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  1. Pre-pouring meds

    momrn50 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Be honest now...how many LTC nurses out there pre-pour their meds??? You know that anything you can do to save a little time helps. I am 1-11 nurse with 42 residents, 3 CNA's and a 3-9 float who does...

  2. T.O. order

    momrn50 replied to jareze1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The facility I work at has about 10 MD's for the 42 residents on our floor. About half of them have no problem with nurses ordering UA's, X-rays, some labs. The other half have to be notified for...

  3. Maximum patient load

    momrn50 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering if anyone out there knows if there is a maximum number of patients that one nurse can care for. Am working LTC in West Virginia and due to opening of a new wing at our facility, I will...

  4. New pacemaker

    momrn50 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all...just a few questions for anyone who knows about pacemakers...I work long term care and have seen them on several of our residents, but low and behold, after passing out several times and...

  5. Ghostly experiences??

    momrn50 replied to Erin RN's topic in General Nursing

    Little old lady at a LTC facility i worked for, precious little thing, kept telling us her husband was coming after her. He had died about 3 years before. I went to check on her one night and she was...

  6. Abuse Towards Nurses...

    momrn50 replied to Headhurt's topic in General Nursing

    Also work in LTC, had a lady who was constantly on the light for nothing, racial and sexual slurs, went limp on transfers and told the CNA's, "I hope you break your back." Threw things into her...

  7. Dnr

    momrn50 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Once again I found myself doing CPR on a 90 year old woman whose family wanted mother kept alive "no matter what". The poor lady had advanced Alzheimer's, didn't respond to verbal, basically just sat...

  8. WARNING!! Discretionary subject matter!

    momrn50 replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a LTC facility that had an elderly married couple as residents. Mr. T was 88, Mrs. T was 86. It was common knowledge that you did not go into their room between 2:30 and 3:00 in the...

  9. Just had an emotional breakdown at work.

    momrn50 replied to unikuelady's topic in General Nursing

    Melt downs?? You bet!!! Most recent one, 3 admissions and a transfer from another floor, 5 deaths in 4 days, 2 irate family members who want to know what happened to mother's pink nightgown, an MD...

  10. Eden Alternative

    momrn50 replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    the facility I work for has recently started Edenizing...we have 4 totally annoying birds and a cat that about half our residents claim they're allergic to...also one family called in state to...

  11. which shift is busier?

    momrn50 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work steady 3-11 in a LTC facility. Just noticed that the 1st of the month, all the dayturn treatments were put on afternoon turn along with all the 11-7 catheter changes. When I asked the DON why...

  12. ? age limit to practice as R.N.

    momrn50 replied to illecob's topic in General Nursing

    I work almost eveyday with a wonderful nurse who is 73...she is much better and a lot more fun than some of the younger nurses I work with...in fact she is going white water rafting with her grandson...

  13. Bag Balm

    momrn50 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Does anyone else out there in LTC use Bag Balm in their facilities? Just wondering because we use it but on the can it says for animal use only. It does work on red areas, and we get it from the...

  14. How do you deal with a patient slapping you?

    momrn50 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Have had chunks of hair pulled out, a black eye, a busted lip, grabbed from behind in a choke hold, kicked, scratched , bitten, gummed....reports filled out on all incidents, nothing done by...

  15. obituaries

    momrn50 replied to shannonRN's topic in General Nursing

    Always read the obits first...just have to to check on former patients. I do attend funerals for my people, but mostly for their families....hard not to get

  16. obituaries

    momrn50 replied to shannonRN's topic in General Nursing

    I read obits first thing, first to see if any of my residents have passed away and then to make sure my name isn't in

  17. spooky spooky spooky

    momrn50 replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen several ghosts at LTC facilities that I've worked. One was an old lady who went back and forth from the kitchen to the dining room. She was dressed in a long black dress and she actually...

  18. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    momrn50 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    We got a lovely red vinyl folder with some BLAH BLAH nursing statement on the front of it, inside was a legal pad...how great is that???? No pen, no money and a computer generated card signed by the...

  19. Practical jokes at work

    momrn50 replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    One slow night at the LTC facility I used to work for, one of the residents had a HUGE BM..as big as a loaf of bread....so being the sick folks we all were at that place, we got it out of the BSC, sat...

  20. Nurses and their sense of humour

    momrn50 replied to Patience911's topic in General Nursing

    I think that you have to have a warped sense of humor to work in this line of work...how else do you get through the hard days?? I don't feel that we mean to offend anyone...nursing is...

  21. the nurse/porn connection...........

    momrn50 replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you just hate it when you're running down the hall to a STAT call and your garter belt falls down???? When you bend over to pull it up, everyone can see your thong...YEAH

  22. Venting Over the VA

    momrn50 replied to kmchugh's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Can't help with who to contact, maybe you congressman or state senator??? Do understand about your concerns having received patients fron VA hospitals who were dirty, unshaved, moldy underwear...what...

  23. Funny things patients say !

    momrn50 replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    How about the old fella who came to visit a friend in the LTC place I work. Said," That Old-timers disease is a terrible thing"..of course meaning Alzheimer's... his way makes more sense to

  24. How many CNA's work

    momrn50 replied to RNIAM's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    On a 60 bed floor, 8 cna's on dayturn, 7 on afternoon plus a 4-10 float, 4 on midnight shift. Some nurses will do rounds, some don't, mostly because we just don't have the time...our place is pretty...

  25. What Freaks You Out?

    momrn50 replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Cannot stand to see someone vomit...I can look at it afterwards and even clean it up but the act itself does me in...also MRSA wound