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A female CNA with well-documented mental health problems was involved in sexually inappropriate touching of a A&Ox3 male resident this evening. The resident complained and the house supervisor was notified immediately. The supervisor interviewe...

I was acting as treatment nurse for two units the night of the incident. The supervisor directly told the Charge Nurse to not write a note or fill out any of the normal paperwork. The Charge Nurse asked me to write a note anyway, since I wasn't spok...

I got an email from the ADON this morning. She thanked me again, told me the DON was made aware if the situation the night it was initially reported, and assured me things were being "taken care of." Not sure what that means exactly, but it makes me ...

I called the ADON first thing this morning and reported the incident again. She said she had no knowledge of this and it wasn't included in the "supervisor's report" from the night before. She seemed shocked that we were told to do nothing and said...

This is why celebrities shouldn't make scrubs. Lady Gaga definitely missed the mark with that design.

I have a new pt with an allergy to eggs. On a couple of occasions, I noticed the kitchen at my LTC job served her food with eggs/egg products. On another occasion, she had to ask if there were eggs in a certain dessert. When I approached the dietary...

I work in a nursing home and am surrounded by dying patients. Cancer patients, patients with ulcers and necrotic tissue, hospice patients -- They all emit a very similar smell. After I work, I can smell that same smell of death on myself. Not in my ...

Am I missing something? I work in LTC and rarely see seatbelts on w/c pts (even on extremely high fall risks). I feel she did the appropriate thing, minus not calling the physician and changing the order if there was one. She found faulty equipmen...

There's a new CNA on my unit. For several different reasons, I am seriously considering requesting her not to be assigned to me. 1) She's too loud and easily flustered for Alzheimer's/dementia patients. 2) She doesn't get along with the other aids an...

Thank you for your replies. I emailed my don and staffing coordinator. I made sure to mention it wasn't personal, but I just couldn't trust her. I pride myself in being able to work with just about anyone and have never really complained to my superi...

Hello all! I work on a Dementia/Alzheimer's unit in a LTC facility. Most of the nursing staff is friendly and patient with the confused residents, but one nurse in particular is neither. She is an older nurse, been at this facility for a long time. ...

On an Alzheimer's unit, 3 female residents and 1 male resident all sat near each other in the TV area. All three females were having different conversations, but speaking to one another. The male resident was looking from one woman to another (obviou...

Female resident in her 90s told her caregiver she was worried she might be pregnant, because she hadn't had her period for awhile.. LOL

i just started a new job after taking maternity leave and i feel like i'm quickly developing the reputation of being an idiot... 1) one night in the beginning of a holiday weekend, my cmt told me we were out of a psych med for a pt. when my supe...

thank you all! i feel better now.. about the psych meds: looking back, i suppose the issue could have been prevented by checking the med cart myself. i didn't, because it was the cmt's cart! i'm approached by cmt's fairly often when a med needs to be...

It depends where you work.. I work at a LTC facility as a Charge Nurse. Generally, I pass meds, do treatments, assess patients, chart, do paperwork, direct CNA's/CMT's.. Those are my very basic duties that MUST be done daily, but every day is differ...

While getting report this evening, a confused patient rolled by in her wheelchair wearing a funny little shower cap on her head. I chuckled to myself and asked the nurse beside me why she was wearing it. "Oh, she has lice." She has WHAT?! Yuck, yuck...

How many RN's are staffed FT? How many other per diem RN's are there?

Lol! I felt the same way.. It was scary!! I also had a freaking reaction and my BP dropped to 50/30 and was damn near going to faint. All for 20 lousy bucks, no thanks!

Fiona, The OP didn't specify what type of setting she works in. Not all LPN's work in LTC facilities! Lol.

As other posters have already said, not every workday is posted on & people do use this site to vent... Nursing is a very stressful & competitive field; many nurses can find it difficult to cope at times. To be honest, being a nurse is the m...

Bowel sounds present? S/sx of abd pain? Abd distension? PCP may order a DRE.

I always believed the +1/-1 window was for scheduled medications only and prn's (narc or otherwise) adhere to the order with no leeway.

Hello all, I'm having serious issues with my facility!! I was looking for a new job and then found out I'm pregnant. 14 weeks. I'm pretty much stuck at this job until I deliver for the insurance and benefits; it is so depressing. I work night shift, ...