pediatriclpn

pediatriclpn

Geriatric, LTC, PC, home care, pediatric

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  1. Boneheaded Nursing: A Cautionary Tale

    pediatriclpn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Worked a subacute unit of LTC, new hip replacement, been there 3 weeks, blood in urine x 3 days, incontinent. DON finally heard about pt condition, checked chart, no PT/INR done since 3 days in. Pt...

  2. Trach care

    pediatriclpn replied to happylush's topic in General Nursing

    I have never had to deflate the cuff to remove inner cannula. Have deflated cuff so Pt. could vocalize. But that is about it. Good luck, a little bit of fear is good around trachs, esp. peds, they...

  3. Super Nurse?

    pediatriclpn replied to Claver's topic in General Nursing

    :yelclap: :yelclap: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  4. Is this normal for a Dr.?

    pediatriclpn replied to hotnurse's topic in General Nursing

    inappropriate behavior

  5. Should patients be allowed to refuse LPNs and CNAs?

    pediatriclpn replied to flashpoint's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Did anyone notice, this was a woman in for constipation? Definitely someone anal. Just kidding folks.

  6. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    pediatriclpn replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I started in the days of no gloves for personal care, and I remember quite a few nights of food poisoning going thru the LTC I worked at. (We wouldn't have time to have gloved up anyhow)Yuck! Worked...

  7. Cpap?

    pediatriclpn replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    my sleep study is this WED. I was sent by my primary MD. I have the tonsils of an eight year old. Having back surgery the end of this month. The sleep specialist strongly urged sleep study before...

  8. I heard somewhere that flushing pills

    pediatriclpn replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle just think how much money we could save on Prozac here in the U.S. if we imported British water!!!!!!!!!! :rotfl: just

  9. Restraints for patients' safety or nurses' safety?

    pediatriclpn replied to Lawnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time I worked at a LTC. There was a resident postCVA, many years. R sided paralysis, R arm elbow, wrist and hand contractures. She had come in due to family inability to care for her...

  10. migraines and nursing

    pediatriclpn replied to Jen,SN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and, pediatric home care, one patient all day, was the best for me! I miss it very much, (dealing with severe back injury, headed for surgery soon) Best of luck

  11. migraines and nursing

    pediatriclpn replied to Jen,SN's topic in General Nursing

    I am 36, have suffered with migraines since age 6? Would just go to quiet, dark room to sleep for hours when I was a child, no health insurance, no money in family. Then had family MD prescribe...

  12. Stuff named after you?

    pediatriclpn replied to Jellibum's topic in Nursing Humor

    Things that came before me.........Christmas Carol,............and one of my dad's exgirlfriends.

  13. Can a short person be a nurse?

    pediatriclpn replied to MryRose's topic in General Nursing

    I'm only 5ft, and only problem I ever had was when I worked LTC, and people wouldn't put the beds back down in low position. Love peds (though not working now, back injury from slip and fall) and the...

  14. State Surveyors....

    pediatriclpn replied to bucksandra's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always loved when the surveyors came. Because, magically, we would be overun with staff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH it was LOVELY! Anyway, I always wondered, did the surveyors ever work as a nurse on...

  15. CPR after rigor mortis

    pediatriclpn replied to HealinghandsRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, for the days before DNR's sigh.................... But seriously, they have been helpful. I just remember the days when I was in LTC, many, many, moons ago, where you didn't do CPR on anyone....

  16. Cymbalta

    pediatriclpn replied to ZZTopRN's topic in General Nursing

    I started on Cymbalta to deal with my depression due to my chronic pain from back injury, and having to deal with the worker's comp system. A year ago I took Effexor, and still felt suicidal. The...

  17. Fecal Impaction

    pediatriclpn replied to TBLPN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in school, we removed impactions without a MD order. When I worked LTC, we removed without MD order. The only time I was questioned on it was when another LPN, who went to a different...

  18. Cymbalta

    pediatriclpn replied to ZZTopRN's topic in General Nursing

    I take Cymbalta. When I started all I did was sleep. Now I am having some problems. Like I am still awake. I have a back injury, take the Cymbalta to deal with the depression associated with it....

  19. trach care question?

    pediatriclpn replied to deegale's topic in General Nursing

    We did clean technique in home care, and in some LTC's. In home care you are sometimes lucky if you get one suction cath/day. It takes a docs order and letter of medical necessity to get enough for...

  20. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    pediatriclpn replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking the "marinated nurse" is the one who forgets that the IV bag or Tube feed bag or bottle still has liquid in int when unspiking it?

  21. Do you carry a clipboard

    pediatriclpn replied to luvdancink's topic in General Nursing

    I tried cheat sheets, notebooks, and found the clipboard with my cheat sheet worked the best for me. I worked LTC, kept it on the med cart with the mar's flipped over it so no one could see it when I...

  22. overdose in a nursing home/document falsification=need advice

    pediatriclpn replied to Nikko's topic in General Nursing

    If I were your friend, I would start looking for a new job. Get the new job, report everything to the DON, etc. Call state BON, Ombudsman, etc. No one deserves to be treated that

  23. Your Worst Mistake

    pediatriclpn replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    This one haunts me to this day. And will for the rest of my life. I was working agency at a home for MR children. Had a young lady, very active, with a trach. I worked nights, and in the am did...

  24. Working other job description

    pediatriclpn replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    One subacute place I worked agency at didn't have enough aides, they would have agency book you as an LPN, and when you got there, they told you that they were now doing "Team Nursing", and that you...

  25. If you're sick...please just call in...please...

    pediatriclpn replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    How about administration over staff so that if someone has to call in sick, then you wouldn't have to work short. And if they are worried that you wouldn't work hard enough if over staffed, they...