lwd338

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1. Nurse:Patient Ratio on Med-Surg Floors?

   lwd338 replied to 3chicago3's topic in Michigan Nursing

   At my hospital Pawtucket Memorial the most is 1:6 with an aid or if the census is low and no one will take AET (approved excused time) you can get a 3 patient assignment alone (no aid).( we are in...

2. I give in to drug seeking patients

   lwd338 replied to Raidernurse's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a med surg unit in a city hospital.,i am not there to rehab you, you are onley there for maybe a week? So if you want pain meds and there are orders then you get them. I,m not fighting with...

3. First cna interview at hospital as ed tech. Help!!

   lwd338 replied to HaleighLindsay's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds cute!! Good luck

4. First cna interview at hospital as ed tech. Help!!

   lwd338 replied to HaleighLindsay's topic in General Nursing

   Yes business casual is best, but how about a little color? it isnt a morgue ya know

5. Mandatory White Uniforms for RN's- your experience

   lwd338 replied to lauramae18's topic in General Nursing

   We can wear anything we like as long as it is neat and clean and along the lines of a uniform. Some of the younger nurses wear non scrub tops that are a little on the fitted side but hey they can so...

6. straight cathe

   lwd338 replied to yahaira2121's topic in General Nursing

   Do you feel the cath turning back on itself right about the prostate area?? sometimes there is a narrowing and the cath cant pass so it doubles back on itseld, use a smaller cath if you have one. when...

7. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   lwd338 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   Or maybe learning how to type and spell and use the correct grammer as in pleurals

8. Full Code Not Carried Out

   lwd338 replied to FELICIA33021's topic in General Nursing

   We just sent a gentlman to hospice yesterday, he didnt have a DNR inplace so his discharge was held up till the resident came and wrote one. (per

9. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   lwd338 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   Welll I have to say I agree with you 100% and if you AX me I,ll tell you a few more that bug me

10. Toileting Morbidly obese patients?

    lwd338 replied to 07302003's topic in General Nursing

    When I take them to the BR for a BM or the commode Ialways have them spread there cheeks wide apart when they sit so the BM just drops into the toilet and doesnt smear (sorry for the

11. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    lwd338 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a transporter that is very high functioning downs syndrome girl. She comes to the unit asking for Mrs. GGGG and I ask her (on purpose cause I love to hear her say it) "were are you takeing...

12. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    lwd338 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok sooo since there are a ton of pages to catch up on hopefully I,m not repeating this. I hate it when a pt. or family member says they have had a "blood clog"!!!! instead of a blood clot...

13. What's your holiday bonus?

    lwd338 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    I,m not sure if you want to call it a bonus but we get our unused sick time as a bonus. We get 10 sick days a year I onley used about 4 so I will probably get about 800.00 not to bad I guess but it is...

14. Lawsuit Threats from Family Members

    lwd338 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I like Canoeheads response I would follow it with "Would you like me to get my manager so you can discuss your

15. How did you hear about allnurses.com?

    lwd338 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Googled Nurseing Forums and