jadelpn LPN, EMT-B

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    Family Experience with Mental Illness and Psychiatric Nursing

    jadelpn replied to eaddg1's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Lived experience can certainly help in the general knowledge one would need for a clinical placement in a specialty. With that being said, however, it is always important to not let one's own...
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    New Grad & Bullying

    jadelpn replied to NICURN87's topic in General Nursing

    Get some legal advice regarding getting out of your contract. Not to mention that I would think that your FMLA is federally protected (and not legal advice per AN TOS) There are very few private...
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    Daily zithromax, prophylactively?

    jadelpn replied to tsm007's topic in Patient Medications

    There are people who have chronic stuff (UTI's comes to mind) that do take one antibiotic a day as prevenative measure. It is really old school, and rarely see that now. But Zithromax is so long...
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    Patient eduction liability?

    jadelpn replied to Jack_G's topic in Patient Education

    You need to use the approved information that is provided for in the EMR system. (and then ya'll get shiny stars on the meaningful use scale). Otherwise web MD'ing stuff could have a great deal of...
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    Blogger attacks nurses. Help!

    jadelpn replied to ladymadonna32's topic in Nursing News

    We are all "benefitting" from the system, as health care professionals we get paid for what we do. Healthcare can't run for free. With ratios being what they are, actually we are doing the job of 2 or...
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    made MD angry, and resources on unit

    jadelpn replied to keepingalive's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    After a d&c there is usually not a ton a bleeding. So I can see how you could perhaps think that the bleeding could be coming from somewhere else. That coupled with the other signs/symptoms of...
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    Bad situation

    jadelpn replied to NativeNurseBre's topic in General Nursing

    Is this an assisted living facility? Very different than acute care, very different than skilled care, and very different than a nursing home. If you are in the memory care portion of this...
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    Nurses Performing Ultrasound

    jadelpn replied to xtymae's topic in Philippines

    My error, we report to the MD the results of said scan, and they order or not order based on results. Meaning that an order is needed for an
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    med error!!!

    jadelpn replied to alwayslearning55's topic in General Nursing

    If she was going to get "spoken to" it would not be because of you. The nurse in question needed to assess, check and verify everything running or everything not running that needs to be. If the...
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    Confused!

    jadelpn replied to pct913's topic in General Nursing

    It can very well be a cultural thing. f every single person is of a different culture than you, it can be that communication can be based on tone of voice, perceived intent....lots of things. And a...
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    Nurses Performing Ultrasound

    jadelpn replied to xtymae's topic in Philippines

    Radiological techs that perform ultrasound in America--very specialized education. As a nurse, I wouldn't want the liability of performing ultrasounds and not be certified to do so. Too huge of a...
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    My feet are KILLING me!!!

    jadelpn replied to GenSurgRNFA's topic in General Nursing

    And there's Nike running sneakers that are really comfy too. I am a sneaker person--clogs just don't do it for me and long
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    med error!!!

    jadelpn replied to alwayslearning55's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, disclaimer here as an LPN I don't run blood, however, I would see what your policy is on blood--I was under the impression that 4 hours is the max time. I would be more concerned if you ran it...
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    Nurse residency programs--be aware!!

    jadelpn replied to LexiRN6's topic in General Students

    So ideally you had the potential to receive your year of experience to be able to get another nursing job with that experience. Other new grads can not find a job due to lack of experience. And I...
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    Resignation

    jadelpn replied to heronurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you were still in your probation period, you could end employment for any reason, or no reason. So I would get that clear as far as "do not rehire" vs. leaving in your probation period. Do not...
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    Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    jadelpn replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Health care IS Corporate
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    Entitlement/ superiority attitude of some nurses?

    jadelpn replied to Infofreak411's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OP, there is a huge difference in being direct and being superior. There is a huge difference in critical thinking and priorities as opposed to entitlement. Superior and entitlement are subjective...
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    Have I ruined my chance at being accepted into an RN-BSN program?

    jadelpn replied to Loveishope1970's topic in School, College Programs

    I am not so sure that will effect another program, but before you spend any money I would ask that question of one of their academic advisors. You wouldn't want to invest the $ into something that...
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    What do PA LPNs do in ACLS code?

    jadelpn replied to MMK1982's topic in General Nursing

    In Massachusetts, same thing. However, there are some nurses who want to draw up their own meds to give. And that is good practice. And I would also note that many code carts have pre-drawn meds...
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    Unsafe Staffing/Mandated Time

    jadelpn replied to RATMLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Next ya'll will be on salary. Labor laws are such that if you are working more than 40 hours a week, or 80 hours in 2 weeks, they have to pay you overtime unless you are a salaried employee. Not legal...
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    Threat of revokation

    jadelpn replied to faith3655's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Going forward, never document something that you do not do. Document after you do it. Otherwise, it is false documentation. I am not sure the probability of your license being revoked. I would...
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    Nurse Bullying

    jadelpn replied to Slhengy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As the RN, were you in charge of the unit? Not all LPN's are "jealous" of RN's, rather this unprofessional behavior was allowed to continue unaddressed. And unfortunately, you walked in on a very...
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    Where do we draw the line with abuse towards nurses?

    jadelpn replied to Jahans Mommy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Op, make sure you cover yourself. As soon as the word "incompetent" comes up, is when I would direct to the employee relations department and/or your charge nurse/in house supervisor. People can be...
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    Hipaa/patient privacy violation

    jadelpn replied to throwaway23's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Contact your malpractice insurance. I know that sometimes it is hard to not get into the conversation in the lunch room about patients. Or in the elevator. Or in the parking lot. Interestingly, if a...
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    When should nursing homes be allowed to evict residents?

    jadelpn replied to Emergent's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is a ploy used by any number of not so awesome nursing homes. Because the resident's could be considered a "nuisance" or have comorbidities that make them a great deal of work or skimming around...