javanurse2000

javanurse2000 BSN, RN

Geriatric/LTC, Rehab, Home Hhealth

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  1. Game: Name that smelly drug

    javanurse2000 replied to Rhoresmith's topic in General Nursing

    I have never given anything stinkier than a Cedax (ABT). We have to crack the cap open and mix with applesauce or liquid for those that can't swollow whole pills. It smells EXACTLY like rotton...

  2. Phasing out LPN's?????

    javanurse2000 replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm in S. Carolina. LPNs are used by the hospital system for Dr.s office and LTC. Other than that you can work private LTC or homehealth. Public schools also hire LPNs @ about $14,000 per...

  3. Can someone answer this question

    javanurse2000 replied to michw2's topic in General Nursing

    You can bet pathologies and txs will be the meat of it but how many questions on the basics will be up to your instructor. I would ask him/her. You didn't mention nursing dx. Are they doing alot...

  4. 38 too old for school?

    javanurse2000 replied to akanarn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Time will pass no matter what you do -- why not do something that matters to you!! It sounds like you've got a great attitude and the support of your family. Best of luck to you! ..actually, if God...

  5. Creative terminology for dosages

    javanurse2000 replied to lapappey's topic in Nursing Humor

    3 - enema : high, hot and a h*ll of a

  6. Do RNs have to take PA's order?

    javanurse2000 replied to EvePooh's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! I am quite satisfied with our on-call staff which includes the MDs but the NPs and PAs are also great and at times ask more questions and follow an acute episode much more closely than the...

  7. Narcotics for LTC Pts with chronic pain

    javanurse2000 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Narcotics for LTC pain management I have run into a lot of other nurses who do not give prn pain meds to residents in chronic pain....spinal stenosis, chronic joint pains etc. Unless they can ask...

  8. Narcotics for LTC Pts with chronic pain

    javanurse2000 replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everybody! We have our careplan RN coming in on the weekends to catch up on her work (bless her hert)...she's great though and I will talk to her about the two residents that I feel are...

  9. Let's Have Some Fun!

    javanurse2000 replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

    I am laughing out loud!!! I'll try that next time I'm

  10. Let's Have Some Fun!

    javanurse2000 replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

    I needed a legitamate reason to wear white

  11. Sick nurse goes to ER

    javanurse2000 replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    I avoid seeing the doctor like...well....like a nurse :chair: . I had been having some chest discomfort though and after two episodes I told my friends if it happened again I would go to the ER. It...

  12. Wound Vac

    javanurse2000 replied to Choircat's topic in General Nursing

    At our facility its the wound tx nurse who happens to be an LPN. An ineresting point about giving away nursing duties. Here in N. East S.C. the major hospitals are "doing away" with LPNs on the...

  13. Slimeball enema Urgent

    javanurse2000 replied to sarahbeesushi's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse now for 4 years and I thank God I found this web site and all of you. I have learned so much and I had been feeling pretty burned out in LTC to the point I was questioning...

  14. How to get pen marks off white uniforms

    javanurse2000 replied to leisa22's topic in General Nursing

    Lol..Noirlincoln...I ws just teasing, Actually, after this post I did a load of laundry that had a sharpie in it!!! The pen stayed closed but when I opened it, ink dripped on my countertop ...I have...

  15. Help am New DON FOR LTC

    javanurse2000 replied to nursemid02's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    QUOTE:is there anything i can do to help improve our quality of patient care?? I have been working my hardest but have been pretty much doing it myself!!! END QUOTE> Ok...read above...she feels...

  16. How to get pen marks off white uniforms

    javanurse2000 replied to leisa22's topic in General Nursing

    How do I get spoiled milk stains out of my

  17. Tube feeders-vomiting,diarrhea,aspiration

    javanurse2000 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hey there Blackcat - We have the same thing @ our facility....besides checking residual how about impaction :uhoh21: . Also, we have put some of our folks on reglan and had a 1hr feeding off per shift...

  18. Does your LTC provide you with work supplies?

    javanurse2000 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I love those things, too!!! I didn't know they were called "lanyards". The one drawback is that its hard to deny you have a pen to lend - then pretty much I'm waving goodbye to my

  19. Does your LTC provide you with work supplies?

    javanurse2000 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Forget about office supplies....try searching for an O2 sat monitor or a nebulizer machine...I work weekends and a big victory is that I can get the key to the wound treatment nurses office for...

  20. What Happens if you fail the boards to your Temp, license get

    javanurse2000 replied to Guest26407's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Something to talk to your DON about, I imagine every place in different. One things the same though...not everybody passes the first time

  21. Should new grads jump right into Med-Surg?

    javanurse2000 replied to shunda's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was hired at a LTC facility my first year out of school....I clocked in so that I could start my orientation. The night nurse was ready to count both carts with me even though I told her I was...

  22. Problem CNAs on night shift

    javanurse2000 replied to clab25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would meet with the other nurse and organize a shift meeting....you just might have the report tape left on and behind a pile of washcloths or something to help defend yourselves when the bold-face...

  23. 1st year STUDENT NEEDS HELP

    javanurse2000 replied to CRNA2010's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    the best advice i can give you is this...spend the first week or so "reading" your instructor! your first priority in any course or course of study will have to be to learn how to 'pull' the...