Iheartnursing
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Recently completed my RN after 11 years as an LPN and really just want to get this BSN thing done and over with for as little money as possible.... I have started the admission process at WGU after reading through the discussions here.... I am 43 years old, my child is grown, and I have 3-4 days off a week... I am hoping to get this done in one term and pay less than 4k... Sounds like a lot of you have... I am a a little concerned about transferring credits out for my Masters??? any thoughts on that? any book purchases I should be aware of? This camera in your room for proctored exams... can't my iPhone do the same? Also, the cost is the cost correct? I am not paying for each exam as well? I had a previous degree prior to my LPN and RN... are they pretty good with transferring of credits?
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Also, using the less than or greater than symbol in the MAR is not acceptable. The facility should not be using acronyms in MARS... it's no longer acceptable practice.
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I help whenever I can and many CNA's have complemented me on this. Sometimes though, it seems like the aids think I am not busy when I am... I typically never get a break but my aids always DO! When I ask an aid to bring a resident to the bathroom instead of doing it myself it is because I have one hour to pass meds to 30+ people or I have a mountain of charting to do and so on....
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Wow... I could not have read a more fitting post for my week... Started off the week with an elderly woman with dementia in LTC speaking to me one minute and gone the next... Spent days questioning if I missed something, if I could have done something, or if it was just her time... Followed up by picking up a shift on an unfamiliar floor, again LTC, with a Woman actively dying on hospice , a million family members asking to highly medicate the resident, an old school nursing partner upset that I called hospice for an increase in her meds stating "they just want to kill her" (??? Huh) then me just trying to make sure the woman passes in peace. Great post! Great conversations! Thank you
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"While I didn't go into nursing because I love the smell of c-diff in the morning, the truth is that the most important assessment skills can be learned from getting your hands dirty." Haha So true!
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Where do you go (website or live) for continuing education? I am finding a lack of useful continuing education and skills refreshment in my current position. Thanks for the feedback!
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One thing I have noticed I will be missing since becoming and agency nurse is opportunities for continuing education. Any suggestions?
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The med wasn't missing from the pack I missed administering it but signed it out in error. So its an omission error....
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ugh! I made a med error! I feel just sick about it! I work as an agency nurse and have been working a lot in one facility. They have a hard time finding med techs (skilled/ long term care) so sometimes I get pulled and placed on meds. The other day I was placed on a med cart and passed meds on a side that I have never worked with before. This is par for the course with agency nursing... When I came back to the same unit two days later to work the nurse manager (who I have never met on this floor) walks up to me in the nurses station and hands me some forms and says " I need you to finish these". I took the forms from her not knowing what they were, glanced over it and saw it was an medication incident report and it was on me! I almost fell on the floor! I then said to her " I knew nothing about this" She then says to me "this is me informing you and walks off". I have NEVER as a nurse been more mortified. After reading the error it appears that I signed off in error a scheduled lyrcia but then never popped it and administered it to the pt. The med nurse that passed meds after me found the error when she went to sign off the PM dose and saw that I never signed out the AM dose. I do not recall if I passed the med or not... After thinking about it there could have also been more than one card and I may have taken the med from the other card... Chances are I just failed to administer the med. I am so bummed out by this omission and thankful it was not a real serious error. However, I am very unhappy with how this "nurse manager" treated me. I realize I am agency staff but I deserve respect. SHe came to me after I had been working in the building for two days after the error was found, and after I just finished my shift. (I have been back since but I still feel yucky about it)... I am sure if I start looking I can find something one of her staff nurses did wrong.. I just feel sick about this!
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Awesome! Last question lol... There which A&P option will give me the credit I need. There is I and II both with and without a lab. I had a previous A&P from the tech school where I received my LPN but they will not take it : ( Seems a little unfair if they are willing to accept Ace credits...
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Thank you I am going through excelsior.
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Is there another route for A&P that may be less expensive then the Excelsior exam for A&P and mico? Outside of the community college route... as I want to get out of the way quickly.
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I work in a Doctors office in Central Maine the starting salary for an LPN is 17.50/hour. If I went back to a LTC facility I could make approx $20/hr. Agency $25 and up.... I have four years experience.
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Well lets see..... Although I no longer work in a nursing home A typical day would go like this.... If I was on a LTC unit for the day I would begin by passing medications to all residents on the unit. This may include taking any vital signs required before passing certain types of medications. This typically takes a couple of hours. During that time you are also having to stop a lot to help with residents that are not feeling well and delegating tasks to your CNAs. Then I would need to go to the EMR and see what pt assessments would be do for that day ( this is a billing deal).... I would then complete those by doing a head to toe on the resident... Although LPNs to no asses in my state the entire data retrieval process is on the LPN in this type of facility. The LPn enters this data into the assessment tools. It is then the RN nurse manager job to asses that information and formulate the care plans. Through out the day you are required to complete any treatments ie dressing changes, flush catheters, administer IV medications (if certified) G tube medication. Obtain any orders from resident docs. and DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT. This is a job that changes daily... You need to develop some type of routine and time management skills are a must! Nothing ****** off your fellow nurses more than being left with tasks typically done by the prior shift and starting your day off behind..... This is just a LTC unit. As an LPN I work on skilled nursing units and in a Doctors office.