Lorrie34

I took mine this morning. I kept telling myself "Just don't shut off at 85" but guess what? It did. I wanted to burst into tears. I started shaking so badly! The screen went blue and stayed that color. I got slammed with pharm questions and the...

Completely unsafe! Not just for you and your license but for the resident as well! I administer my own meds and when I'm doing my pass, if I'm dispensing a med I don't know or can't recall, my med book is in my cart and I look it up before I pop th...

It's a med error. If you didn't give what was scheduled and double-dosed on another med, that is a med error. If this was your own mistake, I think the moral action to take is to report it to the DON and let him/her make the call if an incident rep...

I was an MA for 14 years before getting my LPN. In my opinion, having that experience absolutely helped me get through the LPN program. I had very strong skills in injections, vital signs, venipuncture, medical terminology, charting, and most impo...

Nursing is all about tending to every patient's needs at all times. Unfortunately, there are many times when more than one resident has multiple needs at the same time. It DOES get hectic. You have to be able to prioritize and assess. You also n...

I'm wondering what school you went to, imanedrn, that you came out into your first job so fast and efficient, full of confidence too... I'm looking into schools and want to go to a top-notch school so that I don't read a post like that on here about ...

OMG, I don't know what to say about those nurse's notes! At the LTF where I work, we have regular inservices on documentation. Our nurse educator even gave us a written test on it for our employment records. She audits our charting regularly. "Nu...

I wish I only had one resident on my assignment--I actually have a handful like that. I spent half of my shift literally running after the one lastnight, pulling him out of everybody else's rooms and restarting the IV that he keeps pulling out of hi...

Wow, I really feel you there. I just had my first resident die on my shift, my assignment too. She just took a sudden turn on the daylight shift, and was put to bed and started on IV antibiotics on the evening shift. I came in for night shift and g...

I just need to vent and see if I'm the only newly licensed nurse that has been made to feel like a complete Idiot by their superior nurses. I graduated LPN school in December as valedictorian of my class. I passed my boards with the minimum number o...

I'd like to apologize. I did go on the defense when it was posted that I jeopordized my license. Not every fact was posted in the original thread. Nothing scares a new nurse worse than thinking they could be in trouble. The fact is that I did ac...

Furthermore, the RN did have me call the next of kin to inform them of the rash etc. I was upset that she didn't have the same findings on her "official omnipotent RN ASSESSMENT". That was my only gripe when I posted this thread. Sorry I ever did ...

Thanks to everyone that replies with SUPPORT. Zak, to you, where do you get that I went "over the RN's head" and reported it? If the LPN finds an abnormality on their assessment, we are required, by my facility to fill out an investigative report f...

Umm, I'm not sure how you say that I'm out of my scope of practice to chart on abnormal findings. Maybe you are in a different state? But I am obligated to document if there is a change of condition in a patient on my assignment AND report it to th...

It's common and legal. Most facilities (the ones I work at) do it for census reasons. Every LTC facility I have interviewed with admits without hesitation that they over-hire on purpose. They have to make sure if a nurse calls off, takes leave, et...

Can you imagine what those poor souls in pharmacology school have to go through? The pharmacist on duty is my BFF for 8 hours every shift LOL. I have a friend that is a pharmacist and any time I call him with a random drug question, he has the ans...

I wish I knew where this rumor started. I've been hearing it for about 10 years now--I just got my LPN last month. I don't know why people say LPNs are being phased out, but it isn't true. It can be difficult for an LPN to secure a position in a h...

Yess, we were drilled about our meds and the actions, therepeutic ranges, side-effects, contra-indications....yada, yada too and there were days that I said "wait, I am in nursing school, NOT pharmacology school, right?". There was one time that as ...

Demerol is best. But toxicity is an issue with elderly and Demerol.

I had to remove my plain analog watch too. And I had a terrible cold so I had some tissues in my pocket to my sweater and they made me throw them out and take some from their box right before I entered the test. I had to get fingerprinted 3 times a...

We learned it as "MOAN". It is just to help you remember what the interventions are--not the order. I would go with O2 first. Oxygen/airway ALWAYS pirority. Never anything before airway. Remember that and you will be fine. If they aren't breath...

You absolutely have to be able to separate your personal feelings from your profession. When you walk through those doors and take report, what happens within those walls STAYS within those walls as well as whatever goes on on the other side of thos...

There is NO way to determine what kind of questions you will get on boards. You may get a lot of OB questions while the person next to you gets prioritization, and another may get an even mix of everything. The computer assess YOUR INDIVIDUAL level...

I would also include the rate of the infusion.

Yup, the prototypes. DIGOXIN! LASIX! ASA, Dilantin, Haldol...those are the ones I'd focus on. And for the love of all things Holy, know your Dig levels and don't ever forget it. Toxicity sxs of it too. You will need it many, many more times.