lumbarpain ADN, RN

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  1. lumbarpain

    Curious if your facility has a wound nurse

    lumbarpain replied to bionicgirlie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had a Wound care nurse...what she did was nothing...I remember one time she came out of a patients room and told ME to do the wound treatment on this resident.. We did the wound care most...
  2. lumbarpain

    New nurse.. Just want to quit everything..

    lumbarpain replied to nohseungjin's topic in General Nursing

    Get out now while you still can!!!! I hated my job soon after I started to work as a nurse, it didn't take long ........you come out of nursing school with all this positive energy and great ideas and...
  3. lumbarpain

    Documenting on patient falls or what looks like one in LTC

    lumbarpain posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have gotten reprimanded INTENSELY for writing a nursing note in regard to a patients fall. Of course all you LTC nurses out there have been in this scenario.....you are walking into a patients...
  4. lumbarpain

    What is an "RN supervisor"???

    lumbarpain replied to RNdynamic's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have worked in one facility for over 2 years..I am an RN but only work part time 3 days a week...due to high turnover in my place many nurses and CNAS leave...so....being I am the Last...
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    What to do with combative residents?

    lumbarpain replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If a patient is so out of control and intervention of staff does not control them and calm them down...then I would call
  6. lumbarpain

    Are you having difficulty finding work?

    lumbarpain posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have 17 years experience in sub acute/LTC, also experience in some hospice and home care.....I am a seasoned RN and have try diligently to get work anywhere in NJ...is this just me or is this a...
  7. lumbarpain

    Assessment question? Is this common?

    lumbarpain replied to tsm007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    working in LTC for many years...many many times I have done assessments and found a cargo load of discrepencies and omissions....however...I try to talk to the nurses that have done these assessements...
  8. lumbarpain

    WHATS THAT SMELL???

    lumbarpain posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have often wondered about odors that are super strong, just filling the air of the room of 2 patients...one with diarrhea and the other without...and the staff that go in and out of these rooms...
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    Got injured on the job...........

    lumbarpain posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I have been a Long term care nurse for many many years....and in the course of that time I have had my fill of injuries....that was 30 years ago when I first started...now I am back to square one...
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    Reasons patients turn on their call light

    lumbarpain replied to diamondp17's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wish I could honestly laugh at these but it does bring a smile to my face...because its true....I try to go into the patients room with an open mind and fiqure out why they ring so much...I stand...
  11. lumbarpain

    Anyone else tired of LTC?

    lumbarpain posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Doing LTc/Sub acute for over 20 years..I have found out that I cannot get the heck out of this even if I wanted to.....I am burned out, Geriatrics is a killer. I have hurt myself numerous times to...
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    500 cc of Vanco/Ns over 2 hours via pump via picc line

    lumbarpain posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Another poor nurse had an 58 year old female..obese, patient tonight, a new admission with a ton of meds..including a PICC line that an order read to give 500 cc Vanco and 0,9 NS through her Picc line...
  13. lumbarpain

    Can an RN get a home based computer job?

    lumbarpain replied to lumbarpain's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks so much...every little bit of help counts.....you have no
  14. lumbarpain

    Can an RN get a home based computer job?

    lumbarpain posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been desperate....man I am foaming at the mouth at times...to get out of Long Term Care...my facility is such a mess.....and mess is a term that refers to most every dept....I would love to get...
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    Documenting "Falls"

    lumbarpain replied to HehLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have the same crazy thing at my job.....we were told, if a Patient was looking for her shoes under the bed...and she was on her knees searching for them...its a fall..and you have to fill out all...
  16. lumbarpain

    6 months in LTC...thinking about jumping ship

    lumbarpain replied to FlufferNutter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I tend to think most of the public think LTC is a walk in the park type of nursing job.....HONEY IT ISNT and you are absolutely positively correct on all you stated in your letter. I have been doing...
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    My LTC nightmare continues.......

    lumbarpain replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have been trying desperately to get out of LTC for over 15 years....tried getting as much under my belt with CEUS, Certifications, seminars, you name it....but nothing matters until you have a BS,...
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    MEDICAL DIRECTOR on Vacation......

    lumbarpain posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have one doctor working at our facitlity...he is the only one that we deal with...our facility is 200 beds and this doctor also has his own practice to boot....This doctor of ours...went on...
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    "He wants his Ativan? Well I'm not giving it to him"

    lumbarpain replied to learnfromthis's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some patients are persistant pains in the As....and we all know this..even when they had just got a dose of Ativan or a pain pill some patients think they have an endless barrel of meds just for their...
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    500 cc of Vanco/Ns over 2 hours via pump via picc line

    lumbarpain replied to lumbarpain's topic in Patient Medications

    THank you everyone.....being I haven't done PICC lines or IVS for some time...and the other nurses seemed to question this also because their experience is slim also...I appreciate it.....our...
  21. lumbarpain

    popping blisters, abcesses, etc

    lumbarpain posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am so disgusted with a lot of nurses on my job that actually pop open(without proper cleansing of the skin) blisters, black heads, white heads and other skin eruptions on patients ..I feel you can...
  22. lumbarpain

    State Surveyors

    lumbarpain replied to jessicaRN32's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have the pleasure of working 3-11, although the surveyors came down to our unit with their little clipboards, watching and observing, I didn't feel threatened by them...I however was very nervous if...
  23. lumbarpain

    My LTC nightmare continues.......

    lumbarpain replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Don't feel bad...I have been disillusioned with Geriatric care since I started way back when in the mid 90s....I am working in a disgusting, disorganized facility that when I come in every day..its a...
  24. lumbarpain

    What are keys questions in a interview for Hospice Nurse?

    lumbarpain posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have been interviewed for positions for LTC nursing in my past 17 years. But I would like to know if there are trick questions, certain answers you should give during the interview process for...
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    Giving Report

    lumbarpain replied to mugs's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    when you are working with basically the same nurses from days to nights....you would think there would be some kind of routine to reporting, I have had one Nancy nurse tell me to skip over things she...