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I loved nursing at one point. I was a CNA for 5 years. I loved my job, now that I'm an lpn since February I hate it. I work in a nursing home and it's gett to me. Overall it's a great company I just always feel I'm walking on eggshells. I feel less t...

I’m currently an Lpn and being a single mom I have to work FT so excelsior sounds perfect for me. However, I was told that the program is 36 months to complete which 2 years is waiting for CPNE. Has anyone finished prior to that? Also, my concern is...

I know it makes me sound slow and dumb but oh well. If a med reads give 150mg that equals 0.15ml correct? How is this drawn up on a 3ml syringe? If the bevel is at 1 1/2 wouldn’t that be 1.5ml and not 0.15ml? Thanks

Thanks! I really appreciate you. So if the concentration was 3ml? You will give the 3ml, correct. LOL trying to figure out how to tell my instructor she’s wrong.

Thanks ! That’s what I was getting. However, not understand why my classmates are getting the 1.5ml.

This is the concentration, just giving you an example. But this is what it read. Sorry if it’s confusing.

This is the box that it comes in. Everyone is getting the 1.5mls as 0.15ml. I’m not understanding where to draw up at all.

It reads give 150mg/ml

Hey It’s for a depo shot it says to administer 150mg that’s it. 150mg equals 0.15mls right. Why would my instructor have me use this syringe? I’m sorry if I’m sounding slow. My instructor told me the 1.5ml spot is correct but I’m not understanding. ...

Hello! I hope everyone is safe during this his time. My dilemma is I work for a small home health agency. I love the company and the hours, as it allow for me to study for my RN ( currently an Lpn). Well one of my pt while she’s sweet and her family ...

She has demonstrated the skill, the first week she would actually do it herself. I would chart refused. Not sure what other nurses charted. But I finally got her to let me do it because I needed to assess for irritation or infection. But I definit...

Hey! Her Care Plan is centered around her having a Trach that she cleans and change all the time. The reason I know is because while I was doing it, she told me I was the only nurse that cleaned her Trach, the others would let her do it herself. So I...

WOW!, You really opened my eyes I guess insurance fraud isn’t really common. I heard her say one day to her ex coworker that she gets paid to do nothing and sit on her a** all day. I was like OMG. I can’t people will actually fraud the system this w...

I mentioned what the pt told me because I’m pretty new to this case and wanted to know exactly why she needed skilled nursing because the agency couldn’t be specific ( red flag) my notes are pretty much recording intake and output, Trach cleaning, cl...

I’m just curious, the pt told me she was told by the MD she will need skilled nursing care and cannot he left alone. This pt also plays on this, I believe to get sympathy from her family. She’ll act as if she’s so sick and etc. So I’m not sure how s...

Katie, You probably couldn’t perform those tasks and in that case I wouldn’t mind. My other pt is a Quad and she does as much as she can. I don’t mind helping her with dinner, tidying up and etc. But this pt is fully functional to do so. But acts if...

You are so right. I’m going to let the agency know after this pandemic is over why has been going on. But if nurses allow it and so forth then yes it’ll continue on. And trust me a lot of them quietly walked away. I know one of her nurses from her pr...

You’re absolutely correct. However, it says skilled nursing and she’s had nurses for 5 years now so I think she gets it. I think this pt tries to take advantage of the nurses a lot and like having ppl to boss around. She feels just because she has a ...

They have her down for skilled nursing. I guess because we are sitting much of the day it irks the pt and family. But I’m not going to be a maid, sometimes I completely ignore her demands. I also know that I have no grounds with the other nurses on t...

WOW!! I hate switching jobs but I will have to soon I know. It’s very uneasy going there. But truth of the matter is agency won’t protect me or back me up. Thanks!

Medicaid, like I said now I ask myself why am I there but it’s all I can do as of now to focus on school and being a mom. As soon as this pandemic is over I’m switching cases if one comes open and if not I’m leaving.

Excuse me? Just because I’m an Lpn you think those lines can easily get blurred. I am a nurse and was hired as a nurse. ?

Thanks for responding! It’s only one other case, which I have one day on. It’s also full, if I leave this case- I won’t have FT hours. But the manager ( the owner) agrees with them. She’s even told them she pays the most to her nurses in the area an...

Can a patient use both of these at the same time as they both contain albuterol? My pt pulmonologist sent both one to use prn QID and one to use TID. I looked up interactions it only mention both can lead to possible rare albuterol OD. I called th...