medicarelpn

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1. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

   medicarelpn replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I wasn't going to reply but after reading several of these posts I just have to. Having medication aides can be bittersweet. I started as a CNA then got my OMT which in Iowa stands for oral...

2. chest pain or anxiety

   medicarelpn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   What would you have done, we have a resident in my facility who had a major MI a week and a half ago. They did a cardiac cath and put in a stint. She came back to the facility about a week ago....

3. coumadin error

   medicarelpn replied to medicarelpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   This did not happen at my facility it was a facility my friend works at. At the facililty I work at we have double and triple check systems to keep this kind of thing from happening. I do not know...

4. coumadin error

   medicarelpn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

   I will try to make this as brief as possible but I would like to know what you all think. A friend of mine who works at a different long term care facility than I do called me at work yesterday and...