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  1. Feeling really down.

    nckdl replied to nckdl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you for all your replies, I have thought about leaving ltc but in my area as an lpn there aren't much opportunities but i keep looking every day. I did get a haircut yesterday on my day off,...

  2. No ativan for hospice patients

    nckdl replied to Blackcat99's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I know at our ltc when a pt is hospice we try to give morphine first and if that doesn't work after an hour we give ativan. Also we are told that the ativan also helps with nausea instead of having to...

  3. Do you feel like you have no "down time" on the midnight shift???

    nckdl replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have 38 residents at noc and i ususally get my lunch if i eat it while i'm charting! Which is not so bad. I had heard that Ohio's ratio is 1/50, so it could be worse. Sometimes i get taken advantage...

  4. showers on nightshift and time for residents to get up in the morning?

    nckdl replied to FROGGYLEGS's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At my facility my night shift girls have certain people that like to be up early and certain people that like to go to bed at 6 or 7 at night so they get ready first in the morning. Only 3 people...

  5. sleeping disorder on night shift

    nckdl replied to lee22's topic in General Nursing

    i've been on night shift for 2 weeks, switching from afternoons to be home after school for the kids. i guess i'm lucky, i can sleep anytime, i just slept from 7am to 2 pm and i can hear the kids...

  6. 3rd shift people please help

    nckdl posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I currently work 2nd shift and applied for a 3rd shift opening. I know it would be better with my children who are all going to be in school this fall, but i'm scared i won't get enough sleep. I know...

  7. Autism, mercury and cover up???

    nckdl replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I was not patronizing anyone and i'm sorry if you feel that i was. The little next door neighbor boy does have autism and i don't pity him or his family. As i said before i was just expressing my...

  8. Autism, mercury and cover up???

    nckdl replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I feel, and i know that many of you will disagree with me, and that's ok, because it's my opinion, but I think many of media and doctors need to not blow this ordeal out of porportion due to the fact...

  9. 3rd shift people please help

    nckdl replied to nckdl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for the input, your advice and the advice from current 3rd shifters in my facility made me feel a little better about switching. My kids are excited because mommy can finally enroll them into...

  10. DON threatened the Nursing Staff - pending Dennis landfall

    nckdl replied to pensacola_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Last year we had a blizzard and the maintenance people picked us up on snowmobiles if we lived in town we had to work. Unfortunatly i live 5 min away but my car was under 1 foot of snow. I was there...

  11. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nckdl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    My dad used to be a chef and he made the best homemade gravy!! Well after a long illness he passed away last july and for thanksgiving that year, everybody was quite bummed that he wasn't here to...

  12. Summer in Ohio

    nckdl replied to mcmike55's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Mine also happened the other night, sitting out on my porch swing gossiping with the neighbors while the neighborhood kids and my own kids ride their bikes, play hide n go seek, and baseball. Then...

  13. Did I do the right thing?

    nckdl replied to txspadequeenRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Your mother will probably thank you when she leaves rehab feeling better than she did when she went in. My ltc facility is starting to turn into a rehab skilled facililty and i have more skilled pts...

  14. Women who don't know they're pregnant

    nckdl replied to StarNurse2006's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked with a lady who had a lot of bowel problems. She was younger and not married and so tiny and skinny. Well one day she said she couldn't come to work on a certain day because she is seeing her...

  15. need advice-respect from CNA's

    nckdl replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I used to have the disrespect and the attitudes from cna's who have been there for a long time. I let it fly off my back for awhile until it all built up inside.The other nurse that worked with me...

  16. How Many is Too Many

    nckdl replied to Fiona59's topic in Ob/Gyn

    my ob/gyn had 8 children and really didn't want to give me a tubal ligation just in case i wanted more children. I told him just because he is nuts that doesn't me i am!! Of course he laughed because...

  17. Help, need tips for doing a much faster med pass...

    nckdl replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know how you feel, when i first started at my ltc facility i felt awfully slow, so i started presetting my pills. Then state was due to show up so i stopped. Now it takes me 2 hours to pass pills...

  18. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nckdl replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a LTC facility and we have had numerous reports from pts that they have seen a little boy. This boy comes in their rooms, turns their call lights on and off, throw things on the floor. This...

  19. blood pressure monitors

    nckdl replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I should also clarify that I work in ltc and maybe use my cuff 4 times in a shift unless something

  20. Can LPN's work alone?

    nckdl replied to melissa_rn's topic in Nurse Management

    I believe it depends on what kind of work that the facility requires. A lpn can work alone as long as everything is within her scope of practice and a Rn is available to reach in case something does...

  21. blood pressure monitors

    nckdl replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I do use the wrist bp cuffs, they make life so much easier!! Of course I check it weekly against a manual cuff to make sure it is accurate. And i also have a manual cuff on my cart to use if I get an...

  22. Stna's driving me insane, I feel like a babysitter.

    nckdl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need to vent or i'm going to explode!!!! This past week has just been horrid and It's to the point that i want to quit the job because i feel like i have to babysit my stnas. I usually have a good...

  23. Stna's driving me insane, I feel like a babysitter.

    nckdl replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

    Back from work again, where everyone left on time again and the girls are helping out each other much better, and i am sooooo glad for that. But today one of our full time aide told me she applied and...

  24. Stna's driving me insane, I feel like a babysitter.

    nckdl replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone for your input. It's is off to work i go again and I just hope everyone works like a team because our rsdnts get better care when we are "on the ball". And yes stna is a state tested...

  25. HIPPA Violations

    nckdl replied to tirednurse's topic in General Nursing

    The last time i went to my obgyn i was waiting in a room for the doctor to come in when i heard voices coming through to wall. Apparently when they redid the office they never thought to make the...