Debbie_LPN

Wouldn't it have been great if they told us this stuff in nursing school? NOTE: A LOT OF MINE WERE MEANT FOR LTC NURSES The human body is capable of holding 200 cups of H2O/coffee in your bladder....literally. We were always instructed "Your body...

I just wanted to know how much it costs to renew your LPN license. It's every 2 years, and I keep hearing different prices..... Thanks!! :)

Ok kinda touchy subject...... Shopping for scrubs this morning, and yes I'll be the first to admit I smoke. Friend walks up to me and says "Aren't you a nurse??? Don't you know what that does to your body???" Ok, now I'm not giving it to my patie...

I don't know about you, but out in the "real world" I've seen a lot of things that would not fly in school! Here are a few: Pre-popping pills Not using MARs on med pass Not washing hands/using sanitizer between patients CNAs not wearing gloves to cl...

Has anyone graduated from the TCTC School of Nursing in Lordstown, Ohio??? Just wondering if there are any familiar faces in the crowd......

Ok, me and hubby have been trying for 3 years to have a baby. One of my residents came up to me and asked "When are you due???" I stepped back a second, and told her about trying, and that I wasn't pregnant. She then said "Oh, yes you are!!!". I ...

I work 11-7:30, and I feel like I can't get a break. We have SOOOO much work at night. We are responsible for everything, b/c "you have a lot of down-time on the midnight shift". Which brings me to my next question: Is the nurse to pt ratio differ...

I haven't heard anything, but is there a difference in pay rates from RN to an RN;BSN??? I understand that different specialities will give a pay raise and all, but if you do on to further your education, shouldn't there be a difference????

Ohio here---I'm making 16.00 including my shift differential. I'm in LTC.

While we were in nursing school, our instructor informed us one day that if you are working at a current job and quit without giving a notice or walk off a shift, it is considered neglect and they can report you to the boards. Is there any truth to t...

Ok, 5 months now into my 1st nursing job in LTC. I am told I am the "midnight nurse supervisor", because basically I am the only nurse who actually works full time. I am getting burned out and FAST. I don't know if I'm coming or going anymore. We ...

At the end of nursing school, we did a survey and the average weight gain was 20 pounds. I thought that after I started working, the weight would come off as easily as I put it on (HA) I find now that I'm working, it is not coming off as easy d/t c...

Let's see..... I am a new nurse, started working 4 months ago in LTC. I am 23 years old. The problem is: Where I work, there is 1 nurse on the floor, and 2 to 3 aides. They are all older than me, and doing this for years. I love my aides(I real...

THANK YOU EVERYONE SOOOO MUCH!!! I am taking a lot in, and yes, it is getting better. I think now that I'm there for awhile, they see that they don't run the show. I've started calling them on things like not taking vitals, and they seem to be doi...

lucky dog!!!

In LTC nursing, when changing a catheter, do you ALWAYS get urine return??? In school, we are always told that u will get a return if u are in the right spot. I'm asking b/c the other day, I changed a catheter and got no return. So I got the other ...

Ah, yes, I have 6-7 skin checks 5 nights a week. We have about 5 tx's, and my med pass starts at 0330. Yes, it is unreal. I got the response "We are trying to help out the dayturn pass, so now all the G-tube meds are in the am." We have 5 tubes, ...

Hey! Live in Ohio, but worked in PA my whole life. Some that accepted students while I was an aide: Nugents(Hermitage) Hospitality Care Center(Hermitage) Countryside Convalescent(Mercer) Clepper Manor(Sharon) Alot of them got through SRHS school of...

In ohio, nurse ratio is 1:50. YES, 1:50! I'm not sure on CNA's. We have 1:36 where I work(in LTC), and that is every shift. The dayturn 9 am med pass starts at 7:30am and ends around 11:30am. Thank goodness I work midnights.

Northeastern Ohio here...on the border of PA, and I work in an LTC facility. Going on to RN school soon!!! :)

i just got my first nursing job 3 months ago. we are so short(i work ltc), that i have already oriented 2 new nurses and worked several 12 hr shifts. i just got off of an 11 day stretch(including 3 12s!!!), and having the 2 days off wasn't enough. ...

No, it's how the schedule falls. Don't get me wrong, the $$$ is good, but I don't like having $800 taken out in taxes!!! I requested off the 4th of July and 5 days after that, so hopefully, I can get some r&r.

I would just like to say thank you to all the nurses. I was on the other end of care, giving up my baby at the age of 18, and the nurses made it go a lot smoother for me. At first, I said I just want to know what it is. Then When I heard my son cry...

We have a resident on the drug Soriatane. I was told during orientation that since I am a woman of childbearing age, that I should not touch the drug with bare hands. They are in a timed-release capsule, and the woman has a G-tube, so we do break i...

Well, I called 2 pharmacies. The first one (a huge chain which shall remain nameless) didn't tell me anything, and they said they couldn't help. The 2nd one gave me the number to poison control center. I called them, and she said that oral can be ...