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*Singing* I'm so glad I'm a Canadian nurse...........LOL!:D

I'm so sorry you had a bad evaluation this morning....it happens to the best of us... The thing to remember is that you are a GOOD nurse, and likely a great charge nurse. See, the problem is that...

WOW, M2B...as the others have said....you have a lot to learn... I feel so sorry for you, and, even more sorry for your residents, should you find it necessary to work in long term care in the...

Catsrule...by friends and loved ones?? Sure...all the time. I don't mind a bit. Oh, and...surveyors..HAH...one MORE reason I like nursing in CANADA eh..LOL ;) Actually..our accreditation was...

YES, HeatherP...what you wrote above was my point EXACTLY! :) Now..am I the "other" Heather or are you? LOL ;)

No no no, bigred...it's not the "dear", "Hon", or "nana"s that I object to!! It's the way my particular staff member treats my elderly residents by doing things like SPELLING words around them...re...

Alright..this may be a gripe more appropriate to another board, but... I have a staff member that consistently treats my residents like children. She talks to them like they're five. OMG, the...

Sure, Jane...families SHOULD take care of their own...what of those who CAN'T? It's sad, yes, to see the end of a life reduced to a few pictures and their favourite chair in their "new home"...but,...

The only thing BANGING accomplishes is to wreck the med cups or package that the pill is in...I find that "rolling" the pounder thingy (mortar? pestle? which??) is more effective anyway...smooshes...

No...it never gets "easier"...God forbid that there ever be a day when I don't feel sad at the passing of a resident. HOWEVER...I always remind myself that this is what I DO..this is what I CHOSE. ...

What did I get for Nurse's Week? Same thing as every week...I got screwed.. :p HAHA..kidding...lemme see..I got a votive candle and holder...I think it was from the dollar store...AND, it was from...

Well, personally, I thought it was hilarious. Thanks for sharin' that!! If we can't laugh, what do we have left??

Hey all...I was just reading thru some posts (haven't been here in a while..too busy!!) and I just wanna "congratulate" all of you on your POSITIVE attitudes and wonderful states of mind concerning...

Hi Stefani...EXCELLENT field to get into..I love geriatrics. Can I give you a word of advice? Don't go into your clinical all brushed up on "disorders" alone... Take a look at the residents from...

We have run the gamut of napkins, "bibs", whatever you want to call them. We have found that it is most cost effective AND most practical to use the terry-cloth tie-on ones. We tried the...

Nurses' Week?? It was Nurses' Week?? What the....?? I guess my administrators didn't get that memo... http://allnurses.com/bb/wink.gif

$1.30/hr...REGULAR pay for the first 3 hours if called in...time and a half for the rest, IF you have to stay. *sigh* http://allnurses.com/bb/rolleyes.gif

We used to bet on bili levels in the newborns on obstetrics...now that I'm in geriatrics, we bet on things like what kind of pinning the recent fracture will get... gluco checks... which family...

We had a doc in our facility who felt he was God's gift to medicine. He STILL runs rough-shod over MOST of the nurses. He USED to do it to me until one day we were having a phone conversation and...

I have worked all three shifts. I KNOW I am grumpier during the day!! That's a Depends-full that days are busier!! My nights are WAY busy...I make them that way!! LOL Seriously, in LTC, a LOT of...

http://allnurses.com/bb/cool.gif Well, you all...THANKS for your input. After some "discussion" -- okay, the staff circulated a petition amongst themselves against the idea and gave it to management...

THIS one just gets my dander up, all... I need to know if I am off the wall, here. The facility I work at has now come up with the BRILLIANT idea to have an "employee of the month". ...

Judy...I love that website...You can ask anything, and SOMEONE will answer ya! Dr. Freedline has just added a bunch of new forums that should go active by the end of the month, and Liza Ovington is...

HAHAHAHAHAHA!! You had me hooked right up to "Polite physicians"!!! Then I KNEW it was too good to be true!! *sigh* http://allnurses.com/bb/wink.gif

I would be SO insulted!! I would also be VERY loathe to count dirty needles...that is just stupid to me. Just my humble opinion, as usual... Heather http://allnurses.com/bb/smile.gif