CareteamRN70

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1. Got a promotion because of my big...

   CareteamRN70 replied to CareteamRN70's topic in General Nursing

   Damn Leslie, you must be a ball at funerals and wakes. After reading a few of the post that started to border and the "aggressive" with a distinct undercurrent of "Yes, you are a freak by the normal standards for not having teeth, life sucks, etc et...

2. Got a promotion because of my big...

   CareteamRN70 replied to CareteamRN70's topic in General Nursing

   More background to fill in the blanks: My DON found out I didnt have teeth because she was complaining about her dentures and I joined in the conversation stating I don't wear any and don't seem to have any problems. At this time she stated she would...

3. Got a promotion because of my big...

   CareteamRN70 posted a topic in General Nursing

   SMILE? Background: I am a fairly new RN who has been working LTC for about a year. We have been in need of a unit manager for close to the entire time I have been there. I figured being so new it was out of reach, and I wanted to cut my teeth on the ...

4. Are LPNs being phased out?

   CareteamRN70 replied to zandile2011's topic in New Jersey

   Facility where I work (LTC/Subacute/Rehab) has been on a big push to hire RN's. When LPN's quit they are not replaced with LPN's, but RN's instead. There has been a growing rumor that LPN's will be phased out here which I think is a terrible mistake ...

5. Ever have a patient that "turns" on you?

   CareteamRN70 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

   I have one patient I really have a good relationship with, but this worries me to no end because it kind of puts me in her sights. This pt is the one that has the DON, the Facility head, the ombudsman, and state on speed dial. She will call from her ...

6. Best way to unclog a PEG?

   CareteamRN70 replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

   I've used coke, but recently my facility has just started stocking these and I love them. http://www.nationalscrubs.com/feedingtubedeclogger-16-18french395cmqty10.aspx dont know if we will keep them in stock, but I really hope so as I normally have 2...

7. She/He Did What?!

   CareteamRN70 replied to walkingonthestars's topic in General Nursing

   I hate to say it but these kind of post rarely educate. They may give us a sense of "there but for the grace of God go I" and put our own experiences in focus, but for the most part they are sensationalist. I have decided, since becomming an RN, that...

8. Diversity.. at what price?

   CareteamRN70 replied to Been there,done that's topic in Relations

   Language can be fun. Now I admit when I'm getting report and I can't understand my co-workers pronunciation of an antibiotic, that can add a little stress, but it's not that hard to figure out that A: the pt is on an antibiotic B: I can look up type ...

9. Help! Pre-employment nicotine test!

   CareteamRN70 replied to noviceRN22's topic in General Nursing

   Lol I'd be scr*wed either way. I quit smoking cigarettes but now use e-cigarettes which still have a healthy (pun) dose of nicotine. No tar, no 400+ other chemicals, but still nicotine. My facility went non-smoking on the grounds which is par for the...

10. Student nurse gets the boot...veteran nurse fired

    CareteamRN70 replied to C287's topic in General Nursing

    I'll up the ante on the OP's tale. I have a friend who just started at a LTC as an RN. She was a very friendly outgoing nurse who befriended her fellow nurses and all of her CNA's. She shared her facebook page with them as well as her email address. ...

11. Never thought I would make a post like this, but I have to vent...

    CareteamRN70 replied to sameyjaney's topic in General Nursing

    When I started at my facility we had one nurse that would put the "new" nurses through the ringer. I was very new, a new grad RN in fact. This didn't help as my facility was touting how they were going to be hiring RN's in liu of LPN's. Talk about w...

12. Would you do it all again?

    CareteamRN70 replied to laski's topic in General Nursing

    1 year out from school and I can't even remember my previous life before nursing. My only regret is that I waited until my late 30's to do it. I went to a two year school, where only 2/3 of my class made it to graduation, put out over 70+ application...

13. Family members that follow you

    CareteamRN70 replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a subacute/rehab wing in my LTC and needy family members are par for the course. I have had them follow me and I refuse to answer questions at the nurse station, in the halls, or throught the bathroom door (yes I had a family member follow ...

14. when a male patient pulls foley out..

    CareteamRN70 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just had a pt do this a week ago in middle of the night....twice..pulled out his Foley with balloon intact and also managed to pull out his g-tube, bulb defalted (he did chew on syringe port of g-tube). Order I received was I/O cath Q4Hrs, then it we...

15. New grad in LTC - frustrated

    CareteamRN70 replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in Geriatric

    I was given 7 days of Orientation at the second job I took (my first job gave me 1 day following a medcart then that night I was by myself with 60 pts). There are not what I would call short cuts but prioritization skills you can develop (or learn fr...