rnforforty

rnforforty has 41 years experience and specializes in Infection Control, Med/Surg, LTC.

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1. Do you still have energy to cook after a 12 hour shift?

   rnforforty replied to chunkalunk's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't do much cooking until I retired, and I discovered my house had a kitchen!

2. Surplus of Nurses - should I think twice?

   rnforforty replied to Maple2016's topic in Headlines

   I can tell you that nursing at 60 ain't easy! Bad knees, arthritis, and 12 hr + shifts don't mix.

3. Why did you decide to become a nurse?

   rnforforty replied to sd610's topic in General Nursing

   Temporary Insanity. That and I'm a 3rd generation nurse, now retired!

4. Nurses not taking breaks

   rnforforty replied to scuffles's topic in Relations

   What's a break? Never in over 40 years of nursing did I ever have coverage for a break. Now retired I have a part time gig at a pet shop that I LOVE. The first day they walked up to me and said 'Go take your 15 minutes' I almost fainted. And I only w...

5. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

   rnforforty replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Relations

   LOL! Love this thread. After 40+ years, I've got a few goodies too. MD calls all panicked when I was IC/EH manager. A patient of his in ICU was found to have tetanus and he wanted all the staff to have tetanus boosters because they 'might get it'. Ex...

6. Nurses expecting to do too much!

   rnforforty replied to CosmoRN77's topic in General Nursing

   I guess I'm anal, but because I HATE to be forced to get on the telephone and chase docs for order clarification once they have escaped the unit, I've been known to grab the chart right out of their hands to check for completeness and legibility, at ...

7. Going "Above and Beyond" UGH

   rnforforty replied to SubSippi's topic in Relations

   When did hospitals (hospital: a place where sick or dying person go to have their basic human and medical needs cared for in a humane manner by specially trained and skilled caregivers) go into competition with the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Chain? As a K...

8. Med Error by CNA

   rnforforty replied to TriecyJay's topic in Medications

   I'm still confused. It is my understanding that in certain states CNAs, with additional training as a Medication Tech can pass routine meds. Maryland is one such state. Otherwise, anyone other than an RN or LPN, can't pass any meds. That said, are yo...

9. 1st Med Error

   rnforforty replied to OUxPhys's topic in Medications

   The nurse who claims never to have made a med error must not do anything! So said one of my instructors better than 40 years ago. There are the errors you know about and then there are the 'insensible' ones - those that neither you or anyone else cat...

10. Documenting elimination route

    rnforforty replied to RagingRaptor's topic in General Students

    Void, incontinent, qs (quantity sufficient).

11. Should I be worried contact with Mrsa/VRE patient?

    rnforforty replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    Gotta a flash for you - this is a Body Fluid Exposure - report this to Employee Health at once and write up an exposure/incident report! Then follow the facility protocol. Don't you remember OSHA? Another flash - you are exposed to MRSA every day in ...

12. What age of patient's are the most difficult for you?

    rnforforty replied to ddane94's topic in Education

    MDs! One, when I was a student nurse told me to go get his chart, he 'wanted to write some orders'! Another cried when I had to shave areas on his chest to get his monitor leads to stick. The third, who was also the hospital CEO, would disappear regu...

13. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

    rnforforty replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "I was told that if I wanted a BSN; with all the coursework I had completed already, it should only be a few upper level nursing courses. When I looked into it, I found that schools wanted anywhere from 10-15 courses at costs of $11,000 - $25,000. Wh...

14. Anybody you know leave the field of nursing?

    rnforforty replied to Infofreak411's topic in Retired

    I didn't leave nursing, it left me. Many of us in our late 50s-60s were ousted during a sweep at 3 local hospitals. The few left were given such a hard time they left with most taking early retirement.

15. Age Discrimination in Nursing

    rnforforty replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

    Age discrimination is so true. Within the last 6 years 3 of the 4 local hospitals riffed most of their long term nurses. Of those I know who were not caught in the eliminations (done under the guise of eliminating positions and then turning around an...