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  1. tonight I learned just how discouraged I am !!

    fairyluv posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    tonight I learned that nursing is a lot about cleaning up the previous shifts screw ups. Had a resident that had to have a procedure done at a local hosp. Well come to find out, that hosp had her on...

  2. Cna's gone wild!!

    fairyluv replied to mmdavids's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a really awesome Aide on my floor. She takes initiative and does it. She doesnt filly fart around and she has all our residents like little ducks in a row. She establishes a routine. and she...

  3. I think I care too much

    fairyluv replied to Succubus's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OMG you sound like me. I feel the same way and I've only been a nurse for 6 months. I truly understand where you are coming from. I feel like I get in trouble for doing the right thing, when it would...

  4. Most common meds in LTC??

    fairyluv replied to Tinker Bell RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think I give just about every drug you mentioned on my shift

  5. missing narc

    fairyluv replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i don't know if she took it and i am not one to say, but I just had a gut feeling to not waste with her cause I was afraid it would come back on me some way. Glad i didn't now because the DON said it...

  6. missing narc

    fairyluv replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I got to work today and about 4 hrs in to my shift the DON tells me they found the missing pill. I said "really where?" she said "it was wasted on dayshift" I said "really ? I lost sleep over that !!"...

  7. missing narc

    fairyluv replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    if the on coming nurse had his/her hands on the cards, and you had the ledger, the pill may well be in his/her pocket. that did cross my mind as well. but i really dont think this nurse would have...

  8. missing narc

    fairyluv replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    the back was pushed in, but the bubble part was never crushed. looked like someone just put there thumb thru the back of it...and believe me I have been looking for another job....just haven't had...

  9. LTC and Pharmacy deliveries

    fairyluv posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am a new LPN I got my lic. in sept 2012, I started working at a Nursing Home. I have only been there a few months. there was a new resident and this new resident had an order for 2 narcs, one was...

  10. NURSING JUDGEMENT.

    fairyluv posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The other night I went to work (3-11) shift. I got report from dayshift nurse. I asked about a specific resident who had been on antibiotics for a UTI for a few weeks now, was told that she was OK,...

  11. Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?

    fairyluv replied to OKNurse2be's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    "I will sign a universal health care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family's premium by up to $2,500 a

  12. I feel like a FAILURE, what do I do now?

    fairyluv replied to petluvr's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I feel the same way at my facility. It scares me everyday I have to walk thru those

  13. New Grad nurse @SNF...now on verge of quitting.

    fairyluv replied to iamNurse23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    sounds like where I work. I've been at my current job for 5 months now and I've been looking for another job since November. It seems the only place an LPN can find a job is in a Nursing Home (SNF)...

  14. NURSING JUDGEMENT.

    fairyluv replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    well, I was an aide for 17 yrs before I went to nursing school.. so i know how hard they got it. If I know my aides are doing there job, I don't haggle them to do something. If I'm passing my meds and...

  15. NURSING JUDGEMENT.

    fairyluv replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    thank you for the suggestions, I really did not think of the non rebreather mask, I knew she needed O2 and the NC was what I had that was handy, I did raise her HOB and feet. As much as I enjoy...

  16. new nurse in LTC questions

    fairyluv posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am a new LPN I got my lic. in sept 2012, I started working at a Nursing Home. I have only been there a few months. there was a new resident and this new resident had an order for 2 narcs, one was...

  17. Discouraged with LTC. Advice?

    fairyluv replied to RoxieRN0511's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i know how you feel. i'm a new nurse as well and just got my lic in sept. it still takes me anywhere between 2 to 3 hrs to pass my meds and thats if its an uniterupted pass. good luck to

  18. LPN...not good enough??

    fairyluv replied to em1025's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was at the grocery store one day and I had just got off work and the clerk asked me if i were a nurse and I said yes and then she asked if I was a LPN or RN...to which I replied. "Does it matter?"...

  19. LTC and Pharmacy deliveries

    fairyluv replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had another issue tonight..concerning the same thing with a totally different doc and different pt. pt has narc 15mg TID..family wants pt to have prn pain meds for breakthru pain. nurse on previous...

  20. EMS hitch this one takes the Cake!!

    fairyluv replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Was the RN working under a temp lic. ? i know they are limited as to what they can do when working under a temp lic while awaiting to take there