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  1. When are we required to notify DCF?

    ljds replied to dpipes44's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I feel that my responsibility ends after the appropriate person was notified; since i work on the floor, for me it is the social worker. This seems like a perfect case for the social worker:...

  2. Do you read your own EKGs?

    ljds posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm an LPN, I work in a smallish hosiptal on the medical floor. last night I had a pt who experienced chest pain, (right at shift change! Argh!), and per our protocol I among other things called for...

  3. Do you read your own EKGs?

    ljds replied to ljds's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you; this was my thought, as well; I am suspicious of an automated evaluation, and felt it was better to have the ICU nurse compare the EKGs and then also have her closely evaluate the tele...

  4. Do you read your own EKGs?

    ljds replied to ljds's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for your recommendations. I appreciate it!

  5. Causes of ?...........

    ljds replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Sarcoidosis?

  6. About to take the IV insertion class...

    ljds replied to christvs's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Seeif you can do some phlebotomy. I worked in a small office where the nurses did everything, including drawing all labs. I probably drew 3-10 people a day; it really helped my IV insertion

  7. Causes of ?...........

    ljds replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    pericarditis and pneumothorax also come to

  8. long shot

    ljds replied to shucky's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure by what you mean by a "state enrolled nurse"? Do you mean a nurse employed by the state (as in, individual states) or by the federal government? What sort of nurse, as the type of...

  9. Scrubs for Short People!

    ljds replied to Pinky2's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Hello, it's not just scrub bottoms---what about TOPS!!! Only a few manufacturers that I have seen have tops that are short, and don't go down to me knees. I know Peaches and Dickies, and maybe Metro...

  10. Barcode Meds/Patient

    ljds replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    May1 we are going to emar, and it is heartening to read this thread. I have several complaints based on my practice sessions (mainly physical complaints regarding the handheld device, or concerns...

  11. Still Breastfeeding

    ljds replied to tigress_8207's topic in General Nursing

    Alot of my friends have breastfed their children for an extensive time period (until the kiddos were three or four), and some kids just slowly stopped on their own, some stopped on their own cold...

  12. Atheist or Agnostic?

    ljds replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm sure when you are 44, things will suddenly become clear. But right now you are just a blank slate, a young whippersnapper with the whole world ahead of you! Actually, it's nice to...

  13. Atheist or Agnostic?

    ljds replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you need to open your mind a bit, and not assume that everyone who doesn't think like you just hasn't had the intense and meaningful experiences you have had. I have attended well over 200...

  14. How do you handle shift change admissions?

    ljds posted a topic in General Nursing

    This has been a bone of contention forever in my hospital, between the floors and the ER. It happens (quite frequently, it seems, though probably not as frequently as we floor nurses like to make it...

  15. Atheist or Agnostic?

    ljds replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my answer: I am an athiest. Not an agnostic, a true, straight up athiest. I've never had a problem, even when I worked in a clinic that had a very conservative religious population. I...

  16. Prednisone

    ljds replied to FLoridarnl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry; I have a similar tendency as you (I think), to sit and stew about things. Here's what helps me--can I rectify the situation? Yes or No? If yes, then I do that. If no, then I can't! What...

  17. How do you handle shift change admissions?

    ljds replied to ljds's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, so this appears to be an area that is a problem, but not many have found effective solutions. I like the idea of the ER having different shift change hours than the rest of the hospital--then...

  18. Fact or Fiction

    ljds replied to stkp's topic in Cardiac

    Can someone post a link to a pic of an ear-crease, so I know exactly what I am looking for? I think that must be the first time in the world that those particular words were combined in such a manner....

  19. Favorite Job

    ljds replied to NickiLaughs's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'll reply, mainly because I, too, appreciate a thread that is not one of the two above-mentioned! I honestly have loved all my jobs; but I think the one I will always hold closest to my heart was as...

  20. Fact or Fiction

    ljds replied to stkp's topic in Cardiac

    Hmmm, I'm going to start checking out my pts'

  21. Hospital's duty to keep elderly man safe from falls

    ljds replied to thlnc's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At our hospital, the procedure goes somewhat as follows-- First, make sure that all needs are met, and that the pt isn't uncomfortable in some way. Then, try a bed alarm and distraction (tv, folding...

  22. Rise in the cesarean birth rate.

    ljds replied to kmwheels21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wanted to add; I worked as a nurse at a birth center for four years, and I still work as a doula for my friends. This is a complicated issue. Women do not make the decision to have a c-section in...

  23. Rise in the cesarean birth rate.

    ljds replied to kmwheels21's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Here is a copy of a recent email I received: ================================= Grassroots Network Message 603009 Cesarean News -Women are not choosing them! Dear Friends, For the links to the latest...

  24. Interested in agency work in NE Kansas...looking for info

    ljds posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm an LPN working on a medical floor, have prior L/D/Mother/Baby experience. I'm thinking I wouldn't mind picking up an extra 3 shifts or so a month during the school year, 5-6 during the summer (dh...

  25. Safe Pt Ratios for Med Surg

    ljds replied to MedSurgeMess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm IV certified, so that is very helpful, though I can't do anything with central lines or ports. We don't do care plan updates on noc shift anymore, further lessening the work the covering RN must...