Smokey9283

I worked night shift at a NH for approximately 2 years. What I had to do when working those shifts was as follows. 1. I always had to have my room pitch black when I came home to sleep, this created the illusion of night. 2. I always had to give m...

It truly takes at a minimum 6 months before a nurse will begin to feel comfortable in a new position. The best advice that I can offer is to utilize your resources. Ask questions when they arise and don't worry about what the other nurse will think...

I personally would rather smell it than taste it, but I suppose there are those who better to taste than waste it.

Advantages 1. Gain nursing knowledge and use it faster than one would in a RN program 2. Gain nursing experience that will probably count towards experience after completing a RN program. 3. More job security than other fields, unfortunately people...

How long will it take for you to get into the BSN program? A traditional LPN program will take approximately 18 months to complete, so if you will be done with you BSN in 24 months then I would choose option 2. If you are unsure if you will be acce...

I would stage this as unstageable. Reason being that SDTI is used when the area is purple, non blancheable and boggy. In you listing you also mentioned that the heals had hard brown eschar. Eschar means that DTI has already occured, how deep remai...

I agree take the ER position.

I would have to agree with the person that stated that something potentiated the reaction. The patient was on from what I can tell a oral benzo (serax) already and then of course was on the diazepam. Probably had some serax left in his body when wa...

I like the acronym E.A.T. good way to think of it. So then LPN's can doe Monitoring, Examination, and Reinforcment (M.E.R.)

I am currently working a LPN scope of practice committee in the hospital that I work in and we have received consultation from the MN BON. The consultant stated that doing a head to toe examination is not considered doing a assessment. The assessmen...

I have patient that has been admitted with pancreatitis. Is it ok for him to have regular sprite? I am thinking not, but looking for the right answer.

I think that that is a good thing that nursing programs have such high standards with grading. In nursing you aren't fixing a computer. Some of the decisions you make as a nurse can mean life or death for a patient, so it is necessary to make sure ...

I think that the reason that patients are referred to according to their complications, is because (and I know this is true of me) we associate patient's with the problems they have. If I were to go to my charge nurse, "Joe Shmoe is having severe ch...

You need to have confidence in yourself. I know that sounds impossible, but if you second guess yourself, you are more likely to fail. So have the same confidence in yourself, that your peers have in you. It will take you a long way not only on yo...

Good for you. Sometimes people need somthing stated straight and to the point to get it. I have used that technique in the past, usually when I am so busy or stressed about a situation, but they do get it then.

I don't think that he should have a sprite. Actually I think that giving him sprite would be to his detrimate.

Thanks that is pretty much what I was looking for.

This patient was NPO for for 3 days and now is advance as tolerated, so we thought that we should start him out with clear liquids and then move onto bland foods. The RN that was in charge of this patient said that it would be ok to give him regular...

No I would have never, ever done something like. That, as a matter of fact I don't think that I would get that involved with a friends family. Hopefully she will listen to you as her TRUE friend and separate herself from this SUPPOSED friend.

I think that it depends on the role that you are playing as a nurse. In the hospital I work in the I don't take a patient assignment. I fly the floor and do more technical things like starting IV's, inserting foley catheters, and passing medication...

I agree with you Les. Throwing blows about nursing roles tends to be redundant. The thread yesterday did get out of hand with RN and LPN bashing. In the end we are a team and no matter the differences, it's really about the patient not your title.

I think that as a RN it would be within you benefit to take the ICU first. You can get used to reading rhythm strips, and learn how to be detailed in your work. Then move to a ED.

Hi, I am on a committee to help redefine and clarify the scope of practice on LPN's at the hospital I work at in the state of Minnesota. Tell me what are you doing? What are your roles? Are you taking patient assignments? How does that work? Ar...

Let me ask this question. Do any of the RN's that were at one time LPN's feel like they are more of a nurse now that you are "real nurses"?

It doesn't matter whether you are a RN or LPN. If an incident occurs all who were involved in the care of that patient can be called upon to testify. Furthermore, as an LPN if I am delegated a task by an RN, that I feel may cause a problem for a pa...