j9rn

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1. are you on anti-depressants?

   j9rn replied to 1996RN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow gizelda!! Can't believe how much you sound like me. I really have to push myself. Am in a rut now, but am working on it. Don't want to change meds, so I add some positive thinking. HA some days not even that works. Hang in there girl, one day at...

2. LTC Rant - Call Freaking Report!

   j9rn replied to BrandyBSN's topic in General Nursing

   There are good hosp and bad hosp too. I work in a LTC and we send papers, call report etc. But the one hosp we use most often, calls us most often and ask questions that are answered in the paperwork. Come on, we are trying to be efficient, but it ha...

3. are you on anti-depressants?

   j9rn replied to 1996RN's topic in General Nursing

   I too am taking anti-depressant. Sure hope the mega numbers have used the meds as only a part the tx for depression. Mine is a chem. imbalance along with hypothyroidism and is hereditary. And by gum, if there was a better way, I'd sure be doing it. ...

4. Received a complaint

   j9rn replied to Nurse Soc Mom's topic in Safety

   Well, I can commiserate. I work in a LTC and because of funding cuts, the night shift(which I work) has suffered the most. And we are pushed to do more and more. My DON has threatened to turn me into BON for neglect when I refused to do a tx on a con...

5. night shifts....

   j9rn replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked all three shifts on all three floors in my LTC facility. Originally did nights because of the expense of a baby-sitter for 3 kids. But do agree, the night shift is the most laid-back and cooperative. We work well together, and you never...

6. That is it, I am becoming a Walmart greeter!

   j9rn replied to huggietoes's topic in General Nursing

   For me it was the Wal-mart shoe dept. I work in a LTC facility on the Medicare floor. My frustration has been great and growing over the last few years there. I work night shift. We have 3 floors. Where we had 3 nurses and 2 CNA's for each floor and...

7. Can anyone help?

   j9rn replied to pbunny13's topic in Wisconsin

   Hi, I went to a nursing school in MO, but think the best nurses are those who were CNA's first and don't forget their roots. You get a more global idea of nursing care. When I went to school, I had one child in pre-school, one in Kindergarten and one...

8. Introductions

   j9rn replied to Brian's topic in Wisconsin

   Hi, I graduated in 1992 from Missouri Southern State College in Joplin, MO with and ADN. I then worked in Ortho-Neuro in Billings MT a year and now have more than 10 years on a Medicare unit in LTC/SNF with experience on all three shifts and also as...

9. A patient died today. . . .

   j9rn replied to Ted's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks Ted, I am a noc nurse at a nursing home and have several experiences with a dying person with no family. Just recently was with my 90 yo aunt that had Alzheimer's. I think she knew Mom and I were there for her. And oh the memories I have of he...