luv-of-kids replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Humor
Obvious, but I have 6 kids, work peds and volunteer nursery at church. I guess I must luv kids cause that's my whole life. My pic is the very first bible verse I memorized as a child and is my favorite verse as an adult. John 3:16
luv-of-kids replied to will-b-an-RN's topic in Indiana
Are you applying to just hospitals or have you tried LTC's? There are just tons of LTC's in Indy and surrounding areas. You might want to look up American Senior Communities, they are a cooperation that owns a lot of facilities here and they pay well...
Donnacee- that was a great list you gave her and IMO, just about covers a typical day. If you are really concerned about knowing where things are, ask your agency if you can go to the school for a couple of hours of orientation when the full time nur...
luv-of-kids replied to biju27's topic in Management
From my own experience, I have found its harder to be promoted in house than to have a new supervisor hired in from the outside. Like someone else said, they are nice at first because they "know" you, but when you have to start acting like a manager,...
luv-of-kids replied to Chi-townHomeRN's topic in Home Health
If the resident lives in this building, then they are aware of the security procedure being utilized and don't have an issue with it. I'm sure this is in the lease that they signed.
luv-of-kids replied to Shimmer580's topic in Home Health
This is a very tough situation and I'm sorry you have to deal with this. I have dealt with some sibling issues but on a more toned down level than this. I agree with the comment above. I would also tell you to make sure you are documenting everything...
luv-of-kids replied to Ddestiny's topic in Home Health
Aside from the basic nursing items already mentioned, my advice from my own personal experience is to bring some extra personal care items if you are going to be doing the 8 or 12 hour in home shifts (which is what most LPN's do in home care). I alwa...
luv-of-kids replied to HapEgirl's topic in Home Health
Good for you!!! I'm very glad you are happy with your new job. I totally agree with you, that's the reason I went to home health, a lot less stressful. When I worked LTC, I would leave feeling like I didn't take good enough care of my patients. I alw...
Nice thing about nursing, you have these different options to fit your needs at the time. I worked the 3 12's years ago when my kids were little and it worked out great. I worked 7am to 7pm and their dad worked 3-11's so they only had daycare 2 days ...
luv-of-kids replied to threebrats46's topic in Home Health
Unfortunately this is one of the down sides of home health care. Sometimes beautiful upscale neighborhoods (which doesn't make them safe btw) and sometimes known bad neighborhoods. I have one case in one of the roughest parts of the city, I try to st...
luv-of-kids replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in School
Flare-I wish you were my sons school nurse a couple of years ago. I've read a lot of your posts and I know he couldn't pull a fast one on you. A few years ago, my sons school nurse told me near the end of the year when I just happened to come up to t...
I agree with notifying the parents. My kids schools always sends out notices for things like that. Also keep in mind at that age they are going through puberty and if kids have any type of abuse in their past, even if they went through therapy, it wi...
Since you just started in feb, a lot of it may just be because your new. I'm not technically a school nurse, but I do private duty and went to school last year with a patient. His class was a life skills class so there was one teacher and 3 assistant...
luv-of-kids replied to 2010NewRN's topic in Private Duty
Also, were any of these hours orientating? I worked for one company that made you orient on every single case before you went on your own. They usually pay less for the orient hours. Hope you get it worked out!
In my state (IN) LPNs can work as cna's because the first 6 weeks of nursing school is learning cna stuff so you don't have to get certified. What you could try if your desperate for work is if a LTC tells you they do not have any LPN openings, offer...
Not to worry, EMR is very easy to use. I'm not very computer savvy and I didn't have any problems. We scanned our paperwork in, our med rec person did that and that was time consuming. There is templates for everything! Another good thing is you can ...
I was a cna before I was an lpn and yes I worked as one during nursing school. I feel every nurse should work as a cna before becoming a nurse so they understand how physically demanding and difficult that job is. When I worked in LTC, I could always...
I agree, it will get better. The cna experience is great to have, in my opinion it's makes you a better nurse. As far as a lot of patients not liking you because your male, that will decrease too when you become a nurse. Remember the cna does the mor...
luv-of-kids replied to Butterfly_08's topic in LPN/LVN
Since she signed your time card I don't understand why your agency isn't backing you up. I wouldn't work for them anymore. Sounds to me like maybe parent ran low on hours for the month and now trying to recoup (not sure how your state handles that-ea...
luv-of-kids replied to UpTheLadder12's topic in LPN/LVN
Please also remember when working for a company or through the agency you are covered by their insurance. If you take a job doing independent private nursing, you are there as a LICENSED nurse and if something goes wrong not only are you risking your...