NancyJo

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  1. Should a dad be in the room?

    NancyJo replied to GARNPEACH's topic in Ob/Gyn

  2. What CAN'T LPN's do?

    NancyJo replied to NicInNC's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    All of the above + where I'm at we can't hang TPN, access central lines, or obtain consents for surgery/blood. We also can't program PCA's but can be the verifying nurse to check with the

  3. What squicks you out?

    NancyJo replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Occasionally sputum gets to me, but that's usually when i'm already not feeling well. What really bothers me is when I see my usually edentulous pt.'s who soak their toast in coffee. Just thinking...

  4. What are your thoughts about this situation and hospital infections?

    NancyJo replied to zcubed's topic in General Nursing

    Isolation precautions do vary from one facitlity to another. At my hopital all who are placed in Neutropenic Isolation are placed in a private room, door must remain closed and all who enter must...

  5. Help, need tips for doing a much faster med pass...

    NancyJo replied to Hairstylingnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I worked LTC our med drawers were filled twice a week. Most of the time they were stuffed full and you spent most of your time digging through the drawers. It was difficult to just pull them...

  6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    NancyJo replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I worked nights on a LTC unit. No one ever used their call lights there. We always seemed to know when we would have a death, because the nursecall system would go haywire. It would start...

  7. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    NancyJo replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    No I don't. I also give a little inservice as Triage posted earlier on getting them ready for home. I also make sure to document the pt. education and that I will continue to encourage pt. to...

  8. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    NancyJo replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    A couple of months before I graduated from high school my parents asked just what I planned on doing? I had it all figured out, I was going to take a year off and just relax and continue to work at...

  9. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    NancyJo replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle Read this one to my husband, who said that must be a joke. People not in nursing haven't got a clue. Says he couldn't imagine someone actually doing this. Told him this is...

  10. Nurses with Knee Problems

    NancyJo replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    13 years on tile floors, 6 years on carpeted. Knees are terrible. I too know that I would be better off if I could lose a few lbs. My hubby works on concrete floors in a warehouse and at 38 was...

  11. Discharging disheveled patients from the hospital

    NancyJo replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in an acute care setting and have worked in LTC setting in the past. Have seen both sides. When we discharge to a LTC here, we have a discharge form that we fill out. It lists the dx,...

  12. Difference between RN and LPN responsibilities in the hospital setting?

    NancyJo replied to RebeccaJeanRN's topic in General Nursing

    LPN's where I work do all but IV pushes, hang blood and TPN. We do enter initial plans of care but the RN covering us has to go in behind us and enter that they concur. We also do admission...

  13. Diabetic Education Inpatient? Outpatient?

    NancyJo replied to grannynurse FNP's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Grannynurse, I work in Illinois. We have to have the script for the insulin and syringes

  14. Diabetic Education Inpatient? Outpatient?

    NancyJo replied to grannynurse FNP's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Nursing initiates diabetic teaching for new diabetics while inpatients here. What it usually amounts to here though is having the pt. return demo accuchecks, drawing up insulin and administering the...

  15. Did Anyone FeeL Nervous before becoming an LPN......

    NancyJo replied to sweetmom's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I was scared to death. I didn't even want to be a nurse, wanted to be a teacher, but my mom and dad talked me in to it my sr. year in high school. I was a gutless wonder then. Never thought I would...

  16. Public Misconceptions

    NancyJo replied to annmariern's topic in General Nursing

    1. The nurse doesn't know what she's doing when she doesn't get the iv first time on my morbidly obese, dehydrated 97y.o. great-grandmother.(happened today) 2. The only reason anyone becomes a nurse...

  17. why are cna's treated like they are stupid and replaceable?

    NancyJo replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As many have said there are good and bad no matter what initials follow their names. The first thing my charge nurse told me when I started many years ago, listen to your cna's, they can teach you...

  18. How many Pt do you take care of?

    NancyJo replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    We have a high census right now- had 5 to start and then 6 with a new admit at midnight. 5 is almost ok if you don't have back to back piggy backs. 19 Pt 3 rn's a 1 cna Thank god for the cna she moves...

  19. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    NancyJo replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hello from

  20. How many Pt do you take care of?

    NancyJo replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    Med-Surg/Illinois Dayshift-I average 7-8 pts.'s/day. On a good day 6 and on very rare occasions(low census, which we haven't had in months) 5. We have 2-3 Cna's to cover 38

  21. Giving Report...help please!

    NancyJo replied to FirePup's topic in General Nursing

    All of the above are very important to me. We still have taped report and often I get "no change" , I have to remind a select few that we may have never had this pt. or may not have been here the day...

  22. Generation gap and attitudes towards work - hurting patients?

    NancyJo replied to pebbles's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    :yeahthat: Amen!! So true, so true. I like #1. I have an eleven year old who screams "that's not fair" about every other sentence. I told him today that phrase has officially became a bad word in our...

  23. No Internet access at work

    NancyJo replied to pricklypear's topic in General Nursing

    We have access to intranet, and departmental email. Also have micromedex that I use alot for pt. eduacation and to look up drug info. Definately comes in

  24. Med-Surg Roll Call

    NancyJo replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have been in med-surg for 4 years now and do like it for the most part. As many have said the down side is inadequate staffing for the amount of work we are expected to do. I did my first 12 years...

  25. Brainstorming, End of life and Morphine use.

    NancyJo replied to Antikigirl's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Cruel, sad and true. I've seen this happen to many times before