NorthTexasNurse

NorthTexasNurse specializes in Med/Surg, LTC.

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1. Medicare charting newbie, need info

   NorthTexasNurse replied to NorthTexasNurse's topic in Geriatric

   Oh, and I'm in TX, if that helps :)

2. Medicare charting newbie, need info

   NorthTexasNurse posted a topic in Geriatric

   I am new to LTC and really starting to :redbeathe it! However, I have the medicare hall, and I am wanting to make sure I'm hitting all the bases. We have a checklist type thing on the front with all of the info from the assessment, vitals for each sh...

3. Do you have dining room duty?

   NorthTexasNurse replied to NorthTexasNurse's topic in Geriatric

   I know it's important- I'm just overwhelmed! Thanks for the advice. I don't think we learned that about purée foods & choking!

4. Do you have dining room duty?

   NorthTexasNurse posted a topic in Geriatric

   I'm still orienting a local LTC facility on a medicare hall with "the easiest med pass in the facility". I'm still slow. I feel like all I do is pass pills all day. I'm working double weekends and love it so far. I'm still going to school to bridge t...

5. New to LTC, need some advice :)

   NorthTexasNurse replied to NorthTexasNurse's topic in Geriatric

   thanks for the advice! I think more than anything it is such culture shock to go from acute care where you are expecting the worst, to their "home" where I had so much hit the fan in such a short amount of time... It just made me wonder if there was...

6. Absurd Medical Abbreviations

   NorthTexasNurse replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

   At the local hospital, instead of FSBS (finger stick blood sugar) they say/write/use BGs(Blood Glucoses). I had to explain to another nurse what I meant when I wrote BG at my new facility, and she said when she was in school they said CBG. (capillary...

7. New to LTC, need some advice :)

   NorthTexasNurse posted a topic in Geriatric

   Hello! I haven't posted much because I was working 7p-7a at a hospital and was always too exhausted to post! I'm still going to school, have a 5 year old and the whole shebang that goes with having a family. I wasn't happy at the hospital because I w...

8. *Weird* Patient Allergies

   NorthTexasNurse replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

   I just had a pt that was allergic to A1 steaksauce!

9. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

   NorthTexasNurse replied to madwife2002's topic in New Nurse

   What about struggling as an LVN? I'm losing my mind too!

10. what are 10 drugs any novice nurse should know?

    NorthTexasNurse replied to newstudent2006's topic in New Nurse

    Hold digoxin if HR Never give potassium IVP (IV Push) Phenergan (this always gets diluted) Protonix until you know which drugs do what, look them up before giving. always have a BP before giving meds, and hold BP meds if you are unsure if the BP is...

11. What is your beginning of shift "routine"

    NorthTexasNurse replied to NorthTexasNurse's topic in New Nurse

    Thanks for the feedback! The IV thing I will definitely incorporate. I've never even thought about that. I would love to be able to use the time before report to get organized, but I have no idea who my patients are until I get to report, or after re...

12. Did I handle this correctly?

    NorthTexasNurse replied to litlamp's topic in New Nurse

    does your facility use cpsi? That's what we have and I hate it. It's like an excel spreadsheet with all of your assessment criteria down the side and the times of assessments going across.you can see everyones assessments while putting in yours prett...

13. What is your beginning of shift "routine"

    NorthTexasNurse posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi! I graduated in August, passed my NCLEX, and I'm currently practicing as a med-surg LVN. I float between both halls (both are like 20 beds each, small hospital) and at night, depending on which hall I'm on, I have 3-4 pts and no tech. Tonight, I ...