nurseinmo

nurseinmo

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  1. Working on an assignment that states, formulate a nursing diagnosis for each of the following: Problem: Boredom, etiology: isolation Anxiety, hospitilization...
  2. Roll Call, LPN to RN Students!!!

    Hi! I have only been an LPN for a little over 2 years and am getting ready to start an ADN program in Jan. (currently enrolled in a transitions course). I have worked in LTC since becoming an LPN and...
  3. Help w/ primary/secondary

    Thank you sooo much! Those were the answers I was leaning toward but I just wanted to be sure! Now if I can just figure all these other assignments
  4. I am doing a report for my english class on smoking during pregnancy. Any ideas on where I might find some good, RELIABLE sources?
  5. Colorado info please

    I am currently an LPN/(RN) student and am considering moving from MO to Colorado after I am finished. If anyone can give me any information about pay rates, if CEU's are required and what area you...
  6. Was I wrong to call in sick?

    Is it me or does it always seem like the more you call in the less they care and those of us who only call in when we really are sick are the ones who are treated poorly? Hope you feel better
  7. Process for insulin injections

    I am writing an English paper on the process of giving an insulin injection and am looking for any input that you all may have. What is the process you go through and maybe even "extra steps" you may...
  8. In charge with NO trianing?

    I work MRDD LTC and lately things have gotten pretty rough. A few months back we had 3 LPN's quit and there were only 4 of us to start with. We had been short an RN on my shift for quite some time...
  9. In charge with NO trianing?

    Update: They made her work by herself anyway. I tried to contact her and was unable to reach her, I tried to contact the director of the nursing school we both attended and was unable to reach her....
  10. In charge with NO trianing?

    I just got off the phone with my supervisor and she said that is the plan, for her to be by herself! She said she tried to talk to the "med room supervisor" about it but no one would listen! The...
  11. If you could no longer be a nurse?...

    I would love to start my own business. I love different types of crafts, make my own candles, beads and jewlery, soaps and lotions etc. If I had the time and the start up money I think I could do...
  12. Stuck in LPN mode?

    Even with the probabtionary thing to deal with I would still be looking for another job. It doesn't hurt to try! I know from experience as well that it is hard to transition while staying in the...
  13. Lost my first patient.

    I am a "new LPN" (graduated in August 04) and have worked in the same LTC/MRDD facility for the past five years. Lately due to shortage of staff issues I have been the only nurse in our building on...
  14. Lost my first patient.

    Thanks to everyone for thier support. I am trying to prep. myself to go in to much the same situation tonight, though hopefully with no one this critical. I had already deceided last night though...
  15. My experience is much the same as LPN1974; but there are times (every Fri & Sat) when I am the only nurse in our building of about 60. On those nights, there is typically an RN across the street...
  16. Certified Medication Technician

    I work for a state facility in MO. We have several CMT's on staff. (Esp since 3 of 4 LPN's quit within 2 weeks and are apperntly very hard to replace right now! ) I have one who works with me and...
  17. I'm just trying to imagine what I would feel like if I were the family of a serously injured trauma pt and tried to use the phone and it was covered in lube?! You would think the embarrassment of...
  18. New LPN in LTC

    I know what you are going through, I am about a year out of school too and work in LTC/MRDD and have about 35 to pass meds to on average and depending on which cart I take we also have 6 with G tubes,...
  19. Input please

    I work in a fairly small state operated facility. We are going through some tough times right now with talk of being closed down. We just had 2 LPN's quit this week, one had been there for about 6...
  20. I think everyone is taking this a little to personally. This is TV! How many times have you yourselves been "ofended" because someone called you an aide when you were an LPN, or an LPN when your an...
  21. How do u get a hospital to pay for your degree?

    You need to check with personnel, they should be able to tell you. In all likelyhood if the clinic you work for is not associated with the hospital they probably won't pay for you to go, but you...
  22. Phasing out LPNs/LVNs?

    I currently work in a long-term state operated facility and basically all we LPN's do is pass meds. We are alowed to give injections when they are ordered and we do run the floor in absence of the...