Karou

Karou

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  1. Your first experience with a dead person

    Karou replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My first experiences with death were very peaceful. I was eighteen and working as a CNA in a nursing home. One of our residents was on hospice and we were told she was showing signs of impending...

  2. Difficulty of LVN to RN program?

    Karou replied to lightsun's topic in LPN to RN

    I did an LVN-ADN program and in hindsight, I really wish I had gone straight for my ADN or BSN. In my situation LVN first was financially my best option, and i am grateful for the experience, but...

  3. Narcotic administration times

    Karou replied to _meow's topic in Patient Medications

    It depends on the hospitals policy. What was the patients pain level? With my hospitals policy, if the patient stated severe pain then the patient in your example would get 2 tablets. If one was given...

  4. Nurse residency program cut in pay

    Karou replied to Purple Lady's topic in General Nursing

    When I finished my LVN-ADN bridge I got a residency position in a hospital. They didn't count my LVN experience as nursing experience in terms of salary. I think the entire residency had a flat base...

  5. Triage Call Bell?

    Karou replied to Esme12's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have those call lights! Our rooms are set up with intercoms so that when you push the red button someone at the desk answers and will ask you what you need. If it's a nurse or tech need then the...

  6. Buying from co-workers (never again)

    Karou replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We actually aren't allowed to ask coworkers to buy for our kids fundraisers at work, or any personal fundraiser type thing. If you do it on your own time I am sure they don't care, but if you do it...

  7. Lpn program compared to rn program

    Karou replied to Nightowl_lpn's topic in LPN to RN

    Academically, I thought the LVN program was more difficult and that I learned the most from it. About half of my bridge class consisted of very experienced LVN's who had years of acute care...

  8. Accused of withholding pain medication

    Karou replied to trucol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am not sure if I got you quoted right Gerinurse, I have never used this function before. I hope it works! Sometimes I am not sure that I get it either. I follow it, but don't agree with it many...

  9. Accused of withholding pain medication

    Karou replied to trucol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Also, our policy for patients leaving the unit is that they must have a physicians order that they may so. We have a few physicians who will consider the pt leaving the unit to smoke the same as the...

  10. Accused of withholding pain medication

    Karou replied to trucol's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My facilities pain administration policy is similar. It's very confusing. If a patient has two different medications for pain and one is not specified for breakthrough (both are scheduled PRN), then...

  11. I don't want to work in LTC... Will someone change my attitude?

    Karou replied to firefly101's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello! I have a little over three years of experience in LTC as both a CNA (two years), then an LVN (little over a year). This is all in the same facility. My struggles were unique from the other...

  12. Weather Policy

    Karou replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I live in Texas, so we don't have snow very often. This winter we had one day of ice/snow that kept the roads bad for four days because the temperature didn't get above freezing long enough for it to...