katfish67lpn

katfish67lpn

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  1. Uncensored Thoughts of a Nurse Interviewer

    katfish67lpn replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nursing Career

    You however, did not mention any actual skill set, previous experience, etc... You only made reference to personality traits and I think that is a bit confusing since when we are job hunting we all...

  2. Teamwork...Why do we do this to ourselves?

    katfish67lpn replied to Beachbum671's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I moved to Maine from Washington state. Before moving to Maine I had never seen or heard of CNA-Med Tech's but here in Maine that is all that seems to be used in LTC for meds. It has been a problem...

  3. On call hours in Texas

    katfish67lpn replied to bluedragonfly13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The facility where I work in Maine it is 16 hours in a 24 hour period. So they can mandate you to pull another shift for a call out, etc but once you have done 16 they get someone else in. I am not...

  4. How would you transcribe this order?

    katfish67lpn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Or maybe the question should be: What is your facilities policy for an order like this? Order on the MAR currently shows Glucoscans biweekly, then the doctor orders Glucoscans bid times 7days with MD...

  5. Picc line resistance and bleeding

    katfish67lpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am an IV certified LPN with 26 years of experience. I am working on a skilled unit in a SNF. I had a pt. with a PICC line last night. When I went to flush the PICC there was a lot of resistance. I...

  6. Picc line resistance and bleeding

    katfish67lpn replied to katfish67lpn's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your reply. I didn't think the bleeding was due to the occlusion however, it was new and in addition to the resistance I thought it was better to be safe and wait and not try to deal...

  7. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    katfish67lpn replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 25 years and have seen the same thing. I was working home health & hospice and was the ONLY nurse with any experience. I was laid off because I "was the highest paid LPN"...

  8. How would you transcribe this order?

    katfish67lpn replied to katfish67lpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It caused confusion and she wrote up two nurses who did not see the new order on the very last page of the MAR with the old order on the first page and not dc'd. Her rationale is she assumed they...

  9. Hospice Nursing Question

    katfish67lpn replied to stirfried's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I have worked home health hospice and have taken care of many, many patients dying with and without hospice care in SNF settings. I have never seen Haldol used for anxiety it has always been Ativan...

  10. How would you transcribe this order?

    katfish67lpn replied to katfish67lpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you. I also agree but the DON (who obtained and transcribed this order) seems to think that just adding the new order while leaving the old is