Bobylon

Bobylon

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  1. med error questions and more

    Bobylon replied to calgirl123's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Am feeling "lucky," here .... we have med admin on laptops atop our med carts. If a med isn't available, we can send a message to pharmacy, who are usually quite prompt in tubing it to us. I always...

  2. Sometimes I'm so sick of the crap at work

    Bobylon replied to prudence09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sounds like my unit manager....... dunno what her problem is, but .... I'll outlive

  3. Do you guys have Pyxis in your hospital?

    Bobylon replied to lambimari's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps my hospital is a lil different - our Pyxis system is for stuff other than actual pills/meds (nonskid socks, specihats, iv stuff, tape, dressings, etc, etc, etc.) We have "AccuDose" for...

  4. LPN outlook

    Bobylon replied to loved84's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    FWIW, as an LPN seeing what BS our RNs go through, I don't know if I want to jump through that hoop. I'm happy to be where I

  5. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    Bobylon replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I believe this thread has lived long enough. Apparently, folks feel it works. I vote to close and sticky the thread for posterity.....746 pages of hand wringing, enough already

  6. What are the Night shift hours?

    Bobylon replied to LVN2010M's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The hospital I work at is 7p to 7a (on 12 hour floors) or 11p to 7a (in my unit, which, for whatever reason, is 8 hour

  7. Where did YOU sleep last night?

    Bobylon replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    No sleep, was at work. We generally have pretty mild winters here in the valley....have had a dusting of snow that only lasted a few hours on the grass only, so far. I love east TN Having...

  8. If you have rec' d the H1N1 vaccine - please report

    Bobylon replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Received the im vaccination about 2 weeks ago, approx......... no side effects, minimal to no soreness, nothing really to comment on. Just another

  9. Night shift and endurance training

    Bobylon replied to triRN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've always been able to get the workouts in while working nights..... it's relationships and just relating to a world that is mostly day-shift oriented that's been harder..... but it's doable - just...

  10. Male Uniform in nursing

    Bobylon replied to fabiusgile's topic in Men in Nursing

    Oh brother :icon_roll Who knows, perhaps the color is "required" by his department ??? In my facility, L&D employees can wear only one color(and shades of) and all other other depts wear the...

  11. Do Most LPN's do NA Work Too?

    Bobylon replied to jjnmrsmom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Is common on day shift at my hospital ..... and we rarely, if ever, have a CNA on night shift unless the floor is FULL !!! Typically, on my 11p-7a shift, we are LPNs and CNA/PCTs .... RNs have more...

  12. How do you stay awake during the night shift?

    Bobylon replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    I drink yerba mate on the job , sleep for a few hours after work, and nap for an hour or so before work .... works for

  13. who cleans more poop???

    Bobylon replied to spacecitygroover's topic in Men in Nursing

    In general (meaning day shift), that fact cannot be argued. I work 11p-7a, we have no CNAs, no PCTs, just us LPNs and RNs ....... My experience has been you might occasionally get a female pt who'd...

  14. interested in designer scrubs?

    Bobylon replied to plainfieldguy's topic in Men in Nursing

    My wife bought me a black scrub top that has guitars all over it (mostly Fender Strats, unfortunately, but that's another issue....heh), with "rock and roll" in subtle grey randomly printed, and very...

  15. Night differentials

    Bobylon replied to cspink's topic in First Year After Licensure

    can only speak for my facility - yes, there is shift diff for afternoon, plus more shift diff for nights, and weekend diff ..... I work nights and every other weekend, so .... ain't so bad *edit*...

  16. LPNs NOT Medicating??

    Bobylon replied to pagandeva2000's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Essentially the same here....we also can't hang magnesium, insulin, heparin. We need co-signs on certain meds (im hep, insulin), but co-sign can be another LPN. We're permitted to assess for prn meds...

  17. accurate I&O's possible??

    Bobylon replied to hirochan's topic in General Nursing

    Only when starting with a cup/pitcher of ice only ..... water with ice will be quite close to the same volume when the ice

  18. High blood pressure

    Bobylon replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    Hah .... have had a few pts like that as well ..... admitted to Cardiac Rehab unit, going out to smoke, even smokin in their rooms (and they deny it like we can't smell it .... knuckleheads, I tell ya...

  19. Pain Scales

    Bobylon replied to dekatn's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds similar to ours .... we have computerized MARs, but not computerized charting, yet. We do pain assessment, at the minimum, when we do vital signs (2x per 8 hr shift), or if a patient calls out...

  20. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    Bobylon replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Nice, concise post ..... I vote for mods to lock this thread and sticky this post at the very beginning.... 'tis silly that this trainwreck has gone on for over 400 pages, people being told how to do...

  21. Something that tick me off....

    Bobylon replied to Sensoria17's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I realize that, did not mean to ininsinuate it was your rules I agree with ya (and am never sick, luckily) but I do know where you're coming from....just pushin' a button or two, now and

  22. Something that tick me off....

    Bobylon replied to Sensoria17's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Same here, as soon as

  23. How much information do u really retain

    Bobylon replied to shynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Me thinkst ye remember a lot, and "forget" even more .... but what ya need to know comes back right quick during the daily (or nightly) grind. I did really well in school, but felt like I knew...

  24. Something that tick me off....

    Bobylon replied to Sensoria17's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Girl, please.... hope you get your flu shot Common courtesy WOULD dictate that one call in as soon as feasible, but ..... I can imagine waking up at 21:30 and not feeling well enough to go to work...

  25. What is your unit like - Private, Semi-private, or Multi-bed rooms?

    Bobylon replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    My unit is 10 private, 6 semi-private....enough to keep 2 Rs and 2 Ls busy at night