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1. So this is Infection Control?

   oreocookie replied to FrustratedLPN's topic in Geriatric

   I can understand your frustration. I also work in a corporate owned long-term care facility with the same problems as your facility. We are always running out of supplies. It seems like we never have lactes for accuchecks, thermometers, blood pressur...

2. What's the weirdest baby name?

   oreocookie replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Duribg my clinical rotation in OB I had a patient who named her daughter camry alexus mercedes and another to name her daughter pinkie(named after the father's grandmother). Poor babies.

3. No ativan for hospice patients

   oreocookie replied to Blackcat99's topic in Hospice

   I work in long-term care where some of the patients are hospice patients. They remain in the long-term care facility and the nurses from the hospice agency came to visit daily. The hospice nurse that was caring for one of my patients suggested giving...

4. Infection Control

   oreocookie posted a topic in General Nursing

   I was assisting a co-worker with a g-tube patient and was accidently slashed on the arms and face with stomach contents. This patient has just finished antibiotics for a VRE and MRSA infection. Should I be concerned? I washed my arms and hands with a...

5. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

   oreocookie replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN/LVN

   I am a new grad from Georgia and my first job is in long-term care with a starting pay of 17.00/hr. The county hospital here only pays 13.84/hr for lpns.