

    I was at the ISU site last nite and saw they are raising their prices AGAIN. Now it is over $1,000 just for an out of state 3 credit hour class.(not including books and other fees) Pretty obscene,...

  15. LPN to BSN @ Indiana State U...here is the info i got!!!

    nursenow replied to TashaLPN2006RN2012's topic in Indiana State University

    No you do not have to use TCN and I suggest talking to the University rep about the program before signing on with them and go to ISU's site where they have great and easy to understand info. The...

  16. CNA doing Rectal Stimulation for Fecal Evacuation?

    nursenow replied to protrend's topic in General Nursing

    Telling a nurse to do something because you are "pretty sure" it is allowed is a risky way to go. Call the BON if you don't KNOW and ask them or research it. Yes, in my state it is an invasive...

  17. Lost job over HIPAA violation, what is employment potential?

    nursenow replied to RockyMountainHigh's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I just have to post again on this subject. I have to say it! WHO- WHY-WHAT in the world would someone that has been to nursing school be thinking to do this!!?? Someone please tell me it is a...

  18. Lost job over HIPAA violation, what is employment potential?

    nursenow replied to RockyMountainHigh's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Wow! Taking a photo of a patient under any circumstances without their signed consent? Then sending it to a friend? That is a perfect example of that old saying "Just because you get through nursing...

  19. Dirty little secrets to managing LTC

    nursenow replied to Kashia's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you are giving a med once a day and your MAR shows it is due at 0900 and you are giving it at 1100 you are not giving it at the ordered time. The state will ding you for that. You can not day by...

  20. Dirty little secrets to managing LTC

    nursenow replied to Kashia's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If you are not giving a patient their meds within that two hour window then you are not giving them "safely". There is a reason for that time frame and a reason an MD orders a med at a certain time...

  21. Dirty little secrets to managing LTC

    nursenow replied to Kashia's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow. Thats alot to do in two hours. Did you have GTubes

  22. Another fun music video...

    nursenow replied to Larry77's topic in Nursing Humor

    Great video. Where I work "they" would love to catch a staff member bringing a camera into the

  23. Top 10 Myths of the "MURSE"

    nursenow replied to mikethemurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    sometimes i am mistaken for a doctor and am ok with it. i have mistaken a few doctors for nurses and they were ok with it. i dont understand the big deal about being mistaken for a doctor when you...

  24. When ill equipped students affect your grade...

    nursenow replied to wahwahgerman's topic in General Students

    I am willing to do alot to get a good grade whether or not I like doing it. Maybe one way to look at working with a student like that is just to view him/her as an unpleasant class assignment. Do...

  25. Patient doesn't know he's terminal

    nursenow replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    If the family said don't tell someone they are dying, I would not put my wants and needs ahead of the families and tell. How can a nurse conclude his/her opinion in this situation is more...