I live in Washington state & poured/passed meds as a med-tech for 2 years while I was in Nursing school. I had my CNA license & the required "Nurse Delegation" training- which is basically...
I work in LTC & have a resident with a skin tear to the LLE. Today it was discovered the wound is infected with MRSA & several other bacteria. The MD had dressed the wound at the last visit...
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Oops sent that on accident.
Anyways, he said he did not administer the tx. When I was charting, I noticed he wrote that he did administer the tx, resident's pain level & response. I always...
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He's been a nurse for 5 years. I used to work the same shift as him but in a different section. When I would see him in the Nurses Station, he would be watching videos on his iPad, talking to friends...
I'm the evening shift (2-11) nurse in LTC with 40 residents. The day shift nurse who I follow is driving me crazy! He never does his alert charting, leaves tons of holes in the MAR, does not follow-up...