quiltynurse56 LPN, LVN

On one of my assignments, the patient's room was always cold to me and I wore long sleeves as well as a sweatshirt. Mom told me the patient needed it cool. They did have a space heater which I would position away from the patient and put it on a v...

If you haven't already left, I suggest you leave. Too many red flags and you are a nurse, not a housekeeper. If you want to continue to do this, find an agency to go through. There are good families out there and will let you do the job. Most agen...

With the companies I work for, it is explicit that we do not care for other children in the home. Our assigned patient is our focus. I have had only one family who felt I needed to put up with their unruly child. I left that family fast for that r...

I have been working the home care for 1.5 years now. I only know of 1 family that requests no male nurses. The agencies I work with will ask the parents if they would take a male nurse. How many say no to that I can not say as I am in the homes, n...

I worked as a charge nurse right out of school. Worked as charge when I moved to Texas. All at LTC. WE do have an RN to consult with should we need to such as the DON or on call nurse. As far as wages, they are low in Texas. I took a pay cut mo...

I reported this and one other issue to my supervisor. After a couple of more days, and a couple of other issues, I did report to CPS. Don't know what happened from there, but I do hope they got some much needed parenting help. They moved, and, of ...

You will meet people who say that. Don't let it get to you. You know otherwise. When people casually ask me what I do, I just tell them that I am a nurse.

I moved from Iowa to Texas a year ago. My Iowa license was due to expire the end of the month I moved. Since we had already purchased our home in Texas, I went ahead and applied to Texas. I did this about a month out from moving. If you don't have...

This facility did not heed warnings and evacuate. This was one of numerous facilities along the Gulf Coast last year. Most have plans. One team works at the facility or evacuates with the patients. The other team goes in and prepares for the retu...

When I have had to wear specific color scrubs, I actually liked it. Just went in and bought several sets in the color I needed. Pretty much in and out and didn't have to decide what I wanted.

Do you take them out overnight now? Probably not. They should be fine during that time period I would think. When we find we are going to be out longer than we know the dog can go, she usually has a pee pad to go on.

You can count me as one who has woken up in the middle of the night hearing call bells and alarms. After a while, you don't do that anymore unless it is a crazy night with lots of them going off.

I worked per diem through an agency like you are and it was great. I could decided where I worked and when. Since I moved to a different state, I am now working PDN through 2 agencies. One has wonderful benefits which is great. Since I have heal...

Did she have LTC experience before working for this agency. Any good agency would not hire a nurse without experience in the area they would be sending here. Experience gives a good basis from which to build when going with an agency. I worked wit...

Okay, you are a new nurse and one month into your first job. Stop and listen to the other more experienced nurse. You don't know everything yet and, to be honest, you will always have things come up you need to ask about. Take direction from this n...

Where does CNN get off with "veiled threats" to the nursing staff of the hospital? Good for the for not relaying any information.

In my nursing class, there were several of us "old" people and we knew exactly what we were getting into. Don't assume he doesn't know. I went to nursing school in my 50's. I love what I am doing. I also do it part time as that is my choice. Ta...

Because KCl is a hypertonic and diluting to reduce intestinal issues. This is why you dilute it when administering it via G-Tube. Sometimes, when a patient has intestinal issues, you would want to dilute it when administering it orally.

Some drug test and some don't. Also, if there is an incident, such as you get hurt on the job or a patient gets hurt, you may be drug tested.

Looks like you need to bridge to RN if you don't want to work in those places.

Not hard to pass. Once you finish the online portion, you go in and test on the skills before you can receive your card.

Oops, I answered the poll with Latex, but I meant Vinyl These are the only ones that don't tear up my hands and they need to be powderless.

I the three states I have worked in, there were Certified Medication Aids who administered meds. Depending on facilities and states depended on what they could and could not do. IV meds and injects usually were not allowed. I have worked with and...

Curious to hear how yesterday was for you? I have a case where the main reason we are there is for the feeding tube.

The beginning of this year, I moved from LTC to Private Duty Pediatric nursing. I am loving the PDN. It wasn't hard. I applied to the agencies that do PDN in my area and was hired on.