ktwlpn

ktwlpn LPN

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  1. its been such a bad week!

    ktwlpn replied to CashewLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Yowzer- an upgrade certainly seems to be needed $ca-ching-$ca ching.......maybe encase the pad in a locked box until then(like the ones they put over the thermostats)After our resident was set free by...

  2. its been such a bad week!

    ktwlpn replied to CashewLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot stand it when co-workers treat the demented like idiots...I spend aloit of time educationg and teaching by example.The worst is select staff members that seem to take the behaviors of the...

  3. Feeding Assistants

    ktwlpn replied to NurseKimberley's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The day of training that ours undergo is taken directly from the cna training program...I believe that ours are going to be permitted to feed patients that are not on a swallowing

  4. How many of you are depressed?

    ktwlpn replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    It's no fun for the depressed,either...sorry that you are so affected....Maybe your personality brings on certainactions traits in your friends and co-workers and you are mistaking that for...

  5. How many of you are depressed?

    ktwlpn replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    I am chronically depressed and take meds...,.Work is my refuge-nursing is all I ever wanted to do and if I did not have a job to go to every day I would never get out of

  6. its been such a bad week!

    ktwlpn replied to CashewLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Just another shift in LTC......:roll The elopmentment is a serious situtation-here in Pa the crap hits the fan when that happens.....Does he remove his wanderguard? If so you could try sticking them...

  7. know it all

    ktwlpn replied to LilgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Agnus is right-we have talked about this before-the problem that I see is in lack of knowledge regarding pain

  8. need a little help

    ktwlpn replied to lanilpn's topic in General Nursing

    Look up your states board of nursing and familiarize yourself with your scope of practice.I don't think I would go into a hospital for an agency unless I had a good background in

  9. unnerving experience last night

    ktwlpn replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah-I have seen 2 staff and one visitor collapse and each time the DON was reluctant to call

  10. Extreme swelling and tenderness of lymph node

    ktwlpn replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in General Nursing

    WHAT!!! You have not been to the doc yet? Get thee to thy physician,girlie girl...Or you will miss lots of school and be sick and miserable through the holidays and your family will suffer too...This...

  11. nursing question

    ktwlpn replied to RRH's topic in General Nursing

    There are probably positions outside of acute or long term care in your area that would fit..Most of us have put in many years of weekends,holidays and other shifts to get the shift we prefer-as for...

  12. Extreme swelling and tenderness of lymph node

    ktwlpn replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in General Nursing

    I vote for making a doctor's

  13. MAR unsigned

    ktwlpn replied to nurse62's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Comadin? Scary to think that some of your co-workers would let that slide and not follow up on obtaining orders.I have a few co-workers that skipped administering a resident's lasix for several days...

  14. what is the rule about who can give flu shots at your facility

    ktwlpn replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a link to a page with links to every state BON-check it out yourself.....

  15. what is the rule about who can give flu shots at your facility

    ktwlpn replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    From the PA State Board of Nursing web site>>>>>>>>>> (e) The LPN may administer immunizing agents and do skin testing only if the following conditions are met: (1)...

  16. UAPs administering meds

    ktwlpn replied to Myra Gail's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    my bad-I am still reading and found even more info but it's in acrobat are darned is I can copy and paste any of it...Basically it states that utilizing medication aides in broadened settings is being...

  17. UAPs administering meds

    ktwlpn replied to Myra Gail's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    http://www.ncbon.com North CarolinasBoard of Nursing website is awesome...Much more detailed then many other states. and the scopes of practices for LPN's,RN's and aides is very concise.You have...

  18. patient lingo...

    ktwlpn replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    When my mom was diagnosed with cancer of the vulva my cousin came over and told her "Don't worry-my husband worked with a man that had that and he is fine" Umm-I don't think so....This is the same...

  19. community service for five deaths?

    ktwlpn replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

  20. community service for five deaths?

    ktwlpn replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Good golly.....Looks like another example of how the elderly in our country have become devalued...You can bet that if it was a children's day care the women would be serving 5 life sentences...

  21. LPNs And Admission Assessments

    ktwlpn replied to nurseygrrl's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.op.nysed.gov/nurse.htm

  22. Colon therapy and enemas.

    ktwlpn replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.healing.org/only-8.html Follow this link and learn all about it........You can also get your own cleansing herbs and your very own high-colonic bench...In case you want to do it...

  23. Gifts For Nurse Appreciation Day

    ktwlpn replied to carolce's topic in General Nursing

    The "gift" of respect from my administration and the fostering of "team work" instead of the us vs. them attitude...Good working conditions-which translates to good staffing which comes in part from...

  24. the changing faces of LTC

    ktwlpn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Back in the day nursing homes often had residents separated into units according to their functional abilities.I remember the "trach and tube" unit, the "feeder" unit and the few that were the...

  25. Confront a fellow nurse or not?

    ktwlpn replied to AmberL&D/RN's topic in Ob/Gyn