NebbyLPN

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  1. Patients Going Behind Nurse's Station

    NebbyLPN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I think you were right. I helps to have another person on the staff as a witness though for your protection. I'd run this whole situation by the DON for an opinion too. The resident may be breaking...

  2. question maybe you know the answer

    NebbyLPN replied to neverlandlpn2001's topic in General Nursing

    I've only been a charge nurse in nursing homes. When I worked in a hospital there were times when we were short staffed that I was sort of a team leader and working with an RN, but she got into...

  3. Lab coats

    NebbyLPN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would depend on what your work place says you can

  4. How many days is a usual orientation?

    NebbyLPN replied to glen's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes, you get paid at your full rate of pay while on orientation. The designation between "orientation" and being a regular staff member is usually one for the accounting people. When you are on...

  5. Cussing Co-Workers

    NebbyLPN replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    If it's so offensive to hear people using profanity, then it shouldn't be hard for to tell them not to use it when talking to you or just turn and walk away from the conversation. Otherwise, just...

  6. I need some answers please!

    NebbyLPN replied to snowflake58's topic in General Nursing

    I would think this nurse has such a huge lawsuit she could file against the news media that even if she loses her license she won't need to worry about an

  7. How many days is a usual orientation?

    NebbyLPN replied to glen's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My LTC facility usually gives a new charge nurse 3 days with another charge nurse and one day somewhere during their first month where they go through policies and procedures, fire policy, other...

  8. What to do when state comes in?

    NebbyLPN replied to sweetnurse1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hide when you see one of the surveyors coming your way!:roll Call in sick. We know they are in the building because in Ohio they post a notice on all the doors of the building stating that they are...

  9. Pros vs. Cons of Geriatrics?

    NebbyLPN replied to maryruth's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i like working in ltc because i have the same patients every day. it does change, but not nearly as rapidly as the hospital. i like being able to get to know more about my patients and i can do that...

  10. Long term care

    NebbyLPN replied to katmai's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    When you are working in LTC you are not just being a nurse who is passing meds, doing treatments and making patients comfortable. You are also a charge nurse, a supervisor. Being a charge nurse does...

  11. How do you give a painless injection

    NebbyLPN replied to guzzebear's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That is the exact same thing I was taught in school. My instructors really stressed getting the needle in quickly like a dart. It

  12. Has anyone else taken Clep a test?

    NebbyLPN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    my sister clep'd her way through a lot of her pre-requisite classes. she says that the instructions for each clep are right on. there should also be some way to access sample problems to get an idea...

  13. Zoloft???

    NebbyLPN replied to grannypatches's topic in General Nursing

    If this were about 50 years ago and your son was my brother, my mother would have hauled off and socked him a good one and told him to get out of the house. However, we can't do that kind of stuff...

  14. Ethics, Accepting Gifts and Nursing Care

    NebbyLPN replied to pre-nursey 101's topic in General Nursing

    The family of a patient in a nursing home gave me a check made out to me for $50 just after he died. He had been quite ill with cancer toward the end. Told me it was to thank me for being so wonderful...

  15. You'd think I was applying to CIA! Background checks

    NebbyLPN replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I think that depending how large the company you are going to work for this is happening in some places. The larger the corporation running the hospital the more likely this will happen. Also, I've...

  16. What did I suction out of my patient?

    NebbyLPN replied to mandana's topic in General Nursing

    You know, this happened to us a couple of years ago too. Someone told us it was probably a bezoar that had come up from the stomach. I like the idea of it being old dried mucus better, but how could...

  17. Rn in charge who has a temper?

    NebbyLPN replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    I'd tell if I were you. If the DON is any kind of a DON she'll want to get rid of this

  18. very very very bad bad man

    NebbyLPN replied to Danianne's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! This brings back memories! Before I went to nursing school I worked as a aide. We never had enough clean linen at night. What we used to do was take the wet gowns during our first round of the...

  19. How to shower patients with mobility problems.

    NebbyLPN replied to *Karen*'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There is such a thing called a shower chair. It's usually a tubular plastic chair similar looking to a commode with wheels on it. I have seen some that are similar to lawn chairs in the way they are...

  20. Group project rant

    NebbyLPN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Students

    The point I am making is that as nurses we have to work as a group all the time. There are always going to be those who either don't work up to standard or who goof off and don't do what they are...

  21. I freak out on the exam

    NebbyLPN replied to Worriedfreak's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was just reading something on taking exams just the other day. One of the things that was suggested was that you need to keep yourself aware that you are anxious during the actual test and to not...

  22. Nursing Home Job

    NebbyLPN replied to piscesgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Either call around to the nursing homes in your area and ask if and when they offer a CNA training program. The next time you apply to a nursing home before you leave your interview, ask the person...

  23. Group project rant

    NebbyLPN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Students

    Question: If you and a CNA are the only nurses around and a patient is lying in a soiled bed that really needs to be cleaned up and the CNA, your team member, is either refusing to do it or skips off...

  24. I shaved off a patient's mustache. Was I wrong?

    NebbyLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was written up yesterday for shaving off a patient's mustache. I don't understand what I did wrong. The man has had a stroke and has trouble feeding himself. He was getting food all over his...

  25. Frustrated (Rant)

    NebbyLPN replied to nursesaideBen's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    .....When you get your license and start out on your first job. You'll be more busy than you ever thought you would be. You'll long go back to the boredom of