allele LPN

allele has 10 years experience as a LPN.

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1. I LOVE Community Health

   allele replied to missjennmb's topic in Public, Community Health

   That's great! I actually work in the same type of center....it provides care of anyone regardless of ability to pay, includes prenatal, primary care, pediatric care, dental services as well as a...

2. leaving the hospital and 3 12's for working 5 8hours out of hospital

   allele replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

   I guess it depends on your situation. Five 8s may be great for a parent, etc. I did 12s for 9 years before going into homecare, I started with five 8s (and every fourth weekend), I couldn't stand...

3. Laptop use in Home Health

   allele replied to mv740's topic in Home Health

   Our agency uses laptops, also with McKesson. I LOVE it!! I don't even carry scrap paper anymore, if I have to right a quick note I just type it quickly into the clinical note area so I don't forget...

4. Ahh! Huge mistake

   allele replied to Mattsgrl83's topic in General Nursing

   I know the type of IV administration tool you're using and it really does hold very little air in the tubing (actually, the type we use comes pre-primed, don't even have to worry about air!), and it's...

5. 44 year-old woman with DVT dies of PE--- ???

   allele replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

   I have to agree with everyone, not your fault! I work homecare, by the way, people are sent home nowadays on lovenox until coumadin is therapeutic, both people with DVT and with PE. While I was at...

6. administering corvert

   allele replied to nursethings's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   We used to, but stopped a few years ago, it just didn't work that often. I usually kept a Lifepak hooked up so I could watch the rhythm myself in the room with the patient and stayed with the patient...

7. Giving Vitamin K IV

   allele replied to SweetTeaRN's topic in Emergency

   We gave it a handful of times in the unit I used to work on, I'd say out of 5 times giving it two patient's had an anaphylactic reaction, the pharmacy always gave us a hard time about it because they...

8. How to remove staples and use steri strips

   allele replied to crawlyberry's topic in General Nursing

   Every facility has their own policy, but I usually take out every other staple, if the incision looks "iffy" at that point I'll apply the steris where I removed the staples and request the rest of the...

9. Pleural Catheters

   allele replied to ski-nurse563's topic in Home Health

   Not sure how it works for private insurance, but if they're medicare we're required to supply them with everything they need, until they're discharged. Then we help set them up to have them delivered...

10. How many patients prefer no scrubs

    allele replied to hotmama2be's topic in Home Health

    I've never had anyone ask me to wear street clothes, but I have been asked why I prefer scrubs. I simply tell them they are more comfortable for the bending, stretching, etc. that I need to do in...

11. working full time- Is RN school even possible?

    allele replied to kmd416's topic in General Nursing

    You're in a tough situation! I did work full time and go to RN school, but I was a CNA and my job at that time allowed me to work two back to back double shifts...so I worked from 3pm Friday...

12. Hemostats

    allele replied to Eirene's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked cardiac surgical we used them to clamp chest tubes (when ordered, of course!), I had to use them once when a patient ripped his chest tube apart at the joint....I clamped until we got...

13. First Contaminated Needlestick

    allele replied to Nurs0706's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I'm glad the testing came back negative!! I have stuck myself with a contaminated needle before. It was the end of my shift and I was in a hurry and broke one of my own rules. Safety...

14. 10 months vs 3.5 years??????

    allele replied to peaches1020's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know a lot about these programs, but I do know someone who chose a 10 month sonography course over a 2 year (she already had a bachelors in another area)...sounded great, BUT she had to find...

15. mileage issue/home health issues

    allele replied to icare4icu's topic in Home Health

    Our agency gives us whatever the IRS allows, we were getting the max of 50 1/2 cents per mile, and the IRS raised it to 58 1/2 cents per mile from July 1 to January 1, just got the notice. We don't...