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 much and if I am asking her to refer me to a co-w...

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 shadowing seemed as if it was. I quickly rushed over w...

3. when you give a patient a pill..

   schilm15 posted a topic in 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 was varified with MD) and seroquel. The patient to...

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

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

   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 stood for-- Licensed practical NURSE. I honestly thin...

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 hrs per week, 3 PM - 11 PM) at a rehab facility. ...