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Laser snakes. I had a resident who called 911 because there were laser snakes under her bed. The staff apparently attached little lasers to the heads of the snakes and placed them under her bed. ...

I'm per diem and I am getting 12 weeks of orientation. (Even though they have already given me my own assignment, I have my preceptor to fall back on). It depends on the facility.

The CNA's at the facility I worked at would roll their legs up when they did showers. That way, only their feet would get wet. It's nearly impossible to shower some residents without getting your...

The facility I work at also has bedside reporting. And hourly rounding. The bedside report gets the first round out of the way and gives us time to get other stuff together. Half the time, we do...

I love my Alegrias. Nice and cushy, you can replace the insoles as they wear out and they come in some great colors/patterns. And, they aren't as high as Danskos so if you have problems with...

I live in a community (IN the USA) where German, French, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, American and English are spoken. Because America is a a multi-cultural country with multiple companies from...

I have an interview tomorrow with HR at a local hospital. I am currently employed in LTC but am on LOA due to a work related injury and will be released for normal duties in about a week. (This is...

The facility I work at has a list of approved abbreviations. These are official and legal (can stand up in court). Find out if the facility you work for has such a list, and if it is official. If...

I am! And also getting excited. And today I found out the only classes I have to take are the nursing classes and bio-chem. I guess it paid off to have taken all the extra courses back when. :) ...

I was trimming the fingernails of a one of my diabetic residents, and chatting with him. All of the sudden, I told him "I can't trim your toe nails because you are a diabetic". Problem is, he is a...

I have a resident who is 100 yo, who one day went went to a private room to use the bathroom. when I explained she need to go to her room (semi-private) she told me it was okay, the room she was in...

People who are leaving a job tend to paint a different picture, so take a deep breath and relax. I work at a LTC facility that has a high turnover rate also, on the "bad" unit. I started off here...

Let's see: Board of Directors for a very small non-profit (we were a support group for cleft affected families) retail pizza delivery tour guide, and drove a carriage at the same time...

Yep, the schools do background checks because you still are around patients. And you won't be able to sit for the registry because the ARRT also does a background check. IF you aren't registered,...

I had a pt fall out of his chair and land face first on concrete and tile floor. I was the nurse taking notes/giving orders, etc. At the top of my notes, I wrote "Resident face planted and hit lt...

Head trauma, after your resident stands up and face plants onto the floor.

It gets better, this I know to be true. I have been working in LTC for 9mos now (my first job as an RN also) and I remember how I felt those first few weeks. What I learned is to step back and take...

In my former life as a rad tech, I had seen several bizarre things. My two favorites were having to x-ray a guys penis because he had stuck a fishhook in his urethra. He never did explain why he...

The facility I work at is making all the nurses wear white shoes. (Even though at orientation we were told that we could wear black shoes) As if that is going to solve all the problems. The big...

I think the DON is going to find it will backfire on here. That is what happened to the DON at my facility. She was having nurses and CNA's calling her and saying "Well, CG was mean to the CNA...

MUSC (Charleston, SC) USC (Columbia, SC) USC Upstate (SC) Tech Schools in SC. Just a few.

I had an empty eye drop bottle, a vial of glucometer strips, a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, alcohol preps, and my favorites have to be: the keys to the med cart and the glucometer. That ticked me...

Some low-country hospitals (Roper and St. Francis) still have Baylor schedules. I don't have a clue about the midlands. Upstate, the only hospital I have seen with a Baylor schedule is Spartanburg...

I have seen nurses text during med pass, while doing wound care, and during assessments. How is that doing their job? The facility my husband works at has a "no personal electronic devices" policy...

I know I shouldn't laugh, but that was funny. I needed the laugh