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  1. vertigo or something more??????

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

    nope...he didnt do anything to her except look in her ears, nose, vs, rx the steroids and say he didnt know what it was other than vertigo. I asked her if he did anything with her head and she said...

  2. Getting families to sign financial agreements...who's responsible?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Here is the scenario....I work in LTC.....when we get an admission alot of times the social workers will come hand the nurses including myself a piece of paper that they say we should get the family/...

  3. Getting families to sign financial agreements...who's responsible?

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

    Exactly...thats what I thought too and why I just started throwing those papers in the sw box. I dont want anyone to come back and say one day when they get a 50000 ltc bill >>well that nurse...

  4. My LTC facility is starting to Hire Med Techs

    sasha2lady replied to NC Girl BSN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    ahhh....key word in ur post is PRIVATELY OWNED......therefore...they can get away with med techs and that lack of training. AT my facility we dont have med techs...thank god....I am very very anti...

  5. GT meds when pt eats PO

    sasha2lady replied to x0x0CaliLVN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OH man...Im glad I found this post!....I have a very similar case..I have a woman who is just...eat up with endo Ca....she has a peg tube but can take her meds either po or peg....she has a regular...

  6. LPN's who were CNA, CMT, PCT, etc...

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

    I was a cna for about 6 yrs and when I finished my LPN and got licensed...my cna experience didnt count for squat. No extra pay..nothing. Woulda been nice

  7. What would you do ?

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

    Definitely! I refuse to try to please this daughter anymore! As far as Im concerned the DON can have it...all of it from here on out. Im sick of her handing her dirty work off to me anyhow....she is...

  8. Calling all LPNs to read something....

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I just logged on and something caught my eye....has anyone else on the LPN forum seen that thread about "NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PCA AND AN LPN"..... I cant even stand to talk about it....go...

  9. Calling all LPNs to read something....

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

    Amen ! Im with you guys...LPN and proud of it! My sister in law is an RN BSN and works in a hospital as one of the big wig nursing people ....she just found out yesterday that come sept. she might not...

  10. I Have to Find Another Job ......

    sasha2lady replied to CaroleN199's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh man....Ive seen a very similar thing at my job ...we have a lady who goes out with her son every single day til almost 11 pm at night..she is ordered 70/30 before supper ( i dont know how many...

  11. Very Upset And It's Affecting My Marriage

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

    Hang in there! You will get a job...have you tried going to places in surrounding areas? That might help out some...I am in NC so I dont know what you have where you are but ....have you checked out...

  12. Got FIRED...Am I hireable?

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

    Im just curious....if you got fired for not reporting the error another nurse made...what happened to the other nurse?? What kind of med error was it exactly? Narcotic? or what...out of curiosity. And...

  13. Not Much difference in job duties by a PCA and LPN?

    sasha2lady replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm...well I am an LPN and proud to be one...I at the current time have NO desire to be an RN b/c I am still a nurse....I went to school just like an RN....I worked my butt off...just like an RN...I...

  14. LPN are we professional nurses or just RNs?

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

    hmm...I wonder what the deal was in the 80's too...where exactly did you read that info anyway...id love to have a site to go to and read about it. And I agree too about how alot of times lpn's are...

  15. What Meds are critical to know ?

    sasha2lady replied to LVN2010M's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    oh man...so many meds....I work in ltc so I give ALOT of meds...umm....each is important in its own way but think if your abc type stuff....your respiratory meds, cardiac/bp meds, diabetics is a big...

  16. Are Lvn's Allowed To Do Initial Assessments??

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

    I too work in a ltc facility and we do the initial assessments...we even have to do initial care plans which is just a stupid flow sheet that the mds uses to do the real care plan...we do everything...

  17. how long does one stay

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

    Im still at my first actual nursing job...( as an lpn)..been there as a nurse x 3 yrs...cna x6 including a small time as a houskeeper...been there since i was 17..now im 26...ive thought about leaving...

  18. define no call no show

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

    THe only person contacted was the 3rd shift nurse...no one on 2nd was contacted which resulted in a another 2nd shift nurse having to pull a double ...again. For 2nd and 3rd we are supposed to call in...

  19. define no call no show

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

    no..not really...that last part of my post....it all kinda ties in together in one big ugly package. one big problem is with our mgmt....our boss is from another state and she has done all she can to...

  20. Concerns with brand new nurses

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

    I have been a nurse for almost 3 yrs now....and my program was very very very hard. But....when I got on the job...it was like everything Id learned in school was for nothing b/c so many nurses did...

  21. Is there anything you still can't do?

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

    Umm....I absolutely despise any kind of ostomy...ileostomy, colostomy, jejunostomy eww....I have a very hard time emptying one and cleaning it...the smell just does something to me. the first one I...

  22. Share your "problem patient" stories!

    sasha2lady replied to nitenite's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have a lady in her 90s with dementia...she can be mean as a rattlesnake with the cnas but I just adore this woman! The other day she told me she was cold...so I covered her up and she said " do you...

  23. Do Away with LPN's What will LPN's Do?

    sasha2lady replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in General Nursing

    if my place ever phases us out (lpns) all i can say is they better pay for school lol....thats the only way i could even go back but in my ltc facility its dominated by lpns....we do more than the...

  24. who's license do med techs work under?

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

    I personally do not favor med techs in any institution and I am glad my facility doesnt use them....although they did talk about it at one time but all the nurses were so against it that it quickly...

  25. FREAKING out... my first fall and an investigation is on.

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

    I agree with the others....if you did everything and they say its fine...it usually is. Alot of falls depend on the time of day too ...esp with sundowners and pts with dementia. I just had a lady to...