HurricaneCasRN

HurricaneCasRN

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  1. New Grad, First official day working as RN tommorow

    Don't be too nervous. Don't be too sure of yourself....it's dangerous and doesn't endear you. Be helpful. Be willing to do stuff. Jump in and volunteer. Ask questions. Ask your preceptor for feedback.
  2. Moments that make you giggle....

    This is AMAZING! Yay for both of you! I had a resident tell me all about how her son had always been in rock bands and they would go out to see him play and drink "until beer was coming out of our ears!" She was in late vascular dementia. She couldn...
  3. Has anyone heard of getting fired in LTC because of overtime?

    My facility has a census just under 100. We have three nurses to cover that, no bridge nurse or supervisor or anything...just the three of us. It can get hairy. BUT, we NEVER get talked to or written up for staying over. In fact, our DON tells us alw...
  4. Let go after three days? Seriously?!?!

    Is it possible that a former employer is giving you bad references, deserved or not? I've heard of it happening. Good luck with your new interviews!
  5. POLL LTC Nurses... please answer

    I didn't say ALL DONs. I said BAD ones. And they ARE a problem. Good ones are not a problem.
  6. POLL LTC Nurses... please answer

    Bad DONs. Short staffing (caused by bad DONs) Inappropriate residents (supported by bad DONs)
  7. Another low staffing - am i being a baby- new nurse post!

    LTC nurses also draw labs, deliver them to the lab, communicate them to the doctor and change care plans and MARS based on those labs. In LTC, we have a few patients per shift that are experiencing acute situations and 20 or 30 more that are chronic...
  8. Another low staffing - am i being a baby- new nurse post!

    Ayiyiyi!!! You didn't MEAN to sound that way did you?
  9. CNA and death

    This is what I shared tonight with a private group, nurses and non-nurses. Background for you that don't know me, I'm a first year, grad in May working in a nursing home: Intense night tonight. We were caring for a hospice patient who was also someh...
  10. At my boiling point...you are NOT a Nurse...of ANY kind!!!!

    On the flipside, my ex-husband's cousin became a NP in family practice. The family was so proud because she's "almost a doctor!" I didn't even aspire to nursing school at that point, but it still ticked me off. I told him "She's not 'almost' anything...
  11. Any nurses out there graduate knowing everything?

    I knew some student nurses that knew everything. They failed out. The ones that knew MOST everything graduated, but can't pass NCLEX.
  12. Difficult families

    How do you deal with them? I'm talking about the families that take shifts and are on the floor all day and evening. Each shift wants to talk with you, complain to you and assess Mom and create complaints. They suck up HOURS of valuable nursing time,...
  13. Will a Nurse PLEASE help me on this Case Study?

    Also, look at her nutritional needs for heart problems. NAS?
  14. Will a Nurse PLEASE help me on this Case Study?

    Meds. Drag out that Pharm text.
  15. Got a promotion because of my big...

    Murses might be my favorite creatures on Earth! lol You are cracking me up!!!