ktwlpn

ktwlpn LPN

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  1. Ativan - her problem, or mine?

    ktwlpn replied to abooker's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ativan comes in .5mg,1mg and 2 mg tabs-you can't be giving 10 mg-must be a typo...We have to complete behavior monitoring assessment sheets every time we give a prn anti-anxiety med.It's a DOH...

  2. hospice in LTC/payment

    ktwlpn posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have a question regarding medicare/medicaid and hospice patients in LTC...Our LTC does not consult hospice-we do have a 'comfort care" protocol which is better then nothing but we could do...

  3. Plantar fasciitis--it's killing me!!

    ktwlpn replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    I went through it for almost 3 years.My family doctor injected me several times which did help but only short term.When he finally referred me to a podiatrist they fit me for custom orthotics which I...

  4. hospice in LTC/payment

    ktwlpn replied to ktwlpn's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks for your reply-I

  5. Will I HAVE TO particpate in abortions if I become a L&D nurse????

    ktwlpn replied to chnc1024's topic in Ob/Gyn

    nowhere in my post did i "put down" or "make fun" youe "morals" or anything else in my post . i won't make this thread another abortion debate nor will i continue to engage in a debate in which my...

  6. Will I HAVE TO particpate in abortions if I become a L&D nurse????

    ktwlpn replied to chnc1024's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You may encounter other patients whose lifestyles are different then your own-I hope you can suspend your judgements and are able to provide care without letting your personal feelings enter into the...

  7. PEG feeds

    ktwlpn replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's the type of tubing I'm familiar with-we just put the chamber in the pump and then hold the tubing down to stretch it

  8. Complaint got my gram bumped from Medicaid pay to self pay!

    ktwlpn replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    I do

  9. Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

    ktwlpn replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    did she get IV pepcid intra-op? I've seen similar reactions from

  10. PEG feeds

    ktwlpn replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I prime through the tubing before I put it through the pump.I would NOT prime it through the pump at the highest rate.It does take longer but that also leaves alot of room for error....Suppose you get...

  11. What to do with this kind of patient?

    ktwlpn replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just my opinion which I am entitled to-I believe any one can have a baby but not everyone is a good mother.I'm sure there are many good young mothers (13,14 to 17,18) successfully raising happy...

  12. Why my patient quit nursing...

    ktwlpn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    yep-They have the right to fall,the right to refuse meds,the right to be as non-compliant with their care-plan as they possibly can.BUT when the inevitable consequences start to occur you had better...

  13. Why my patient quit nursing...

    ktwlpn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    LTC is horrible,too-many of us feel the same way.What we are doing everyday is about as far from traditional nursing as we can get...I think I'll make soap in my

  14. Deviated Tongue

    ktwlpn replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    maybe Bell's

  15. What to do with this kind of patient?

    ktwlpn replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Babies having babies.....You have to have a license to drive-why not to pro-create? I work with 2 women who just became grandmothers.Both of their daughters took part in their high school graduation...

  16. Question boxes or bingo cards

    ktwlpn replied to allantiques4me's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer boxes of meds also for the same reason.It is way easier to lay them out along the MAR and check and double check.Once you pop a med out of the bingo card you can't easily indentify it.God...

  17. How hard is it to leave little ones for full time NS?

    ktwlpn replied to littlemamakt's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    don't feel guilty-if you aren't fulfilled then you can't be the best you can be.....Your babysitting situation is ideal-you are so lucky.It's our job as parents to "let go" ...good

  18. Negativity; questioning nursing school

    ktwlpn replied to jewelshouse's topic in General Nursing

    Some people are chronic complainers.I always wanted to be anurse from the time I was 5 or 6 years old.Every position I've ever had starts out a little rough-some call it "eating our young" .I think...

  19. Any outlandish therapy, you've thought up?

    ktwlpn replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE the johnny jump up idea- and it's been invented-I saw something about Christopher Reeve on a television show shortly before he died. He was "walking" in something that looked like that...I...

  20. what would you have done??

    ktwlpn replied to ajaxgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Interesting scenario-it's rare (but is getting more common) for Down's pts. to live such long lives.I would have done a full assessment and put her on some o2 and repositioned her side to side.Often...

  21. What to tell the kids?

    ktwlpn replied to blue morpho's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean while this was happening the dtr asked you these questions while visiting her mother or are you still seeing this child? I think it's up to the family/gaurdian to explain alcoholism to...

  22. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    ktwlpn replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    ew! But-very common-I had a youngish guy at our small local community hospital once that came in because he had choked at dinner 2 days previously and felt like "something is caught in my...

  23. Gastric bypass - psycho

    ktwlpn replied to brax881's topic in General Nursing

    If prevention worked we'd be a society of fit and non- smoking non -drinking non-drugging non STD'ing and non teen pregnancy people ....--and that ain't happening . However-rent "Supersize Me" It...

  24. Gastric bypass - psycho

    ktwlpn replied to brax881's topic in General Nursing

    The lap band is restrictive only-not malabsorptive.I'll cop to it-I had it a year ago-I am loosing wt slowly and because of that I'm not sagging and hanging.Nothing different at the other end.I was...

  25. assault in nursing home

    ktwlpn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    View article in its entirety: http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-06242007-1367970.html >>>>>So what do you all think? I believe the home did everything they could have done-they...