Med Pass Tips for New LPN/LVN/RN Nurse at a Long-Term/Skilled Nursing Care Facility｜LTC
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
- Tips and tricks for new nurses during med pass!
- Always try to start a hour before med pass
- Make sure cart is stocked: water, pudding, thicken liquids, pudding
- check to see who has appts, baths, visits with family members, activities times, smoke breaks
- Dialysis (early breakfast tray): no BP meds
- How the patient take meds: crushed in pudding/apple sauce, thicken liquids, one at time/all together
- PRN pain meds schedule
- Have report sheet or notebook to chart PRNs or resident complaints/needs
- Med refill sheet
- Get Refrigerated meds before hand
- Get to know who likes meds early/first or last
- Tube feeders: have water ready and extra syringes just in case, decloggers available, stethoscope to check placement
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Thank you so much for these helpful tips! Can you please do a video on how to accept verbal and written orders from doctors and how to place them correctly! 🙏🏽
Yess this would be so helpful!!
yes please! I've never experienced taking verbal orders before and i feel nervous about it
Walking rounds are important. If the nurse you're relieving didn't do something you can tell them to do it before you count. This has saved me from multiple problems including finding a deceased resident and a missing resident. Also if you aren't comfortable asking you can arrive alittle early to get your assignment and just do a 10 second assessment on the room/resident and ask the nurse questions. For example for any of my residents who have something invasive like TF: i make sure they are sitting up, sometimes the aide will forget to sit them up. I look at the machine and tubing. How is it running, is it leaking and make a note of the flow rate so when the nurse giving report says its given at 45ml/hr on continuous and you noted it was 65ml/hr, make them change it and same with IV. This also gives the opportunity for you to observe your trach residents. You can tell that nurse that he/ she needs to be suctioned or trach care wasnt provided. Make sure there is water in the humidifier and there is sterile water and trach supplies in the room. Check your foley people, sometimes it wasnt drained and if they have urine in the bag notice color. If they dont have urine make sure you come back later to see if they've voided. This will help you decide if you should flush the foley, get a bladder scan and call the doctor/np.
You sound like a great nurse who managed your time well, which is my main struggle!! I used to work in the hospital and now am an agency RN, going to LTC facilities, so having 25+ patients is brand new to me. I was also used to the pyxis for getting out meds, which is so much faster and easier than these dang med carts! The only good thing is not having to run back and forth to the med room! I have mostly been doing nightshift until I become more efficient, but even with far less meds on that shift and starting around 4:30am, I am STILL running late and not done by 7am when the next shift comes in!! I feel like I do most of the things you mentioned, but not sure why it takes me so long to do the meds! One thing I do know of is the fact that I go to different facilities that all have their own way of doing things and agency nurses don't get orientation so I often don't know where things are and waste so much time searching for supplies and things. If you have any specific tips on how you were able to get your med pass done so quickly, please share if you wouldn't mind....would be SO grateful!!! I hope you're loving your hospital job!
I’m struggling with the same thing as a new grad nurse working at Ltc
Getting everything done within time as I’m taking long to give meds is the area I’m trying to improve
I can really relate to this, starting out in Long Term Care as a LPN. This was super real!. Great job.
Thank you!
Thank you for the tips!! Very helpful for new LPN.
I am a new grad LPN and got hired with an agency and start tomorrow. Not gonna lie I'm like holy crap. its long term and all I've heard is horror stories
Goodluck, hopefully it’s not as bad as most places.
How is it? You still there?
How did it go
Honestly it went horrible the first place I was at. I honestly thought I was gonna lose my licence and spent 15 hours for a 12 hour shift with all the documentation. However, this was simply because that place was super corrupt and had a 180k fine that quarter. They're one of the worst places in the city. Now I continue to work agency and it's not a big deal now. I wish there was a better way to research patient load and ratios for nurses and the long term care places but the two places I work most now aren't bad. And I make amazing money. Typically I work nights now just because the work load is basically cut in half on 11-7.
@@thomasselbee3497 happy you’re doing better! Congrats and best of wishes 🖤🖤🌸🌸
This video was so helpful! I’m on in LPN school but you gave me a lot of good advice that I can use to perfect my skills ❤ thank you so much
Thank you new grad here in a LTC facility
Thank you very much for this Bree! ^_^
7-3 video plz and med pass tips ❤ new grad here 😩
Thank you for this!!
May I ask what is your medpass routine to make for a smooth day? I’m a new new nurse and I start my first position next week. This is a great video and I thank you so much for sharing your tips.
You got a month of training? I got 3 days, lmao. I had 3 halls and 58 patients last night. 😂
Yes I was on days for 2 weeks and then nights for 1 week. So really 3 weeks I guess😂😂 did you have prior experience?
@@NurseBreeNacole CNA for 3 years in LTC, lol. I picked it up quick luckily.
Man I wish. I got 2 days then tossed to the den of 🦁. Lol😅
Great video!!! :)
Thank you
Great video!
Thanks a lot
Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Admission and discharge process please
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