If possible I would get the patches changed to 6am as well as the nose sprays and eye gtts. I have worked at a facility where we placed the tube feeders on a 6am daily med pass and BID was given at...
217shana replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC
It's great that you have found such a wonderful facility. I often tell staff members that first impressions are so important. I also know nurses that constantly complain about everything so the old...
217shana replied to floridanursemom239's topic in Florida Nursing
I live in Ga. and not only do the nursing homes hire LPN"s but so does the state hospital, the local hospital, dialysis, and the prison. On any given day check careerbuilders.com and you will find...
217shana replied to FROGGYLEGS's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I have had to give meds to fifty patients on day shift. What eased it some for me would be that I would give the patients that were in bed or tube feeders there meds first and them I would park the...
Having just recently attended a pain seminar. We were told pain is whatever the patient says it is. Try again to get her to a pain management clinic. Oxycodone IR and morphineIR are the two long...