I don't believe the vaccine will prevent viral shedding from us after we are exposed to the virus. No doubt, the virus takes time to replicate within our body before our immune cells discover it and beats it, so I feel like the policy should be manda...
In BC, you would have not been covered under worker's comp after the first 16 hours. That is to say, if you were injured, you would not have been able to submit a work-related claim and you would be SOL.
Faxing the doctor without first checking that it`s already been done... three times. Giving meds that haven`t been ordered (Volteran, tylenol, etc. mostly harmless stuff). Giving meds that have fallen on the floor. Not signing the MAR appropriately...
1. Nope. They get their medications usually at the breakfast, lunch, or dinner table. It is a home, not a hospital. Some residents aren`t keen on being served at a table, so I will deliver to them in their room either before or after. Door is always ...
I think it's best for your little buddy to have the consistency that daycare can offer him. Regardless of you're working or not, time with his friends. Being a single parent and working the hours of a nurse is not a jackpot. It's rough on me and the ...
LPN_FTW replied to RetrieverGirl's topic in Geriatric
Is it just you? Or are there care aides there to help you as well? I have been in charge of 45+ residents as an LPN with two care aides by my side and never ran into issues from it. LTC, so there usually aren't any acute patients.
Nope. There is no evidence that it reduces our risk of being carriers and the flu vaccine was only 54% effective in previous years (2012, I think), per the WHO.
The finding nurse would write the report, but the doctor, the transcribing nurse, and every nurse failing to exercise their medication rights should be informed of their errors. I hope this pt had PRN medications and that he/she received them.
I won't disagree with you there. I'd like to offer a look inside *some* women's heads: When I bring up another worker's name, I do it with the intent on sharing and brain storming best approach. For example, that care aide that spends too much time c...
LPN_FTW replied to jamiejohnson2007's topic in Medications
I think you used good judgement with holding the medication. I'd have held the dose and contacted the doctor for a follow-up while continuing to monitor her BP t/o the shift as needed. Also, to reiterate other posters, I'd have definitely used a BP c...
LPN_FTW replied to NightOwlNurse's topic in Medications
MunoRN said it perfectly. You can adequately perform your 8/9/10 medication rights on the order examples you have provided. Right drug through the right route at the right time in the right dose, and ordered for the right patient.
We call them tuberculin syringes here... I'm not sure if that is a universal name or not. I wouldn't use it for an IM shot, regardless of how fragile or thin the pt is. I'd be too afraid of the needle breaking off into the dense muscle tissue. You ar...
Oh totally! I can stand pus in wounds, necrotic flesh, diarrhea, C. Diff stools, green urine (Can someone tell me the bacterium name that causes the green/blue UTI?)... Totally fine. I don't even batt an eye, but as soon as there is phlegm... OMG! *...
I've only met one RN who was fully against LPNs -- she has been an RN since LPNs here were ADL care givers. LPNs have changed leaps and bounds since then, so her anger towards us is mostly just misplaced due to her not educating herself on the change...