scott2010lpn

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1. Problems with therapy staff......?????

   scott2010lpn replied to lpnwkids's topic in Geriatric

   I think its good that therapist, or even different nursing staff, have favorites, it gives the patient someone extra to talk to, but sometimes they over step their boundaries, and need to be told about it. They just dont always understand why we do ...

2. How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

   scott2010lpn replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric

   6-2 shift, 34 residents, 1 LPN, 1 medication aide, 3 CNAs- usually have about 7-8 SNF and the rest LTC..its still way to much! Keeping residents, families and staff satisfied is way too much for one person to do!

3. Med pass..rant

   scott2010lpn replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Geriatric

   At my facility, I pass all of the PO meds, and the charge nurse takes care of the G tubes, and Blood sugars, since theres fewer G tubes, and FSBS. When the charge nurse took over these, i was able to get all of my meds passed in the correct time.

4. Help with deciding LVN-RN?!

   scott2010lpn replied to tracey87's topic in General Nursing

   Im in LPN school right now in Oklahoma. I am almost finished, and have only spent around 5000.00 for the program. I dont know where your located, but here we have Bridge programs for LPN's. When you finish all of your pre-reqs, here, you have one yea...