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1. Who works nights?

   rebel charm replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

   I've always had trouble sleeping at night and sleep like a baby during the day, so night shift is perfect for me. I wonder how people stay awake during the day shift!

2. nursing superstitutions.....any truth in???

   rebel charm replied to micro's topic in General Nursing

   At our LTC facility our Alzheimer and "dementia" pts tend to see a little boy running up and down the halls - that none of us can see- and within 24 hours there is a death. And they all describe the little boy the same way (blond, 10 yro, wearing dun...

3. Intern needs some good advice!!!

   rebel charm replied to BlueRN's topic in General Nursing

   As a new nurse myself, I know exactly what you mean. It's a very scary thing holding someone's life in your hands. But I have found that there is always someone somewhere to ask for guidence in a new situation, even if it's a book. I have never been ...

4. Question about Paxil???

   rebel charm replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

   Duckie, I hate that you're going thru a bad time. I too have been where you are, and I want you to know that you CAN get thru it. It's not easy but it sounds like your husband is a good support system for you. I don't know much about Paxil. I start...

5. How would you have handled this????

   rebel charm replied to duckie's topic in General Nursing

   I'm just wondering- if this RN thinks her parents aren't being taken care of by "qualified" nurses, why doesn't she take them home and take care of them herself????

6. Discouraged

   rebel charm replied to daisy16's topic in General Nursing

   I think being a CNA is a great way to get a look into whether or not nursing would be a good choice for you. That is where alot of nurses I work with started. School IS hard, but if it's the career for you, it'll be worth every stressful minute of it...

7. siderails

   rebel charm replied to Slowone's topic in Geriatric

   We can only use siderails if they are Rx'd. We use alot of body alarms and we have alarms that are mats that we lay next to the beds that will sound if they get stepped on. We use those for those that have a tendency to take the body alarms off. But ...

8. LPN-RN partnership in nursing-a gentle reminder

   rebel charm replied to leesonlpn's topic in LPN/LVN

   Hi! I'm pretty new here. Love the site. I'm a new lpn- just got my license in Sept. and I'm working in ltc. I've been really lucky. All of the RN's I work with don't have attitudes about working with lpn's. We all do the exact same job and help each ...