Crusty Old Bats

kbrn2002, ADN, RN · Feb 10

Been there,done that said:

1986. Smoked in the lounge with the patients.

We still had smoking in the lounge when I started in the LTC in '94. When they stopped that a few years later the residents who smoked were grandfathered in and they made a corner of the dining room their smoking area

offlabel · Feb 10

Used to roll surgery patients right past the surgeons lounge from which smoke was frequently billowing.

londonflo · Feb 10

Frankly, before the 20 years before my last 5 years of retirement (2017), We still had cart keys to access narcotics. As I had worked/taught at this hospital/college, and dispensed most of the controlled medication with 10 students X2 patients per student, I was given a set of 'extra cart keys'. I taught evenings many times until 10 PM. I would drive home and reach into my pocket to unlock my house, and THERE were the cart keys

PS. Of course as soon as I got home trying to get into my house with the narc keys....I would loudly shout to my husband (we live in an old almost soundproof home) "Oh no! I need to go back to return the narc keys." He would say I will drive and park at whatever door you need to get in. " I still can't believe he said didn't say to me "London" this again?

. Untimately I devised a situation so that I could not get my car keys (put them in the narc cart) until I returned the cart keys.

subee, MSN, CRNA · Feb 10

Been there,done that said:

1986. Smoked in the lounge with the patients.

1978- cigarette machine in the lobby.

NutmeggeRN, BSN · Feb 12

subee said:

1978- cigarette machine in the lobby.

yep

londonflo · Feb 12

subee said:

1978- cigarette machine in the lobby.

And that the VA there was no sales tax..15 cents/pack