Marylou1102

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We had an elderly woman in our Alzheimers unit who was German to the core. She was never fully dressed until she had her apron on. One winter morning after she was dressed for the day, she was rummaging in her things and came across some unwrapped ch...

. precepting is a tough enough job without being accused of being evil everytime you try to help someone to do better! being a new person is difficult, too -- but please try to look at what you contribute to the problem rather than just blaming the ...

I always wear solid colors but I let my lab jackets express my personality. Personally I don't care to wear cartoon scrubs but I see nothing wrong with them. It just isn't my personality. I have heard a lot of patients coment favorably on the cartoon...

I always offer pain meds when I am doing the med pass, especially at HS. It saves a lot of running later.

$3.25 in 1970 :smackingf

Your welcome!

My ex husband was diagnosed with a grade4 Astrocytoma this past June. He underwent surgery and had about 60% of the tumor removed. That was followed with 7 weeks of radiation and chemo. He took Temodar 140mg daily while on radiation. Afterwards he st...

I usually call for references but occasionally a facility will not respond to a phone call. They want proof you are who you say you are. I have never had a facility give me anything more than dates of employment. There is to much of a chance of legal...

I used to work at a place that used the heavy metal crushers. One night another nurse was trying to pulverize some meds. After she got done pounding I heard a frail elderly voice call out "Come in". The Silent Knight is a great improvement. I have ...

QUOTE "I remember being in the ER during nursing school and a guy came in who had overdosed. He was unconscious and in restraints, and these nurses were making fun of him. It still hurts my heart to think about it. They were laughing about the conten...

I love what I do and I do what I love.

jojotoo is right. Thats what I do. I'm the only non-smoker on my unit. I cover for them when they leave the floor and they do the same for me on my non-smoke breaks. A lot of times I will sit with the smokers and just socialize. I does wonders to jus...

First job 10 years, 2nd job 5 years, 3rd job 14 years, 4th job 3 years. From then on it gets spotty. I've held and lost several positions (6) with companies that have closed due to bankruptcy or cash flow problems. I have been downsized and "reorgani...

I am a first born. My family made growing up a wonderful experience. There was no alcohol abuse in our family.

Fort Wayne has Brown Mackie, IVY Tech, Purdue University, Indiana Weslyean, and Saint Francis. You can get almost any type of Nursing degree you want here. Believe me, we have no nursing shortage in our area. The employers can pick and choose.

Partially true. You are forgetting that the body is no longer absorbing the calories and nutrients of the foods injested.

For a very brief time I worked at a facility with a new DNS. She was fresh from a MR/DD facility. Her big thing was to do take downs on our Alzheimers unit. Fortunately her employment was brief. She not only lost her job, she also lost her license.

I was the weekend supervisor where I used to work. As such I was responsible for the running of the entire facility, not just nursing. Since I left they have tried on several occasions to do without and have met with disaster. The charge nurses won't...

I work in LTC and love it! This is what real hands on nursing is all about. The downside, and trust me, I am not trying to scare you away, is the amount of rules and regulations we have to follow. We are far and away more regulated than hospitals. Th...

I turned down a marriage proposal once. We would have been Larry and Mary Lou Pugh (pron. Pew)

15 minutes from the time I leave my driveway until I clock in. I used to drive 2 1/2 hours each way

Many years ago I took care of an elderly woman. Her son came in from out of state and spent every waking moment at her side. He had a steno book and we would often see him writing in it. As she was discharged from the hospital we found out that he wa...

I worked my way up the ladder from staff nurse to Director of Nursing. So yes there are opportunities out there.

I work in Long Term Care also and it doesn't matter what facility I am in or which hospital the patient is comming from it always happens at shift change. It isn't just ER patients either it is also in-patients from the floors. When I was doing admit...