ktwlpn

ktwlpn LPN

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  1. reconstitute antibiotics

    ktwlpn replied to rmn's topic in General Nursing

    OK-let's continue to try to work the problem....The vials must at least tell you how many cc's to use--what is the best way to draw up that exact amount? When you look in the med room at the available...

  2. reconstitute antibiotics

    ktwlpn replied to rmn's topic in General Nursing

    Most facilities have lots of educational material in the med room-did you try to look this up on your own? Know where the policy and procedure info is-did you look this up in the PDR or your 2004 med...

  3. LPN to RN problems

    ktwlpn replied to eliseh's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience most of the rn's that were lpn's hat I have worked with seem to have missed out on managerial training and are a little lost when it comes to managing a unit or a care team...How do...

  4. Area of Interest

    ktwlpn replied to LPN04's topic in International Nursing

    She blasted you because she does not want to loose you and she is envious because you are doing just what she wishes she could have done or could do right now and is afraid to make the move.You have...

  5. our prejudices

    ktwlpn posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Recently we have had several great discussions that show how our personal prejudices may impact the patient care we deliver(shame that some threads were closed)" Pain control vs.drug seekers" seems...

  6. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    ktwlpn replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never go for a midnight drive while on heroin-especially when accompanied by your addict girlfriend and your new born fussy baby......Never let your stoned girlfriend hold that baby on her lap in the...

  7. Don't Get Sick and Expect the Government to Take Care of You..

    ktwlpn replied to CseMgr1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The article said that her care would be provided for in a long term care facility...as close to them as possible and get her on waiting lists for the home of their

  8. Cute things manager's say

    ktwlpn replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Dood-whatsamatta wit you? You must show your ingenuity by stuffing blankets into pillowcases and MAKING PILLOWS...listen to us seasoned nurses and learn.That's what my adon calls me just before she...

  9. boyfriends biopsy

    ktwlpn replied to EMTI19's topic in General Nursing

    That must seem a long way away-do they have a better idea of what they are dealing with? How are you all holding

  10. Need help with all of your expert advice!!

    ktwlpn replied to lildebbie-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have done some research regarding MRSA myself and this will be hard to prove considering that MRSA seems to be every where and many of us(healthcareworkers)are colonized and some think that many in...

  11. I need encouragement...please!

    ktwlpn replied to Worthy's topic in General Nursing

    I have been laid off in the past also-I think we tend to personalize it much more then most men.I went into a really deep depression.I even had physical symptoms..-headaches,nausea and diarrhea..I got...

  12. please call report!

    ktwlpn replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I get ya-that peeves me off,too...I Honestly don't know how some of my co-workers passed their boards...Found 3 days of nitro patches on a resident this am.....I find notes taped to my desk every...

  13. Funniest thing the nurse FORGOT to tell you in report

    ktwlpn replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe because it was assumed that the nurses responsible for hanging it would have SOME clue as to when it would run out? Sometimes we are damned if we do and damned if we don't...I don't know how...

  14. boyfriends biopsy

    ktwlpn replied to EMTI19's topic in General Nursing

    thinking of

  15. please call report!

    ktwlpn replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

  16. Fractured ribs....and x-rays

    ktwlpn replied to CraftyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Charles Stewart, MD, FACEP http://www.thrombosis-consult.com/articles/Textbook/56_chestpulmonary.htm Chest X-Ray. The routine CXR is the diagnostic tool of choice for a rib...

  17. terminal COPD patients

    ktwlpn replied to obeyacts2's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You can seldom predict how a patient will experience death-it does not matter what their diagnosis is because often some other complication sets in and takes them first....Hopefully this hospice has...

  18. terminal COPD patients

    ktwlpn replied to obeyacts2's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Good point....I find COPD'ers among the most challenging of patients......as an aide you'll have to perform your patients care in steps,allowing frequent rest periods between activities...You can be...

  19. Standby: VENTING

    ktwlpn replied to FlyingED's topic in Emergency

    Same reason there are acute care nurses that feel that LTC nurses are incompetent.....Many nurses have no understanding of the challenges that nurses face in other specialties an d often feel that...

  20. Please help me

    ktwlpn replied to PMHNP10's topic in Correctional

    REPUBLICANS!!!! o,my gosh.....ewwwww....you deserve a medal...hahahah....Back to topic-do you really need to know what any one is in prison for to provide them with the care they

  21. Nurses and Blood

    ktwlpn replied to RN30years's topic in General Nursing

    That's a whole other can of worms......(I am sooo jealous of you-Santa Barbara is heaven on earth-my niece got married at Fess Parker's Double tree resort in the outdoor rotunda-it was beautiful....We...

  22. Fractured ribs....and x-rays

    ktwlpn replied to CraftyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle Ya just needed a little vacation,huh? How many mornings driving down the highway have I thought-Gee-if someone would just hit me I would not have to work today" right o......Sounds like you...

  23. Fractured ribs....and x-rays

    ktwlpn replied to CraftyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Any xray can initially read negative for fracture.Especially if the bones are not dis-placed.....Usually the patient continues to have pain and is re- xrayed and the fx is then picked up...Could be...

  24. Do you remember...

    ktwlpn replied to Luv2banurse2004's topic in General Nursing

    great thread-remembering what we overcame to get where we are today might make us appreciate it all the more.....I was just out of an abusive marriage and sleeping on my mother's sofa.I had nothing...

  25. Cute things manager's say

    ktwlpn replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    How about " I know you are up to the challenge"-just before you get the assignment from H#ll---yep-the one that everyone else has refused......But you won't ....thanks to your work ethic,team...