LPN9200

LPN9200

Geriatrics

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About LPN9200

LPN9200 has 3 years experience and specializes in Geriatrics.


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  1. Oh goodness, I have a few good ones. I was written up last Summer because I just arrived on the unit (10 minutes prior To my shift and not clocked in yet.) with my hair down. I had a HORRIBLE headache and was saving throwing it up until the...
  2. Filing a report as a mandated reporter

    Thank you all. I made a report today. I just wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing and not helping to blow a situation out of proportion!
  3. So, I feel like I’m in a grey area in a situation and I genuinely am unsure on my course of action. Bare with me and please don’t be too critical. I’m truly trying to do what’s right. Say you have a family member who routinely speaks about blatant...
  4. I had a lady a few weeks ago who frequently would ask for me whether I was there or not because she believed I was the only nurse capable of giving her meds. One night she rings for them and I was about to take them in when she asked the aide in help...
  5. What Is the Problem???

    Prior to taking on a traveling gig, I worked in a facility where my RN charge handled just about everything from calling physicians to entering orders and rounding. As well as a huge chunk of our assessments. I was a spoiled brat to be honest. I was ...
  6. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

    I had a patient who loved to give his nurses and CNA creative nicknames. I went through several before he officially decided on mine. One of the first he gave me was "boomerang" he would yell that from his room to get my attention for anything he nee...
  7. Maxim healthcare

    I'm about to begin my first assignment in Denver with Maxim. I've seen some posts on this forum regarding them but they all seem older. Has anyone on here traveled with them recently? If so, what was/has been your experience with them?
  8. LPN LTC Horror Story

    I suppose that's fairly standard, at least from what I've experienced. It also depends on the doctor/necessity of the order on whether or not we write our own verbals and have them sign later. If it's something that we know a resident needs and the d...
  9. Medications from home

    What are your policies/procedures for receiving medications from a resident's home (particularly narcotics)? I've always worked in places that typically refuse to accept them but will if in a pinch and they are unable to be obtained from our emergenc...
  10. Admission Skin Assessments

    I too work on a skilled/rehab unit and Our skin assessment is supposed to be done by the RN charge nurse assigned to the unit when the admission gets there. It's part of their initial assessment. Although, depending on the RN, the LPNs will do the sk...
  11. I totally agree with them not being mutually exclusive and I agree with certain treatments during hospice especially if it can keep them comfortable or is unrelated or indirectly related to the condition that warnted hospice. The family just pushed f...
  12. The hospice agency that they went through is excellent at providing end of life education for both patient and family. Not to mention that this particular patient's Daughter was a former LPN herself and Son in law was a physician. I think to me that ...
  13. My patient did ultimately pass this evening on my shift. Family was present at the time of passing but still fighting any and all comfort medications up until her passing. They did permit me to give the lowest dose of morphine about 2 hours prior to ...
  14. She did have PRN Roxinol ordered From 0.25ml q1 hour upwards to 1ml q1 hour for dyspnea and pain. Family stated they wanted comfort measures but has been fighting hospice every step of the way. Example; wanting to aggressively treat infections (VRE, ...
  15. I've been an LPN for roughly a year and a new issue has recently came up for me that I'm unsure of. I work LTC and have several patients on hospice although they are still seemingly a ways away from death which seemed to be the case with one of my pa...