DF-LPN

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1. Help Wanted- Asking the Night Shifters for Advice

   DF-LPN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   I loved working nights! Can't wait to go back. When I was on nights I kept my same schedule even on my days off. I treated working nights like ppl who worked days. I would get home and do my housework, errands, ect then go to bed around 2-3pm sle...

2. What Freaks You Out?

   DF-LPN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   I have seen this before, looks like a hot dog that exploded in the microwave.

3. Workplace Sayings

   DF-LPN replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

   When someone act surprised about lack of staff, supplies, or any of the thousands of c/0 everyone mutters, I always ask, What, are you new here? I can be quite sarcastic at times, lol

4. Workplace Sayings

   DF-LPN replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

   We all suffer from anal darkness every now and then! Some more then others 😉

5. Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios

   DF-LPN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   The 1:4 or 1:5 really doesn't matter because they find ways around it. I worked for a facility that literally broke it down to seconds. It was nothing to go into work and there would only be 2 nurses and 3 cena's for about 115 residents, I had 4 ha...

6. Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios

   DF-LPN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   In MI for midnights in LTC is 1:15, but it doesn't differentiate btwn Nurse and CENA.

7. Christmas Gift Ideas?

   DF-LPN replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

   This year I gave my cenas those fuzzy aloe infused footies, a couple of ink pens, and these lg marshmallows to put in hot coco. Got it all from Wally world. Wal-Mart has these mini cast iron pan with a chocolate chip cookie dough that you mix up a...

8. Gross Things Patients Do

   DF-LPN replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

   This happened to one of my cena's: I had a res that was constantly putting her hands on and in her hoohaa every time staff changed her brief. So cena was talking to the res while changing the brief, res went to town scratching away and then promptl...

9. Questioning a doctors order

   DF-LPN replied to MrsJt's topic in Relations

   First and foremost that is your license, and like so many of us, sacrificed time away from families, your sanity, and possibly your liver from all the Tylenol you took. Spent hard earned money that you most likely didn't have. Cried buckets of tear...

10. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    DF-LPN replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe not a mistake? When I was an aide I was orienting a new girl and I sent her to get vitals on a res and she came back and said she couldn't hear her BP, said sometimes she has a hard time hearing them and asked if I could get it for her. I wal...

11. T-shirt Sayings

    DF-LPN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Keep Calm and Poop! It's actually on a button pin that I have pinned on my purse. I get alot of comments on it, lol

12. How does it feel to have a Foley insertion?

    DF-LPN replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was admitted to the hosp with pneu a while ago and they were giving me IV lasix so they put a foley in. It didn't hurt going in or coming out, just a weird sensation. I was more uncomfortable with some stranger messing around down there. But I w...

13. Learn from my STUPID mistake

    DF-LPN replied to thesundowner's topic in General Nursing

    After working on an alzheimers/dementia unit for a few years you'd think I'd now better then to put my face closer to a res, ummmm who got IM ativan for increase anxiety/agitation, because she couldn't hear me all that well. I think that hand print ...

14. How can you neglect a patient and live with yourself?

    DF-LPN replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    This may be a little long but please bare with me. I have worked LTC for 25+ years as both a NA and a Nurse. I'm not condoning any of the neglect you mention, nor attacking you in anyway. I'm just trying to give a small insight into LTC operations...

15. Funny ways little kids describe how babies are born

    DF-LPN replied to shhhh's topic in Humor

    Not a "Where babies come from" but pretty darn close. My ADON was telling us that when she was pregnent with her 2nd, I think. She was due anyday and her husband had to go scout a game and he was worried. She said she was fine, to go ahead and go....