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  1. Best Hallucinations Thread

    We had an older lady for a patient on our floor that in report, I was told was hallucinating....was told she was seeing people outside her window at night....we are on the 6th floor....anyways, I went into room to do assessment...she seemed pretty wi...
  2. Professionalism as an LPN

    It is the LPN's responsibility to let the RN know what IV meds she needs and times.....where I work, the RNs have their own patients to worry about...no way they can keep up their 6 and mine too...that was the LPN's mistake..not yours.....
  3. I am on light duty....not allowed to do patient care...I put in orders, chart audits and answer call bells.....I am not factored in staffing, so I get to work and nurses get extra help....
  4. Stopping patient care for another patient

    In my opinion, you did right.....unless someone is having an emergency.....you were already in process of giving medication to first patient....just say you have 3 or 4 family members doing this...you would never finish med pass....I had a family mem...
  5. They aren't 'real' charge nurses..vent

    I work on postpartum nursery. We have 2 charge nurses. The ideal situation is that 1 takes the floor which consists of 30 beds and the other oversees the nursery....that is the ideal world....what really happens is that 95% of the time both charges a...
  6. Fun Questionnaire for Nurses

    This questionnaire is about your job as a nurse. Please feel free to answer the questions and respond. Thank you for your time! 1.) What type of nursing licensure do you have? Please check or type your title. _x___LPN_____RN______Other 2.) How long...
  7. I didn't know I was pregnant?

    We had a lady call the ambulance.....said she was in severe pain from being constipated...they started to examine her and discovered she was in labor....when they told her...she denied it....she denied being pregnant all the way to the delivery....fi...
  8. Physical Therapy drops pt and doesn't tell RN??

    You should have reported as soon as patient told you....I learned this the hard way too.....things have a way of getting blown out of proportion and being worse than they should be.....but we all live and learn....as I tell my orientee.....you will n...
  9. Charley's Wife

    too funny...
  10. Quick! What's the number to 9-1-1?

    :) enjoyed the story......