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  1. What's your problem???????

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I believe so too....I asked for her to be moved one time...or we would have been together 3x thus far. I try to avoid her. When she is there she even walks toward me like she wants a conflict, Ive...

  2. Nurse Vs Daughter! Help Me!!!

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, to answer the ? about where he lives, I dont know anymore. He used to live an hour away from me, but when he remarried he has apparently moved around several times. The uncle I met said he was...

  3. Nurse Vs Daughter! Help Me!!!

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...I am sitting here reading all this encouragement and am brought to tears that my fellow nurses are kind enough to help me find my way. The one about the nurse wants to remain distant and...

  4. Nurse Vs Daughter! Help Me!!!

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much. My gut is telling me to do it do it do it! I also believe she intercepted it. I honestly never gave it much thought before because I was never expecting to run into anybody,...

  5. I hate my supervisor

    sasha2lady replied to kikwon89's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I see both sides here...I too would have held that insulin. I have never been told where I work that we have to get an order to hold insulin on someone whos bs is 50...they tell us its nursing...

  6. Tidbits, facts, save-your-butts...for new nurses in LTC

    sasha2lady replied to CharleeJo.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I use sticky notes to remind myself to go back and look at something. EVERYBODY criticizes my stickies yet...these same people are the ones Ive come behind countless times who have told me stuff in...

  7. crossing out MD orders??

    sasha2lady replied to RNinSoCal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ok...I work in LTC and im a little confused here..by what is meant by "crossing" off md orders....we still use the paper MARS....lets say...someone is on vitamin c 500mg po qd...md comes and says its...

  8. Med Errors vs being "slow"?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    there is a nurse who works on the 12 hr day shift who at best, is slow with her work....this is the thing though...every night we come in on nights and she openly tells us that she "Just gave" her pm...

  9. Med Errors vs being "slow"?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    wonderful input & I appreciate it all so much. I had a class at work this am and saw that I have to follow this nurse on my next shift..needless to say my stomach is already in knots about it. I...

  10. Can someone explain this mess to me?? sorry so long

    sasha2lady posted a topic in General Nursing

    i am sooo aggravated right now...the past few months have taken a toll on me & i have felt myself being turned into an absolute monster, do you hear me...? im more agitated/snappy than ive ever...

  11. Med Errors vs being "slow"?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    @ the place I work for the policy is that wehave exactly and only 1 hr before/after the time its due in relation to meds. Ive started keeping a log of events that I keep @ home & will continue...

  12. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    sasha2lady replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I like this post :) hmm..let me see here...I saw a nurse give an IM ativan SLOWLY..i mean barely did get the needle in..made my skin crawl. I know of a nurse who doesnt give her ac meal insulins til...

  13. Medication errors

    sasha2lady replied to asluss's topic in General Nursing

    I would take it as a learning experience...Im an LPN in ltc...nothing glamourous. Anyhow, My 2nd day of orientating I gave someone a tb test that was allergic to it....however, I had no idea she was...

  14. Describe good and bad CNA's you have seen

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

    ps....the only thing WORSE than bad cna's...is bad management in all areas, don, adon, administrator, social worker...whatever.....the ones who NEVER listen to what you are trying to say, who let...

  15. Describe good and bad CNA's you have seen

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

    Some of the worst ones Ive worked with are just....lazy.....I mean lazy....they basically come to work to try and get a free check...they whine and complain nonstop about having to do the job in which...

  16. Can someone explain this mess to me?? sorry so long

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Just a few tid bits...I been there x 10 yrs & its not always been this way. As for the pass taking 5 hours is it due to interruptions, partially. The aides from the rehab unit are constantly...

  17. CNA license?

    sasha2lady replied to Marissa2619's topic in General Nursing

    not trying to be smart here..but in NC cnas are NOT LICENSED....they are certified and only na 2's are listed on the BON....na1s have a whole other registry that they fall

  18. IF you WEREN'Ta nurse, what would you be???

    sasha2lady replied to sjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I actually would like several different things...If I were an RN instead of an LPN I would be a CNA instructor (inspired by my own cna instructor many years ago) or a state surveyor. Now, total...

  19. Dealing with CNA's

    sasha2lady replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm....I dont think its kosher for any aide to be giving out that kind of medical advice..it should have been done by the nurse/ dietician, md...whoever...someone who is LICENSED to educate a patient...

  20. The small things that hold LPN's back.

    sasha2lady replied to anonymous1919's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    good question, i didnt understand why we werent taught it in school either but here where I live...neither are the RNs. Its mostly on the job training...thats how I learned how to draw blood. I hate...

  21. Namenda/Aricept/Excelon...is it worth it?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i am just curious to all the nurses out there...and those that work in ltc are probably more familiar with this than some others....have you ever seen, and i mean visibly,physically, mentally seen any...

  22. How to get the cna's to follow instructions

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    We are having some aide issues on following directions on our shift..7p-a. We nurses all do 12 hr shifts now..the aides still do 3 shifts, 1st, 2nd, 3rd. The 2nd shift aides, all of who us night...

  23. Namenda/Aricept/Excelon...is it worth it?

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

    Exactly. We use Ativan Xanax etc meds for behaviors and anxiety that work more often than not. I asked our pharmacist what price range aricept namenda runs it's roughly 200 a month for each....

  24. How to get the cna's to follow instructions

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

    been there! Ive had a cna come to me demanding that a resident (that wasnt even mine to start with) be sent to the ER because they were "unresponsive"..well...duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....after you take 2...

  25. Anyone have this happen?

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

    Oh..man....that would be terrible to have to deal with all the time. I would assume just from the info you provided that the meds were given since they were signed....nursing documentation...