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I to would like a copy

If you are concerned for your own health(we all are but not all are fanatics in worrying every moment) about getting diseases ect... go to another field because this one is always dangerous no matter what at any given time and moment. Sometimes all t...

did our forefathers not fight and die for our rights, each individual right smokers or none, the air outside, if you do the research is worse than the second hand smoke- use an air conditioner- check out the research on the filth and toxins it puts o...

I say, as long as you are proud of yourself, the only other thing to care about is how your patients and family feel about you. Patients are the ones who count and if you are proud of yourself and the caring work you do they will know it and feel it ...

Have had similair problems a few , but if they have been there forever you might as well hang it up they are always right and you are wrong

I would welcome all the prayers I could get before and after for my family in thier grief. IN LTC I deal with a lot of families and pray when asked. The condolences I offer is that thier loved one is no longer suffering in pain, SOB or what ever may ...

Give them a choice no more assignments like that or you will look for another job- what a dangerous cituation that is-ouch

11-7 shift Ativan Tylenol - both at the same time-works wonders for some to sleep Haldol Robutussin Maalox pain meds usely given just before I get to work- Oxycodone or Percocet

While working for a Temp agency under the same conditions- I walked back and forth to check the CNA's and the residents in all halls- 3 of them. This is also where the trust factor comes in- do you trust your CNA's to do thier job and do it right? Ei...

Wow, some very bad stories here, I depend on and trust my CNA's. I know how hard to job is as I used to do it before becoming an LPN. I also know what it is like to complain about a very bad CNA(resident abuse) as I did this as a CNA and got nowhere....

I work nights(3rd) and there are at most 33 residents- 2- G-Tube Feedings which are now not after 8pm except for 1 feeding thank goodnes. Very few meds except for PRN's which is somenights just as bad. Med Tech comes in and passes am meds. Do all tre...

When I did agency- I was expected to walk in and know everything and run the shift- well didn't know everything but did run the shift- I had Med Tech's in most places I went to so didn't have to worry so much about meds-Agency Nurses are suppose to d...

Did they not pass a new law pertaining to amt. of Nurse's to patients or was that only in a few states?

LPN's do Know how to chart and are responsible and just as loving of a care giver as anyone else(most of us anyway) :) Doesn't the chart Q24 hrs by an RN have to do with Medicare rules?

I have been told if you don't take report you do not have to accept the assignment is this true or is it a state to state thing? Also where I worked before I did the charting/ the RN would read it and sign behind my name- I would then think that the ...

So true on some of the RN's and the LPN's generally do get the most blame even if they do a better job than some of the RN's. I don't beleive the RN should have had to check on the LPN's progress in this situation, the LPN knows here job and should b...

I am an LPN, ChargeNurse for 36 LTC residents(3rd so no RN) and my CNA's do rounds q2hrs but I still check on my residents and can not imagine a patient lying on the floor that long and no one knowing it-I have also had GI Bleeds, VS drop-call MD imm...

1st off , we really need to know what you are unhappy with and what is discouraging you

I RN q 24hrs -1st consist of an RN plus the DON and MDS_RN(DON does a lot of work on 1st (MDS_RN available) 1 med tech and 6 CNA's 2nd an LPN Charge Nurse and 3 CNA's and a Med Tech 3rd an LPN Charge Nurse and 2 CNA's

wash on our itchy people and Benadryl at night if the itching is severe- we checked everything also and this works for ours