akita_mommy replied to moorebluejacket's topic in Geriatric, LTC
It worked to the EXTREME on one of my residents. She went from only eating approx. 25% meals before rx to now shoveling all of her meals in her mouth in around 3 minutes then go back in her room and...
akita_mommy replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Any sudden changes in behavior with a resident, GET A URINE! 95% of times it's a UTI. Also set the rules down early with nursing aides. If not, they will walk all over you. I had to learn the hard way...
akita_mommy replied to DixieRedHead's topic in Geriatric, LTC
You know it's going to be a bad day in The home when the first thing you hear when walking into charting room after clocking in is the nurse you are relieving on the phone reading back a verbal order...
akita_mommy replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I love night shift :) I know Alot more about my residents than the day/evening shift ever will because I actually have the time to go through charts and get to know the patients well given they are...
I have a resident that went into a diabetic coma Wednesday night around 12 MN. Couldn't bring up the sugar ourselves so we sent out to the ER. They gave her a push of Dextrose and she came back fine...
I also decided to pay my enrollment fee BEFORE taking the 2 classes that I can take without being enrolled. I'm doing this so I can be considered for scholarships come August. Anyone else doing
I did the online application last night and paid my $80 fee. Now just waiting to see what I have to take. I'm hoping not much since I have a bunch of classes already done. Yall check it out and let me...
We were taught in school that results won't be valid without a wheal. I guess what they say is true about things being different in the 'real world' of nursing!
My question here was regarding the deadline to BEGIN my enrollment fee payment. I meant it like is there a deadline to begin paying the enrollment fee to be considered. I read that the deadline for...
I'm hoping to get a scholarship in August to help pay for some of my exams. My FAFSA this year has an EFC of 0000. Is this a good factor for getting a scholarship? Also, when is the deadline for my to...
A bunch of my classmates are claiming they got their ATT through email and not postal mail. This has me really paranoid that I accidently deleted something. But when I go to the Pearson Vue website,...