I worked in LTC/SNF for almost two years, as an RN I did it all, including push meds. The most common were colase ( everyone was on that, regardless) Norco, Insulin, blood pressure meds ( brush up on...
You could get in the door of the hospital you want then work your way to that unit. Get some med/surg nursing under you and get to know the staff, then make your move. May start with an On-call...
First, you have to ask yourself, why is it stinky? Necrosis? Infection? Yeast? That needs to be treated first. Debridement, different antibiotics, anti-fungal cream. Dankins is good but you can only...
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I have two different signatures, one for work and one for "other" stuff. My last name is long so I write it out during work for legibility purposes and of course that includes the RN and on formal...
Most is EMT work I would imagine. I am comfortable with the requirements but not sure if EMT work in in my scope? Any advice would be great. Also, they asked an LPN to do the same thing, I am really...
I work in a SNF, going on a bit over a year now. I shake my head often at things that I would never do yet are being done by other RN's and LPN's. I understand that things are different in the world...
or to re-negotiate my wage? I work in a SNF and just found out they hired an LPN,( I am an RN half way done with my BSN) at the same wage I make. Not sure how to feel about that, but this LPN quit...
The short answers is NO. The control of when a person evacuates the bowels is driven by the colon muscles and sphincters inside the rectum, therefore there is no contraction control over muscle...
A large part of me knows that but the new nurse in me is very naive regarding the outcomes of these things and have yet to come to terms with the fact that she simply is a lousy nurse and should not...
There is a treatment for one patient that I know is not being done because I asked the patient. She is A&O x4 so I trust what she says. The treatment is not a life sustaining treatment but still...