chrisrn24

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  1. At what point do you send to the hospital?

    chrisrn24 replied to jamd11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes!

  2. At what point do you send to the hospital?

    chrisrn24 replied to jamd11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yep. If the patient were to die and family sues its not the other nurse's license on the line, it's yours. I would've sent them out. If nothing was wrong they will come right

  3. TEAS Test Saturday

    chrisrn24 replied to ChristinaStimson's topic in TEAS Exam Help

    I don't think it's worthwhile to study for the TEAS test. It's just a baseline of what you

  4. Report Interruption--Was I Wrong?

    chrisrn24 replied to Pinky89's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I might have said something like "I'm busy right now but if patient T can wait five minutes i will come help." There are many aides who will do some of our residents with assist of one but I don't...

  5. Nursing School Bag - Vera Bradley

    chrisrn24 replied to musaafirah's topic in General Students

    I love

  6. Spending habits during school while on loans

    chrisrn24 replied to ThePhilster's topic in General Students

    I never studied at a table, I always studied on my bed...and I graduated with a 3.5 and passed NCLEX the first time. If you need a desk get a desk. But a couch, bed etc works fine too! Nursing school...

  7. Do you like working weekends? Holidays?

    chrisrn24 replied to LTCNS's topic in General Nursing

    I understand nursing is a 24/7 job but I don't really like working every other weekend. I wish it was like every third or fourth weekend. But that is the way it goes I guess! Like I said before I...

  8. Waking up in the OR

    chrisrn24 replied to Kidrn911's topic in General Nursing

  9. Unusual Names for Medical Diagnoses

    chrisrn24 replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Old timers

  10. What should new LTC nurse know??

    chrisrn24 replied to scrublifenurse10's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I map out everything I need when I get on - vitals, blood sugars, o2 sats, etc and on my report sheet make underscores like this: o2 ____ By the end of the shift all my underscores must be filled in...

  11. Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

    chrisrn24 replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It's a toss up for me. I love telling people I meet what I do as I'm proud I made it through four years of school for this! On the other hand it does always lead to questions of "what is this lump on...

  12. Do you like working weekends? Holidays?

    chrisrn24 replied to LTCNS's topic in General Nursing

  13. Waking up in the OR

    chrisrn24 replied to Kidrn911's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think they needed to tell you but if you asked and they lied that is

  14. Private online forum for nurses in our facility?

    chrisrn24 replied to BluegrassRN's topic in General Nursing

    In college we had a google forum where you could add comments to a word type document. Everyone has to have a google account

  15. Need advice about who I can contact re: my ex-MIL in SNF

    chrisrn24 replied to iwanna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Get a

  16. End-of-life care nursing care plan

    chrisrn24 replied to loveSBK's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Pain CAN be assessed. Look up the PAINAD

  17. Obamacare and LTC reimbursment.

    chrisrn24 replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Playing devils advocate but perhaps in the case of your gentleman he needs to be in an ALF instead of

  18. Circumcision

    chrisrn24 replied to TexRN's topic in General Students

    I think your views are fine. But if you are doing your L and D rotation you may see it. Don't be that person who starts getting upset with their clinical instructor or floor nurse about it or go on a...

  19. Witnessing and reporting resident abuse.

    chrisrn24 replied to wjg2882's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know why nurses push meds so much. If I'm passing meds and the resident doesn't want it I don't stick around and try to get them to take it. Unless it is something

  20. LAWS

    chrisrn24 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think it's fine if you tell them "okay here is the history" and give an oral report. But I would never log into the EMAR and say "okay go

  21. New job: "Don't worry about following the MAR" & other scary stuff

    chrisrn24 replied to kak85's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We don't double check insulin either. That's not a rule everywhere. Stop worrying about that its okay! Two...maybe this is awful but I don't see a huge issue unless its a narc or an antibiotic. If you...

  22. Being the "only RN" in the building.

    chrisrn24 replied to Spikey9001's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work with mostly LPNs and they are always charge, as they've been at my work for years and I'm

  23. Patient Death Notice BOMBSHELL! HELP!

    chrisrn24 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Typically we will say it in report. "Did you know so and so

  24. What street clothes do YOU wear in nursing school?

    chrisrn24 replied to bluestorm's topic in General Students

    Don't dress like a slob but please don't wear dresses and heels. Jeans and a tee shirt or sweatshirt or a blouse are perfectly fine. Shorts are okay if they aren't

  25. Why the heck do I have to be assertive???

    chrisrn24 replied to JaRoJoCT's topic in General Students

    You don't have to be loud, or what not. You have to be assertive, and lay down the