sleepyndopey

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1. In nursing uniform during a traffic copstop!

   sleepyndopey replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

   I'm kinda surprised that on a message board where most are CONSTANTLY preaching about how important it is to be honest at work, many of you accept that it's ok to be "let off" of a ticket(if it's justified) just because you are a nurse. Interesting. ...

2. pt vs staff abuse

   sleepyndopey replied to troubleatwork's topic in General Nursing

   You must be so frustrated. Sorry to hear about your troubles. I think you should get a lawyer as the others have suggested. Also press charges. At this point it can't hurt.

3. Doing away with 12 hour shifts?

   sleepyndopey replied to nckdl's topic in General Nursing

   My facility just got a new DON and she is talking about doing away with the twelve hour shifts. She's going to lose a lot of nurses.

4. Borrowing Narcs in LTC, ok?

   sleepyndopey replied to rogle34's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, I know it's wrong. That's why I stated it in the way I did. I think it's totally wrong. What do you want me to do? I stay away from it. I need my job. I'm not going to leave a place every time some easy come easy go DON makes a bad decisio...

5. Borrowing Narcs in LTC, ok?

   sleepyndopey replied to rogle34's topic in General Nursing

   I tend to stay away from it. Anyway, my facility has had 5 DONs/administrators in the past 3 years. Some good, some bad. The ones at this time are bad. I'm waiting them out. I've been with this company (hospital then transfer to rehab) for over 10 ye...

6. Best-smelling liquid meds!

   sleepyndopey replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

   I always thought liquid tegretol had a pleasant aroma.

7. laws for orientation?

   sleepyndopey replied to cecook's topic in New Nurse

   It's legal. You have been licensed by the state and are deemed competent to perform duties within your states LPN scope of practice. Are you working for an agency? That's not a good idea at all. If you are going to work at long term care facilit...

8. Borrowing Narcs in LTC, ok?

   sleepyndopey replied to rogle34's topic in General Nursing

   In LTC it is usually not acceptable to 'borrow" any meds even non-narcs, we usually do it anyway. As far as the other issue- I don't know what to tell you-that's just the way it is. I pretty much stay away from it.

9. Borrowing Narcs in LTC, ok?

   sleepyndopey replied to rogle34's topic in General Nursing

   We are not allowed to write "borrowed". We have to write "wasted" and get a co-signer. Anyway, this doesn't come up too often as my DON has a big bag of narcs hidden in the office that we can just go in and get anytime we want! Yes, that's right f...

10. Middlesex County Vo tech LPN program

    sleepyndopey replied to Coffee Addict's topic in New Jersey

    WHAT!!?? You took the entire program at Middlesex and it was not accredited. How the heck do they let that happen? Do they lie to you? OMG, that really stinks. Anyway, how's Monmouth County Voc. these days? I graduated a loooooooonnnnnnnnnnnngg...

11. Is Chemistry really needed?

    sleepyndopey replied to khuship's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I wouldn't take it if I didn't have to. Since you already took it 5-6 years ago, maybe you could get the CLEP study guide and review it. Honestly, if it's not required, don't worry about it.

12. Supporting charities through work

    sleepyndopey replied to bluesnurse's topic in General Nursing

    The large hospital system I work for asks us once a year to donate to THEM:angryfire. Yeah, right.

13. My week (please tell me it's over!)

    sleepyndopey replied to Ado Annie's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, you are really starting the year off with a bang! Maybe it's a sign that the rest of the year will be smooth sailing. Anyway, I know how it feels, I had to leave work early on Sunday eve. My daughter (13) was at a party:hbsmiley: and I got a c...

14. dont know what to do....

    sleepyndopey replied to LVNwannaBE2007's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of a nurse losing her license because she/he sent someone out who didn't need to be sent out. Now not sending someone out who needs to be...that can get you in trouble. I always say, When in doubt, send 'em out!

15. Asing this question again...........

    sleepyndopey replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing

    :icon_roll I was going to say I'm 31 but I have posted my true age above-oh well. Anyway, I'm completing my prereqs for the lpn-rn program. I've been an lpn for 16 years and it's time to move forward. I will be done with the prereqs in August(i h...