Penholder

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1. Senior year..Eating Disorder RN jobs

   Penholder replied to umichnurse2019's topic in Psychiatric

   I work on an EDU and do NOT recommend it for new grads. Get med surg experience! You will be doing IVs, NGs, watching labs like a hawk etc on top of behaviors. Not for the faint of heart. And it is not all anorexia/bulemia anymore. There is ARFID, o...

2. DNR/DNI: What Age Would You Choose to No Longer Be Full Code?

   Penholder replied to LollaPaupRN's topic in General Nursing

   I work in LTC. I have had 2 codes recently. Neither should have been a full code. I've also seen patients that were compressions only. To me a full code in an LTC (barring the patient being adamant about living) is a failure of nursing. We need to te...

3. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

   Penholder replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

   This is where I'll take my 25 in long term care any day. No bedside reporting because by 3pm almost no one is in their rooms. As a patient, I would smack any person who woke me up at 6-7am for report. Or less than 12 hours post op for that matter. An...

4. Is it customary where you work to recheck BPs manually?

   Penholder replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   All the time. I work in LTC. Our machines, at least as I have seen, are poorly calibrated. We have be up to 30 points off on a SBP. For meds, all are done manually. And I'm only one year out of nursing school, but was a CNA for ages.

5. Call the family???

   Penholder replied to Penholder's topic in Geriatric

   Thank you! That is exactly what I was looking for. I had been ill-informed and there was not clear policy regarding this in the facility.

6. Call the family???

   Penholder posted a topic in Geriatric

   I work in LTC. I am also a 6 months in new nurse. We have many residents that are self-responsible (perhaps some need that reassessed, but they still are their own person). My question is that if someone is self responsible and obtains a bruise/skin...

7. 2016-How long to have license posted?

   Penholder replied to Penholder's topic in Connecticut

   I'm still waiting. There is ONE guy working in that office now. For the entire state. ONE! He said 3 weeks.

8. Best littmann stethoscope model for Nursing School?

   Penholder replied to abarreto's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I never got a littman. I have an MDF MD one model and it's great. The only Thing that drives me nuts is the ear pieces wear out-but they are very easy to replace. I do look at Littmans, but I'm glad I don't have to worry about my 'scope growing legs....

9. 2016-How long to have license posted?

   Penholder posted a topic in Connecticut

   I took NCLEX on 7/6, found out I passed via quick results on 7/8-how long until it's posted on Ct Elicense? I need it for school and work.

10. When our older nurses die :(

    Penholder replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother was one of those nurses. She retired in her 70's and I'm sure could run laps around the young ones. I got to spend time with her before she passed and she let me know all about what she had seen. Now I start my career.

11. The ONE thing that will make your nursing life easier

    Penholder replied to forumjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    im sorry this has been your experience, but as an aide of 13 years I have worked with dozens of awesome aides. I can say the same about some nurses I've worked with. You get what you expect. Raise your expectations.

12. The ONE thing that will make your nursing life easier

    Penholder replied to forumjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry, I can not agree with this at all. I've been an aide for 13 years and have worked with dozens of truly awesome cnas. I wish we were respected more (we are not that far off from what COTAs do). Im sorry this is your experience, but if this is h...

13. Prospective STCC Nursing Student for Fall 2016 Springfield Technical Community College

    Penholder replied to fcp4life's topic in Massachusetts

    When I applied it was a different director with her own admission method. I entered with my BS in A health care area general sciences done and currently in AP1 and micro when applying. My Teas was a 77 I think. I had not taken any classes at STCC. T...

14. Resident Passing thoughts

    Penholder posted a topic in Geriatric

    I work at 2 facilities as a CNA. I am also nursing student in my final semester. One of the facilities I work at embraces resident passing. They have a quilt made by the residents for that purpose. Residents are not shuttered in rooms when the passed...

15. Prospective STCC Nursing Student for Fall 2016 Springfield Technical Community College

    Penholder replied to fcp4life's topic in Massachusetts

    Clinical starts about 3 weeks into first semester. One day a week for most, a few groups were 2 half days. Lecture is 2 days a week, in the morning. Lab is once a week. Let me know if you have more questions!