leenie123

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1. Need advice on how to respond to a manager after interview

   leenie123 replied to Nadz02RN's topic in New York

   Sounds totally insane to me!:smackingfMaybe they did it on purpose to see how you handled it all? Sounds as though you handled it all well in spite of it. Still, interviewer somewhat unprofessional in doing this. You do have to jump through a lot of ...

2. My God, these family members!!

   leenie123 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Relations

   Good Idea! However, I'm sure I would of been on her "poop list" no pun intended!

3. My God, these family members!!

   leenie123 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Relations

   Would of been told it is all in the day on the job, and to just suck it up! The last place work for me usually N-aids were lat alot or one after another reason why they were late, or didn't come in. There uswually was 2 full time LPN's, and an RN, as...

4. What do you call your "greatest" compliment?

   leenie123 replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   There were several, but the one that always comes to mind is that after giving an elderly pt alot of bedside care, and her meds & tx's she told me as I went out the door that if ever there is a stairway to heaven I would deffinately be on it!

5. Ever had to take care of someone you knew and/or didn't like?

   leenie123 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

   :nurse:How I delt with it was to look at it as my penence for the day, and offerd it up spiritually! Worked for me! also built more tolerence, and empathy for even the most obnoxious pts! Team mates would marvel at how I kept my cool even under dures...

6. Medical Terminology in Nursing...

   leenie123 replied to studiousme's topic in General Nursing

   To studiousme......absolutly!

7. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

   leenie123 replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

   :nono:Re: Nurse that told pt that the nurses aid would be her nurse that night. Among other things; not right, and way not cool! Considering legal possible ramifications, pt's rights, and working out of ones job description why would an aid want to p...

8. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

   leenie123 replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

   Any medical employer, or facility I ever worked always gave, as part of the orientation, an indepth job description listing everything you were responsible to do, and in what scope to do it. The legal responsibilities that go with your title & jo...

9. I'm sure this has been said.. MA's calling themselves Nurses

   leenie123 replied to AprilN's topic in General Nursing

   Though I went to school and stateboards there for license; I moved to Va, and certified as a nurse to work there as well, and it greatly disturbed me working in Va as a nurse to see MA's passing meds,etc; even letting pts think they were nurse:eek: O...

10. Disgusting Behavior of Nurses

    leenie123 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    The most sickening thing I saw a fellow nurse do once was at break time, and she always stirred her coffee with the pen she used, all day! The pen surely had germs on it!

11. Enough is Enough

    leenie123 replied to abbaking's topic in Relations

    :hdvwl:I also went through what all you say, but Half my nursing career I worked as a oncology nurse, and it was standard each nurse was assigned 6-8, or more pts daily. We were to do all the pts bedside cares from meds, Iv's, pre-op,and post-op car...

12. Enough is Enough

    leenie123 replied to abbaking's topic in Relations

    It's that way lots of places sadly! I think they need to staff better, and according to what degree of diff the pts are. So many places work the staff short. It's exhausting, and it is hard on everyone including the Pt's. A unit is only as good a...

13. Someone should warn people!!!

    leenie123 replied to floridanursemom239's topic in Florida

    I don't know about other states but here in Va they started recruiting nurses from Asia, Europe, etc...The pay their way here, and pay their housing, etc, and their tuition! The only catch is once you pass state boards you have to work 2 yrs for the...

14. Someone should warn people!!!

    leenie123 replied to floridanursemom239's topic in Florida

    The school I had attended way back told us that not too long in the future LPN's would be eliminated. Charting also on the way out with computer taking over! I don't know if it is good or bad? You still need backups or lose the info:eek: I would...

15. Someone should warn people!!!

    leenie123 replied to floridanursemom239's topic in Florida

    Hi, Temp services, or in home cares might be the way to get time on your side! Also in ans to a question someone had about getting hired: Yrs ago when I was in nursing school instructors told us that before too long there would be changes in Nurs...