RanieRN MSN, RN

psychiatry,geropsych,LTC/SNF, hospice

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    what items could you not go a nursing shift without?

    RanieRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    At least one black pen, a multicolor pen, yellow highlighter, black sharpie, scissors, penlight, supervisor keys, badge, small notebook, and water bottle all come from home. Once I'm at work, several...
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    RanieRN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I continue to love this thread! Just what I need after an extremely unpleasant
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    The Mockery of Nursing

    RanieRN replied to Old.Timer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This thread is what I've been missing here for a long time! Love it!:yelclap: Oh, and even though it's only going on 10:30am here--you all are such a bunch of
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    on call rotation

    RanieRN replied to fulzgold's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Your consultant definately sounds like an idjit. No managers or supervisors for 181 beds?! No way she's spent time working a
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    on call rotation

    RanieRN replied to fulzgold's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    At my place, the ADON, SDC (2--they job share), MDS, the two unit managers, and myself (Mon-Thu eve supervisor) rotate the on call schedule. In the almost 4 years I've been there, the on-call's been...
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    what is the difference between a nurse manager and a nsg supervisor in nursing home?

    RanieRN replied to lily1289's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    At my facility, the two units each have a nurse manager who works day shift and functions more along the lines of a charge nurse. There is one evening supervisor for the facility Mon-Fri who sort of...
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    Speaking foreign languages

    RanieRN replied to wanderlust99's topic in General Nursing

    Policy at my place is English only in patient care areas. The majority of the CNAs and several nurses are Haitian and do slip into Creole often. Fortunately, they respect me enough that a quiet...
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    "No Complaints Voiced"??

    RanieRN replied to Hooch's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the same as TheCommunter and CT Pixie. If they're A&O and would have been able to tell me if they had complaints, I'll document "voiced no complaints". If they're not able to tell me, I'll...
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    "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    RanieRN replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    After my father-in-law passed away last December, it became obvious my mother-in-law couldn't live on her own for various reasons. Despite her telling us many years ago that she'd never ask to come...
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    What's the nicest thing a patient has done for you?

    RanieRN replied to Cyndi13's topic in General Nursing

    A simple and sincere "thank you" (especially after a shift of seemingly endless complaints and
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    Uncomfortable with Batrim order transcription.

    RanieRN replied to AraJZgam's topic in General Nursing

    You're correct. I'm thinking some of your coworkers might have forgotten the 5
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    The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

    RanieRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    For a SNF: You have 6 admissions due in anytime now. Two are fresh knees but their CPMs aren't here yet and PT's leaving so you'll have to set them up when they get here. Oh, and we couldn't find the...
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    Oh, the Q is silent...

    RanieRN replied to SeeTheMoon's topic in Nursing Humor

    Endarterectomy --usually ends up being translated into "Mr. X, they rotor routed your blood vessels" :) And there's oodles of generic med names that slow me
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    what do you talk about at work?

    RanieRN replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty much everything and
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    Confess! Whats the craziest force of habit you've done in the "Real World"

    RanieRN replied to vhern246's topic in Nursing Humor

    Another one guilty of the "catch myself before signing RN (or worse, RN-evening supervisor)" on kids' permission slips, checks, etc Became so fond of my cargo style scrubs, started wearing only cargo...
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    Curious-MRI side effect?

    RanieRN replied to RanieRN's topic in General Nursing

    sirI--thanks for letting me know I'm not imagining things, although apparently I might be "special" Thanks to everyone else who answered
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    Curious-MRI side effect?

    RanieRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had my first (and hopefully last) MRI today for a left rotator cuff tear. After stopping the test once due to a rather nasty episode of vertigo, I got through the rest of the test (singing the...
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    "twas The Night Before Christmas ~Senior Style

    RanieRN posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    'Twas the night before Christmas at Rock-Away Rest, And all of us seniors were looking our best. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Our glasses, how sparkly, our wrinkles, how merry: The punchbowl held prune juice plus...
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    Share Your Saying

    RanieRN replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    "Pay you no nevermind"--usually said to a child trying to butt into a conversation "Well, shucky darn and slop the hogs"--from my
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    RanieRN replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Until this week, I thought the grossest patient we have is the gentleman who was found eating his foot skin (his nurse initially thought it was a duoderm given the thickness). Then I was assigned to a...
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    Best-smelling liquid meds!

    RanieRN replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Gotta go with dilantin--orange
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    Things nursing school FAILED to tell us

    RanieRN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    That just when you think you've seen everything that will gross you out, you find a patient eating his foot skin (I'm talking from ball of the foot to the heel, not just a tiny
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    Nurse Phobias?

    RanieRN replied to pattycakeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Add me as a non-lover of sputum. Also, enemas. I don't mind cleaning someone if they've been incontinent, but giving someone an enema is just...ugh. :uhoh21: The worst was a mme--milk and molasses;...
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    a nurse's medicine cabinet

    RanieRN replied to NurseNature's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty much the same as everyone else: Tylenol (regular and extra strength pills, liquid for the 7 year old who won't swallow pills, and infant drops for the wee one), motrin (pills and liquid),...
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    Unexcusable

    RanieRN replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    You should be commended for your actions; protecting someone who couldn't protect himself. If you were one of my aides there would have been hugs and thanks from everyone:icon_hug:. Sadly, we've...