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  1. Multiple morphine orders for pain

    Blackcat99 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I am enjoying my first week of orientation this week at hospice. I have noticed that patients have 4-5 different prn morphine orders. Morphine long acting, short-acting and oramorph I think it's...

  2. Multiple morphine orders for pain

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks so much chicago student nurse. That's a fantastic link with lots of great and very useful

  3. how to avoid " throwing in the towel"?at work ....

    Blackcat99 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes LTC is just one disaster after another. I am just working on call nights at the LTC now. I use to work full time nights at the LTC but it was too much for me. I have been lucky. The CNA's are...

  4. Orientation, what orientation!!

    Blackcat99 replied to LPN01112005's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Welcome to the wonderful world of LTC nursing. At one of my LTC jobs I received a one hour orientation and then was given the keys and was expected to be the LPN charge nurse. Unfortunately,...

  5. Where Do Residents Rights End? Long, Sorry.

    Blackcat99 replied to Cheez-It!'s topic in General Nursing

    When I worked at an assisted living facility it had people who definately did not belong at that facility. Some of the residents needed to be in LTC. One of the male patients had dementia and beat up...

  6. Fired for Abuse/harrassment

    Blackcat99 replied to tennesseenurse's topic in General Nursing

    That's awful! You gave your facility 22 years of dedication and look how they treat you in return. It's so true! Care and compassion is for patients only. When I worked in WV a CNA's house burned to...

  7. Multiple morphine orders for pain

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yes I work in an inpatient unit. Thanks for the information. I had gotten mixed up about the long and short acting. The long acting is ordered every 12 hours on a routine basis not prn.

  8. Best Paid State For Nursing

    Blackcat99 replied to bashy's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the information. I don't think it is Montana either. I saw an ad on the internet for an LPN job in a state psych hospital in Montana offering LPN's $10 something an

  9. 1,000 inmates 4 night nurses.......

    Blackcat99 replied to dazzle256's topic in Correctional

    14-15 nurses on night shift!!! That's

  10. 7 P.m. - 7 A.m.

    Blackcat99 replied to Spider Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps a dose of Benadryl 25mg and an afternoon nap before you go to your 1st nights? Good luck to you. That sounds like a very difficult

  11. Grandmother w/ alzheimers - Malnourishment question

    Blackcat99 replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    Has she been checked out to see if she has pneumonia? I have seen residents who don't eat and sleep all day. They don't cough they don't have any symptoms of pneumonia but when they get checked out by...

  12. If you're sick...please just call in...please...

    Blackcat99 replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    Yes isn't that wonderful when they come to work and expose us and the Residents :angryfire. The day nurse at the LTC was sick and coughing non-stop last week so she came in and exposed everyone. I'm...

  13. If you're sick...please just call in...please...

    Blackcat99 replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked at an LTC in West Virginia a CNA's house burned to the ground and her animals got killed in the fire. She missed 3 days of work and got written up for missing those 3 days of work!!!!...

  14. If you're sick...please just call in...please...

    Blackcat99 replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I had a migraine headache yesterday morning. I thought it would be gone by 6pm since I stayed in bed and took it easy. I ended up calling in at 7pm last night-Sat night because I knew I would be...

  15. update; not so sad anymore.....

    Blackcat99 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Nursing Career

    Congratulations purple princess That's great news!

  16. Uk Nurse Considering A Move To Arizona

    Blackcat99 replied to madwife2002's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I don't live in Phoenix but I visited several times when I was a kid. The weather is so hot!!! I would not visit again because the heat was unbearable. But some people like hot weather. So good luck....

  17. What's it like in Canon City, Colorado?

    Blackcat99 posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hi Friends Has anyone here ever visited Canon City or have any "inside" info about this area? I have been told that there are good jobs here for nurses. Thanks

  18. What's it like in Canon City, Colorado?

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Thanks tntrn and 2nd Career RN. :) I am hoping to move someday in the future. There are so many wonderful areas to live. It's hard to

  19. workplace violence with geriatric residents

    Blackcat99 replied to kferber's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's a tough call to make. If you do the "right thing' and report the workplace violence then they will probably stop calling you to work at that facility anymore. It's all about "customer service"...

  20. What's it like in Canon City, Colorado?

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Thanks micco for your imput. :) It sure sounds like a nice

  21. LPN LTC Workloads and too little time

    Blackcat99 replied to Silverhawk's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes I've worked in places where the nurse is also the dining room supervisor. I had to pass out trays,give coffee and help feed residents. They told me that the state requires a licensed nurse to...

  22. imposter nurse????

    Blackcat99 replied to lllliv's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it would probably be a good idea to have the state check on this nurse. I have worked with 2 nurses who later turned out to be "imposter nurses." When I was a CNA many many years ago, I had to...

  23. tired of bedside care, options???

    Blackcat99 replied to sun_chica's topic in Nursing Career

    If you like emergencies and excitement try correctional nursing. When I worked corrections the inmates were always lighting their cells on

  24. Honesty in Exit Interviews?

    Blackcat99 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I told them the reason I was leaving was because I was moving. The fact is that 3 of the staff people I worked with were so utterly obnoxious that I couldn't stand to spend another day in their...

  25. Problem CNAs on night shift

    Blackcat99 replied to clab25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I use to work at the state hospital. There was a staff member assigned to a one to one with a suicidal patient. He fell asleep in his chair and the woman hung herself and