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  1. Restraints during surgery

    sasha2lady replied to Shore Bookworm's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When my son wAs born 2007 via c section I was strapped down , both legs and both arms. It looked like I was about to be crucified. I had a spinal so it wasn't like I couldve moved if I wanted to but...

  2. Sleeping aides at work

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thank you so much. This was a hard dilemma to deal with but the good news is that there seems to be less tension between the rest of the aides since she's been gone. There are some that still need to...

  3. what does PRN staffing REALLY mean??

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    yes...same one is at it again. Whatever sympathy I had for her .....thats gone...I did let mgmt know about her sleeping .....they did nothing. I even tried to talk to her personally about her leaving...

  4. Incident Reports and Staff

    sasha2lady replied to drknyko's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I just had a similar thing happen to me....Im an LPN and so are the other 2 nurses I work with....well....I was in the med room faxing some med orders to the pharmacy and when I came out I saw 2aides...

  5. Interpersonal conflicts at work

    sasha2lady replied to puddintane's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do the same thing with shady coworkers sometimes. No one but me knows about it and I keep it at home. When push comes to shove...its your own license you have to worry about. I would see about...

  6. Sleeping aides at work

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    well...she got fired....im shocked. I really didnt think she'd get the boot. maybe while shes on a roll..she can give a few other ones a swift kick out the

  7. Questions about working PRN

    sasha2lady replied to Pegasus65's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, as a full timer I am a little biased I think.....Ill use my facility as an example. We depend on our prns to 1. come in when needed and 2. to actually show up and work the shift agreed to. We...

  8. Can you afford a home with a LVN's salary in Sugarland,Texas

    sasha2lady replied to jlhalloween's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I was a week from taking my boards I found out I was pregnant....then he was born....and I bought a home ...its a nice one.....but not all fancy and what have you. Luckily my inlaws gave us an...

  9. FIRED

    sasha2lady replied to HollieLPN09's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Talk to the administrator if that don't work go on up the chain to the corporate mgr or labor board. You probably wouldn't want to be rehired but you at least deserve an explanation and what about the...

  10. Incident reports in nursing homes

    sasha2lady replied to atlantagirl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My don told us that if someone looks like they are going to fall or almost falls that we are supposed to tx it as a fall. And she wonders why we have x amount of falls every

  11. Impaired nursing not cool

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I posted a thread some time back about a coworker who was supposedly sleeping on the job and coming in hungover welllll I've worked the holiday and the past few weekends with her and on the holiday...

  12. Impaired nursing not cool

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well at my facility we can tell someone to clock out if need be....we can then call the DON and tell her. She says we can call her before or after the fact so that she can then deal with it and...

  13. FED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Wow! I agree on the 7th one to be there for safety but til the boss gets it together and makes it clear cut I think things won't change. However I switched shifts with a 3 rd shift nurse and was blown...

  14. Is my coworker impaired?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I work with a nurse whom I and others think might be impaired. She is a recent widow but has a long Hx of partying alcohol and pills . I've seen her disappear for almost 2 hrs at work I'm sure she...

  15. Home disinfectant of choice and why?

    sasha2lady replied to heelhook80's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Well,I use lysol at my house. I spray everything down that I can with it. I only use bleach in an extremely tiny amount when I have to because it makes me sick....it gives me awful headaches and makes...

  16. FED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have tried to explain to the 7th one a few times that she cannot expect the others to have her end done by the time she gets there....I told her that because I noticed that when she would come in...

  17. FDA states Prilosec & Plavix not to be given together. But....

    sasha2lady replied to elprup's topic in Patient Medications

    Wow! I'm glad you had time to get this info and post it. I work in ltd and almost all residents are on prilosec which they get at 6am. I don't have anyone on plavix but I have a ton of coumadins....

  18. Is my coworker impaired?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I tried to drop her a hint I wrote up an aide I actually caught sleeping and she was just fired . She too had a similar hx minus alcohol , and she was one of the laziest aides I've met in years. Last...

  19. Split Assignment?

    sasha2lady replied to chellelynn25's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes. Yes and yes. We have 80 beds. 1 rest home hall, 1 rehab hall, 1 totally skilled hall/long term (mine) and another skilled/longterm/ rehab hall. 3 nurses and 6 aides if we are lucky. No RNs on 2nd...

  20. A question of Trust

    sasha2lady replied to diane227's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I too have wondered the same thing. Anytime I have had to mix lovenox or heparin I have both nurses I am working with to come and verify the calculation and the dosage and we draw it up...

  21. Nursing order

    sasha2lady replied to PJROR's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Daily rectal checks???? For what? Ive never seen one for that before...hmm....I work in LTC and we have a 2 pg front and back skin care protocol that we have to use. Its big...it ranges from skin...

  22. Elective C-sections- moms idea or the providers?

    sasha2lady replied to JulesNC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well, my now nearly 3 yr old was unfortunately a c section. On Jan 20 2007 I went to my baby shower in alot of pain....just dealt with it...til about 11 or 12 that night...had my buddy take me to the...

  23. Sleeping aides at work

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Man O Man! Well....after this aide was told she was suspended for 3 days and that the DON would contact her about whether or not she was still employed....this idiot came in to work anyway! Of course,...

  24. Sleeping aides at work

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    well...heres an update. I talked to the DON...she had the aide walked to the timeclock and out of the building pending investigation. I told her exactly in detail what happened and she said that she...

  25. Which do you prefer?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    At a recent meeting at work..the boss mentioned that they were "toying" with the idea of putting some of us on 12 hour shifts. I myself would much rather work 12's because it would give me more time...