sasha2lady

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  1. CEU question

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Im due to renew in December....I found a site called western schools where you can buy courses and get your hours in....online or through the mail...just wondering if anyone else has used this site...

  2. Can you become a nurse without making the effort?

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

    I came to the same conclusions. I HATE working with this nurse! Seeing her name on the schedule with mine makes me sick. She has such a negative person ALL THE TIME with her nasty attitude and...

  3. Is Tramadol part of your Narc count?

    sasha2lady replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing

    It is in our narc count also. Our pharmacy downsized and we had to switch to one under the same name but in a closer location a few months ago and with the new one they sent this med out as a non...

  4. ghost question

    sasha2lady replied to thongvo89's topic in General Nursing

    Well...Ive worked at the same LTC facility for 9 yrs now and I can tell you several things that I have encountered. Once when I was an aide there I was in a room with a resident and I KNOW someone...

  5. Badddddddddddddd week....

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

    umm...wrong...the guns WERE LOCKED ....these guys busted open the gun cabinet and broke the locks on it. It had 2 locks on it. We live out in the country with no one around us for miles except for my...

  6. LPN's & urgent care......

    sasha2lady replied to andreasmom02's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I personally wouldnt consider them a mini ER since emergencies are different than "urgent" care....urgent care is supposed to be for minor things to help people avoid clogging up an ER for stuff like...

  7. Dining Room Supervision Regulations

    sasha2lady replied to gerilyn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wish I could help you with that..but I work in LTC also...and up until this past year....we never had to have a nurse in the DR.....we were always available......When I was an aide....I did it by...

  8. Don't know how to cope with it all.........

    sasha2lady replied to MossyOakGirl's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I think 20 pts per aide is too much. I am a nurse and I have 30 total on 2 combined units. My aides usually have about 12 each. I cant believe that where you work aides actually do anything with...

  9. Is anyone else feeling the effect of this economy in your job?

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

    Well...the verdict just came in...my sister in law is in upper management at a hospital...she is an RN, BSN with a bunch of other long titles too long to name....she was just told that at the end of...

  10. Foley catheter and pushing

    sasha2lady replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    Wellllll...I dont work in that area but I keenly remember when I did my ob rotation I got to go in with a girl who was pushing and she had in a foley..now..this was a pretty big girl ...minus her...

  11. Organizational Sheets.....What do you use?

    sasha2lady replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    well..I work in LTC and we use a report sheet that is blocked off with each persons name and room number....the blocks are big enough to write in any info that occurred on each shift and night shift...

  12. Nurse lied on me, now i may lose my license....scared...

    sasha2lady replied to Nursechristi22's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldnt worry too much about this....one thing I can suggest is that you write down exactly what was said at your meeting with the DON..for your own records. Once you are out of there, report that...

  13. What to do? Aides doing the work of nurses?

    sasha2lady replied to SDALPN's topic in General Nursing

    Id report them! You can do it

  14. Has this happened to anyone before?

    sasha2lady replied to rehab girl's topic in General Nursing

    I think we've either all been there or we'll all be there at some time. when I was an aide....I worked 3rd shift for a while and one valentines day night...i was off and got a phone call at 3 am from...

  15. Nursing homes...The ER and ???HIPAA???

    sasha2lady replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree....when 2 facilities communicate about one patient as in this case its not a violation of hippa....Ive had this same thing happen to me several times when I have sent pts to the hospital from...

  16. It's FRUSTRATING that....

    sasha2lady replied to ernoc333's topic in Nursing Humor

    Hmmm.....man this brings me to something I observed just this past week....one of our aides...who mind you works part time and has 6 kids....lives on the system for everything..the only thing that we...

  17. Funny things you have said but wish you didn't

    sasha2lady replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was at the desk with a load of charts one pm when the phone kept ringing off the hook....and every one of them was a recording from a bill collector...soooooo I kindly pressed the number that says...

  18. Have you ever seen this? Is it legal?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am from NC and I absolutely LOVE to go to flea markets/ trade lots. For those who dont know what these are...its like a gigantic yard sale with hundreds of people who bring stuff to sell for cheap....

  19. How to deal with a nurse who has a NASTY attitude and mouth.

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

    hmmm...lobellia...Ill definitely look that up because Ive never heard of it. We actually have a herbal shop in my town...Ive been in one time a few years ago just looking around to see what it had....

  20. How to deal with a nurse who has a NASTY attitude and mouth.

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    sigh.....a nurse that I knew from a long time ago just got hired at my job. She is an odd one thats for sure.....or she used to be...now she is just FOUL! I recently took some days off and she worked...

  21. How to deal with a nurse who has a NASTY attitude and mouth.

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

    Well...I made it through the past few days with her....I dont know if it was because I was there or what...but she didnt cuss and carry on like she did when I was off those few days....she was...

  22. is this a form of medicaid abuse?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have an aide I work with who is just one yr older than me...27...she has 6 kids! 4 of them are in diapers still....4 of them have the same dad who was killed (was on drugs etc according to...

  23. Error and Attitude

    sasha2lady replied to iluvicu's topic in General Nursing

    Thats awful...sounds to me like this other nurse has a bad vibe..if she treated you that way without even knowing you I wonder how shes treated her patients???...esp when she thought no one was...

  24. Have you ever seen this? Is it legal?

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

    As far as the FDA goes, how would I go about finding a phone number for them in case I cant email them? Alot of the meds Ive seen at the flea market are the ones that are also sold behind the pharmacy...

  25. Feel like a reject.

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

    Well..Im 3 yrs licensed now...work f/t in LTC.....and believe me....you never ever have the same day twice...and sometimes thats a blessing. I stay busy all the time...there is always something to do....