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    Word crimes! (No txtng)

    NurseQT replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    It drives me nuts that people, grown adults no less, cannot spell "lose"
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    Written up for refusing to work on days off

    NurseQT replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sort of sounds like my employer, it's our policy that if we call in we have to make three attempts to find a replacement, the last thing I want to do when I'm calling in is to make three more calls to...
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    Medical Assistants being called nurses

    NurseQT replied to Ethicsrn4life's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can't say I've had too much of a problem with CMAs being identified as nurses whether it be by themselves or the MDs. In most cases the MDs refer to their nurse or MA by their first name. And I...
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    Getting attached to patients

    NurseQT replied to NelleMarie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    After 15 years I can say I've never become emotionally attached to any of my patients. I have had some over the years that touched my heart and some whom I've held their hand and cried as they took...
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    Enterobacter aerogenes

    NurseQT posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone had patients that had an infection with this organism? Taking care of a resident now who has a UTI and the lab instructed us to place her on contact precautions.. Can't find anything to...
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    This made me chuckle..

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And I think the funniest part was the RN who wrote the labs in just had twins two months ago and had gone through fertility treatments to get pregnant so she should be familiar with FSH/LH labs! She...
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    This made me chuckle..

    NurseQT posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So tonight the other nurse was going through the lab calendar and transferring upcoming lab orders into the new calendar and she asks me "What's a FSH" since that's not one I usually draw for I had to...
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    med questions

    NurseQT replied to spokath's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    The order shouldn't have been d/c'd, unless specifically written to do so. The #60 was meant for the pharmacy. The DEA regulates how often a hard copy Rx is to be signed by the MD. After 60 tabs have...
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    mandated to work

    NurseQT replied to willow44's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I think mandating policies suck and destroy the morale of the staff. The place I work mandates staff every weekend. This past weekend they mandated two LPNs to work for 4 hours as CNAs before their...
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    Holiday Pay-- Anyone else heard of this??

    NurseQT posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been at my new job since mid April and tomorrow will be my first holiday to work. All the floor staff is required to work every other holiday, and holidays worked is time and a half for pay....
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    Holiday Pay-- Anyone else heard of this??

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't have been paid anything for Memorial Day if my employer either paid holiday pay the night before or the the night of since it was my holiday off. What I'm saying is that between the other...
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    Holiday Pay-- Anyone else heard of this??

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    It wouldn't balance out in the end though. Just because I have every other holiday off doesn't mean I'll be working the night before on those days, I would only be scheduled to work the day before if...
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    Flu Clinic Work

    NurseQT replied to iheartnursingu's topic in Nursing Career

    I don't work in or for a flu clinic but I'm trying to get one organized in my brother's memory... Not having much luck in finding private companies that do on site clinics in La Crosse
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    Phlebotomy question

    NurseQT replied to rahmab's topic in General Nursing

    The fasting plasma glucose would go in a gray top, the rest in a gold or tiger top (a SST tube). I've never drawn a FPG so I don't know the instructions to draw that one but a gold top is always spun...
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    urine test

    NurseQT replied to tammy66's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Do you take an Rx medications? Or over the counter medications? I believe ibuprofen can trigger a false positive for opioids. And obviously Rx narcotics will test positive. ADHD medications are...
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    Post fall root cause analysis report...

    NurseQT posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Anyone have any pointers on this? I have to fill one out on a fall from almost 2 weeks ago and I have never done one of these before!! It's a 5 whys analysis. The resident who fell is very confused...
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    rue education

    NurseQT replied to Freddie75's topic in LPN to RN

    I would suggest finding a program that offers online classes as well in person classes and clinicals. With an online program your clinicals are all crammed in to 2.5 days and you will probably have to...
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    NOC nurses need sleep too!!!

    NurseQT posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sorry I just have to vent once again about the lack of understanding regarding a NOC shift worker's sleep time! My husband just came and asked me if his cousin had gotten a hold of me, she apparently...
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    Post fall root cause analysis report...

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Exactly Slinky! I don't agree with the thought that a cause can always be found for a fall. Nor will finding a cause prevent another fall in a resident who is this confused.i haven't gotten the...
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    NOC nurses need sleep too!!!

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    No babysitting for me, I took some Benedryl as soon as I got home, crawled into bed, but on my sleep mask and slept like a rock until 2pm! My husband texted me at 9am asking if I had called his...
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    Funny & Cute Things Our Demented Patients Say

    NurseQT replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One time I was administering a resident's meds through her g-tube and out of the blue she says to me "there are a lot of really good looking people that work here and you just aren't one of them."...
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    Post fall root cause analysis report...

    NurseQT replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The root cause analysis format that I was told to use was the "5 whys" I could only get to the 4th why... It looked like this Problem: Resident found on hands and knees on the floor, next to his bed....
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    Are you bored at work?

    NurseQT replied to lovedijah's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I like to be kept busy but not insanely busy with a too heavy workload. And I definitely hate to be bored with nothing to do at work and I'm just sitting and watching the minutes slowly tick
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    Annual Pay Raises in 2014

    NurseQT replied to Havin' A Party!'s topic in General Nursing

    At my previous job they cut all raises and bonuses about 3 yrs ago. At my last eval I got a $10 gas gift card.. My new job gives an automatic "cost of living" raise in Jan and offers bonuses for...
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    Guidelines for required charting in LTC..

    NurseQT posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Is there anywhere where I can find what the guidelines are for monitoring/charting temporary problems in LTC? I feel like the facility where I work is lacking when it comes to monitoring and charting...