lauftrbstmedicine replied to Brian's topic in Relations
I will NEVER EVER work in a HOSPITAL again...based on my experience with several RN there. Most were just mean-cold hearted, rude, maniluplative, general smart-asses who definitely ate there young. My learning experience in the hospital enviroment sh...
lauftrbstmedicine replied to JOLLIEHOLLY's topic in Safety
As a nurse and a mother of two premies...I wanted to say my son was born in 1990 at 25-27 (it couldn't be determined) weeks weighing only a pound 11 ounces and my daughter 3 years later weighing 2 pounds and 8ounces at 27 weeks have been a tremendous...
lauftrbstmedicine replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing
I was caring for a middle-age woman who other nurses shyed from --calling her the VIP/PIA patient...as I cared for her I listened to what she said and realized quickly she was really just frustrated and fed up with her illness...and the lack of knowl...
lauftrbstmedicine replied to yazisizit's topic in Humor
I am a 10 yr LVN and have worked as a CNA 10 yrs before I could tell some real dooooosies....I was a fresh LVN at a LTC facility working the 2-10shift, I had a elderly male pt. with alzhemiers/dementia and a glass eye...the glass eye is a good thing...
lauftrbstmedicine replied to kanidoit2's topic in Correctional
i have worked at a correctionals facility before and i must tell you this...i was falsely told the facility had cameras to help with the safety issue ....well, after working there a few days a seasoned inmate nicely pointed at the camera in the corne...
lauftrbstmedicine replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing
LOL...I've been called a maid...and a waitress....but only laugh it away...the patients and their families with these mentalities I discovered have noone in their family that is involved in a medical career and are often ignorant of the intelligence ...
lauftrbstmedicine replied to doglover1's topic in General Nursing
Yes, I was a volunteer in my teen years at a hospital before becoming a CNA then I married, having two children before I moved onto LVN. The area LVN program I was in at that time did not transition into RN, so now 10 years later I have returned to s...