sasha2lady

sasha2lady

LTC

Member

  • Content

    520

  • Visitors

    8,780

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    1

All Content by sasha2lady

  1. Why Not???!!!

    sasha2lady replied to kele0197's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    She sounds ignorant. What kind of place are you working at? LTC? hospital ...or what? My motto is thou shalt not bite the hand that feeds you....there might come a time when its just her and 2...

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

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

    Well I finally buckled down had 2 aides behind the desk on the phone at 6am one am and I had just finished my meds. I called their name twice and got ignored so I literally had to raise my voice like...

  3. Overstaffing question

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

    man, that would be nice to have 4 nurses! I worked that shift for years and we were lucky to keep 3 . Now we do 12's and on my shift we get 2 nurses 7p-a. I have 40 residents plus a min of 16 charts...

  4. I HATE CHANGEOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    the changeover from feb to march was a tragedy! each full time nurse has an assigned set of mars to do each month which means that regardless, if you have a set you are responsible for getting it...

  5. DOES ANYONE know what the procedure is called when IV can not be obtained......

    sasha2lady replied to adean1969's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    well....i got a name for

  6. To those who have been pregnant and working

    sasha2lady replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Eat eat and drink. I was the same way when I was pregnant. It will pass. I was hit with extreme fatigue. I worked 2nd shift 3 - 11 in LTC which is where Im still at...once I hit the 8 month mark I had...

  7. bad mgmt + bad decisions=burnout?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i am just wondering....is there some unseen rule in ltc that says the don or other mgmt personnel can just let shifts run short? we were short aides, severely short, the don came in to "decorate" a...

  8. I HATE CHANGEOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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

    Wow changeover per admit date now that's a whole new idea how well does that work out? I told the boss today in a meeting that each should start their own assigned mars instead of pushing it on one...

  9. what do ward clerks do?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    ok....got a possibly dumb ? here.....our don just gave an aide a ward clerk job...on 2nd shift. the thing is....this position, regardless of who it is, is supposed to help take some of the load off us...

  10. respecting ones faith at work...the fine line

    sasha2lady posted a topic in General Nursing

    what is the best way to deal with current staff who dont respect new hires r/t their "beliefs" ??? I gave one warning to some aides about respecting some new hires who have a totally different way of...

  11. Are you able to put away money for your retirement?

    sasha2lady replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    I started a 401k thru my job about 2 years ago, it has NO match to it which I didnt find out til after I enrolled in it...but Ive kept it at 1 % because I have too many bills to pay right now..I am...

  12. respecting ones faith at work...the fine line

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

    Well, basically its a cult like organization with 2 leaders that control its members lives...all of it. Leaders decide what areas members will be educated and work in (nursing is very very popular...

  13. I HATE CHANGEOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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

    well, its the point of it....xyz people have responsibilities for x amt of mars and they chose not to bother to do theirs because it was made clear to everyone that it would be thrown on someone...

  14. Nurse Distractions and Med Errors please share input

    sasha2lady replied to CNOR1988's topic in General Nursing

    i once gave a PPD to a resident who was "allergic" to it. I checked for allergies but didnt see the PPD allergy on the mar because it had been written in with pencil..which is a no no to start with....

  15. Do you identify yourself as a nurse when you or your family are a patient?

    sasha2lady replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    When my son was born via c section I was on the OR table, strapped down and numbed...the CRNA asked me where I worked...I told her...she had no idea I was a nurse...she thought I was an aide or...

  16. Drug-Seekers

    sasha2lady replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    this is the world we live in nowadays. so many people think pills can just cure it all...or a good shot of this or that. then there is the whole ...how are we gonna pay for it..nonstop chaos. plus..we...

  17. what do ward clerks do?

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

    well, i still havent gotten straight answers from the don..and yea, i had thought of that too about how a position could be formed without a job description. the only thing i can figure is that it was...

  18. Most trivial complaint ever?

    sasha2lady replied to iNurseUK's topic in General Nursing

    We just had a family member call state on us because she came in and her moms tv was not on. Mind you her mom was in bed

  19. SeCond guessing this one

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i had a pt today who bumped her shin in something and it was 5cm long x 0.5cm wide. she's on coumadin and aricept. the edges couldn't be approximated and it looked more flat vs having depth to it and...

  20. Sink or swim

    sasha2lady posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Long story short we are being put on mandatory 10&12 hour shifts next month. I personally am in favor along with the majority of my coworkers . The rest are mad about it but it's either you do it...

  21. Sink or swim

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree it's insane. My motto is either get on board or go elsewhere. This was a corporate decision from what I understand . Apparently it's working well in sister facilities and I hope once it's all...

  22. what is the worst part of the job?

    sasha2lady replied to nursehopeful117's topic in General Nursing

    For me the worst part is the families that are chronic complainers who come in looking to gripe, then there's issues with coworkers who just don't want to work but there's at least one anywhere you go...

  23. SeCond guessing this one

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

    I feel better now. It's actually looking much better now. No more bleeding and no drainage. It's not even bruised like I thought it would become. The tx seems to be working so far. I'm glad I got a...

  24. what do ward clerks do?

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

    Unfortunately yes she is the only ward clerk. She has no experience and little to no training except for the things I've tried to show her between my admissions charting med passes txs and pharmacy...

  25. Co-worker eats like a cave woman...

    sasha2lady replied to Born2BWild's topic in General Nursing

    woooooo.......the title of this thread just made me get strangled on my coffee........fits it well lol...however, Id just pick a different spot to eat at if its that bad. we have an aide who actually...