virmm1 LPN

virmm1 is a LPN and specializes in LTC.

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1. LPN/LVN Additional Certifications

   virmm1 replied to antidote's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I'm glad I found this forum. I've been an LPN for 13 years and I didn't know we could get certifications. I worked in a doctor's office where an LPN was allowed to work in the lab full time. I don't...

2. Caring for ALS pts

   virmm1 replied to virmm1's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the

3. Medication Administration in Assisted Living Facility in Florida

   virmm1 replied to WinnieP's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Good luck on your next boards. I think you'll do just fine. Welcome to the wonderful world of nursing. You will find that many times competent nurses are fired for trying to do right by their pts....

4. Caring for ALS pts

   virmm1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   We have a resident who was dxed w/ ALS last Oct. She is already in a w/c and wears O2 at night. She spends her days working jigsaw puzzles. I want to know if the stages of ALS have any peticular...

5. The *PERFECT* Nurse Image? What???

   virmm1 replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

   I breastfed my daughter until she got teeth and bit me. She slept w/ her dad and me until she was about 9-10 years old. She decided she wanted to sleep in her own room. Thankfully. She turned out ok....

6. Sleep patterns

   virmm1 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Our residents get dried throughout the night. we have some 6am meds but there's very few meds given during 11-7. The accuchecks start on 7-3.and 11-7 doesn't get anyone up unless they want to get up....

7. Sleep patterns

   virmm1 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Our residents get dried throughout the night. we have some 6am meds but there's very few meds given during 11-7. The accuchecks start on 7-3.and 11-7 doesn't get anyone up unless they want to get up....

8. staff abuse

   virmm1 replied to virmm1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   HE will be getting a psyche consult very soon. Thanks for all the execellent advice. For the last couple of days I haven't heard of him hitting anyone. As for the dtr, our administrator had a little...

9. staff abuse

   virmm1 replied to virmm1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   HE will be getting a psyche consult very soon. Thanks for all the execellent advice. For the last couple of days I haven't heard of him hitting anyone. As for the dtr, our administrator had a little...

10. staff abuse

    virmm1 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Whats up with LTC management allowing staff to be abused by rsds. We recently got a new admit. What legal recourse do nurses and CNA's have when management keeps making excuses for agressive rsds?...

11. I Won!!!!!

    virmm1 replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Congradulations!! Its nice to know that justice prevails at times. Please take that ball and run with it. The CNAs deserve an unemployment check

12. Help am New DON FOR LTC

    virmm1 replied to nursemid02's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    It sounds like you need to do some housecleaning. Can you start documenting the incidents of insobordination and then hire more aides before getting rid of the insobordinate ones? As a DON there's no...

13. Do Nonprofit Hospitals Deserve Their Tax-Exempt Status?

    virmm1 replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The healthcare corp I used to work for has a non profit hospital as well as for profit office practices. The head man gets a 6 figure salary. We were always told tht capital was tight and tht our...

14. Am I an idiot? (reconstituting ampicillin)

    virmm1 replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in General Nursing

    I learn something new everytime I visit this

15. Am I an idiot? (reconstituting ampicillin)

    virmm1 replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking that if the med in the vial is 250mg ,its 250mg regardless of how many mls the mixed volumn is. I'm also thinking that if mixed volumn is more than than 1ml you'd have to give the whole...