sasha2lady

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  1. Should I say something ?

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

    Karma Karma Karma! this cna came in yesterday with a note from the ER...she was suddenly stricken with a raging viral eye infection in both eyes! This was true...I saw her eyes..they were red, watery,...

  2. What do/did you say when...

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

    I started at my facility in housekeeping and I had no idea what a cna was til one of the day shift cnas started talking to me about it....she told me how to go about getting into cna work so while i...

  3. Sent home for Low Census because I am the LVN!!!

    sasha2lady replied to pink2blue1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    we have been struggling with LC too....just this week it went back up but....im sure itll be short lived as it usually is. We get pts from hospitals who are in really bad shape when we get...

  4. Should I say something ?

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

    yea...i slept on it last night and decided just to leave it and see what happens. I would hate to see her lose her job because since she has worked under me...i have seen such improvement in her...

  5. How long before you get comfortable in LTC?

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

    It will get better. When I was a brand new nurse my biggest problem wasnt the meds...it was the terrible never ending overwhelming all consuming confusing paperwork. does this go here? i fill out this...

  6. Something nice your boss has done for you

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

    man....all those things sound too good to be true.....all my boss has ever given me was a freakin old lotto ticket that lost anyways. I cant even remember a thank you from her in over a year. ...wish...

  7. Irked

    sasha2lady replied to chellelynn25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    hmmm........well that just blows! I got forced into doing charge on my shift last year b/c my don said I could handle it and that i was the strongest nurse on my shift.....sureeeeeeeeeeeee......i hate...

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

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

    Luckily....I do have some aides that do the right thing ....they keep on changing these pts despite the mgmts instruction not to. My don used to tell us nurses not to give out any narcs unless it was...

  9. missing narcs

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

    I had something similar happen to me a while back. we had 90 ativans missing that were in the med room locked up ....turns out they had accidentally been sent back to the pharmacy for destruction. It...

  10. Can I get a break, please! (long, sorry)

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

    YES...IT DOES GO SOUR AT TIMES. i take it you were on the day shift? where was the charge nurse???? the charge nurse could have handled the pharmacy deal....and the new orders from that appointment....

  11. What exactly is the procedure for resident falls?

    sasha2lady replied to Sensoria17's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    at my facility we do document it in the chart...you only chart the facts "resident noted to be sitting in upright position on the floor in front of her w/c. Resident stated she was trying to get her...

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

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

    greedy is true. maybe it really is true when they say that money is the root of all evil. We have went without briefs, supplies like glucometer strips, otc meds, even nail clippers in all this mess....

  13. have you ever had a pt that you cant tolerate!???

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

    well....they take whoever and whatever.....she came in with a medicare pay source at the time....something had happened at the place she was at before i think...and there ya go. we got her and she...

  14. Missed informed people about LPN profession boils my skin

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

    I have heard this same story myself....I get compared to my in law who is an RN BSN MSN. my hubby doesnt consider me a real nurse....just a modified cna. I was in a room one day at work and overheard...

  15. have you ever had a pt that you cant tolerate!???

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

    ohhh thank you virgo...the things you just mentioned have never even been brought up by the psych NP who follows her and she has met w/ me a few times about her. she just adds meds which dont work....

  16. FED UP CNAS!!!!

    sasha2lady replied to marineswife0809's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I work in LTC...Im the charge nurse on 2nd shift. I worked as a cna for over 5 yrs before being a nurse...prior to that i worked in housekeeping and laundry. Good aides are soooo hard to come by...and...

  17. Why don't nurses listen to cna's

    sasha2lady replied to nurse12b's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    well...im an LPN....worked as a cna for over 5 yrs..had similar problems also...but one post on here just caught my eye....the one where the worker got 1500 ml of dark urine from a spc? OMG...in 2...

  18. ~What Pet Peeves Do You Have Regarding CNA's~

    sasha2lady replied to NurseCubanitaRN2b's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    well.....i did cna work for 5+ yrs before i became a nurse. i was hassled by a drill seargent nurse who i thought hated me and had it out for me from day one as a cna...but once i started nursing...

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

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

    Hmm.......I see completely.....one other thing that bugs me about this issue is that at my facility the upper mgmt ppl meaning the DON and administrator get huge bonuses for keeping us under...

  20. Documentation

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

    I also work in LTC ...my charting ranges from med a....medicaid...acute changes and if someone has a fall/incident we chart for 3 days on that issue....if someone starts on an antibiotic..we chart for...

  21. When did it become ok to put someone down because they are NOT an RN?

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

    Congrats to you on passing the test both professionally and otherwise......i too have been in the same boat....my husband has said to me several times " you should go to school to be a nurse" ....I...

  22. how does hospice work in other ltc facilities

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I recently had some news from one of my cna's that just blew my mind a lil bit. I had a dying patient who was on crisis care with hospice. now...the hospice nurse that was in with her is one that i...

  23. Being a Team Player

    sasha2lady replied to trixie's topic in General Nursing

    I consider myself a team player. I never get help when I need it while other nurses on my shift and other shifts lay over their stuff on me every single day. For the longest Ive done it and put up...

  24. Correct documentation

    sasha2lady replied to Chanta2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am with you....i dont think that documenting what another nurse didnt do is correct.....this is one that kills me...ive taken report from a certain nurse who has documented this line here in her...

  25. Abandonment?

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

    ahhhhh....soooo familiar....where i work no member of management nurse wise ever helps us ...on any shift day,evening, or night. now...before the upper ones we have now came to our facility the adon...