Josifek

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1. Pts abusing "cultural/religious" practices to manipulate RNs

   Josifek replied to HvnSntRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Give the poor woman a break! She's tired and has paid a lot of money to have the baby in your hospital and would like to use your services of keeping the baby in the nursery overnight. Maybe it's these "call CPS at the drop of a hat" attitudes that...

2. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

   Josifek replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric

   When I was in nursing school we had one class in which we broke into seven groups. Each group was given the same case senerio. The senerio was something like "you are stranded in a life boat with seven people... a teenager, a purse snatcher, a rabb...

3. An actual 1955 Good Housekeeping article

   Josifek replied to MuddaMia's topic in General Nursing

   Beautiful article. Too bad we have to go half way around the world to find wives like this nowadays. Oh well, at least some cultures still keep to the way things should be.

4. just a question about Texas

   Josifek replied to prinzessdy's topic in Texas

   The heat was extreme and I could not get a house built w/ a basement for love or money! (Gosh, even willing to pay for it we could not find a home contractor willing to put one in. And I wanted one just in case of a tornado.) I'm afraid this is commo...

5. just a question about Texas

   Josifek replied to prinzessdy's topic in Texas

   I grew up in Mississippi and can remember driving from Jackson to Las Curces NM (just over the Texas state line) in August. Leaving Jackson was very typical with highs in the mid 90s and what was always a minimum of 75% humidity. This was my first ...

6. Long term care desk nurse?

   Josifek replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric

   Thank y'all for all the responses. It's been a month and a half now since I took this job and I must say that working at the desk has taught me so much. I'm learning so much about different dx, meds, tx, labs, ect. because I'm bombarded with it all...

7. Long term care desk nurse?

   Josifek posted a topic in Geriatric

   Hello. I just graduated from LPN school and have taken a job is a LTC facility. The nurse who is orientating me wants me to work at the desk doing paper work. I worked for several years prior to becoming a nurse as a CNA so I expected to be doing ...

8. Stinky Co Worker

   Josifek replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   Looking on the bright side of things, if you are around something which stinks long enough you will eventually build up a tolerance to it and it wont stink nearly as bad anymore. What are her killer farts today will be a non issue several months fro...

9. Nursing with a Southern Accent

   Josifek replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

   I feel those that cannot get with that idea and racial harmony should get themselves on a remote island somewhere in the Pacific and go live so they won't be bothered with the yankees and others. And those who hate the South as much as you do would p...

10. LPN's Are they really being phased out?

    Josifek replied to amber_n_schultz's topic in LPN/LVN

    Where I live some hospitals are trying to do away with LPNs but keep having to hire them anyway due to the shortage of nurses. Even if hospitals do eventually phase out all LPNs I can't see LTC, clinics, Drs. offices, prisons, rehab centres, doing s...

11. How about a thread for baby names you liked?

    Josifek replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have to vote for my childrens' names: Anastazie Alzbeta Zdislava Anezka Josef Vaclav Kristof Vojtech

12. Nursing with a Southern Accent

    Josifek replied to natron20's topic in General Nursing

    I was born and raised in Mississippi. My family has lived there ever since they left Scottland in the 18th century. I am a Missisippian 100% and although I have not lived there for 14 years I still make it a point to retain my accent because it is ...

13. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Josifek replied to teresab_2000's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The name Mercedes has showed up on this thread several times as a strange name. Actually, among Hispanics the name has nothing to do with the automobile (the car was named after a young girl of Spanish background who had this name). The name refer...

14. LTC ...I have a question

    Josifek replied to Annor's topic in Geriatric

    If this nursing home has gotten to the point where they are only changing briefs every 12 hours I fear that trying to stay and fight for better care for your mama may be pointless. I worked for a while in a home that was pretty bad. Family members ...

15. LTC workplace violence

    Josifek replied to fuzzball's topic in Geriatric

    This is not a personal experience but in the city where I currently live there was an incidence a few years ago where a CNA met two nurses in the parking lot after shift change and shot them killing at least one. I'm not one to normally go around ca...