nursedawn67

nursedawn67 LPN

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  1. Photocopy of incident report

    nursedawn67 replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    I only copy papers if it pertains to myself....such as vacation requests or notes that required a reply, I copy those after I put the reply on it. I have never copied anything with patient info on...

  2. Nursing Uniform

    nursedawn67 replied to Soon2BNP's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    http://www.lydiasuniforms.com I get alot of my unirforms from there, they have great clearance

  3. Divorce And Affairs????

    nursedawn67 replied to rachaelm4's topic in General Nursing

    People have survived nursing school and marriage, just takes work. You have to be able to say "no" to some schoolwork and jobs just for some "together" time. Go out for dinner, watch that movie...

  4. Transition from restraint to restraint free facility

    nursedawn67 replied to Ric's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in LTC, and we are restraint free. The only thing we use thaqt slightly resembles a restraint is a lap buddy. I still believe in the tie restraints, not for everyone but certain ones. We...

  5. Is getting married in nursing school a bad idea?

    nursedawn67 replied to teresab_2000's topic in General Nursing

    Getting married during nursing school isn't a bad idea. I just feel sorry for you with all the stress, I hear planning a wedding is stressful enough, and I know school is stressful....MY HATS OFF TO...

  6. For those of you that are a nurse and those of you who call yourself a nurse!!

    nursedawn67 replied to StaceRacer1's topic in General Nursing

    135Ctv, do not ever refer to your self as "just a CNA", like it is a nothing job! CNA's are very important. :) As far as a CNA having "Nurse" on their badge I think that is wrong, it is...

  7. Warm ups before starting your shift

    nursedawn67 replied to Tookie's topic in General Nursing

    There is a nursing assistant at my facility that does warm up she will find an empty room or just go into the residents day room (which is empty at 6am anyway) and she takes a quick 5 minutes and...

  8. Let the next shift deal with it...

    nursedawn67 replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    In every facility (LTC) I have ever worked in this has happened! One evening one of my fellow evening nurses took report from a day nurse and he had an admit that day and instead of checking the...

  9. ER vs. LTC Facility staff

    nursedawn67 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What's up with some ER staff feeling that the nurses and staff in a nursing home are just a bunch of yahoos?! Now don't get me wrong not all ER personnel treat LTC staff this way but I have...

  10. Nursing Home Activities

    nursedawn67 replied to Vicki30CNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I used to work as a an activity assistant in a nursing home. We had all kinds of events for the higher function residents and the lower functioning residents. We had what we called Potpourri which was...

  11. ER vs. LTC Facility staff

    nursedawn67 replied to nursedawn67's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work (LTC) when I send someone to ER, it is not because I just feel like someone else dealing with them. I call the patients doctor at home and tell them exactly what is going on the doctor...

  12. ER vs. LTC Facility staff

    nursedawn67 replied to nursedawn67's topic in General Nursing

    yes i totally agree that there are "yahoo" nurses everywhere. and sometimes it is the patients themselves that cause the attitudes. we have a resident that had chest pain (that she swore she was...

  13. Depending on CNA's in LTC setting

    nursedawn67 replied to caring worker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I too am a night charge nurse, I'm a LPN. The CNA's in any facility are most definately the eyes and ears of the facility! Many times I have heard from the "higher ups" telling us floor/charge...

  14. What shift do you work? Why?

    nursedawn67 replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

    i work the night shift, 12 hour night shifts to be exact. 6p-6a can be very tiring, but i like it, and despite what alot of people and the other shifts think...everyone does not just sleep. the...

  15. Do you feel you were adequately prepared to practice nursing when you graduated?

    nursedawn67 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    After I graduated from a community college Practical Nursing program, I felt no where near ready to go out and work. And on top of everything, here it is Feb., and becuase of several moves in 7...

  16. Should new grad LPN work 11p-7a alone

    nursedawn67 replied to irish777's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    irish777, I recently have started my first nursing job, I work 12 hours shifts 7p-7a, and I couldn't imagine being left alone with all of those residents. Where I work there is typically 3 nurses on,...