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I'm curious about CareStar. I've read some other threads about it, but they turn into arguments about stuff I'm not really interested in. I'm curious about as an LPN, how nurses handle things like, billing, state, etc etc. State visits facilities ev...

We had a new resident admitted with dx of MRDD and jump from 3rd floor window ... what's the ICD9 code for that?

I graduated in '03, and i was actually checked off in school for backrubs, it was considered part of a bed bath ... But anyways, I have a resident that's blind and dribbles and refuses to use depends/poise pads whatever. Claims he can't see the toile...

i had posted this elsewhere: I had a resident that had BenGay PRN. She was requesting it so I smeared it on her back and a shoulder. I ripped my gloves off to help her back into bed. She said something about one of her knees may need some also. So i ...

Yeah, kinda like when the administrator thought it was real funny when i let one of the residents sing on the intercom one afternoon too. She was singing the eygyptian themed song about the people in france don't wear any underpants ... I didn't know...

or my favorite, I'm not really a nuse, or i've never done this before, but i did sleep in a holiday inn last night. I've got some residents the hold fingers out as soon as they see me coming, I just tell them i'm here to add another hole ... We also...

I work psych ....i worked nightshift, we had telemarketers calling BAD at ALL hours it seemed. I answered to a woman with a bad accent wanting to speak to one of our residents, who was slightly demented. (alzheimer's, schizo, psychosis etc etc) I tri...

Hrmmm ... I concieved my current 19 week pregnancy after a Lynyrd Skynyrd/3 Doors Down concert ... How's that for rhythm? :rotfl:

you know, I'm 25. I worked with a male 50's y.o. nurse. Not only did he "obey" and conform to authority, he thought all of the younger nurses below him should bow to him. Which considering he has more years experience than I have been alive, I was al...

If it's like the bottles we have at work, the drug itself is clear. We had a hospice pt that had it ordered, and the hospice nurse actually put a drop of food coloring in it so we could count it better. It beat holding a flashlight on the other side ...

Reading the little bit that I have, they'll still need LPN's. They can't do meds through any sort of tube, g/ng/etc, no inhalers, they can't split pills, no injections, they can not start a new order, can not touch peds, and it's repeated over and ov...

You need to check your state laws. Here in Ohio, as an LPN, I'm not allowed to so much as think about touching a central line. I'm not sure about being IV certified, since I'm not. But, one thing I learned in school, don't do it if you're not comfort...

I had no idea where to stick this thread, so I stuck it here. Sorry if it needs to go elsewhere. Anyways, my mother, and an uncle, and I were all three working in the same facility. (I still do.) We have all been accused of one thing or another.(Only...

Exaclty, I'm pregnant, and i feel stuck is the only reason i'm not leaving. I don't have enough time to build vacation time to take maternity leave anywhere else. I am the main source of income to my household, or else I would leave. But seeing as ho...

Something that just happened to me here recent ... I got in report a couple of residents had temps. The nightshift nurse had given them tylenol. I went to assess the two, and one had a temp of 101 and the other 103. Both residents had lungs full. On...

Myself, LMAO ... total dumb@$$ attack here. I worked nightshift. I had one resident that had some PRN Ben-Gay. Per her request, I smeared the nasty crap all over her back and shoulders. She was happy, I was happy. I ripped off my gloves, and she sai...

Any little bit of advice helps. Thank you. I just wish/wondered if there are any laws to help prevent this. The facts to all these stories would make it huge post, so i left almost all out. But, all were bogus allegations. Abuse case was d/t my moth...

LMAO i love this. I used to feel this way. The first IM injection I EVER gave, was in my mommy's butt! LMAO BUT, whoever mentioned drawing Ativan up, yes, it's like drawing up pancake syrup! What I do, God only know's I'll get in trouble for this one...

This one just happened last Monday. Keep in mind I work in a geriatric psych facility. Everyday, our activities hands each resident a one dollar bill to buy pop. One older femal resident I'm pretty close with asked me to help her to the restroom. I'...

I work 7p-7a in a psych unit ... it's never a dull night. Last week, one of the residents come to the nurses' station, and started whispering about his hemorrhoids. He asked if i could let the short bald doc know he needed something for his hemorrhoi...

From Washington Court House, psych nurse and loving it =)

I've got issues at work. I work in an Assisted Living facility, in a secure Alzheimers/Demetia unit. One particular resident refuses to bathe. He's not oriented to time, or place. He stinks, none of the other residents want anything to do with him. H...

Currently, our guidlines for acceptance into our facility are that they must be able to "get around" by either w/c or ambulation or only x1 assist. Right now, most of our residents are high functioning Alzheimers/Demntia residents. Which is what ass...

And to go to the opposite end :) I work in assisted living. I still pass meds, Accuchecks, vitals, med orders and the "normal" nursing duties. But my duties do differ a little. I am not allowed to do treatments. Assisted Living is unskilled. I do ...

He DOES play games. He will tell you he's not "going to do it, just becuase I want him too." If you leave him to do it on his own, it doesn't get done. As far as the other residents, the already run when they see him coming. At meals he sits alon...