Simba&NalasMom

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  1. Prison Health Services, Inc...anybody work for them?

    Simba&NalasMom posted a topic in Correctional

    Does anybody have any feedback re this company? Do they provide extensive orientation? How is the pay and support? Received a postcard in the mail, they're looking for LPNs...thinking I might give it...

  2. Prison Health Services, Inc...anybody work for them?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Simba&NalasMom's topic in Correctional

    LOL no

  3. LVNS can make the money...

    Simba&NalasMom replied to nursing81's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LPNs in the Portland, OR area make around $20 out of school if they go into LTC. I hear it's one of the highest paying areas for us. Working agency, depending on experience, they can make upwards of...

  4. Prison Health Services, Inc...anybody work for them?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Simba&NalasMom's topic in Correctional

    Thanks, JJ!

  5. I might gag

    Simba&NalasMom replied to MzGurl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yeah, that rotting chicken wound smell is the one that turns my stomach,

  6. I might gag

    Simba&NalasMom replied to MzGurl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hee I saw that in Silence of the Lambs...OP, you will most likely get used to it (well at least to the point where it won't make you wanna gag or

  7. New agency nurse .. is 40 patients normal ?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ilostmymuse's topic in Agency Nurses

    Good for you for starting your RN; I guess that's the only thing to do. I need to do the same before I wind up crippled or dead!

  8. are the rumors true???

    Simba&NalasMom replied to taapple's topic in Agency Nurses

    Dunno if it's different in hospitals and LTC, but I have found in nursing homes that the majority of staff nurses in my assignments have been very decent and

  9. New agency nurse .. is 40 patients normal ?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ilostmymuse's topic in Agency Nurses

    That's how it is here, too. WTH do they have against us? We're all nurses fer cryin out loud. But, I guess that's the topic for another post...I actually love homecare but am enjoying the money I'm...

  10. New agency nurse .. is 40 patients normal ?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ilostmymuse's topic in Agency Nurses

    OK my turn. I just got home from a facility where I've worked a few shifts at their LTC unit. Not my favorite place to go, 2 CNAs for 28 (which is noncompliant for my state), but only 1 trach and a...

  11. CNA as a NURSING SUPERVISOR?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to militarymom06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Oh dear Lord.....:roll Rock on,

  12. Manager charting and my documentation missing!?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Esp with an obese resident...I do not get a pretty mental picture of that! Run, run, Rudolph. Can you get the other nurse who told you about it to corroborate, and the resident/family as well? Not to...

  13. Foley Cath

    Simba&NalasMom replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    Most condom caths I've dealt with either slide off or get pulled off by agitated/confused people. Do they have some sort of condom cath superglue that

  14. New agency nurse .. is 40 patients normal ?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to ilostmymuse's topic in Agency Nurses

    What a nightmare!! So sorry you went through that. I feel horrible for both you and those residents. And shame on that RN who not only sat on her ass, but also didn't help! :argue: The only...

  15. Prison Health Services, Inc...anybody work for them?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Simba&NalasMom's topic in Correctional

    Thanks so much! That's good to know. Correctional is something I've always been kinda curious about and seems to have such a huge need for good people, and I think as long as I felt safe I feel I'd...

  16. Comfort

    Simba&NalasMom replied to newlpn08's topic in General Nursing

    I do agree with YOUR rationale. Comfort is important. If your role was as a fellow nurse, I feel it would have been perfectly appropriate to mention to your coworker the importance of her having the...

  17. Loved one soon to be passing

    Simba&NalasMom replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    :icon_hug: Thoughts and prayers to you and

  18. So angry right now. Warning: Extremely long

    Simba&NalasMom replied to HappyPediRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OH.MY.GOD. is right. So sorry, sis.

  19. What was the hardest part of your LVN or LPN education?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Brookenicole84's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hee...so you basically jumped from the frying pan (nursing school) into the fire (actual nursing practice) after you became a nurse... My ex BF was an OR tech and he said he got out of the field...

  20. What was the hardest part of your LVN or LPN education?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Brookenicole84's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Amen to that, Sis! I was put on clinical probation, ostensibly for errors I made during early clinicals, by an instructor whom I had the nerve to stand up to when she inappropriately confronted me...

  21. what unit is best for ADD type?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to mh356's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hee...yeah, I have ADD too and the challenge for me is finding something that doesn't bore me to tears and yet isn't too chaotic that I feel like I'm sinking. I definitely don't feel like I thrive in...

  22. Overheard...

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Reno1978's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG those are awesome!!!

  23. what unit is best for ADD type?

    Simba&NalasMom replied to mh356's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Home health, maybe? One visit at a time would lessen the muti-tasking

  24. Giving IM Injections

    Simba&NalasMom replied to mare4322's topic in General Nursing

    I should be more clear here...yes, we were absolutely taught to aspirate; but we were told by our peds instructor that *Kaiser* was phasing it out.

  25. Ethical Issue: Nurse with MRSA

    Simba&NalasMom replied to Penguin67's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, your boss is probably right from a legal standpoint; however, where on earth else would an RN pick up MRSA if not on the job? It's not something you just pick up on the street or a...