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  1. I'm writing up the CNA at my LTC facility

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all for your great advice. Oops it looks like I may have accidently gotten 2 different threads started on this same subject. Yes I think I will urge the other nurse to write up the CNA and I...

  2. I'm writing up the CNA at my LTC facility

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks all for your great advice. Oops it looks like I may have accidently gotten 2 different threads started on this same subject. Yes I think I will urge the other nurse to write up the CNA and I...

  3. I'm writing up the CNA at the LTC facility

    Blackcat99 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi friends I told the CNA that vital signs are to be done by midnight every night. I had her sign a paper last Nov. in an inservice. She always does them by midnight when she works with me. I just...

  4. I'm writing up the CNA at the LTC facility

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    This is the same CNA I was talking about last Nov. She knows vital signs are due by 12 midnight. She has been working at this facility for 5 years. All the other CNA's always turn in the vital signs...

  5. I have tinnitus

    Blackcat99 replied to brigaily2000's topic in General Nursing

    I had tinnitis and bad headaches. I went to the chiropractor and had weekly treatments and I quit using Tylenol. After a month of weekly chiropractor treatments the tinnitis went away.

  6. Trend To Decrease Use Of Seclusion And Restraint

    Blackcat99 replied to marylyn_91604's topic in Psychiatric

    How did the trend of radically decreasing the use of seclusion and restraints affect my psych nursing practice? It made me leave psych nursing for good because I no longer felt safe. It's all about...

  7. Can anyone help me with memory skills?

    Blackcat99 replied to nurseboop21's topic in General Nursing

    I took pills -choline- I think it was an amino acid vitamin and It helped my memory a great deal.

  8. what you don't like about your supervisor

    Blackcat99 replied to jcm's topic in General Nursing

    My supervisor is the director of nurses and I like her very much. I think she is trying to do her best. However, I hate mandatory meetings especially since I work nights and am too tired to get up for...

  9. Looking to relocate,to a kid friendly, LPN friendly city that pays good. Any suggest?

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

    I have heard good things about Nevada. Lots of nursing jobs and reasonable cost of living. That's what I've heard about Las Vegas.

  10. When do I start looking?

    Blackcat99 replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    I would start looking for a job after you graduate from nursing school. I think the job experience is very helpful to a new graduate. Good luck.

  11. Shaking a symptom of ?

    Blackcat99 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I had a patient the other night who did some "hard shaking." I took a blood sugar strip and tested it. It said "low-below 20. I thought she was going to die on me but she didn't. She's a diabetic who...

  12. Nurse Bully?

    Blackcat99 replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    yes it was great!!! us nurses were inside the facility looking out the window when it happened. we were laughing and cheering. we didn't even know the cna's had planned to do it but we were sure...

  13. Nurse Bully?

    Blackcat99 replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    Many years ago I worked at a job where this nurse would constantly yell at everyone! RN, LPN, CNA it didn't matter who you were. Us nurses were wondering what we should do about it. Anyway, the CNA's...

  14. When they call you in to work extra shifts...

    Blackcat99 replied to purseOnalityRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I use to be a victim of phone harrassment. I'll never forget the day off I was enjoying when the LTC Director of Nurses called me. I had been drinking and I told her I had been drinking. She told...

  15. The Know-It-All nurse

    Blackcat99 replied to BETSRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :chuckle I worked with a "Know it all new grad RN. I tried to give her good advice when I saw she was doing the wrong thing. She was "insulted" that an LPN was trying to give her good advice. So I...

  16. Awful Story

    Blackcat99 replied to runtough238's topic in General Nursing

    I think I would call my "old job" back and explain that I just needed some rest. At the LTC where I work they will usually "re-hire" people who use to work at the facility and want to return. Good...

  17. Why be a CNA?

    Blackcat99 replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work with some great CNA's at my LTC facility. I was a CNA for 4 years before I became an LPN. I really enjoyed caring for my LTC residents. I miss it. Now I feel "useless" as an LPN because I...

  18. nurse shortage

    Blackcat99 replied to Rn_mady's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe they would come back if they were actually allowed to have "real days off." This means they would not be constantly harrassed on their days off to come in to work. This also means they would...

  19. Meals that freeze well for elderly woman at home

    Blackcat99 replied to Sadie04's topic in Home Health

    Try TV dinners. They have some expensive kinds that are absolutely delicious and very healthy.

  20. Looking for subject to write my Dissertation on

    Blackcat99 replied to sam.r's topic in Psychiatric

    How about the pros and cons in regards to forcing psych meds on people? I have read so many different opinions on this subject.

  21. Night shift LPN at a hospice facility?

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks aimeee and renerian. :) I hope hospice will call me and give me an interview. LTC is getting to be too much for

  22. Night shift LPN at a hospice facility?

    Blackcat99 posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hi Friends :) My local hospice is advertising for a night shift LPN. Does anyone know what the usual duties and requirements are for a night shift LPN at a hospice facility? I would sure like to...

  23. NOC Patient bathing

    Blackcat99 replied to sheridan7679's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We only do bathing of some of the Alzheimer's residents on night shift. We wake some of the residents up at night for routine water drops for the eyes, to do routine skin checks, give laxative pills...

  24. Night shift LPN at a hospice facility?

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Hospice nurses please help me. :) I've never worked hospice and have no idea what LPN's do at

  25. correctional nursing position

    Blackcat99 replied to debraRN's topic in Correctional

    Go for it. You will do just fine. Congratulations on escaping