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  1. What's the weirdest baby name?

    Interesting article on names. I know one of people mentioned in this article and her name was no hinderance to her... http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34641678/ns/today-today_people/
  2. worked in LTC fairly common to admit (dump) new resident late inafternoon which leaves new pt. with NO medications of any kind barebones overnight crew left with no recourse but maintain constant monitoring .... scared confused abusive mentally unsta...
  3. auuuggghh Had a extruded disc L3-L4 spinal stenosis L4-incision L2-L5 intractable pain misdiagnosed for years the knee-hip guy never took a mri of spine (after mri of hip or knee sent to PT) worked for 3 years in pain... was a new RN so those 3 year...
  4. HOT!!! rant

    Worked in LTC - The residents were too cold with the AC on...the DON had AC in closed office, the residents rooms had horrid AC/Heating units in the rooms blowing gale force wind on the B bed, curtain closed nothing for the A bed. In the hallways th...
  5. nurses hide from high-needs pt

    Again so many LTC facilities venturing into areas that they are unprepared for...understaffed, lacking appropriate equipment. Venturing into the skilled facilty arena with LTC mentality and in the long run that wil not work - an accident waiting to ...
  6. I was very vocal about many issues in the LTC facility. I did get some of the nurses to stop punching out and returning to finish their jobs as ordered by the DON Most of what I said fell on deaf ears Each overworked and stressed nurse had their own...
  7. Putting on my big girl pants

    Uh are you working where I used to work ! Sad to say I never resolved my cna issues while in LTC - the aides had been in this facility forever...they act as one - with a mob mentality Management did not support my actions but then cited me for inabi...
  8. I used to work both night and evening shift... I was on the 3-11 We received a new admit - late as usual. We were supposed to have an inservice on respiratory care for this resident - never happened.. Interesting how 'they' expect/assume that a LTC ...
  9. Feeling hope/helpless

    In my experience, Community Colleges in NJ are very hard to get into - They are less expensive than 4 year BSN programs (if you live in county) therefore very competitive. the only problem with the plan of getting Associates RN and then the BSN after...
  10. system of breaks is for licensed staff in SNF

    The law does not require my facility to give me a break...the law does require that I be paid for the hours I work - I was not paid for those half hours Q shift that I worked - The pay is automatically taken out...management counts on employees to no...
  11. Co Workers

    I too have felt the same way - isolated - not a lunch issue as we rarely stoped to eat. My isolation was deepened due to the fact that many of my fellow nurses were contract Filipina's and they spoke to each other in their dialog. Relevant nursing to...
  12. Blood pressures

    Where I worked in LTC - the nurses did the v/s. We had alot of cardiac meds so we had frequent checks. Not that easy since we had one BP machine for 2 nurses and 45 residents That does not work well In addition the only machine was rarely recalibr...
  13. Health Care Bill

    We need to take profit out of the health industry My insurance company flat out refused to pay for my surgery - approved the spinal surgery then refused to pay. the actual reimbursement was I still pay for insurance - what is a person to do - You t...
  14. The Impossible Quiz

    auuugghhhhI'm hooked:lol2:
  15. system of breaks is for licensed staff in SNF

    Breaks - whats that? Appparantly I have taken one half hour each shift even when working alone overight Never punched out - never took a break Now the cnas... They rush around afterthe resident's dinner putting everyone to bed and ALL sit down and e...