AngelofLTC

AngelofLTC

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  1. Please Help my narcotic situation

    AngelofLTC replied to AngelofLTC's topic in General Nursing

    mmm...I will question orders from now on...I was so scared

  2. Horrific Write Ups? Has it ever happened to you?

    AngelofLTC replied to NonieJuice's topic in General Nursing

    UMMM...vegetable, I think thats a bit

  3. New job....so incredibly nervous!

    AngelofLTC replied to BuckeyeGirlRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You will be great!!! Am I correct in assuming you have other senses that are probably more precise and a better intuition (or at least equal in a different form?) than your hearing peers. I worked...

  4. Night shift question

    AngelofLTC replied to tenhunderd's topic in General Nursing

    Depends....If I was nights on say friday the 10th, I would come in friday night at 11pm. My husband however, would come in on thursday night at 11. It all depends on the

  5. Attention Neonatal and L/D nurses

    AngelofLTC replied to ashleytrillo's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you're excited to become a nurse....for now concentrate on what you'll need to be accepted to nursing school. All the best in your studies!!! It will be hard but very

  6. Did your Predictor Test results match you passing the CPNRE?

    AngelofLTC replied to made's topic in International Nursing

    I think I had 85 - 90 % chance of passing and I found the CPRNE not too difficult. I knew I passed when I walked out

  7. Documentation "No-No's"?

    AngelofLTC replied to elb252's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ok I should clarify Being computerized... our name and title would be automatically attached to the note and for this reason there is no need to sign " AngleofTLC,

  8. Documentation "No-No's"?

    AngelofLTC replied to elb252's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have been told by my ADON that my documentation is

  9. Documentation "No-No's"?

    AngelofLTC replied to elb252's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It drives me crazy when another nurse uses my name. In our facility (and when we were taught in school) we use "nurse or LPN on previous shift" isntead of a name. I will also document "this writer"...

  10. Use of cell phone apps on the job?

    AngelofLTC replied to SanDiegoCaliRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love the Skyscape apps....I will use my phone in the office to search meds or diseases and disorders (they have nursing interventions etc). I also like the lippincott clinical skills for my...

  11. How do you know when a patient needs stitches?

    AngelofLTC replied to starfishlpn's topic in General Nursing

    If I couldn't approximate the edges of the wound with steri-strips or stop the bleeing, I would send a resident for assessment. Hope this

  12. documentation

    AngelofLTC replied to RI Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I like to think I'm decent with words and charting...what exactly are you looking for? If you send me some assessment info or scenarios I could write it as a progress note as an example. I am not...

  13. My Student is draining me.....

    AngelofLTC posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a student for 5 weeks and he is driving me crazy...thinks people of long term care are pill seekers. I had a post stroke resident that has a contractured leg and 2 stage 3 wounds. I ask pt if...

  14. My Student is draining me.....

    AngelofLTC replied to AngelofLTC's topic in General Nursing

    In Canada at a community college for Rpn (your

  15. My Student is draining me.....

    AngelofLTC replied to AngelofLTC's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to all of you for the advice and encouragement!! I'm really struggling with the whole issue. I seriously considered not fulfillng this commitment because I feel very strongly about this...

  16. My Student is draining me.....

    AngelofLTC replied to AngelofLTC's topic in General Nursing

    Another interseting idea hea had was that by giving pain meds at the end of life he considers to be euthenasia.....he does not believe in this. He went as far as to state that he does not want pain...

  17. NCLEX help with drug classes and what we need to know

    AngelofLTC replied to doesthishelp's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This may be the wrong place to ask....but....why do I see on many posts that NCLEX has varrying number of questions??? Im from Canada and CPNRE is always the same amount of questions for that