MellyAnn

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1. Starting clinicals

   MellyAnn replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Students

   I definitely agree with all of the above posts. Also, we kept our pockets stuffed with alcohol wipes, those things come in handy all the time. Our instructor loved when we were about to remove a dressing or DC an IV or INT and we whipped out an alc...

2. Heart skipping beats....

   MellyAnn replied to stephera's topic in Cardiac

   During nursing school one of my instructors was throwing PVCs and she ended up hospitalized to get her dx. Turned out her potassium was low.

3. monthly summaries in LTC

   MellyAnn replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric

   Our monthly summaries are also narratives in the nurse's notes. We address each careplan. Our DON has made a calandar schedule. Each day of the week, one resident gets a monthly summary done. She has it split up so that each shift has just about ...

4. Nurse to Patient ratio's

   MellyAnn replied to Lovenursinganyx's topic in Geriatric

   Hey everyone. I work in a LTC facility on 3-11. I am charge nurse of 27 patients and 2 CNAs and usually 1 orderly for a few male residents. This is pretty typical for all the shifts and all the halls at my job. It's pretty managable, although I a...