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  1. It drives me nuts when....

    marvelmom replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    When CNAs tell the patient what was said about them in report and who said it. I wish I could say I made that

  2. "Taking a verbal" = writing your own orders?!

    marvelmom replied to delphine22's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have standing orders pre approved and signed by the doctor for each patient. We can order any lab work and any xray we think is necessary as well as giving things like Tylenol and robitussin. We...

  3. How do you handle inappropriate touching from patients?

    marvelmom posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in a LTC and most of the old men are quite literally 'dirty old men'. I am a well endowed person and have this issue a lot. I have one patient that will go as far as trying to rub his toes on...

  4. Silliest answer someone has said in class?

    marvelmom posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Today was my first day of micro. Our instructor asked the class "what is the name of the bacteria that is the number one cause of UTI's?" A student answered Ebola. Share your funnies from

  5. Question about Fundamentals

    marvelmom replied to MizMaverick's topic in General Students

    I would do the learning objectives in the lesson plan ad well as in the book. Doesn't matter what's actually assigned to read. Some topics have a paragraph or two touching on the subject in other...

  6. Experience with lomotil?

    marvelmom posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys I need some help. I'm a new LPN and I'm not sure what to do with a patient. She's 87 years old and has been on lomotil for at least 5 months. Just recently it was d/c'd. We did QOD x5 doses...

  7. Experience with lomotil?

    marvelmom replied to marvelmom's topic in General Nursing

    That's kinda what happened with this patient. Luckily she wasn't impacted but I questioned two weeks ago why she was taking lomotil because we were having to give her MOM every three days like clock...

  8. Experience with lomotil?

    marvelmom replied to marvelmom's topic in General Nursing

    She was receiving 2.5mg daily at 8am. My first thought was uti as well but then I remembered lomotil is a narc and thought of withdrawals. I just started here 2 months ago so I'm not exactly sure why...

  9. When do you resolve a treatment?

    marvelmom posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work in a long term care. Here's the question. If a patient has an incision that is healed but has a small scab still do you still monitor it in the TAR until the skin is back to perfect condition...

  10. When do you resolve a treatment?

    marvelmom replied to marvelmom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for your answer. I know how to resolve them but is it necessary to continue to monitor old scabs like from an old surgical site or skin tear? If it's a small scab is it okay to resolve them?...

  11. Length of the typical orientation...

    marvelmom replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    I received 6 days over a 2 week timeframe as a new grad for training and I wish I could have gotten another day or two in. I work in a long term care. It's not fair to spend all that time orienting a...

  12. When do you resolve a treatment?

    marvelmom replied to marvelmom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oi. Sorry for the astrick's. I forget the site is

  13. What does your username mean?

    marvelmom replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a comic book nerd with a couple of mini DNA

  14. Silliest answer someone has said in class?

    marvelmom replied to marvelmom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Oh it got better today. Same kid, same class. He offered up the information that a chicken with both sex organs are called transvestites. How we went back to A&P in a micro setting while talking...

  15. Silliest answer someone has said in class?

    marvelmom replied to marvelmom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I've already taken nursing classes. I am an LPN. I'm doing micro for my RN. However, my classmates in there are pre-nursing students who have not taken a nursing class. I might sit out most of the...

  16. Silliest answer someone has said in class?

    marvelmom replied to marvelmom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I honest to god think he did mean ebola because then he got off on a tangent about

  17. Apps for micro?

    marvelmom replied to marvelmom's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I have taken a&p. I only have micro left for RN prereq's. I was looking to quiz myself. I'll probably hit up kahn

  18. Apps for micro?

    marvelmom posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Are there any good apps from the apple store to aide with my micro

  19. How do you handle inappropriate touching from patients?

    marvelmom replied to marvelmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Update: Ive convinced the other nurses to heavily chart the behaviors. A few CNAs stepped forward and said they deal with this patient doing the same things to them but they stopped reporting it...

  20. Blog about Nursing Experiences

    marvelmom replied to starlane's topic in General Nursing

    I read lots of nursing blogs. I'd say it's okay as long as you stay anonymous. Don't mention the town or school or clinical site or

  21. Advice for those with "harsh" instructors.

    marvelmom posted a topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I posted this as a comment on another thread but I feel it's worth making a topic for. Many students get upset when an instructor is less than nice to them and automatically go on the defensive,...

  22. Really need help with electrolytes and fluids

    marvelmom replied to freckles23's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    GrnTea's explanation was copy and pasted into a word document on my laptop for easy access during school. She's a

  23. Harsh nurses

    marvelmom replied to binzy's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    One of my instructors was hard on me and I at first took it as she was just being a snot and hated me but I talked to her about it and I was enlightened. She told me she was hard on me because she...

  24. Apps for LPN students

    marvelmom replied to shan409's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Search lippincott in the App Store. I'm not sure what android has because I have an iPhone but I found a ton of great lippincott apps for free or practically free. They were a life saver when I came...

  25. Common nicknames for hospital items.

    marvelmom replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Any fruit to help you poop, puréed, and put in a medicine cup = brown