lllStephanielll

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1. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   lllStephanielll replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   I went through nursing school with a MA. I heard her tell an experienced ICU nurse that she had "been a nurse for years" and was just "going to get her license." Wow. In my state it is illegal to refer to yourself as a nurse unless you hold the ti...

2. What are my chances as an alternate?

   lllStephanielll replied to athena77's topic in General Nursing

   We had alternates being accepted into my program after classes started. One got in a week after classes started when one girl dropped out. The other woman got in one month into the program. Don't give up hope. All of the alternate students that m...

3. Ethical question...what would you do?

   lllStephanielll replied to ksrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

   i'm sorry you are having such a horrible time. i am a brand new rn in a ltc and am getting out as fast as possible. i have made med errors here that i would never have made at a hospital simply because there is absolutely no time. when you have 20-40...

4. Incident reports

   lllStephanielll replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric

   I guess I shouldn't complain about filling out incident reports anymore. Ours are 1 page front and back. Last night I filled out three and it still took me a while. If I had to fill out a 15 page report for every bruise, skin tear, fall, etc...I j...

5. Ethical question...what would you do?

   lllStephanielll replied to ksrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

   This is more than unethical--it's stealing. Someone is paying for those meds and it isn't the LPN. If it were me I would point out to her that the patient is paying for those meds--maybe she hadn't thought of it. If she doesn't quit doing this aft...

6. Scariest things you've seen

   lllStephanielll replied to mscsrjhm's topic in General Nursing

   What about flushing a urinary catheter with tap water/NaCl from a paper cup drawn up into a non-sterile syringe. Wow...moments like that absolutely amaze me. Put these poor patients on antibiotics right away.

7. Advice re. Demanding Resident

   lllStephanielll replied to mary761's topic in Geriatric

   I can completely understand you, Mary, when you describe the problem...this is not a medical condition of constipation or UTI. She is definently displaying psych behaviors. Treat it as such. It is not being neglectfull to lay down firm boundries w...

8. Advice re. Demanding Resident

   lllStephanielll replied to mary761's topic in Geriatric

   I agree with stressednurse. We have people like this at the LTC where I work...thankfully they take scheduled doses of clonazapam with ativan prn. The MD needs to be aware of the situation. She obviously has a psychiatric diagnosis. She needs to ...

9. Need a good ICU book

   lllStephanielll replied to erinnRN's topic in General Nursing

   I found Swearingen's Manual of Critical Care Nursing (ISBN# 0323009980) extremely helpful. It has the condensed version of pathophys, medical treatment and excellent nursing interventions and outcomes. There is a section for cardiac dysrythmias tha...

10. Need a good ICU book

    lllStephanielll replied to erinnRN's topic in MICU

    I found Swearingen's Manual of Critical Care Nursing (ISBN# 0323009980) extremely helpful. It has the condensed version of pathophys, medical treatment and excellent nursing interventions and outcomes. There is a section for cardiac dysrythmias tha...

11. Is pay better in LTC facilities than hospitals

    lllStephanielll replied to Loraineo's topic in Geriatric

    I'm a new RN too. I just got hired about a month ago at a LTC facility for 19.25. That includes the shift differential for working the 2p-10p shift. It was more than hospitals around here were hiring, plus they gave me a 1500 sign-on bonus. Howev...