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  1. Commonplace to starve someone to death?

    nckdl replied to HM7380's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with above poster. When someone is at the end-stage of life, keeping their lips moist and giving good oral care with swabs is more comfort than actual water sometimes. If the doctor said NPO...

  2. Working while sick- what do you think?

    nckdl replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I've got the major flu that has been going around, today is the first day I can sit up by myself for an hour. I just called off the next two days because I don't want my patients to feel like I do, I...

  3. Doing away with 12 hour shifts?

    nckdl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been working in this same facility for years and just recently they decided to "Do away with the 12 hour shifts" and change everybody over to 8 hours. They said it's just not cost effective,...

  4. Doing away with 12 hour shifts?

    nckdl replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all your replies. I do realize that they do have staffing issues, BUT and this is a big but... The staffing that they are having trouble with are all the 8 hour shifts not the 12 hour ones....

  5. What is your daily routine?

    nckdl replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a nh dementia unit, here is my day 5:30a to 6p--- 5:30-6a give report 6a-6:30 grab mar and head to common area with med cart and everything else i might need. Then I watch over the 1:1 pts...

  6. What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    nckdl replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I will be the resident that complains about everything from the room too cold to my food too hot. And I will talk about my bowels alot! ha ha ha. I actually have a resident that is like that... I love...

  7. Sexually Active Residents

    nckdl replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I have personally been down this road with my residents. The male, since he was more aggressive he was put on Tagament because it took away the "urge to have sex" not the ability. I hope this

  8. TV in dementia unit

    nckdl replied to lilybean's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    On our unit, we have tv and the "higherups" complained that our residents are always sitting around watching a movie and it's a shame. Well they came down to the unit, the same time each nite when...

  9. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    nckdl replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Well i work in an Alzheimer/dementia unit and I only work 3 days a week. So I was off for 3 days in a row and come in to work as usual, when one of our very confused pts looks up and said " where have...

  10. Battle of the Shifts

    nckdl replied to RNview's topic in General Nursing

    Oh god, I'm going through the exact same thing right now, except it is in a nursing home. I get so sick and tired of the bickering and the fighting that I literally want to pull all my hair out. Don't...

  11. Prayer and patient care.

    nckdl replied to WhiteFlowerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I do not go to church and never have, but I believe in God. I work in a Catholic based nursing home (even though i'm not Catholic) and when the time is needed, I will pray with a family member or over...

  12. It's going to take me sooo long!

    nckdl posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I finally decided to get my Rn after 4 years after my Lpn. Everytime I think of it, my heart startes beating out of my chest and I get a strange sensation of wanting to cry. I know I'll be ok once I...

  13. Choice of diet

    nckdl replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a dementia unit and the first thing we do when someone is not eating is to mix their healthshakes/supplements with ice cream. We tell them it's a milkshake and I have not had someone refuse...

  14. I hope someone has advice for me

    nckdl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I love my job and I love my residents, but I hate the people I work with. I transferred to another unit in a nursing home over a year ago and I am one of the youngest on this new unit. I also am the...

  15. I hope someone has advice for me

    nckdl replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the replies. When I started on the unit we had a unit manager until they took that position away and that left us the nurses to be the "supervisors" kind of. I love this job and it is...

  16. Don=........

    nckdl replied to bullesh's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yes I have had my Don tell us that they have a "right to fall" and also been told after we expressed concern that we were short staffed and we had a 1:1 resident that kept getting up to walk...

  17. LPN's with small children.... question for you

    nckdl replied to clarissairene's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I graduated from nursing school my children were 5, 3, 1. I worked almost two years on 2nd shift (2-10:30) first starting as casual which was 2 days a week and p/u shifts when needed then i went...

  18. Deviated Tongue

    nckdl replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    I have a deviated tongue. The doctors noticed it when I was 11 or so and they are not sure whether it came from my forcep delivery or a car acceident when I was 10 and had hit my head. Mine also...

  19. When has your intuition saved the day?

    nckdl replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Well it's the same feeling I get with my kids when they are sick or with a stranger walking down my street. I feel it in my gut and its like my mind clicks like HEY HELLO DON'T YOU KNOW SOMETHING IS...

  20. Input needed

    nckdl replied to Lpn1997's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree, transfer her to another facility. I currently work in an Alzheimers unit as a lpn and even though it is a terrible disease she sounds like she still can eat by mouth. Good

  21. A day in the life of an LPN

    nckdl replied to Sophie32's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well I work in ltc and arrive at 5:30 am get report from nurse and aides then i make coffee, tidy up the place, help aides if needed. Start med pass at 6:30 end around 9 am, chart,chart,chart. Get...

  22. Signs of impending death.

    nckdl replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Has anyone ever heard of there ears curling back as a sign of impending death. I have never seen it but heard of

  23. No jobs for LPN graduates anymore?

    nckdl replied to Bala Shark's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When I graduated almost 3 years ago, I had hopes of working at our local hospital, i did most of my clinicals there and was very comfortable. And yes i wanted to work in postpartum. The hospital after...

  24. Norm for blood in the urine???

    nckdl posted a topic in General Nursing

    My mother's best friend has just found out she has bladder cancer. If that's not bad enough, she has had s/s for 6 months!! I know she has had blood in her urine and have been going to her primary Dr....

  25. Feeling really down.

    nckdl posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have worked in Ltc for 2 years now and I feel like I am in a major slump. Every thing seems to get on my nerves lately and I love where I work and mostly like the people I work with so I can't...