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Hopefully after 35-40 years in nursing retired playing with my grandkids but it medical insurance keeps going the way it does I will be still working enough to get benefits but if I am it will be in the geriatric area I love.

great story ruby vee thanks for sharing.It really proves how hard it can be to keep up with some residents and to keep them safe with what staff you have on hand.thanks for sharing -ljl

great article written by true geriatric nurse.I have the same heart for this field 30 years in geriatrics.Each of us has our own special shift we love and each shift is very different.Our residents give us much,much more than we give or do for them-1...

good story-more common then you would suspect but usually person falling does not do it twice-did you want to be sure you were done on both sides?ha,haI would have wanted to crawl in a corner and die of embarssement.You are brave for sharing-thanks-r...

GREAT STORY THANKS FOR SHARING! something like that has happened to cna's on my shift-rnsupervisor

great nurse humor!thanks for sharing.A GOOD LAUGH IS GREAT MEDICINE TO THOSE WHO GIVE LOVING CARE AND SOMETIMES WEAR DOWN-LJL

coming from back when we had to starch caps ugh thank god no more!It was diffucult for me to wear anything but white but I finally got around to nice print scrub tops and my residents comment every night on my different ones.they really enjoy seeing ...

you all have stated some of the same things I feel but i guess the most important to me is It has forced me to continue learning and not allowed me to get stagnent,I have seen many,many changes over my 35 years of nursing.It has Never been boring!!I ...

Yes,I have told cute stories or shared information and given the address to many of my fellow employees.who are in nursing.When they check it out they come back and thank me for the info.

I am just coming off 2 years of 12 hour shifts.7 in a 2 week period.While I never did more than 2 in a row and enjoyed the extra time off it has taken a toll on my body.MY reward for 12 hour shifts-hypertension,diabetes,and an ulcer!AS nurses we need...

I agree with all you had to say-achot chavi but would like to add what makes it unsafe is the number of 12 hour shifts you do in a row.some places work you 3 or 4 days in a row.Anything beyond 2 days is unsafe.I just am coming off 2 years of working ...

great advice says another old timer.I need to add that keeping up with techinology is important and can't be avoided even if it drives you Crazy !! the new nurse won"t have a problem with this; it is the older nurse like us with all those years exper...

to QuestGav-you are so right about the caring people in hospice and that is the "BIG"difference I see in nursing homes/retirement communities our facility has 5 hospice organizations that come to our facility and the resident or family can pick the o...

to milner-I am unsure of what you are asking me could you clarify?thanks

thanks for the trip down memorary lane.I remember it all.In nursing since 1963.With the exception of the importance of good obeservation,I am thrilled we no longer have to do the things mentioned.I still can"t get used to gloves and will have 1 clean...

hi brian and staff-thanks for the email when i had not visited for awhile(some mild health isssues-getting tested and still working)THRILLED when i came on and saw the nurses with disabilities thread.I have diabetes and hypertension but have several ...

hi-I am so glad to see this handicapped forum got started!! this response is to TurtleTyme. It is comforting knowing there are other nurses out there having the same problems.,I am a diabetic for about 5 years and on oral medications,I work 12 hours ...

in 50 years nursing I have seen morphine use go from very little to quite common for end of life pain the patients comfort is the main goal here.my current position is in long term care and in it I have really seen a significant increase in use ...

this is going to vary depending on the type of nursing you are involved in.I think the nursing article covers the basic things all nurses need to use to be a good nurse.But as an example what i encounter and have to handle working in long term care i...

I have had several stops where i only got warnings.I do carry my nurse liscense in plastic case with drivers liscense and registration.however I am the mother of a local police officer and even if i don't mention it the officers see my last name and ...

gerinurse-mangement that has no idea what goes on -on your particular shift,they pull staff ,from your shift to use on other shifts,they have no idea what other things can go on like-alarms you need to check on,phone calls to get maintance in for pr...

gerinurse-nothing frustrates me more than trying to answer phone for calloffs from 5am-6am when i am trying to do 6am med pass.cna's are giving care so there is noone but me,even though we have a portable phone we usually have to go back up hall to n...

44 years nursing,30 of them doing nights-62 year old -while my feet kill me by the end of my 12 hours,only working 3 days a week with full benefits as eveing nurse manager in LTC is good.I do orders and paperwork from 6pm till 11:00 then i care for a...

i was responsbile teen in high school even won a scholarship for nursing school but when i got away from home decided to have fun instead of study and blew it big time getting kicked out and having to repay scholarship.then i decided i really did wan...

many people have these visions.i have seen it alot in 40 years nursing in all different settings.personal experience-my father chose to die at home rather than stay in hospital-several hours prior to dying he was seeing my grandma and his brother,bot...