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  1. Meds and a G-T patient

    buggybum96 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Correct me if I'm wrong....please! As an LPN graduate from the class of 2008, did someone, somewhere change the administration of medication concept for a g-tube patient? Today, I was informed by...

  2. Meds and a G-T patient

    buggybum96 replied to buggybum96's topic in Patient Medications

    JustBeachyNurse....I certainly understand that fact. My pt is 12 with no fluid restrictions and 10-30 mL before/between/after meds. She gets a max of 40mL water for one med pass. No worries here...

  3. Meds and a G-T patient

    buggybum96 replied to buggybum96's topic in Patient Medications

    All meds are liquid and/or crushable. It's method we are discussing.

  4. Meds and a G-T patient

    buggybum96 replied to buggybum96's topic in Patient Medications

    Thank you so much. I know I'm not crazy but had a much older nurse tell me that we're not supposed to use gravity. I said "not in the school I attended and graduated with honors at. Just had to...

  5. Advocating for my pt.

    buggybum96 posted a topic in Private Duty

    As a pediatric home health nurse with 5 years experience in the home, plus hospital experience on the medical oncology floor, I am having trouble coping with the lack of attentiveness to little...

  6. New nurse (RN) with doubts; advice needed soon!

    buggybum96 replied to BonnieSc's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I too, am a brand new nurse, who works both in a hospital and a LTC facility. I took a per diem LPN position at the LTC so I could "get my feet into both worlds." While I've always known since I...