stippie09 ASN, RN

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1. New Grad RN with Skilled Nursing Job - Advice Needed Working with CNAs

   stippie09 replied to Bizaleth's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   As a new grad RN last year in a LTC I found I difficult to supervise my aides at times. Like the other posters said, be respectful and assist your aides as much as you can, they do back breaking work...

2. CNA's not doing vitals & slow to answer lights?

   stippie09 replied to garnetgirl29's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Hello all. I do have some input as a RN in a LTC. While getting all you vs in the first 30 minutes of the shift sounds good, for some shifts (especially 1st) this is nearly impossible. When the aides...

3. New Nurse Pain Med Question

   stippie09 replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   When in LTC, it is quite difficult to do a full set of vs when giving a narcotic. Here's why, you have a average or 20-30 residents any given day, 3/4 of those residents get prn pain meds either q4 or...

4. What do you think is toughest shift

   stippie09 replied to mcclot1993's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   As a nurse, I've worked all shifts. I work twelves and I believe 7a-7p is the most difficult. 5 med passes, 3 meals, 20+ txs a day, labs, orders, family members. And not to mention administration...

5. LTC Nurses please respond

   stippie09 replied to crd521's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   1. 88 bed facility 2. 25:1 ratio 3. 15:1 4. I give all my residents quality care, but I'm not able to do everything that they deserve. 5. Mostly computer charting, some paper. 6. Not "mandatory" OT...

6. Advice please!

   stippie09 replied to kristimgillrn's topic in Long Term Acute Care

   Hi! Ive been working at a long term care facility for about a month now and I took my nclex in May and this is my first job. I work nights. I have an average if 40 pts to care for. Its extremely hard...

7. STUDY TIPS PLEAASE

   stippie09 replied to x3liza's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Im sorry to hear you failed. Im going to give you a list of things you need to know like the back of your hand to be prepared. All lab values (coagulation, abgs, electrolytes, wbc, rbc). Infection...

8. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

   stippie09 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   This wasn't a mispronounciation but it was still pretty funny. When I was a student I found a diagnosis of hyperpotassemia instead of hyperkalemia. The kicker was, it had a diagnosis code and...

9. patient/license safety

   stippie09 replied to MollNick's topic in Psychiatric

   Here's a scary situation, im a new grad rn working nights in a nursing home/snf. I am responsible for 2 halls with a total of 41 residents. I am responsible for meds, charting, treatments, and...

10. Hospital will not hire smokers

    stippie09 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Here's my two cents on the matter. If hospitals want their nurses to paint a picture of health for their patients, they need to worry how obese nurses will look to their patients. Who will be able to...

11. Nurses Who Are Being Tested for Alcohol

    stippie09 replied to On_E's topic in Nurses Recovery

    What state are you in? I've never been alcohol tested and was wondering where you are. Ive heard of NPs at the bigger hospitals getting tested but alcohol from the BON? In my personal opinion it's...

12. RN starting pay in you area

    stippie09 replied to TalarossaRN's topic in General Nursing

    New grad RN in Dayton, $27/hr with $3 shift

13. Does anyone actually read all the reading assignments?

    stippie09 replied to vettechtoRN's topic in General Students

    I did not always read everything bc I had, on average, 7 chapters per class per week. What helped me was to read the main part about a disease/problem and write down your nusing process for that...

14. NCLEX 2014/Kaplan

    stippie09 replied to Go Knights's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hello, I took my nclexrn in May and passed. I attended Kaplan college, so by default I had the Kaplan whole review session/books following. I bombed my alternate format test as well and satas were my...

15. Hardest part of nursing program?

    stippie09 replied to AspiringRN27's topic in General Students

    I believe the hardest part, for me, was med surg. Rhe information was so vast that I could hardly keep up sometimes. You have to commit to studying all the time, and understand that it will be hard to...