Nursie30

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1. Topic: Venting in Private?

   Nursie30 replied to Nursie30's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks again to all that posted with words of kindness, I'm feeling much better now, its just the point of taking so long to get over not having that job, and then 7 mos later, this happening. It's like I said, it set my therapy back a bit, but I kn...

2. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   Nursie30 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   1. Corporate...nuf said 2. Cold food 3. Nurses eating while feeding residents 4. Not toileting residents 5. CNA walks in room, turns on light, pulls sheet back, 1 swift move resident is from bed to w/c, all done by scaring the hell out of them. 6. La...

3. nursing school vs. romance

   Nursie30 replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in General Nursing

   Don't worry honey, There are toooo many men with all of those nurse fantasies......the be plenty............lol :chuckle

4. What to do when U know others are cheating...(in classes)

   Nursie30 replied to KBnursestudent's topic in General Nursing

   I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any h...

5. Working Nights

   Nursie30 replied to skanded's topic in General Nursing

   I worked nights and prefered doing that, like you said saved on babysitting etc.... I liked it because if there was something I really had or wanted to do, I would just stay up, and get it done, and adjusted my body to needing very little sleep, the ...

6. Your Worst Mistake

   Nursie30 replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

   Boy, admitting is hard, but we know we have to do that, forgiving ourselves is almost impossible. I was fresh out of LPN school, working evening shift by myself, pt chokes in dining room, I called out for a code status, the SSD went and checked the c...

7. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

   Nursie30 replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

   I'm from a small town too, and the LTC facility I worked at, had always had problems with SOME EMT's. As there are some Nurse Rachetts out there, there are also some EMT's with Ego problems. You may have certain expectations when you pull up to pic...

8. A royal red-in-the-face moment just now

   Nursie30 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

   And also as a Care plan coordinator, I had careplanned for heel protectors to be on at all times while in bed, for a patient that was a bilateral lower amputee. Not so lucky this time, it was caught by the state surveyor lol :uhoh21:

9. A royal red-in-the-face moment just now

   Nursie30 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

   Right out of nursing school, I was charting about a resident that had cellulitis and had drainage. I didn't know that it was called purulent drainage. I knew that it was pus, coming from this wound, so I charted that the patient had pussy drainage....

10. Topic: Venting in Private?

    Nursie30 replied to Nursie30's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks again for all of the support and prayers that I knew I would find here. I wanted to get the message to her, as well as just suggest to be more careful. I looked at all of my posts, I never have mentioned any particulars about anyone from thi...

11. Topic: Venting in Private?

    Nursie30 posted a topic in General Nursing

    It's been awhile since I've been on, just thought I would say Hi to everyone. I've been going through some tough times lately, and thought I would come in and say hello. Just a thought too....I know that we have ALL vented on occasion, and sometimes ...

12. I've Had It! Nursing is NOT what it use to be!

    Nursie30 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I am a fairly new nurse...I graduated in '99 from nursing school, but as a new nurse, I do remember the time when you are talking about, how wonderful nursing was, how glorious it was, because a younger child, and teenager, I remember being in the h...

13. nursing salaries

    Nursie30 replied to natbrat's topic in General Nursing

    :roll

14. Photos of Wounds on PDA's

    Nursie30 replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    The nursing home where I worked, kept the wound care chart seperate from the residents chart, yes we took weekly pics and measurements to document wound healing...no state issues with this, its quality measures

15. nursing salaries

    Nursie30 replied to natbrat's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Missouri and am an LPN, I started out in LTC doing MDS at $14/hr