DierkyBrewster

DierkyBrewster

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  1. Started ARNAP in February

    DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    So, I got caught diverting narcotics at my job last year. Even got charges pressed against me for it which I’m still dealing with (court is in August). I got accepted to do the ARNAP program through...

  2. Finally found employment!

    DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I am on cloud 9! It’s been 6 months since I have held a position as an LPN. 6 months of mooching off friends and family to afford this damn program. Living with my sister and her family plus my own...

  3. Finally found employment!

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Most of the places I go to to drug test ask me “Is it observed?” And I usually just say yes. Sometimes they observe, sometimes they don’t. Either way we should probably be telling them it’s...

  4. Finally found employment!

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Nurses Recovery

    If you’re enrolling in ARNAP you will probably be meeting with Tonya, who would end up being your case manager. She’s over the whole program and I’d a very wonderful lady. She’s very...

  5. Started ARNAP in February

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’m having to live with my sister currently! It is AWFUL. I luckily was just hired for a company and am SO grateful, they were more than willing to abide with the ARNAP requirements. There IS work...

  6. Scared, upset, ashamed

    DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    I’ve been working as an LPN in LTC the last 5 years. I’m 28 years old, wife, mom of 2. Love LTC, love my residents, loved the job honestly. I have Rx’s for Tylenol 3 and norco, for chronic...

  7. Scared, upset, ashamed

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Wow.. I can only hope to get as lucky as you did. Thank you for the

  8. Taking a pay cut for my sanity?

    DierkyBrewster posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am an fairly new LPN (graduated in 2014) who currently works in LTC. I have been at my facility for over 2 years and I make decent wages. $17.50 to be exact, and with the rotating 12 hour shifts...

  9. Dialysis or LTC?

    DierkyBrewster posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone! I'm an LPN currently working at a LTC facility. I'm very "comfortable" in my current job, meaning I have my routine down and no surprises throw me off too bad, I can do my job very...

  10. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am so tired of how nit picky LTC can be. It's really taking a toll on me. I'm sure I'm just reading into it too much, but I SWEAR my facility is trying to push me over the edge and either fire me or...

  11. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That's fine by me! Lol Wow, people are

  12. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In my charting I did write "resident was showing signs of distress and breathing heavily" and "resident would not awaken to verbal stimuli, had to be touched to arouse" which I guess could seem like...

  13. At my wits end...

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah. It was hard to pick my jaw up off of the

  14. RN in LTC

    DierkyBrewster replied to the nurse who lived's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You will be very surprised on how much you will learn in LTC. I have dealt with everything I can think of, from PICC lines, dressing changes, trachs, peg tubes, access ports, colostomies, urostomies,...

  15. Doctors orders for the small stuff and third shift

    DierkyBrewster replied to tsm007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Depending on how well you know your doctors, and depending on what needs to be ordered is how I determine whether I write my own orders or not. Technically, no, we cannot just write orders. The...

  16. rant on dietary

    DierkyBrewster replied to qcnursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I understand the frustration, I also work in LTC. I have found that a pleasant attitude and a smile can go a LONG way when dealing with (sometimes difficult) staff members. Think back to when this...

  17. Have you encountered useless residents?

    DierkyBrewster replied to seks's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always make suggestions that I feel are needed, like when I call the MD I will tell them about the pt and what's going on and then ask "Would you like to order a chest X-ray/Do you want to increase...

  18. Urine from drainage bag?

    DierkyBrewster posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I swear I have been taught before that you can collect a urine specimen for a UA from a drainage bag (urostomy) as long as the drainage bag is brand new, and only IF it is the very first urine...

  19. Urine from drainage bag?

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well we appeased the family and got another sample via in and out and the results were almost identical, so she still got the antibiotics she needed. Which is the main

  20. Urine from drainage bag?

    DierkyBrewster replied to DierkyBrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was just curious, because to me it is almost no different than doing a clean catch sample. I had informed a family member that the R's UA came back abnormal and they were upset with me saying it was...