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  1. Why dont we get respect as LTC nurses?

    doingourbest replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is true about not having the paperwork to send. A lot of times we have just gotten a new resident and have to send them out. Also, we have a lot of patients to take care of and the time it...

  2. diagnosis

    doingourbest replied to student06-07's topic in General Nursing

    Actions/Interventions: 1. Spend time with the patient. Rationale: Care providers may feel they need a reason to be with the patient or that they need to be performing a clinical task to justify...

  3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    doingourbest replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    zoe if you see this I have not figured out yet how to reply to a specific message. I was talking about using a potato as a

  4. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    doingourbest replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    If you are admitted to a rehab facility for free, with the facility picking up the tab for the duration of your stay, due to all of the great referalls they get from that hospital, and you have no...

  5. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    doingourbest replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    lol, have you tried

  6. How about your favorite Old Wives Tales related to health?

    doingourbest replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Now that's

  7. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    doingourbest replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    I Have a patient who stops up her toilet on a daily basis intentionally and then comes out the next day to say that no one ever fixed it and it has been stopped up for months, when once we realized...

  8. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    doingourbest replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    I hope your state boards don't read that. Tied him to a sink and a rail? Those are restraints, obviously. Not allowed where I come from. The have the right to

  9. What's your favorite pair of nursing shoes?

    doingourbest replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a very low arch and tennis shoes are very uncomfortable to me. I wear the thinnest flats I can find. Feels like

  10. How often do you take a break?

    doingourbest replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

    Sylv-where do you work? Most places around here we have 30-40 medicare patients for 1

  11. How often do you take a break?

    doingourbest replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Kansas, we are supposed to get the 2 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch break also. We don't ever really get breaks though. We also don't get paid for not taking breaks they still take...

  12. How many times did you take the NCLEX before you passed?

    doingourbest replied to blackberry4eva's topic in General Nursing

    One time in the minimum # of questions, so I apparently got them all right; but I still came out of the test not knowing if I had passed splendidly or failed miserably. It is that "best answer"...

  13. Do you like day or night shift better and why?

    doingourbest replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

    As a nurse who has spent three and a half years on nights waiting to get to days and am finally there, I am so glad! I have great sympathy for the nurse who took my shift and is so tired all of the...

  14. Poll: How many of you have been fired from nursing jobs?

    doingourbest replied to weetziebat's topic in General Nursing

    I too have been fired for not allowing wrongdoings to go on under my nose. As the night supervisor at a large facility, I had a nurse who was stealing narcotics from the patients and giving them to...