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  1. Being Ordered to Give Whiskey

    guest2210 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    Family usually provides the alcohol of choice. If there is no family, the money can be taken from the patient's account and the admininstrator or other office admin goes to the liquor store and picks...

  2. What happens if I become labeled as disabled after a work injury?

    guest2210 replied to silentwolves's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I can empathize...I herniated L4-5 and L5-S1 in 1990 and was disabled for 13 years. While working a part time receptionist's job got me in hot water with Social Security and they said I owed them...

  3. Advice/tips needed for going into LTC job

    guest2210 replied to lpn92211's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I see that your interviews were a few weeks ago. What happened? Where you hired by any of the 3 LTCs that interviewed

  4. Help: Which states allow an LPN to Determine death?

    guest2210 replied to sposator's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It's the same in Ohio as it is where BrandonLPN is. I've just had to call family, MD to release body-some places even had a standing order for that-heaven forbid we would have to wake a doc up in the...

  5. Documentation and EMR

    guest2210 replied to Frye_Kelly's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If your system tracks all users, when an audit is done, it will show that the nurses changed the diagnoses, thus leaving YOU open for possible sanctions. Some EMR systems do not give anyone access to...

  6. Do Nurses Get Traffic Tickets?

    guest2210 replied to rachelita's topic in General Nursing

    I was pulled over on a 4 way stop due to a power outage affecting the stoplight, because I didn't fully stop. because it was so icy, instead I did a rolling stop. I was in uniform and received a...

  7. The Health Insurance Marketplace: One Nurse's Journey

    guest2210 replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in General Nursing

    I have navigated the Marketplace. Due to a few physical ailments, I am not able to work at the present time. In my case, I qualified for my state's Medicaid program. No cost to me, but I had to...

  8. Any specialty type LVN's ?? what's yours?

    guest2210 replied to Natasha A.'s topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I train MDs, nurses and ancillary staff in Epic EMR. I started doing it when I got fired from the AL facility is used to work at. The pay is exceptional, but the field is becoming saturated with...

  9. What's the highest blood pressure you ever recorded?

    guest2210 replied to Andythepiano's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked ICU a number of years ago, a patient had a BP of 260/140, hypertensive crisis. He was asymptomatic and was discharged a week

  10. Electrical Stimulation Therapy

    guest2210 replied to lvn87's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was a TENS fitter for a podiatry group many years ago in Ohio. It was my job to instruct the patient on use and level of pain to increase as needed post operatively. The company that employed me...

  11. best i quit or fired story

    guest2210 replied to OnlinePersona's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked in a billing office and was supposed to be able to work from home when the new manager took over. Got a new desk with all the trimmings, then found out she lied to me about it. I typed " I...

  12. Returning Lpn student in late 30's, married with teenage kids..

    guest2210 replied to Gog3tter's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    When I was in LPN school 32 years ago, there were several older students in there. One was 58 and laid off from a manufacturing job with no hope of getting called back. Another was a grandmother at...

  13. What makes a COB crusty?

    guest2210 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Epic does have programs for iPhones and Android devices, where MDs can enter orders from their devices. Haiku is the program for entering orders. Canto is for iPads where an MD can review a patient's...

  14. Should I quit my job?

    guest2210 replied to CuddleFox's topic in General Nursing

    Are the patients being neglected or harmed in any way? Maybe it's time to anonymously call the state for an inspection or the local Ombudsman to alert them of the dangerous nurse to patient

  15. Cardiac strips

    guest2210 replied to WittySarcasm's topic in General Nursing

    It's true what they say, if you don't use it, you lose it. Knowing the basics could be the step up you need to get into more acute units. Once in a unit, you would gain the practical experience of...

  16. I. Just. Can't....

    guest2210 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That is so sad. I had a patient with end-stage liver disease and ACTIVE AIDS. Family wanted everything done. He coded, went to ICU and coded at least half a dozen times and finally couldn't be...

  17. Long-term care/SNF

    guest2210 replied to trillnurse7's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My first job was in LTC and the nurse-patient ratio was 1:50 for 7p-7a shift. Even when I did agency work at places I'd never been before, I had 25-30 pts with a new admission, and a transfer in from...

  18. RUDE CNA

    guest2210 replied to baygrl11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    There is at least one CNA like that in every place I have ever worked. I've sent a CNA home for her attitude towards other staff members. She did learn her lesson. (Probably the one that keyed my...

  19. Attention tall nurses!!!

    guest2210 replied to Code Red's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Uniform City at Uniform City They have brick and mortar stores as well as online shopping...great prices,

  20. What would you do?

    guest2210 replied to sweetsole's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Some places, LTC, AL, actually like new grads with "no bad habits" . They accept their training as "this is how it is supposed to be done." No remarks or comments about how it was done somewhere...

  21. Application Analyst Position for Epic Go-Live

    guest2210 replied to born2circulateRN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    The assessment test might be something as simple as showing you have the ability to navigate places on a computer. You might be surprised at the number of nurses and physicians I have attempted to...

  22. Does anyone know how to get a ward clerk job?

    guest2210 replied to futurerpn4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Most postings that I have seen for Unit Clerks, the only requirement is high school diploma. Many facilities I have been in, once a new EMR is implemented, have done away with unit clerks or they...

  23. Being Asked to Come in and Work as CNA...

    guest2210 replied to NurseQT's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I worked in assisted living, I enjoyed working as a CNA a few times. No pressures, go to the charge nurse with any issues, and still get my LPN

  24. Episode of Care

    guest2210 replied to desjam's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Episode of care is used in some EMR programs to group all inpatient or outpatient visits under one specific diagnosis. For example, a patient is diagnosed as "pregnant" on an initial OB office...

  25. progress notes

    guest2210 replied to cayenne06's topic in General Nursing

    In electronic charting, there is very little need for the nursing staff to chart a progress note, IF everything they document in the doc flowsheet is there. They can even write a quick note in the...