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softstorms

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  1. Help? Broken hearted & sad...

    softstorms replied to Crystal112's topic in General Nursing

    If you are meant to be a nurse, you will be one! Funny thing is, after that...it will never be about you again. It will always be about the pt. So, if you intend to think only about what you want and...

  2. I need some professional advice on this situation

    softstorms replied to monicanurse's topic in General Nursing

    What did you think nursing would be? I have worked in hospitals and nursing homes. I never knew what it would be like. No matter what job you look for, all will have some of this in it. You have...

  3. I HATE CHANGEOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    softstorms replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The best way I have seen it done was to have a nurse from each unit come in for a night and just work on Mars. Pay the extra hours and have some one do them! We have tried giving assignments to...

  4. Med pass..rant

    softstorms replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    please define the term "charge nurse"? you have someone to help? or just

  5. Med pass..rant

    softstorms replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC...Long term care= one nurse for 44 pts. You are kidding

  6. SALARY QUESTIONS!!!!!!!

    softstorms replied to chaquana's topic in General Nursing

    As I said, it is a loaded question. As a nurse in Ohio we had a union, as a nurse in S.C. we do not. But, that aside, I have a friend who has been an LPN and just got her R.N. She thought all the...

  7. "putting the whole picture together"

    softstorms replied to iluvnoodles's topic in General Nursing

    You got thru nursing school, you got thru the test. Now you are on your own! Use what you have learned! If you where a Med student..there would be a time you had to cut into a real pt! NOW IS YOUR...

  8. Mistakes at work.

    softstorms replied to savotina's topic in General Nursing

    Best thing I can say......DO NO HARM....and you did none. Some will laugh...by memory of what they have done...or what they have not done yet! After 20 years of nursing..the thing I know best is...

  9. My back is against the wall... what should i do now?

    softstorms replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Please check out the state laws within your own licensure. What do they say about nurse to pt. ratio? Even here, in S.C. it is 1/44 for a long term/dementia unit. Stay if you have to, but look around...

  10. SALARY QUESTIONS!!!!!!!

    softstorms replied to chaquana's topic in General Nursing

    WOW, loaded question....IT DEPENDS..on a lot. We always think we ae worth more than what we are...and it will be defined by how they judge new hires. Keep asking around, but be prepared to start at...

  11. managements new idea for call-lights

    softstorms replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    It comes down to One-on-One...they can't offer it, but they want to make it look like they have it! I am all about making my company (hospital, acute care unit) look good, but in the reality of...

  12. Do you personally know someone who has lost his/her license?

    softstorms replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Hard Question! I have known many who come into question and have not been in the line of fire. Others...who have been ..very open...and still not been questioned. I am really sorry to say it may be a...

  13. New lpn in need of help!!!!!!

    softstorms replied to houseliberty's topic in General Nursing

    You need a mentor! If you work alone on this shift..then there are other people working on other units. Ask for help! If you ask and no one helps....then hang around after your shift in the a.m. and...

  14. Unreasonable family members in the nursing home?

    softstorms replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    They all think they are paying for HOTEL HILTON!!!! And when Mom,Dad, Sister,Brother,Child or Friend.....goes home? Who Ans. the call bell

  15. the lpn /rn thing

    softstorms replied to Michey1972's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    As an LPN who is now going for my RN on line (please don't laugh) I know about the world you speak of. I have found my world (long term care-converted to rehab) a very challenging world. I know I...

  16. have you ever had a pt that you cant tolerate!???

    softstorms replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Agreed....but when long-term are was started and the powers that be decided the we need this many nurses and this many adies to take care of this many people......they were thinking ."long term...

  17. Venting about BON involvement in DUI

    softstorms replied to Nursing NCO's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I have read thru 6 pages of text....and it all come down to personal responsibility! Nothing or no-one changed anything for you. You made a choice. You had a moment in time when you thought it would...

  18. have you ever had a pt that you cant tolerate!???

    softstorms replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    WOW.. We have both long-term care and short term rehab-acute care. Before you all start laughing...Yep! one side of the facility is long term care and the otherside is rehab-acute care! Yes we take...

  19. Worrying about what may or may not happen as LVN

    softstorms replied to NewbieAt43's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You already know what to do! Just do what you are taught. I know you do not believe this, but just keep going! You will do great and no matter how you feel about co-workers.....just do what you...

  20. What does State look for?

    softstorms replied to ws582's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    "STATE" will look for "text book". You already know how to do that. Just do everything by the book. That sounds hard, but it is not. Do what you have been taught. One thing to remember. If you...

  21. If at first you don't succeed, add another drug ... or two

    softstorms replied to Trishalishus's topic in Patient Medications

    I am not on the front line......but I see this every day. Acutecare/rehab. Multiple drugs with multiple side effects. Admits with over 30 meds. is more than usual. The pt. and family usually have...

  22. Am I being too sensitive?

    softstorms replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Nursing

    I have not seen this ad, but I think we are all so used to seeing people use alturnative methods of changing our bodies, that most don't see it as invasive. Injections, and surgeries are the norm now,...

  23. What do you think of agency LPNs?

    softstorms replied to TopazLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have not worked for agency for over 10 years. At that time I had been a nurse for 15 years. I made great money ( over $34 an hour as an LPN for one weekend shift) But you had to be able to stand on...

  24. How would you comfort a dying atheist?

    softstorms replied to stripbubbles's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    The one thing that is personal to all, no matter your believe or sprituality, is that at the moment you leave this life, it is all about you and no one else. You have no friend or family that is going...

  25. Staple Removal

    softstorms replied to chellelynn25's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    anyone want to say what happens if you use the staple remover backwards? and it pushes the staple into the skin? Then explain to the MD. why you can't get the staple out?