KMarieD

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1. Have you ever fainted 😕

   KMarieD replied to KMarieD's topic in General Nursing

   I had eaten lunch maybe three hours before. And no to bring pregnant! Just peed on a stick today because that was any first thought. Only other time I had been sick during a procedure was during school a week before found out I was pregnant. I'm sti...

2. Have you ever fainted 😕

   KMarieD posted a topic in General Nursing

   Today was my second day at my new ENT job. I'm a brand nurse with a few months of LTC experience... I can handle huge wounds, vomit, sputum, blood.... Well today I watched a lip biopsy and had to leave the room. I literally almost fainted on the floo...

3. Is this abuse how do I report?!

   KMarieD replied to KMarieD's topic in General Nursing

   Thankfully I am already set to start and have all my paperwork signed. I'm going into an ENT office. They asked me why I was leaving and I just said that "I jumped into the first job I was offered because I felt like I wasn't going to have an easy ti...

4. Is this abuse how do I report?!

   KMarieD replied to KMarieD's topic in General Nursing

   I've conversed with other nurses who don't agree with what's going on either. Truly they want to sedate this women so she cannot 'yell'. We have all been documenting that she is alert and oriented and being quiet, not threatening anyone. When she ye...

5. Is this abuse how do I report?!

   KMarieD replied to KMarieD's topic in General Nursing

   I've sifted everywhere. Literally nothing to find the reasoning behind the geodon. Only remarks that any 92 year old person with dementia would say. No homicidal or suicidal things. Patient just gets really frustrated. But never lashes out. This isn...

6. Is this abuse how do I report?!

   KMarieD replied to KMarieD's topic in General Nursing

   Patient refuses because they state 'I am not doing anything wrong. Its my right to refuse' It was ordered because they had been stating 'I don't want help, please just leave me alone, no one in this place cares' dementia is worsening, they categoriz...

7. Is this abuse how do I report?!

   KMarieD replied to KMarieD's topic in General Nursing

   I've actually accepted a position at an ENT office today thankfully .... Tired of being the only one who 'cares' at the ltc.

8. Is this abuse how do I report?!

   KMarieD replied to KMarieD's topic in General Nursing

   I documented a lot about the situation! That it was given by supervisor and that they refused me and that thet knew who I was and presenting no psychosis, or danger to themselves or others was evident. I used to work in a psych facility as a tech. T...

9. Is this abuse how do I report?!

   KMarieD replied to KMarieD's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sorry I didn't realize this was considered asking legal advice. Thanks for the advice. I'm researching my avenues right now.

10. Is this abuse how do I report?!

    KMarieD posted a topic in General Nursing

    Please be gentle maybe I am wrong in assuming this is abuse. I am currently working at a SNF/Rehab. This is my first nursing job as an LPN. I have a patient who has dementia and has recently starting mental declining according to other nurses. I ha...

11. Transition from SNF to ENT Office is it a good choice?

    KMarieD posted a topic in Career Support

    I am a new LPN. I have been working at a SNF for the past four months since I received my license. This was my first nursing job. I was trained for six days and left on my own with thirty patients. I managed and I caught on quickly. The facility I w...

12. Did the New PVT work?

    KMarieD posted a topic in NCLEX

    I'm in mid panic mode. I was in and RN program up until may 2013. Due to some personal reasons I never was able to continue. I was able to go the PNEQ route in FL. RN and PN are so much different and I'm so worried. I sat for my NCLEX yesterday at 12...