ladylikeRN

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1. Bipolar does not mean "druggie"

   ladylikeRN replied to aslaten08's topic in General Nursing

   I agree, I have seen a lot of health professionals like myself cast judgment on others because of pain medication usage. I have no problem giving scheduled pain medications. I also have no problem with seeking an increase in dosage for a patient th...

2. Rotating Halls??

   ladylikeRN replied to lexibear99's topic in Geriatric

   Well, since I work contingent at three LTC facilities, I work wherever they need me in that particular facility. On the other hand when I was full time staff at my previous work, they shifted me at times, although they lied in the interview and said...

3. How many jobs, in what amount of time after nursing school?

   ladylikeRN replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

   Well, no you are not the only one. I graduated May 2007 as a RN and have worked at the hospital doing cardiac step-down, cath lab, neurolgy at one place (changing floors). I thought that maybe I should step into med-surg and went to another hospita...

4. 6 months on night, my beauty suffers

   ladylikeRN replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

   You know, I agree that working midnights does take a toll on the body as a whole. I worked midnights during the time that I was a student nurse associate to try it out the shift because I am a night owl (staying up till 3 am) and worked contingent. ...

5. resident/staff ratios

   ladylikeRN replied to june2009's topic in Geriatric

   The place where I work usually only staffs one RN/LPN to about 35 residents at the most. When working with more nurses at a time, the ratio is usually 1: 15.

6. Manager charting and my documentation missing!?

   ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Geriatric

   Actually, my sister is an attorney and I phoned as soon as I got home that day it happened. She has told me to make copies of everything from here on out, regarding nursing notes done my me. She has also advised me to rewrite a nursing note about t...

7. Manager charting and my documentation missing!?

   ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Geriatric

   I really care about my job and in fact the resident who is anox3 knows exactly what happened that day and the family know as well because I told them. I know that I was not at fault with this incident and was told by other staff not to complete an i...

8. Manager charting and my documentation missing!?

   ladylikeRN posted a topic in LTC Directors

   I had an incident the other day when a CENA was with a resident in LTC and stepped on the peg tubing, ultimately dislodging it from her body while getting her undressed to take a shower. To make a long story short, I was not on the same floor when th...

9. Manager charting and my documentation missing!?

   ladylikeRN posted a topic in Geriatric

   I had an incident the other day when a CENA was with a resident in LTC and stepped on the peg tubing, ultimately dislodging it from her body while getting her undressed to take a shower. To make a long story short, I was not on the same floor when t...

10. Rude Preceptor

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Relations

    Today, upon coming in taking shift report with the preceptor, she rudely walked past me, spoke to another employee then blatantly ignored me. After report and finding out that she would get 8 pts and precept me because the agency nurse did not show ...

11. Rude Preceptor

    ladylikeRN posted a topic in Relations

    I just recently started a second job as a RN on a bariatric unit ( I also work at a psych hospital). My preceptor has been a nurse for 30 years and is precepting both me and another orientee. However, she is very rude to me and talks down to me mos...

12. New To Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for your response, I think that I will follow my "gut" intuition and resign from this place because my intuition tells me that something is not right there. Also, they tell me that the afternoon is very busy but staffed with mostly new staff....

13. My first clinical is soon, any advice?

    ladylikeRN replied to meezer1234's topic in General Nursing

    Just to add to what others have said, the day in the life of an actual clinical....I would come prepared with a small notepad to write patient report on and their drugs. Have a drug guide, stethoscope, nurse scissors, measure tape (for wounds or anyt...

14. New To Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks, I am trying to see what will happen here as I try to stay positive. My intuition is telling me to be leary though. This unit has a lot of new staff and the staff here does not seem to be very interactive with newbies. Another new co-worker...

15. New To Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for both of your posts. The PCS (techs) are said to have about 8-10 pts each amongst the 45. The other issue that I have is that the PCS gives the discharge instructions to the parents, even outlining meds that the pt goes home on. To me, t...