Maremma

Maremma has 4 years experience.

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1. RN partner nurse problems

   Maremma replied to Maremma's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Wow that is sad. I wonder if this lady has something like that going on. I actually feel bad for her. I can't begin to imagine what it is like to be the way she is making one enemy after the other...

2. RN partner nurse problems

   Maremma posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I am a rehab nurse. In our facility we are suppose to have 2 nurses on my unit for both first and second shift due to the high acuity of these patients. Unfortunately more frequently I do not have a...

3. Getting put as an nurses' aid on shifts.

   Maremma replied to hybr1d's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I get "pulled" to work as an aid too. Where I work though it is hardly "fair" and certainly not very smart how they decide "who" is getting pulled. (It is ALWAYS me if I am there that day. If I am...

4. Employer resonsibility?

   Maremma replied to Maremma's topic in Health, Stress Management

   I most certainly do document everything he is saying and doing. Sending him out is useless. They give him a shot of IM haldol and send him right back. They "can't" admit him. No other facility will...

5. Employer resonsibility?

   Maremma posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

   What is the responsibility of a Nursing home/ rehab facility to protect staff from sexual harassment by a patient if the patient is also bipolar with dementia involved? I can no longer take the abuse...

6. Choked by a patient. How do you deal with this trauma?

   Maremma replied to 222mom222's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I am so sorry this happened to you. I am glad to hear you are doing better. I have just very recently been pondering this type situation and the effects it has on not only the individual staff in an...

7. Hate hate hate my job

   Maremma replied to eelise11's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   Is it possible that the part time job will eventually go full time? Rather than pick up any extra hours where you are at maybe you could work both jobs to get your foot in the door and as soon as its...

8. Resume question... How should I write this?

   Maremma replied to BolBol's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Are you sure the license number wasn't also available when you checked with the quick view thing? Mine was immediately assigned. Check your nurse registry website and see if you aren't on there to get...

9. I understand why people go the LPN route

   Maremma replied to downsouthlaff's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   You know when I was in my LPN program every single one of my instructors had said that when the time comes that they or a loved one would need an RN they want one that worked as an LPN first. They...

10. New to LTC- new charge nurse, advise please, how can I be a good charge nurse?

    Maremma replied to JLL41183RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow, your situation is similar to one of our RN supervisors at our facility, except we only have one RN super on the second shift at a time. She was an ER RN for years and now works the 12 hour shifts...

11. What is the first thing you do when you put a fall-risk pt in the bed?

    Maremma replied to Tyris's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Wow, we aren't allowed to have ANY side rails. Beds cannot be against the walls. We are no longer even aloud to have bed or chair alarms! EVERYTHING is a restraint in our facility. They have cut us...

12. Opinion, how would you have handled this?

    Maremma replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well Holy Smokes! Wow I can't even imagine the nerve it took for them to pull that! I sure hope I never wind up as a patient on their floor! I am so sorry that happened to you and I sure hope they get...

13. I BLEW MY CHANCE !!

    Maremma replied to Bigmaine33's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I understand your frustration and desperation but trust me when I tell you that you are better off NOT working that job and still having your license to get another job with than to have gotten that...

14. New nurse, new job....HELP!

    Maremma replied to TraceyDiane's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well congratulations becoming a new nurse! I am not a very old nurse myself. I know how you are feeling. I promise you will pick up speed. The most important thing to focus on is accuracy. Speed...

15. I BLEW MY CHANCE !!

    Maremma replied to Bigmaine33's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Honesty is ALWAYS the best policy! 49 patients? Really? How heavy are the med passes? How many chem sticks? How many g-tubes? How many crushed med patients Etc? Could you REALLY safely and accurately...