ktwlpn

ktwlpn LPN

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  1. Major nursing liability

    ktwlpn replied to Cjhays's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No spare keys? Every facility has spare keys stashed somewhere. No tool kit to take the flipping door off the hinges? No packets of sugar to pour in the patient's mouth? Does not sound like a safe...

  2. I live in an area with A LOT of snow, and as a nurse, do I need an SUV?

    ktwlpn replied to BlueChocolateCat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Think about it for a minute-it's a 24 hour a day 7 days a week job. Get a decent car,whatever YOU are comfortable driving and plan ahead because people depend upon you. If you are mandated you will...

  3. Depression is terminal??

    ktwlpn replied to Clementia's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Well,,I've read here that depression only kills you if you let it....I guess that means it's a choice like any mental illness or addiction (seriously, I'm being snarky)...another of those "things...

  4. Depression is terminal??

    ktwlpn replied to Clementia's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I know....sometimes I just can't help myself,

  5. Depression is terminal??

    ktwlpn replied to Clementia's topic in Health, Stress Management

    It's always a good idea to look at the history of a provocative poster prior to responding and wasting your time and good energy in a negative way. Some participants here will pop up every once in a...

  6. Depression is terminal??

    ktwlpn replied to Clementia's topic in Health, Stress Management

  7. My best friend is now a patient on the floor I work on

    ktwlpn replied to EmergencyChocolate's topic in HIPAA Challenges

  8. public school systems

    ktwlpn replied to lalonzo27's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I think it's one of my sister- in-

  9. Recurring Pediculosis

    ktwlpn replied to vintagemother's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Treatment failure is very common in LTC. Years ago we had a really bad time on a dementia unit.We had admitted a woman with what turned out to be Norwegian scabies and she walked around dropping...

  10. med cart keys

    ktwlpn replied to wakitese's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I lost my wristwatch once. I found it a YEAR later. IN my Betty Crocker cookbook in the cookie section (was baking Christmas

  11. First death....

    ktwlpn replied to clh8987's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It was her time,you did

  12. When entering orders, please remember....

    ktwlpn replied to RNBearColumbus's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Butt crack VS natal

  13. We in hospice have a lot of educating to do

    ktwlpn replied to duskyjewel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    True, too. We have a GLUT of agencies in this area and they are all short staffed. The largest one is preparing to go all BSN.They are in big trouble, the majority of their staff will be gone....

  14. "Houston we have a problem" This just got very real

    ktwlpn replied to Esme12's topic in Disaster Preparation

    QUOTE>>> Duncan's family did not have one good thing to say about the nurses>>>UNQUOTE They may not be big fans of the nursing staff who endangered their lives at Duncan's...

  15. We in hospice have a lot of educating to do

    ktwlpn replied to duskyjewel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Exactly! My "feelings" don't enter into your choice. We really need to look at advance directives in this country. Every time a case like this is in the news (or something like Jahi McMath) it does...

  16. We in hospice have a lot of educating to do

    ktwlpn replied to duskyjewel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    This is very true. And it's incumbent upon the patient and family to make sure theri wishes are known and followed. Our largest local hospice company just recently began admitting...

  17. med cart keys

    ktwlpn replied to wakitese's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You can't move in!! If you are the type who is often observed laying the keys down carelessly,leaving the med room door open and unattended, walking away from your open med cart your management...

  18. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    ktwlpn replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    In the field they "buddy up " and decon with bleach prior to removing the PPE.Not enough staff for that in an American

  19. Needing some support

    ktwlpn replied to NewSchoolNurse14's topic in School

    Plenty of people miss or forget a dose of meds, parents often forget their kids med's,people forget their pet's meds, it happens. It's the PARENTS responsibility to make sure they keep the school...

  20. We in hospice have a lot of educating to do

    ktwlpn replied to duskyjewel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    We can ALL benefit from another's experience-nurse, cna or family member. To believe other wise is to close yourself off and limit yourself to forever doing things "your way". We have to be flexible...

  21. Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    ktwlpn replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    You should confirm that,might not be true. I've learned very little of what I hear at work is actually based on facts. No sense in getting worked up until you know. This is something that will have to...

  22. legal mandation length (illinois)?

    ktwlpn replied to Oswin's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    All of the incentives in the world can't convince some of my co-workers they should show up when scheduled. The same people ,time after time. Latest news I hear is we will start pulling ancillary...

  23. We in hospice have a lot of educating to do

    ktwlpn replied to duskyjewel's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    That post is FULL of

  24. Don't be Judgmental!

    ktwlpn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Dang,you are so freaking

  25. Requesting assistance with End of life care

    ktwlpn replied to DatMurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Isn't it appropriate in an actively dying end of life patient to curtail those ADL's? That's my experience, I have had more then one family member ask us to stop turning, mouth care ,etc in the last...