LPNweezy

LPNweezy has 1 years experience and specializes in LTC.

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1. offended co worker

   LPNweezy replied to frost99's topic in General Nursing

   he sounds like a control

2. Will this effect me?????

   LPNweezy replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

   idk about all of this but i think i should get tested for ADD! i have all these symptoms and more! i find myself calling objects by the wrong name. once i asked my fiance "did you put a spoon in...

3. is it wrong to sit on a patients bed?

   LPNweezy replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

   Okay good, i'm still a new nurse, and despite what i've learned, i have found myself counseling my pt's while sitting on the side of their bed. I just wondered if this was common practice.

4. Will this effect me?????

   LPNweezy replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

   wow. you sound exactly like me. word finding issues are my biggest problem. i don't know where to turn, or how to get help- but i am a nurse, and i darn good one

5. is it wrong to sit on a patients bed?

   LPNweezy posted a topic in General Nursing

   My nursing instructor told me once to never ever sit on a patients bed. I work at a LTC facility and i see some nurses sitting on the side of the bed with alert and oriented patients when they are...

6. Things you've learned about patient's religions and care?

   LPNweezy replied to Aly529's topic in Spirituality, Religion

   Once, a muslim patient i had wanted to be turned east so they could pray 5 times a

7. looking up a patients arrest records?

   LPNweezy replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

   No of course

8. looking up a patients arrest records?

   LPNweezy replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the replies! I didn't want to judge my co-worker for this, and now that i see it is fairly common to look up records! :) i will choose not to, because i want all my patients to be innocent...

9. looking up a patients arrest records?

   LPNweezy replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

   Yes i know its public and all, but isn't that a big conflict of interest? or should i look as it like i have a right to know? what do you think about it? :)

10. looking up a patients arrest records?

    LPNweezy posted a topic in General Nursing

    A co-worker mentioned she did this and was telling me about some previous arrests of our patients. Is this illegal? It seems very unethical. what should i

11. Buffalo area shadowing programs?

    LPNweezy replied to tim827462's topic in New York Nursing

    GO

12. Need encouragement please

    LPNweezy posted a topic in LPN to RN

    I am going to do an LPN to RN program in about a year, but i'm worried. Ya see, i live with my fiance in an apartment, and i am the main bread winner. i work PRN and make about $2000 a month to pay...

13. I wonder how many nurses out there experienced a needle stick injury

    LPNweezy replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I poked myself with a sterile insulin syringe right before drawing up the insulin. Thank god it was a sterile needle with nothing in it- this was when i was a student. so i will never make that...

14. Help - I am interested in nursing but worried about the level of respect

    LPNweezy replied to shining_brighteyess's topic in General Nursing

    Your going to have a lot of people who do not understand how you feel tell you to "get over it", "who cares what others think"- etc. its not that easy, it sure is easy to say tho- if your not that...

15. setting alarm clock to take pain meds?

    LPNweezy replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! I was just going to say this exact thing! pain is hard to eliminate once it is intense.