LPNnowRN

LPNnowRN

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  1. Are you a sensitive person too?

    LPNnowRN replied to glutton4punishment's topic in General Nursing

    After just shy of one year in LTC, my biggest problem is reconciling my desire to help and be compassionate with someone who persists in doing everything they can to undermine their health and quality...

  2. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    LPNnowRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    And then they do it all over again eight more times in half an

  3. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    LPNnowRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A & O x 3 own person. After almost a year of "education", my patience just left me. Here's something I actually said to a COPDer on fluid restriction who will use every available container in the...

  4. "The Nurses and HCA's will be responsible for...

    LPNnowRN replied to Guest233447's topic in General Nursing

    Run far

  5. Have you ever been insulted for what you do?

    LPNnowRN replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in General Nursing

    Kudos to the psych nurses!! I get enough limited psych at my LTC facility to know that I am NOT suited for that--I have huge respect for you

  6. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

    LPNnowRN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Eriksoln, you can be my nursing profession leader

  7. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

    LPNnowRN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    That's because floor nurses are so busy with charting and paperwork there is no time to actually critically think about their patients. Lord help you if you don't have all your documentation done...

  8. What paraphernalias a nurse must always have?

    LPNnowRN replied to NurseMich.Elle's topic in General Nursing

    Bandage scissors, hemostat, tape measure (I don't lay it on anyone but it helps to get a general idea of size when measuring something new & you can't run and get a disposable one), red pen,...

  9. Do you take daily supplements?

    LPNnowRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I take a daily multivitamin without any herbal stuff in it, some glucosamine for the knees, and right now am on ferrous gluconate for low Hgb from surgery last month. I like that better than ferrous...

  10. 24 hour facility

    LPNnowRN replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain--I have been left orders from day shift with no warning: one day I was left orders from 4 pts who went to the Dr that day, 4 pts who were seen in the facility on rounds that day,...

  11. Tylenol max/safe dosage

    LPNnowRN replied to Gabby-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above absolutely--just to clarify my earlier comments: I would never give it. It's too bad that documentation to CYA seems to be a lot of what we

  12. How many times do you really skip lunches and breaks?

    LPNnowRN replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    LOL!! Sounds exactly like what I do! I'd rather get out on time than stay 1/2 hour late because I took a break. Plus, I can never stay the whole 1/2 hour because all the things I have left to do are...

  13. Tylenol max/safe dosage

    LPNnowRN replied to Gabby-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would not give the dose without clarification and documentation by the MD who ordered it, along with documentation by you of your actions. Good catch! You gotta wonder why someone else didn't think...

  14. Anyone else hate the online job application process??

    LPNnowRN replied to LPNnowRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I especially liked the website where I filled out the entire application (45 minutes) and then an error message came up and told me it couldn't send the email!! I called HR and they said they only...

  15. Anyone else hate the online job application process??

    LPNnowRN replied to LPNnowRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yeah--how to get your awesomeness across in an online application, THAT is the question!! I am filling in the online application and then walking in to HR (although a recent Reader's Digest article...

  16. Did you get enough phlebotomy experience in your ADN program?

    LPNnowRN replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    No, we did not get enough opportunities

  17. Tylenol overdose and the public's ignorance.

    LPNnowRN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to explain total milligrams per day to a patient when you're trying to educate someone on discharge--they usually take Tylenol at home and are going home with Vicodin--I've had patients tell...

  18. does working with 'ill and infirm' depress you ever?

    LPNnowRN replied to surferbettycrocker's topic in General Nursing

    IMO, I guess I view death as a normal part of life. I work LTC and most of the people I see are older. After watching some families, I strongly feel that there is a right way and a wrong way to die....

  19. Calling all Nurse Mamas... Please help me!!

    LPNnowRN replied to punkydoodlesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Put your crock pot on a timer, like for lamps when you go on vacation. That way the food doesn't turn to mush! I try to use frozen stuff too, so it takes longer to cook. Works pretty good!! I leave,...

  20. Do men in healthcare suffer from burnout?

    LPNnowRN replied to Pigeons's topic in General Nursing

    Tell us how you do

  21. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

    LPNnowRN replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The longer the nurse had been working as a nurse during my clinicals, the more I learned. Kudos to all of you who love bedside nursing and share your hard earned knowledge with the newbies, even on a...

  22. How to admit new patients in LTC facilities

    LPNnowRN replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Nursing

    Just two hours? My first night as charge I had a discharge with diabetic teaching and a new admit on the weekend with no chart put together and I was seven hours over--oh, had never done either an...

  23. Thank you gift for a preceptor?

    LPNnowRN replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I gave mine a gift card to a restaurant--food is always

  24. What Freaks You Out?

    LPNnowRN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah--and the LTC patient with 8" long thick fungal toenails practically on every toe! The podiatrist didn't believe us--you should of seen his face!!!!! How this guy could walk I'll never

  25. What Freaks You Out?

    LPNnowRN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    The smell of gangrene. Anything but that,