HehLPN LPN

HehLPN has 14 years experience as a LPN and specializes in Skilled Nursing.

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1. Comfortable shoes?

   HehLPN replied to Chickie77's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have tried several different brands and types of shoes. The shoes I have found most comfortable are K-Swiss Tubes. Though, of course, it is whatever you are going to be comfortable in.

2. Unhappy Family

   HehLPN replied to ladibug787878's topic in LTC Directors

   We have a few families like this...just on my unit alone. We have worked with our social services department to refer them to local grief counselors. Maybe they are stuck in the grief process and using the facility as a punching bag because they don'...

3. How often do you get called?

   HehLPN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC Directors

   In our facility, after hours we have an on call manager, which is not always a nurse. We call or text them for anything we absolutely have to have and cannot do ourselves. If they need to contact our DNS or ED, then they will and will get back to us....

4. Strange Depressions Under Skin

   HehLPN posted a topic in Pediatric

   My 15 year old daughter has these depressions under her skin. They look like light purple or lavender colored bruises. When you touch one, it feels like an air pocket underneath the skin, or upside down blister if that makes sense. Very hard to expla...

5. Documenting "Falls"

   HehLPN posted a topic in Geriatric

   I am a nurse on the dementia unit. We have a resident who currently has a behavior of giving you a mean look, crossing his legs, and sitting on the floor when he doesn't get his way. If he is purposefully sitting on the floor to avoid care, why is th...