HyzenthlayLPN

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  1. Managing Type 1 Diabetes

    HyzenthlayLPN posted a topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I am going to post this in the School Nurse forum also but I want to get input from nurses experienced with managing Type 1 Diabetes... I am a school nurse. One of the students in our district (5th...

  2. Instructor Issue

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to lorias's topic in General Students

    I had a clinical instructor yell at me for reciting the 5 Rights of Medication in the "wrong" order (I had memorized it using a mnemonic that started with D for Drug and she yelled "Patient! Always...

  3. Attendance

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to Orthonurse42's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Where I work, our "verbal warning" is actually in writing (both supervisor and employee sign that a verbal warning was given). It counts as a "verbal" as far as our progressive discipline policy goes....

  4. Attendance

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to Orthonurse42's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Unless your situation has changed, you should consider requesting intermittent FMLA just in case something comes up again (from what you described, it isn't a question of IF but more of WHEN you will...

  5. How would you handle this med request?

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to Jacquipals's topic in School

    In my state/district, we can give OTC medications with a written consent from the

  6. My dad died yesterday

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to MHDNURSE's topic in School

    I am so sorry for your loss

  7. Dying Patient Requires CPR- Nurses Laugh Instead.

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    What upset me most was this happened THREE YEARS ago and the family has been fighting in court to be able to be able to release the video, not just to the press but to the BON (it is illegal in the...

  8. I love living/working in a small town :)

    HyzenthlayLPN posted a topic in School

    This morning I had a police officer come to the school I am in today to talk to me about a student (a little one with DM1 at another school). I could not for the life of me figure out why he needed to...

  9. I worked in HR & forced to change charting

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to Lutzka1121's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It sounds to me as though you are potential whistle blower for a Medicare and/or Medicaid fraud case. I found the number for Medicare online and copy/pasted it below. Call them and tell them who you...

  10. New RN, and hate nursing already

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

    Both of the positions you have had sound awful. FWIW private duty home health was one of my favorite nursing jobs. I had wonderful families and patients (well, there was ONE that the family was...

  11. Calling all LTC Nurses; for advice/tips!

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to ontarionurse14's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A "brain sheet" is a must. Are you passing meds, doing treatments and the assessments/charting for all 42? Are all of them ICF or are there skilled residents in the

  12. Patient Fell: Am I At Fault?

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to FutureCota's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Were you using a gait belt when this happened? From your description, changing her to a full mechancial lift sounds like a bit of an over-reaction. I could see making her a two-person assist for...

  13. LTC from HELL!!!

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to Ted1's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    OMG....I have never been at a facility (LTC or Acute) where staff hid when state was in the building. Exactly the opposite was true...CNAs often commented on how many people were helping out on the...

  14. New job offer

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to Kimberly07's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would ask myself a coupld of questions: 1) How will the stress of working at the current job affect the pregnancy? Some folks handle stress well, others (like myself) just don't. 2) You know up...

  15. Forced out to pasture

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I can relate. A little over a year ago, my case manager position at a SNF was abruptly eliminated, with no warning. It felt like a gut punch at the time because my MENTOR, the Director of my division,...

  16. Jtag!!

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to ndragonfly's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have worked at two separate facilities that received an IJ while I worked there. Neither DON was immediately fired but both did eventually leave a few months down the line. The first IJ was facility...

  17. Risk Managers

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The LTC/SNF company I worked for tracked incidents on a board in the DONs office. I do not know if the Risk Managers also had their own tracking system (they barely had an

  18. Just not for me, how to resign

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to jbtota's topic in School

    Have you considered working PRN at the hospital (maybe one weekend shift a week and more during school breaks) to help with the finances? You've gotten some very good advice from others but I just...

  19. Treatment Requested VS Treatment Needed

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to EthicalRN60's topic in Emergency

    I am not an ED nurse but I often deal with patients and families whose treatment preferences conflict with their care teams plan of care. In that situation, I educate the patient/family and they get...

  20. RN Screener for LTC

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to teelatice15's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    In my experience (2 years as a SNF PPS case manager) our "RN Screeners" were definitely very sales oriented. The company I worked for based at least part of their pay on how many patients they...

  21. Social Media and Patients

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to NurseDrizzles's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In general I would say no and I have always turned down patient friend requests with one exception: I used to work as a private duty nurse. I grew very close to the family and I am Facebook friends...

  22. Staff Hysteria

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to Ashizzle's topic in School

    He could get into trouble for that. Asthma can be considered a disability (so ADA) and with FMLA any absences covered by FMLA can't be considered as absences in things like performance reviews, etc....

  23. Staff Hysteria

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to Ashizzle's topic in School

    That sounds like FMLA intermittent leave. There is a limit on the amount of time that can be taken under FMLA. Does your husband know who tracks their FMLA

  24. California Requires Gender Pronouns

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to DaveICURN's topic in Nursing News

    The last LTC/SNF I was employed by had a transgender resident. She was given a private room. The policy (invented on the fly I think because it was a first for the facility) was she would be in a...

  25. California Requires Gender Pronouns

    HyzenthlayLPN replied to DaveICURN's topic in Nursing News

    If you look at the context of the quote, DaveRN was questioning whether he should help folks with gender dysphoria realize that they really are just confused about their gender. My point was that the...