At least two pots per day. I justify it because I use half milk in every cup so it's healthy calcium intake. I can drink coffee and go straight to bed, no problem. Love the picture--I always joke...
LPNnowRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing
I kept mine and have loaned them out to other people taking classes--there are just a few that I refer to all the time, and I constantly buy more references ( Introduction to Clinical Neurology by...
I know from exerience! Blocked off my common bile duct with a gallstone and had acute pancreatitis. Six day stay until discharged the day after my lap chole. Dilaudid works, but always made me throw...
LPNnowRN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor
OMG--pop came out of my nose on some of these!! OK, in to give meds to patient, scan bracelet, try to open little pill blister pack and flip it under the roommates bed!! I'm on my stomach crawling...
I am 48, and I do regret that I don't have that 20 years that other nurses have. I feel like I have much less time to achieve my dream job by getting my BSN or MSN, getting my Med Surg experience. I...
Our med techs know more pharmacology than I do--can instanly tell you about whatever obscure med just got prescribed. They are amazing. That said, take each person and evaluate their skills--not all...
My nursing home was seeing low census over the summer and we figured out that the new ALF in town was starting to take residents that would normally come to a nursing home because their census was...
LPNnowRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor
Way back when I was working as a CNA I took a resident to the toilet--obviously no one had toileted him in a while because he pooped out, with great difficulty I might add, a hard stool the exact...