Katie13LPN

I just got a job in a assisted living facility. They say it is not skilled but I think it is. I have questions. I wonder what a bipap machine is and how it is different from a Cpap machine. I worked in a facility once before and I had a lady who ...

Hi I think I am going to like my job. I am working in a facility with only 39 units. The clients have Alzhiemer's dementia. The other clients are assisted living clients. I wish other facilities would have this kind of system. I don't believe Lo...

We probably did give them I just don't remember.

I am working for Maxim as a per diem nurse. They are going to assign me to various nursing homes in my area. What is the charge nurses responsibility on any particular shift. Are you supposed to tell them when someone is in declining health? What ...

My director of nursing at an assisted living facility told me to argue with the psychiatrist over over a drug change. We had a lady who clearly had sundown syndrome. She was on Paxil. He told me that he wanted to change it it Zoloft. I did not ar...

That lady left or was fired. There was a high turnover for that position. One of DON's was escorted out of the building.

Gosh you guys are rough on me. I would like to stay at the place I will be going to. They really need people to work there.

I have been reading the book Mastering Geriatric Care. Are there other clients recovering from surgeries in nursing homes today? The reason I ask this is because I had a friend recovering from bowel surgery. She lived alone as was recuperating in...

I am an LPN. I have not had any action taken against my license. Two years ago I lost my home care case for some reason. I really don't know why his mother decided to fire me but she did. I do know that the nurse that came into replace me decided...

I took care of a teenager who I believe was like the way she was because her mother drank during her pregnancy. She had scoliosis and was on a ventilator by the time I was on her case and her legs where very contractured too from her seizures. She ...

I am an LPN and I have worked in home health for a long time taking care of sick children and disabled children. I have several questions. I often feel frustrated with the "medical care plan" that my home care company puts out. I would like to w...

I do over chart I think. Every line of my nurses note is filled out. They say it is Exception charting. I just don't understand how my charting relates to the nursing care plan.

Okay I have a job interview on Monday. I feel like I am cramming for an exam. If anyone wants to leave me a note go right ahead. I am interviewing at a long term care facility. The reason I asked about time management is I wanted to know what to ...

When I was a care giver we had a couple move into a tiny little room so undeserving after a marriage of fifty years or so. The nurse on the previous shift had given him a stool softener and he was able to go. But instead of putting him on the bed ...

I have not read all these comments but I think by law the cardiologist is supposed to follow them. I had a little girl with down syndrome. Her family told me that.

Sorry about that.

Work Experience Nurse, Heritage Inn Assisted Living, Bowling Green, Oh 2001-2003 Collected Patient Histories when clients were admitted. Obtained phone orders for treatments and drugs based on the nursing process. Set up appointments for...

I cannot stand private duty nursing. I always get fired. But I feel I am at most to blame because I had trouble doing all the repetitive paper work involved. I would write a lot but that did not get me anywhere good. I loved certain aspects of it.

Hello fellow nurses and friends. Would you mind critiquing my resume. I would like some feedback as I would like to apply for a pediatric position in a doctors office. I have worked in home health with 4 sick medically fragile children. Besides t...

To replace the word Diagnose, I put "Developed care plans for clients dealing with blood clots, atrial fibrillation, stroke, heart attack, arthritis, kidney failure, respiratory distress, dementia, urinary tract infection, gout, anxiety and depressio...

Thank you all for responding. I took out the segment about diagnosing. I will make the other changes.

Thank you all for all your comments. It is so helpful and encouraging.

My pediatric client received Heparin after a spinal stenosis surgery. The whole process went very well. He received Heparin before he went home and when they went to drawl his blood they told me to hold his Coumadin. I held it for several days. I...

The reason I would like to come back to long term care is because I was fired by the last HomeCare agency I worked at. My patients Step Dad who was also a sexual predator ( I did not know this at the time though) talked her mother into firing me. I...

HI Everyone, I have been working in Home Health Nursing and I have an opportunity to work in Long Term Care. I was wondering how you guys manage your time on the floor. Do you pass meds first or do assessments and treatments first? I would li...