LPN1974

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  1. Neagtive...responses to my wanting to enter Lpn program..

    LPN1974 replied to wasted-enough-time's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    You do have a chance. Go on to school and don't let people like that bother you. I was 20 y/o when I went, and am 53 now. I sure have been thankful that I went when I did, because I'm divorced now,...

  2. Calling in Sick

    LPN1974 replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, you're still human and nurses get sick, too. YOu SHOULD be able to call in. My supervisor....the DON, of the department, doesn't come to work if SHE'S sick, I guarantee

  3. Calling in Sick

    LPN1974 replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have been sick with bronchitis for two weeks, and went back to the doctor this morning and am now on my 2nd round of antibiotics. He also gave me an injection of cortisone, and a cough syrup with...

  4. Clocking in

    LPN1974 replied to Mimi2RN's topic in General Nursing

    We can clock in 10 minutes before the hour, but we're not supposed to start work until the hour. We can clock out on the hour and up to ten minutes after the hour, but we can't clock in one minute...

  5. New horrible disease coming down the pipes!!

    LPN1974 posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.mysanantonio.com/global-includes/printstory.jsp?path=/news/metro/stories/MYSA051106.morgellans.KENS.32030524.html Deborah Knapp KENS 5 Eyewitness News If diseases like AIDS and bird flu...

  6. Neagtive...responses to my wanting to enter Lpn program..

    LPN1974 replied to wasted-enough-time's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Oh, good grief, surely you are not going to let those kind of people dictate to you what you should do??? If you want to go to school, then go! They are just jealous because you're going and they're...

  7. Family members as patients on your unit

    LPN1974 replied to KAW1962's topic in General Nursing

    I wondered that, too. The patient can't see his/her own chart? Just whose business is it if not the

  8. Umm...I will have 47 residence to care for !!!!!

    LPN1974 replied to BigB's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    4 patients? Is that in a Nursing

  9. Any opinions?

    LPN1974 replied to glen's topic in General Nursing

    I work with MR people. I agree with everything Healthynurse said. These are people, too, and you have give them respect and dignity just as you would anyone else. We have had several at my job with...

  10. Pa None Smoking!

    LPN1974 replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    It will be interesting to see how this will play out in

  11. Pa None Smoking!

    LPN1974 replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I wonder how this is going to be accomplished at my job.....non smoking. I was about giving my meds tonight, and when I finished I had to find a resident to check his blood pressure. He is...

  12. 1st Med error... and a valuable lesson!

    LPN1974 replied to clee1's topic in General Nursing

    And I'll tell you something else....don't ever get too comfortable just because it's an OTC medication. OTC meds can be dangerous as well. EVEN tylenol. Tylenol was administered at my facility by...

  13. legality of photographing in workplace

    LPN1974 replied to knockandhello's topic in International Nursing

    You'll have to have consent from the patient or their legal guardian. It would be an invasion of privacy otherwise. Could cause you alot of trouble if you do it without

  14. Does anyone sew their own uniforms?

    LPN1974 replied to DirtRoads's topic in General Nursing

    I don't, but a co-worker of mine, has a friend who sews all her scrub tops for her. However, I am quite adept at sewing. Used to sew alot. I could sew a scrub top if I wanted to, but those tops at...

  15. What's the most amazing thing you've seen in the OR?

    LPN1974 replied to familygirlRn's topic in Operating Room

    When I was a student and doing my little stay in OR, I saw a breast cancer patient, who had put off a doctor's visit and treatment until the cancer had grown outward from the chest, I would say about...

  16. road side assistance??????

    LPN1974 replied to msmellnhead's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, well, make it quick and HOT......I don't like cold

  17. "Take down" in LTC?????

    LPN1974 replied to NurseyTee's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think if I had been there, I would have told her if she made one move to give the gentleman what she had concocted I would be calling the police. Does she not have any idea how dangerous it is what...

  18. "Abandonment"

    LPN1974 replied to erkantarik's topic in General Nursing

    :roll

  19. "Abandonment"

    LPN1974 replied to erkantarik's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses don't stay within arms reach of their patients even while the patient is on their own floor and in his/her own bed, during the time the nurse is on duty. Abandoment for going to the bathroom....

  20. omphalocele baby

    LPN1974 replied to elizabells's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sounds like this might be the kind of infant to watch carefully for physical abuse? I see so much of it in the newspapers, about small infants being beat to death for crying,

  21. Bullies In The Work Place ! Pt 2

    LPN1974 replied to buildingmyfaith57's topic in General Nursing

    I felt that I had a situation towards me once, that I considered sexual harrassement. I reported it, it was investigated, and guess what? It was "Unsubstantiated." And there were 2 other people in...

  22. LTC nurse needs some opinions

    LPN1974 replied to toocaring's topic in General Nursing

    I've known nurses to sign other nurses names as well. Where I work, one nurse did an order and entered it into the computer, and her good buddy signed the first nurse's intials to it, and guess what...

  23. "Take down" in LTC?????

    LPN1974 replied to NurseyTee's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What she did was inexcusable. What if the resident had sustained a broken bone, like a hip, from her tripping her and knocking her to the floor? You know how elderly people are prone to fractures. I...

  24. Something thats bothering me tonight

    LPN1974 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Whoever said that to you was in effect "pointing" their finger at you saying you need improvement. But you know what they say about people who point their finger at others...when they point their...

  25. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    LPN1974 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    So......did you give her a 3H enema and about 2 or 3 Dulcolax tablets? That would have cleaned her