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My twins were in the NICU for 2.5 weeks when they were born and I was strongly encouraged to bf. I made it very clear that I had to go back to work very soon and so I didn't want to bf but was willing to pump and bottle feed, which I did to the best ...

Can't really help you. I don't think there is anything you can say to help with the embarrassment but just try to not make a big deal of it.

Where I work we have about 60 residents. Two nurses on night shift and 3 CNAs on a good night.

I try to exercise regularly but since I have no one to watch my 4 year old twins while I "sleep" I don't really get much sleep. On the rare occasion I do have someone to watch them, I get up early and exercise before my shift and it does help.

I could see how a marquise cut would make it more difficult. And as far as the size, I started off with just a plain band with a few tiny stones. I've upgrade a few times to get what I have now. :)

I had this issue when I started as well. My advice, hang in there. It will get easier with experience. As far as the CNA respect issue, do not treat them like they are below you bc they aren't. Be willing to help them with CNA work when and if you ca...

I wear mine and i have 1.5 carat center stone. I'm just very careful with it. My wedding ring is very important to me and i never take it off.

Ok, this is mainly geared towards LTC nurses. If you have pt ask you for a PRN and it is too soon for them to have it, do you take it to them when they're eligible to have it? I always tell my pts that I can't just bring them a PRN. They need to tell...

So the facility I work for is now requiring that night shift finish our documentation by midnight bc if we don't "it looks like we're not documenting". This irritates the crap out if me!! #1 We can't chart until we've done our treatments, so how are...

There is no 2nd shift in our facility. We work 12s.

This is a good idea and I'm not sure if we can do this or not. I will ask tho!

I don't do any after midnight now. I have to have them done before I do my documentation. Right now I only have about 5 treatments so it's not too bad.

No late entries. "/

Yes, this other documentation I'm talking about is in addition to our Medicare charting!

Kind of. I get done with report at 1830-1845 and start my Med pass. I have a large 2000 Med pass and a small 2200 Med pass. That leaves me 2 hours at best to complete all of my treatments AND charting.

This isn't skilled charting. It's similar but not for skilled purposes. My shift is 1800-0630. I never chart in things that haven't happened, and will not. These notes are more like assessments, but it's still ridiculous in my opinion to want this do...

We have this really weird charting system where day shift is assigned certain residents that we chart on every day and night shift has a different set of residents we chart on every night. It has to do with payment, not Medicare but Medicaid I guess....

Not necessarily pain meds, mainly other meds....phenergan, mucinex, etc.

I do assess all of my resident during my Med pass, however, I'm talking later on after my main Med pass.

I used to work lots of OT. I could NEVER say no. I vowed when I started my new job (a year ago) I wouldn't do that. I'm very proud to say I haven't! They money can be nice but don't burn yourself out. If you have a family, spend the extra time with t...

I think you did an amazing thing for your father. You may have brought his death sooner, but probably not. The MOST important thing is that you kept him comfortable!! We can all tell you not to feel guilty but it's easy for us to say as we're not in ...

This is exactly how I feel. I try to go reassess them when it's due but we have lots of treatments on night shift and with 30+ pts, you just can't always do that.

Can anyone give me an idea on what the LPN to RN thru Excelsior really costs? I have all my prerequisites/Co requisites except microbiology. I'm just looking for an estimate. TIA!

Wow!! That's horrible!!

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