Rose2013

Has anyone submitted their packet yet? I am working on getting mine together now. My GPA is not as high as they would prefer but I am hoping this does not stop them from considering me.

We do them on night shift. The resident's get upset and have attempted to hit us because of it.

I always retest with an unusually abnormal value

I have never held lantus.

I'm pretty much always studying on my days off or listening to podcasts

Getting along with the CNAs is HUGE. You have to work together as a team. My facility has a print out with each resident's name & code status. When I was new I would write down how they took their meds (whole/thin liquids, crushed/honey liquid...

If opsite is allowed by most pharmacies would tegaderm be the same? We have a resident who frequently removes her nitroglycerin patch. I will ask pharmacy if we can cover it but I don't think we carry opsite in our facility

Stethoscope, alcohol wipes, bandage scissors (I prefer the bigger trauma sheers), multiple pen lights (at least two, I have had one die when I needed to use it immediately after a fall & that was a nightmare trying to find another one), I get the...

This would not be allowed where I work. Occasionally people bring their kids to meetings but never to scheduled shifts.

We are not allowed to cover them in our facility

I wouldn't be willing to give ANYTHING that was not ordered by the MD. In that situation the resident may have needed something stronger and a call should be placed to the MD. In my facility each time the TUMS were given without an order & the ...

When I got licensed as an LPN my NCLEX shut off at 85 & I passed :)

Can you ask what their expectations are? Doing a full head to toe assessment on each patient isn't realistic in LTC where you have 30 patients.

I'm a new grad and I have a "charge nurse position" in a LTC care as well but in my facility it just means that I am the nurse in charge of my unit and the CNAs. I also have my own med cart, give all the treatments, call the docs etc.. It's different...

I didn't know how much I was going to be getting paid until I accepted a job offer. Does anywhere actually have unpaid training? I'm in orientation right now but i'm getting paid my regular hourly rate

I did a handwritten card & got the job :)

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I got my LPN license after finishing my 2nd Med Surg 2 class in our BSN program. I will be getting my RN license this summer

I work at a military hospital and most of the LPNs that I work with were medics first who challenged the board. Probably 90% of them.

I am a new graduate who just got offered a position in LTC. Where I live any job is extremely hard to come by so i'm excited to start working as a nurse. However it seems as if LTC in general and on this board is really looked down upon. Are there...

Yes they do. I am a volunteer LPN in a progressive care unit at a military hospital and I am covered under the hospital's insurance. I confirmed this with the hospital's lawyer

Exactly.

Ditto. Look up the drug(s) in your drug book.

I start Tuesday :)

Thank you!