Chel

I'd know the names of the little towns in Lawrence county...I'm in Ironton.

I'm from southern Ohio. I'm an lpn charge nurse in long term care. The plan is to get my rn and teach when getting up at 4am becomes too old.

Collins Career Center, Chesapeake, Ohio. They're starting an ADN program within the next year or so. I'll go back for that.

Our lab draws are done twice a week, unless it's stat. The lab book is broke down by month, with a register for the name, test, date to be drawn, and which doc ordered it. The lab tech initials when the lab is drawn. Critical values are called to us ...

We have certified med techs at my facility. They do the po meds..except for schedule II narcs. The nurses do the med pass for the tubes. They make about 2.50 less than starting nurses. In Kentucky, they have to take a six week pharmacology course, an...

...don't forget about the increase (massive) in behaviors. Sundowner's....gotta love 'em.

Collins Career Center, Coal Grove. ...Soon to start an ADN program.

I love my job too, Dinkymouse. Or is it more of a love-hate relationship? I've been at my facility for almost two years now. I left twice, for a couple weeks each time, but came back. We are so understaffed right now (nurses and aides), but even wor...

You get six issues a year. It has some really helpful articles...especially for those of us who haven't been around all that long.

Mine doesn't...and probably never will. One of my clinical sites used computers for charting. Soooo much easier. Everything was right there. Last night one of the nurses had to find a couple of labs in a hurry r/t a panic level pt/inr we were gettin...

I forgot to mention ~ our low beds are ON the floor. I think we currently have four right now. Chel

Hi ya ~ Any change in elevation is considered an incident. I don't call the family or doctor though if it's late on something like that...unless there's an injury or skin tear. I just pass it on for dayshift to make the calls. Chel

Hmmm, I don't think our MDS coordinators know where the floor is. :rotfl: About the only time you see them is when they're on their way outside to take one of their (many) 20 min smoke breaks. Okay, okay, one did try to help me the other day..on or...

Stuff and nonsense. I got my license in Ohio, and then got an endorsement for Kentucky. Fees vary by state. Chel

Yep ~ some things are ridiculous. I had a resident pull a hang nail that bled a little the other day. According to policy, it's an incident. That means filling out the form, calling the doc, and the family. Incident charting is done q shift for three...

It's a little late to reply to this post, but what the hey ~ I'll chime in anyway. I'm at the southern tip of Ohio...and an LPN charge nurse in LTC.

On my shift (evenings) it's one nurse to 60 residents. I have one CMT, and four aides. On rare occasions it's TWO nurses...and it's wonderful. If I'm on the other side of the facility it's one nurse to forty residents, no CMT, and three aides....four...

Welcome to long term care, Sue. You'll be surprised how attached you become to some of little old people. Don't be discouraged by that list. You'll find you know more than you think you do. You'll also find that it'll be a good three to six months b...

Mornin' all ~ I have a favorite little adage. "When in doubt, send them out". It hasn't failed me yet. Chel

Okay, I'll put my two cents in. I'm a charge nurse in LTC. Things are starting to change now, but for the past year I was the only nurse on my wing. That wing has 59 residents with various levels of acuity. I have one CMT who does the majority of the...

Hmmmm ~ I think I meant I counted the number of chapters (or was it pages?) and then divided them. I had to force myself to study that much every day.

Hi there~ I set my test date first thing (30 days after graduation). Otherwise, I knew I'd put it off, and off, and off... I divided up the chapters in my review book (saunders), and divided it. I didn't look at a thing the night before the test. It ...

We have another name for 'on call' nurses. We call them It's on your side, you have to stay over and work it nurses.

Wow. Sounds like where I work. It's usually midnight or 1am before I get to leave. On a few occasions, if nothing happens, I get out by 11. Love that 'pass it on to the next shift' philosophy....I've tried it. It doesn't work. Best of luck to you.

OH, and I'd NEVER sign off on an order I didn't hear with my own ears. I learned that the hard way once. Never again.