JenLPN001 replied to MaybeaNurse7's topic in Geriatric, LTC
I have always worked LTC and I enjoy it. Yes it can be stressful and yes we're always understaffed but for the past 4 years I have worked for a family owned facility that specializes in Alzheimer's...
JenLPN001 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor
OMG I know that man!!!!!!!!! I kid you not, we've got a resident, very HOH, dementia, has pulled his cath out with balloon inflated so many times that he looks like a split hot dog (ok bad visual but...
I went over to Amazon and got a really good pulse ox for about $30. There are so many different companies and styles and I really haven't heard any negatives about reliability of any particular type....
I started my first year of PN school during my last year of high school, through a vo-tech program. Had a pre-test which was basically just common sense and a bit of math, but then again, we're...
I graduated LPN school in 1989, in Virginia. At that time, phlebotomoy could not be taught in the LPN program but we all took a course in it about a week after graduation. Believe it or not, haven't...
Hey, where are ya? Our facility can definitely use an experienced LPN! Several actually... Oh and after 30 years, who WOULDN'T be overwhelmed at times? Sheesh, seems to me there would have been some...
I've gotten that same attitude from people for years. Had more than one family member say to me "are you an LPN or are you a REAL nurse?" AAARRRGGGHHHH!!! I decided to make fun of it though. See,...
I work in an Alzheimer's/Dementia facility. Every one of our 60 residents has some type of dementia diagnosis. We allow our residents to "age in place" so we have a very broad spectrum of cognitive...
JenLPN001 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Nursing Humor
"I told 2 squabbling 80 + yr olds to "GO to your room, if you can't get along". (I work LTC.) Then I remembered, not only was that probably NOT appropriate for me to say, but they are in the SAME...
JenLPN001 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing
This was my Facebook status yesterday.... Dear Friday, Please be nice to me. The rest of the week has made me want to scoop my eyeballs out with a melon baller. Sincerely, Me and dang it.......
Where I work we had a resident who had such bad urinary retention for so long that upon hospitalization, the top of his bladder was even with his navel. Had him come to our facility and he was...
I work for a small, family owned Alzheimer's/dementia facility. We have our little fights between shifts, but nothing major. I think that even if you counted kitchen and housekeeping staff, we don't...
JenLPN001 replied to WittySarcasm's topic in General Nursing
I've seen a few full codes on hospice at our facility. Usually it was because although the family is accepting that the resident is nearing end of life, they're not fully ready to totally let go....