PeachPie

PeachPie

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  1. The very, very old and sick who are full code

    PeachPie replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I've noticed it too, mostly in Mexicans. This makes sense, as many are

  2. Update- job from h*!!

    PeachPie replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you. I was in the same position, and life looked up as soon as I quit. Don't you hate it when you're the one picked to be the whipping

  3. please help with this question

    PeachPie replied to perstarnurse2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Uh, she posted what she THOUGHT were her answers. It's not like she just posted the questions and expected us to answer for her. I take it that you never compared answers with classmates or never had...

  4. I didn't get into UTSAHSC BSN program..

    PeachPie replied to kea6783's topic in General Nursing

    I got rejected from the Houston universities for 2 years in a row. I dealt with rejections with vodka and reconsidered nursing, but eventually I discovered ADN programs at community colleges (I had...

  5. Managing fatigue in M.S.

    PeachPie replied to Carlos Casteneda's topic in General Nursing

    My dad has Guillian-Barre, which is similar. He's a teacher, and has to take neps throughout the day and schedule classes so he has free periods for this. For extra measures, he's going to specialists...

  6. Have you ever refused to care for a particular patient?

    PeachPie replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Chronic understaffing and people who are openmouth breathers. I was never instructed to do oral care, but I lubed up thier lips and used those toothette wands when I could. I never saw those glycerin...

  7. What is the nurse to patient ratio in your facility?

    PeachPie replied to Colima's topic in General Nursing

    Do they include administrative nurses, or strictly bedside

  8. Have you ever refused to care for a particular patient?

    PeachPie replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    How much power do nurses have when it comes to this kind of refusal? Can CNAs refuse to do so too? MarySunshine: I hear ya on that one. I worked in a Catholic nursing home, where there were several...

  9. A monkey could do your job

    PeachPie replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Nursing Humor

    HAHAHA he didn't just walk straight into that one, he ran into it full speed with open arms in a meadow of

  10. How does this job offer sound to you?

    PeachPie replied to Spring_Peeper's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One thing to consider: Are there always going to be that many CNAs? At my old place, management advertised us as having 5-6 CNAs, but in reality, it was usually

  11. CNA LTC vs CNA Hospital

    PeachPie replied to tookewlandy's topic in General Nursing

    Go with the

  12. Silent birth? Anyone see one?

    PeachPie replied to Sis123's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm in favor of letting a woman relax by not having a bored obstetrician who wants to get off his shift constantly yelling, "Push, push!" but I think it's ridiculous that a parents can't even coo to...

  13. ortho evra patch

    PeachPie replied to lindamb's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I tried the patch once, and it was traumatic. I put in on Sunday night, and by Monday morning, I was dizzy, emotional, and couldn't keep anything down. I had to almost literally crawl across campus to...

  14. Inventions we'd love to see....

    PeachPie replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

    Great idea! I'm a huge fan of bidets and fanny driers like they have in Japan. Pericare solution, soap, and wipes seem to do more harm than good, as they leave residues on the skin and never really...

  15. Inventions we'd love to see....

    PeachPie replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

    No, Ativan is a tranquilizer for violent

  16. Staff/Patient Ratio - 30 Patients per Nurse

    PeachPie replied to Colima's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is why I have sworn never to work in a nursing home ever again, and that I will only put my parents in one if their minds are so deteriorated that they won't realize that they're being neglected....

  17. Inventions we'd love to see....

    PeachPie replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

    Private stenographers everywhere who can record what was really said, as to discourage lawsuit-happy

  18. Inventions we'd love to see....

    PeachPie replied to Nurse-o-Matic's topic in General Nursing

    My parents used to do rescue work in Bangladesh and India, and they said that such a contraption exists for people with

  19. What should I expect to see in LTC?

    PeachPie replied to nsnina's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was referring to both. It was a really bad place, with only 1 nurse, 1 medication aide, and 3 CNAs for 60 fully dependent residents. The staff was mean and hazed me like you wouldn't believe, and we...

  20. Dissapearing Aids... the norm?

    PeachPie replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, other aides will have no problem turning you in unless they know that they will be shortstaffed, especially if they're lazy aides who want to divert attention away from their own shoddiness. I...

  21. Dissapearing Aids... the norm?

    PeachPie replied to APP's topic in General Nursing

    There's an unsaid rule that states that if you report them to state, 1) you'll be even more understaffed 2) People, including future employers, may se you as a snitch and a risk and 3) Sometimes, you...

  22. What if CNA won't work?

    PeachPie replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oohhhh gotcha. I profusely apologize. I know what you mean. Some of these same people had no problem referring to me as "the chinky-eyed girl" even though they were hypersensitive to anything that...

  23. What if CNA won't work?

    PeachPie replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was not pulling the race card. Notice that I said, "I'm not talking about race here, I've met horrible black, white, hispanic, etc

  24. What if CNA won't work?

    PeachPie replied to Josifek's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'd say that the urban culture has something to do with it. Many of said people come from a background of lower socioeconomic status in which they're taught that people are out to get you, that taking...

  25. Resident slit her own throat in a fall!

    PeachPie replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wan't there, but it was highly publicized. A resident was running for an elevator, gettling only his head in. The doors closed and decapitated him because it didn't detect anything across the laser...