Marie-123

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1. Tips for Geriatric and LTC Nursing

   Marie-123 replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

   Hats off to you:heartbeat for writing the LTC Nursing article. I am a LTC Nurse on a Dementia Unit and love it. Yes we do it all IVs. Lab work, assessing our residents, treatments, ect. Unlike critical care hospital nurses, we get to follow the disea...

2. "Are you an RN OR LPN ????"

   Marie-123 replied to notsosupernurse's topic in General Nursing

   So sorry Moe about the gender issue. Yes, I have been working with alot of male Rns, CNA,s and LPN's lately. I am very very happy that more men are entering the nursing field. All the men I have been working with are middle age, went back to school t...

3. "Are you an RN OR LPN ????"

   Marie-123 replied to notsosupernurse's topic in General Nursing

4. Did I do the right thing, or did I not do enough?

   Marie-123 replied to Ms Kylee's topic in General Nursing

   You can also look a patient like this man firmly in the eye and state" That is inappropriate behavior and not acceptable, I will be back to take care of you when you calm down and leave for about 10 to 15 minutes and return with another staff member ...

5. Venting, frustrating.....

   Marie-123 replied to azreddun's topic in Emergency

   Solution, get a mechanical lift " sit to stand lift" and have a volunteer with CNA background or retired nurse background that needs to be useful trained to use it on demanding patients that have to go now. The volunteer can do so much more as to sit...

6. Inactive RN wanting to return to practice... is it possible...?

   Marie-123 replied to Buttercupkitten3's topic in Retired

   Kathryn, I went thru returning from inactive status to active status after being a stay at home Mom for 7 years. First I went to take a CPR class at our local hospital to gain alittle knowledge and confidence. Then I renewed my Nursing Journals and ...