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Lovely, simply lovely. Thank you so much.

I am an LPN of 30+ years. At our school, we had a check-list of skills we had to complete prior to graduation and I am still grateful for that specific training. Interestingly, during the last two...

It would be presumptuous of me to even try to add anything to this post of Esme12. Praying for you and your family.

I will add my "congratulations, Susan" to those you've already accumulated. The judgment you have faced at work is unconscionable; how dare any other put herself/himself on a pedestal when they,...

I worked in Wound Care as a float nurse. While I enjoyed the patients quite a lot, it was frustrating for me because I didn't work enough days in a row to "get the program" in an efficient manner. ...

My times as a patient have been few, but memorable. During the last one, in the night, I developed SOB for no apparent reason. My nurse was incredibly intuitive, called the doc at the right time...

What a lovely slice of the nursing process and practice. Thank you for sharing it with the rest of us, and may God continue to bless you!

Goodness! I am speechless, which seldom/never happens!!! W-A-S-H is a four-letter word - a good one! DO IT regardless and protect yourself in addition to your patients!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree wholeheartedly with GrnTea, especially in the last paragraph: either enforce your statement 100% or remove the sign. Likely, some believe that sign is "for the rest of them - certainly not...

Dearest CP, "Eloquent" does not even begin to describe your missive. Having been in your shoes to a particular degree, I, too, get it. Please believe me that after 25 years, it DOES get better;...

My most demanding instructor in nursing school ALWAYS told us: You will never be faulted for using the proper [medical] terminology, and by gosh! She was right!!! Using same is the most universally...

I like to know who is treating me, too. The introduction should be part of the process: Hi, I'm "Sandy" and an LPN. I will be helping you today (whatever is appropriate) with _____________. That...

Kudos to your employer, SuperMeghan91. The remark about the timing of lunch and breaks meant only that, not a complete disregard for them. Personally, I don't know of any place where you get to...

Total agreement with all of the above. Lunch and breaks are a part of the whole employment partnership, even though there may be occasional exceptions to the timing of them. DO NOT risk your own...

When I worked 12s, this was my experience to a tee. Really prefer four 10s; I'm good for 10 hours, but those last two on 12s really kick my butt.......

The self-confidence comes with doing, as we all know. I, for one, as the patient, though, would rather hear "Let me check on that and I will be right back" than for someone to bumble along and do...

I agree 100% with AudraHallLPN for I am an LPN of 32 years and proud of it. Some of us actually like patient care and contact while others are more content - and comfortable - in other roles at the...

Believe it or not, my own mother-in-law is one who expects/demands that meds, etc., are done on the dot. She was especially unreasonable when my father-in-law was hospitalized a handful of times...

Believe it or not, this nonsense (and I use the word loosely for another that's not acceptable in polite company. . .you get what I mean) goes on in clinic settings, too. Years ago, I was trying...

How courageous of you, Mudwoman! You do not need to tolerate this abuse by anyone, especially a co-worker. After all, we're in nursing to help others. If anything, the nasty nurse should be...

Nurselacey's universal acceptance of ALL nurses is kind, generous and totally accurate. If we were all the same, there would be no one to care for patients in X, Y, or Z areas of health care. I am...

The place I've seen the least amount of handwashing is in the hospital cafeteria. I don't mean by the cafeteria staff, but by other hospital staff and visitors who have been on the units seeing...

Oh, I am in such good company, nurse-friends. I, too, don't seem to be cut out for bedside nursing. I worked in clinic settings for about 25 years when I graduated nursing school, but when the last...

Favorite: getting to know the patients (in a clinic setting) and helping them; being their advocate at all times. UNfavorite: calling insurance companies for pre-authorization, prior...

LOVE the psych evaluation remark - perfect for some of those patients! A friend of mine works in ED and his chief complaint is the patients who won't stop using their cellular telephones while he...