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lwd338

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

    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

    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!!

    Sounds cute!! Good luck
  4. First cna interview at hospital as ed tech. Help!!

    Yes business casual is best, but how about a little color? it isnt a morgue ya know
  5. 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

    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!!

    Or maybe learning how to type and spell and use the correct grammer as in pleurals
  8. Full Code Not Carried Out

    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!!

    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?

    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!!

    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!!

    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?

    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

    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?

    Googled Nurseing Forums and
  16. Patients always needing something no matter what.

    Well Olive Just what did you think nurseing was all about?? meds treatments charting??? I must admit you are probably a new nurse this seems to be the trend now adays. Gee why dont you summon...
  17. pinning ceremony participation

    I wouldnt have missed it for the world!!! I gave up alot of my life to keep my good grades and I am very proud of myself and so was my family and friends. I have a new nurse that works with me she...
  18. Help - Nursing abbreviations...

    PVR is post void residual PVD is peripheral Vascular disease My hospital has a list of approved abbreviations. some are not to be used. better check your facilitys list. (going on 30 years this...
  19. I,ve had women patients refer to there private area as "Possible"
  20. How did you find out about allnurses?

    I was looking for free ceu's hahah and got totally sidetracked
  21. Floating to diffrent units in your hospital

    Our union says that we HAVE to be offered AET before we are made to float AET is approved excused time meaning you can take the day off without pay rather than float and it doesnt count against...
  22. Floating to diffrent units in your hospital

    I am a float LPN and I love my job!!!!!!!!!!!!! I dont have to get involved in the units "politics" + I dont get mandated either, I have been an LPN for 30 years and I have finally found...
  23. Usually the p o hypoglycemics are long actiong and the pill you give today is really for tomorrow if ya know what I mean. I usually give all necessary po meds if the surgery is scheduled for atleast...
  24. What Grossness Is Cool?

    NOT me!!!! I hope that I am as gross as you want to me to be, if this excites you!!! that means you will like careing for me
  25. Just needed to get this off my chest.

    Hey Val, you and your team did the best you could !! This isnt the first and wont be the last. I am weeping for you, be strong, it is ok to care it makes you the nurse that you are