sasha2lady

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  1. Never seen anything quite like it (the things visitors do...)

    sasha2lady replied to NurseKatie08's topic in General Nursing

    We had 2 residents....one res. son was married to the other res. dtr...well..the dtrs mom was with us for therapy...the sons dad was with us to die...had crisis care in with him ...the whole...

  2. Worrying about what may or may not happen as LVN

    sasha2lady replied to NewbieAt43's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I was a new nurse I was so overwhelmed and terrified..it was like all Id learned went out the window. Things on the job were so different than what I was used to doing in school. I thought for...

  3. NEW LVN job hunt PAINS

    sasha2lady replied to Syobe77's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well....I work ft in LTC ..but we have been getting cut back alot for low census...so I have been looking for prn work with no luck whatsoever. I went this past Friday to look at 3 different...

  4. Wound tx's

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

    The hospice md came in and changed the ca alginate to some kind of a cream....miconazole? mixed with something else ......but yea....that dsg order was for q 3 days....I was changing it daily when i...

  5. Only LPN in an Office of MAs who want to act like nurses

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

    By MA ....does that mean they are just "medical assistants" or are they CNA 2s? When I had to go for my physical for nursing school....I went to my doc's office and had to get a tetorifice shot...I...

  6. careless nurses

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well...I had a post a while back about slack, sloppy nursing....here is a PRIME example. The other day a pts daughter came to me thinking I was her moms nurse..which I wasnt. ...to tell me that mom...

  7. Wound tx's

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

    Unfortunately ....our hospice doesnt want to pursue any further tx with it....Im not sure why? shes not actively dying...she has declined alot in the past year though. as for this charcoal pad....does...

  8. as DON/ADON ....do you help or hinder your staff?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    well.. first off....Im not nor have i downed every DON/ADON...I simply stated how the one I work for is ....compared to the other ones we have had in the past....this one seems to take the cake. And...

  9. Bad weekend in LTC, wondering why I am a nurse

    sasha2lady replied to jensmomrn11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    welcome to LTC! What you described is basically a daily thing...I dont think I can even remember a truly uneventful day that Ive had as a nurse in LTC. Its always something...falls, skin tears,...

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

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

    this is true...i am glad to still have a job and I have been applying everywhere for a prn job just to have on the side to make up the difference but no luck..got several calls but thats it. no...

  11. LPNs NOT Medicating??

    sasha2lady replied to pagandeva2000's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    cant assess?? thats odd....we asssess every day where i work....the LPNs do more assessing than the RN's because all the RNs are on day shift. And we give meds 24/7 all kinds where i work. We start...

  12. your most memorable patients

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Have you guys ever had some .....truly amazing memorable patients? Sometimes we tend to get caught up in so many other things and forget to just enjoy whats in front of us. I have a few.....that will...

  13. your most memorable patients

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

    I love it! i think these are the types of people who make us want to go to work sometimes. I remembered some others I had...my absolute favorite was when i was pregnant..I had a demented lady who had...

  14. hard to believe

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i was recently told that my niece got into an rn program. I am having a hard time believing that an rn program would accept her given what type of person she turned out to be. i know this may come out...

  15. hard to believe

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

    I actually talked to one of my cnas last night who is in this same rn program and guess what? she told me they just did student orientation for the NEW students who were accepted and I asked her if my...

  16. Infiltrates...explain more.../lab interpretation

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

    i saved the info on that link....it was very helpful....thanks so

  17. Infiltrates...explain more.../lab interpretation

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    ok....this past week a pt at work had a cxr...which is nothing uncommon for any of them...some get them yearly for the md progress note/checkup, some get it for a sick call if they have...

  18. Haldol... Med Error??

    sasha2lady replied to AriesLPN's topic in Patient Medications

    we dont use haldol that much....from what our doc has told me about haldol..its usually pretty useless if its a prn or 1 x order anyways......a scheduled dosing pattern tends to work better from what...

  19. PRN TID

    sasha2lady replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in Patient Medications

    i hate orders written like that...i am seeing more and more and more orders done this way...for example...our doc writes say "ativan po q 6 hrs prn for anxiety/agitation...." ...then the psych nurse...

  20. wrong route phenergan?

    sasha2lady replied to cybernurse614's topic in Patient Medications

    hmm....this is new to me also....takes me back....when i was 18 yrs old I got an awful case of food poisoning and ended up in the er....well...i was soooo miserable and sick..anyway...a nurse came in...

  21. Should I say something ?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    sigh....im sure many of you know how it goes in LTC....with call ins in the nursing department....including nurses and aides....well...here is the thing. I have an aide who has been an aide for about...

  22. Family members drive me nuts!

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

    omg.....shame on her!!!!!!! that is soooo sneaky and deceptive! I woulda been heated!!! although...sounds like your job does like mine in this area...we were told that if a person was listed on the...

  23. nurses not giving meds at correct times

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

    i have known nurses who gave all their meds on one pass...that included restorils etc...thus they were caught and fired...however...there are some meds that are timed ridiculously...like....if someone...

  24. LTC newbie.. CNA's hate me! help!

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

    hmm...well..i work in ltc also...and to be honest ...i started out as a bit of a pushover b/c i worked the floors with the cnas that i was now having to monitor. to my advantage...i knew which ones...

  25. Pulse Oximeter finger device

    sasha2lady replied to Day83's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    umm....why do you have to buy one? whatever place you work for should be supplying that...although they can be handy at times. Ive seen them for as much as 400.00 and in my area one can even rent one...