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  1. Most common LTC meds - help with a list please:)

    Jubei replied to MamaCheese's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow. Fosamax was common for you? I hope your residents stomachs ended up

  2. Most common LTC meds - help with a list please:)

    Jubei replied to MamaCheese's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Most common for me (good thing the previous repliers reminded me of some of the hundreds of meds I pass out a shift)? Colace ( I hate liquid Colace) Sorbitol ( I hate this liquid med too)...

  3. MARS missed signing

    Jubei replied to mar326's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's common. I've worked in a lot hospitals both acute and long term and even super nurses forget to sign their initials or place a "0" for complaint of pain, etc. You know how many square boxes...

  4. Anyone still using Lidocaine?

    Jubei replied to VickyRN's topic in Cardiac

    I agree about the Amiodarone. My cardiac unit uses that med, other blockers, and Digoxin

  5. ECG Question

    Jubei replied to VickyRN's topic in Cardiac

    Okay, think for a moment here. If low K+ causes ST depression, what do you think high K+ will do to a person's ST? High K+ also causes wide

  6. PVC's

    Jubei replied to saribeth's topic in Cardiac

    Yes. We Telemetry Tech/ LVN's call those "Frequent PVC's" As long as the patient doesn't have 3 PVC's in a row or more (sustained V-Tach), it's

  7. ECG Question

    Jubei replied to VickyRN's topic in Cardiac

    Low K+ Causes ST abnormalities along with say...carbon monoxide

  8. Ed Techs

    Jubei replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    That's one stupid ER tech. I have 3 phlebotomy certificates myself (including IV and drawn over a thousand patients) and a nursing license (LVN). I would never compare myself to an RN...well most of...

  9. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Jubei replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    That whole "nurses eat their young" crap and racist insecure nurses. Nurses (including CNA nurses) who don't report injuries (bruises,

  10. Oh what a night!

    Jubei replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's a "shift from hell" I don't want to go through with my small convalescent hospital. By the way, that many diabetic residents? I would have quit that place along time

  11. Any Tips for Teaching ECGs?

    Jubei replied to VickyRN's topic in Cardiac

    I'm a tele tech and an LVN, you can pm me anytime. Speaking of strips, I had one pt last night go from SR to Mobitz II, 3rd AVB, Idioventricular, Asystole (Atropine given somewhere in there), and...

  12. Med Error

    Jubei replied to starcandy's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Wow...100 units!? :uhoh21: Yeah...D50, Glucagon IM, a gallon of OJ, and etc. :) I've made med errors plenty of times. Crap happens when you're a chicken without a

  13. Med-Surg Roll Call

    Jubei replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I grew up on med surg! Started off as a CNA all the way up to LVN (4 different job titles in MS) for almost 8 years! Went through all the strikes with my fellow healthcare workers when nobody wanted...

  14. Crying about my job...

    Jubei replied to LearningRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'd give you a hug if I could. Yeah, it's rough working med surg your first year as a nurse (I did it as an LVN). I would have cried too, but I'm a guy. WE DON'T CRY. Anyway, I've been around nurses...

  15. Care plans...what is and isn't necessary

    Jubei replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sucks care planning

  16. Care plans...what is and isn't necessary

    Jubei replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have to care plan everything! Sucks and I never go home in time with all the daily incident reports I have to do. Thank god I'm only an LVN part time and I get to sit on my can once in a while as a...

  17. LPN's just glorified nurse aids in LTC? Huh?

    Jubei replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Don't take T.O.'s? Your hospital is old

  18. LPN's just glorified nurse aids in LTC? Huh?

    Jubei replied to onehusbandsevenkids's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At Laguna Honda (the biggest notorious convalescent hospital in the country with over a thousand patients), LVN's get used as CNA's

  19. Incompetent tele tech..vent

    Jubei replied to sarahRN482's topic in Cardiac

    That guy sounds like a total retard! I'm a monitor tech myself and I would never miss a dangerous R-on-T rhythm....Atleast not for freaking 8 straight hours! AND unlike other lazy ass techs, I check...