NurseNelly

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1. Nurses Week--What did you get?

   NurseNelly replied to Huganurse's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing week was great. We all got $100.00 bonus. We all got foot massages and gift certificates to body massages. Plus they hired agency nurses so we could view some great video nursing videos on how to handle family and patients when we work sho...

2. hospital-based geriatrics

   NurseNelly replied to KimberlyRN79's topic in Geriatric

   I am working as an CNOPR and as an NPFOP specializing in geriatrics and trying to find fellow kindred spirits that I can communicate with. Nursing homes need lots of help.

3. Looking for help with a weird idea

   NurseNelly replied to JBarger LPN's topic in Geriatric

   Sounds great. I hope you get what you want. We had no ward clerks in our nursing home. We would run down the hall when we would hear the phone ring, we not only did the skin assessments, we did the wound care, weights. Basically we did it all and...

4. why do you come to this site?

   NurseNelly replied to CEN35's topic in General Nursing

   I love to whine. It makes me feel better. I like to read other whinees, to some extent, some of it gets old. What will never get old is trying to figure out how to take care of our elderly in an compassionate, loving, efficient, non painless, non ...

5. Should nurses be held responsible for their mistakes

   NurseNelly replied to MollyJ's topic in General Nursing

   What should I do? I show up at the long term care home where I work. There are 41 residents on my floor. We require 4 to 5 CNA's and one nurse to work our floor. This is an Alzheimer's floor, many confused, wandering residents. The majority need...

6. Exhausted night shifter

   NurseNelly replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

   I did night shift for about 3 years. It took me a few months at first to sleep at least 6 hours during the day. After 2 years, it got to where I could not sleep during day. So I was not sleeping during day and working during night, and I was just ru...

7. Please remember me tomorrow......

   NurseNelly replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   LauraRN, I will pray for you. My prayers are the usual. I pray for my/others wants and needs and end with God's will be done. God knows best, right? So no matter what happens we know God is in control. I have never been able to understand prayer...

8. Nursing Summaries

   NurseNelly replied to netrn's topic in Geriatric

   Our facility had 120 residents. About 40 residents on 3 floors. Each floor was required to do a nursing summary on each resident once a month. That was a year ago. Not sure now.

9. DAVID LETTERMANS' SHOW

   NurseNelly replied to grnvillechick's topic in General Nursing

   I have watched the "Survivor" show and I thought Tina (nurse) was a RN or LPN. When she won, I yelled to my husband, "Nurses rule!" But now you say she is a CNA. If so, then CNA's rule! She seemed to be a great person. (Of course, I was partial ...

10. Agency Nurses: Advice needed please!

    NurseNelly replied to res04lly's topic in Safety

    You are so right, Mustangsheba. If management of hospitals, nursing homes, etc., would just pay and treat the staff they have now fairly and honestly, they wouldn't have to hire agency nurses.