schilm15

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1. Charting versus care

   schilm15 replied to schilm15's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you! This makes a lot of sense!! I'll pray this helps. I think I'll try a handful of things such as calling my normal charge nurse and asking her to review my charting to see if I'm charting too...

2. Nurse Slang Yo!

   schilm15 replied to ladysushi's topic in General Nursing

   During my OB/PEDS clinical, I was in the nursery when a baby was wheeled in by another nurse. As she came in She said to the other nurse, "I have a FLK,". That sounded serious and the nurse I was...

3. when you give a patient a pill..

   schilm15 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

   I had a patient who was known to have sundowners and become combative at night. Towards the end of my shift, I went into this patients room to give them their 8 pm meds which included lasix (yes this...

4. LPN who does not want to be an RN?

   schilm15 replied to Live.Love.Nurse.♡'s topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I'm so glad you said "real nurse". I constantly get asked as a LPN when I'm going to become a "real nurse". I then go on to say that I already am one and ask what they thought the abbreviation LPN...

5. Charting versus care

   schilm15 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I should first start off by saying I am a new nurse. I received my LPN in Aug 2014 but started working as a nurse in April 2015. I have close to 5 months of experience as a nurse working part time (24...