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I worked in a place that did this, once. It did make pulling the cards faster. I only had to pull the 3_11 cards. Another thing they did was to have the times written on the cards in different colours. Black for days, blue for 3-11 and red for 11...

I am considering going into home health health as an LPN. I previously worked in nursing homes and private duty. I bought a book called Chart Smart when I first started. It really helped me learn how to chart better. Good luck.

I am in a similar situation as you. I just read this and I was wondering if you took the job. I hope it worked out for you.

We need to keep producing ventilators and PPE until we have a vaccine and it's widely available. A country like the US should NEVER be short of basic medical supplies again. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Any equipmen...

It seems to be the case that children and young adults (under 20) aren't getting seriously ill from Covid19. Why? If we could find out, maybe there is a way to give this protection to adults. Has anyone tried taking a blood donation from a high sc...

You nurses who say that these seniors have lived too long, because they've been propped up by modern medicine. How about those vaccines and pediatrician visits you got as a child. A hundred years ago, you may have died in childhood, did medicine pr...

Someday we will be called to God's table He will judge us By the way we treated those least able Who were among us Someday we may be among the least Our compassion is what will bring us to God's holy feast MGK

The politicians aren't smart enough to figure out such a complex plan.:) I think the reason behind low testing rates is the unavailability of tests. I think when the antibody test becomes available, the number of asymptomatic people will be staggeri...

Before you got sick. You were taking care of Covid19 patients. That makes you a HERO. If you were n the army. They would give you a purple heart. Stay home until you feel well enough to return to work. Find a Dr. Who will support you, not one pai...

Half the number of deaths from Covid19 in the state of Pennsylvania occurred in long term care centres according to the latest statistics. This is heartbreaking. The most vulnerable segment of our population is being decimated. My heart breaks for...

Bill, I had the same thoughts as you. I posted in the pulmonary nursing forum. I called friends who work in hospitals and they asked respiratory therapists about using a modern day iron lung. The response from them was that the iron lung style of ...

To all of us who are not on the front lines, maybe we are right where we are supposed to be, right where God wants us. I worked in nursing homes for five years, then I got a job in benefits administration for two and a half years. My father got sic...

My father in law was a bipap for about 18 months, so I have a little experience with it. He had COPD, with a history of lobectomy for lung CA. He was retaining too much CO2 and would get goofy if he wasn't on the machine 8-10hrs a day. Eventually,...

I have found an open source design for a positive pressure ventilator, that can be built in a home work shop or garage, using readily available components. The link is www.panvent.blogspot.com. There is a video that shows it works. It is a last re...

I would like to ask a question, that has been troubling me. I keep hearing about the shortage of ventilators during this terrible time. They are trying desperately to provide more of them, but they are not easily manufactured. These are modern hig...

I finally got an answer on this question. I'm told that the negative pressure ventilator will not work on Covid19 patients. This is because there lungs are too stiff from fluid and infection. This type of ventilator could, however, be used for peo...

I see all of the enthusiastic responses and it makes me think of how I was back in 2005. I got laid off from a furniture factory and went to school for LPN. I had such high hopes. Then I started working in long term care. Taking care of 30 pts. ...

I belong to a Ukranian Greek orthodox Catholic church. I started going to church again last year after a 20 year hiatus. There are many things I don't know, but here are a few I've picked up on. People who are dead are referred to as "fallen asleep i...

I think your size has nothing to do with the quality of nursing care you can provide. Your confidence, however may be an issue. Your post comes across almost as though you are ashamed of being a plus size women. It also seems like your apologizing...

I once had a diabetic patient in the nursing home who had a stage 4 ulcer on his foot. He was in terrible pain and the strongest of narcotics did little to help. All methods of wound healing, including VAC and hyperbariac chamber failed to heal it....

When I started working in LTC in 2005. I was on orientation and partnered with an experienced nurse. The hall had about five demented residents that refused to take their meds. This nurse showed me her method for getting the meds into them. The o...

One nursing home I worked at about three of the residents got there narc in pill bottles. This was due to their insurance sending them mail order. They would send a three month supply and we had to count all those pills individually. There happene...

I know where you're coming from. I used to work 3-11 in LTC. I made very good money but I was miserable all the time. I also had to work all the big holidays. We would celebrate in the morning before I had to work. I was offered a job with a la...

I'm currently employed by a large corporation in their benefits department. I do general office work for the most part. There are only four of us in the office. They hired me to help them translate medical jargon that sometimes comes up in the cou...

The nursing proffession has suffered a great loss. I went to Nursing school with this girl. I watched her struggle through and overcome many obstacles that were put in her path. She was able to perservere where many others would have given up. S...