NancyJo

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  1. Your Ideal Patient

    NancyJo replied to Smilyn45's topic in General Nursing

    These are my ideal pt.'s too. I love to listen to all their stories and experiences. I find them fascinating and absolutely delightful. I also love spry, ornery little old ladies that keep me...

  2. Treatments in LTC

    NancyJo replied to nurseangel78's topic in Nursing Career

    I haven't worked LTC for a long time, but when I was, most of our treatments were ordered till healed. If they weren't ordered that way then we had to have a Dr.'s order to

  3. Upset family member......

    NancyJo replied to xokelly2's topic in General Students

    I always allow them to vent and never interrupt. I then try to smooth things over by stating how sorry I am that they are unhappy and ask them what I can do make things better or resolve the problem....

  4. Urine return???

    NancyJo replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Often when I haven't got a return the pt. is a little tense. I sometimes have them take a few deep breaths and try to talk to them to take their minds off what is going on while keeping the cath in...

  5. Stress in Nursing

    NancyJo replied to rmcgrog's topic in General Nursing

    Amen!! I couldn't agree with you more. It all gets so

  6. Why Are Nurses Given Such A Bad Rap Today?

    NancyJo replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    the excuse in the past for putting women in these boring or low-paid positions is that they are allegedly "better" at caregiving and organizing groups. bored? i can't say that i remember the last...

  7. Injections- still pull back?

    NancyJo replied to angelbyte's topic in General Nursing

    Just a few weeks ago I went with a student and their instructor for an IM injection. Student questioned need for aspirating for blood as she had read something about no longer needing to. The...

  8. Are LPNs nothing but a "set dressing?"

    NancyJo replied to Ms.RN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I usually have 1 or 2 more pt.'s than the RN covering me, but Rns who are not covering carry the same load. Most of us here are iv certified and can do all that the RNs do except hang blood, hyperal,...

  9. I love nursing but I'm too busy to:

    NancyJo replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So so true. I couldn't agree

  10. False Accusation Worry

    NancyJo replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    We also take a coworker in with us when working with certain pt.'s. It's also important to always document behaviors before accusations can be made. We recently had an elderly terminal pt. whose...

  11. this is off base when it comes to LPN's

    NancyJo replied to GN1974's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Tried several times but couldn't get the link to open. I was really interested to see what was

  12. Old abbreviations now passe?

    NancyJo replied to stevierae's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Agree with you barefootlady. I guess my post looked like all I do is talk on the phone when i meant that is all I would do. I like you rewrite the order and flag them for the Doc, and yes they do...

  13. Jcaho 2005

    NancyJo replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Today was day 2 of our survey. The big thing here has also been the unnaproved abbreviations, the zeros things also. The two pt. identifiers is being watched also and the real biggie for us is that...

  14. Old abbreviations now passe?

    NancyJo replied to stevierae's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We are no longer allowed to use QD, MS, MS04, U FOR UNITS, CC, QD, QOD. Our pharmacy also rejects the orders and sends a note to our secretary who is suppose to forward it on to us. We then are...

  15. mask for MRSA?

    NancyJo replied to Flynurse's topic in Infectious Disease

    In my facility everyone with mrsa is placed in contact isolation. Have a time getting them out of isolation on return visits as everyone is always on antibiotics when here. So often many of our...

  16. eating at the desk

    NancyJo replied to dkarlin's topic in General Nursing

    We have also been told no food or drink at the desk or in a "pt. care area", which is anything that is outside the break room d/t JCHAO. Have been hearing this for past sveral years. Worked midnights...

  17. considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

    NancyJo replied to kek's topic in Rehabilitation

    My job before this one was in rehab. Was told in my interview that I would typically have 8 pt.'s and a CNA. She neglected to tell me to that usually we only had one CNA, sometimes two for a 38 bed...

  18. state is threatening to go after license over precharting

    NancyJo replied to oramar's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Once worked in a LTC facitlity where our major med passes were between 6am and 8am. On my night off the nurse who was to pass meds the next morning had actually prepoured all her meds(a big no-no...

  19. MSDS and hand lotion

    NancyJo replied to tntrn's topic in General Nursing

    I too have sat through one of those staff meetings. What type of undies we are to wear is actually documented in our dress code/written policy.

  20. I think I might lose my job, please help

    NancyJo replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    Hang in there, like all who have replied you do become much more comfortable as you gain experience. We are seeing similar problems here also. Often the new staff is scheduled for 6 weeks orientation,...

  21. What is it like working the overnight shift? Nursing homes? Juggling?

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

    I worked mn-8am for 12 years. Loved the first 6 years, no kids, husband worked days, I slept all day and got up just early enough to fix dinner and then we had the evening to do whatever. Then I had...

  22. Mandated!

    NancyJo replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Where I worked before they had began to mandate on a fairly regular basis. We were told at that time that we were to just assume we would be mandated and plan accordingly. The only exceptions were if...

  23. This is the stupidest thing I have ever done.

    NancyJo replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    As a former third shifter I can remember how tired we got some nights and I would get just plain goofy. I can remember one night when my coworkers and I were all so tired I decided to entertain all...

  24. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    NancyJo replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

  25. MRSA...Please Help

    NancyJo replied to nursex20's topic in General Nursing

    My facility puts all MRSA's in contact isolation, which is acute care.However when we transfer someone to LTC if they are colonized they are not in isolation, only universal precautions, usually...