NurseyTonyaLPN

NurseyTonyaLPN

M/S, home health, LTC, rehab/orth

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

    NurseyTonyaLPN posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Another post (about stupid things patients say) made me think about this, I don't know if it's been posted before. But I have an elderly family member who says these things (and will not hear...

  2. MRSA in sputum and open door?

    NurseyTonyaLPN posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    I'm an agency nurse and was working in a LTC facility. One of the residents (who just entered this facility from the hospital) had an airborne precaution sign and the offgoing nurse asked another...

  3. Did I miss the memo???? (rant)

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    She is just upset because she sees a kindness and compassion in you that she doesn't have and she is jealous and she probably thinks you're making her look bad because she doesn't go the extra mile...

  4. resume(fresh graduate)

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to ddc22's topic in General Nursing

    i have a great resume book, it shows examples and explains how to write a great resume using what you have. one example shows how to play up on your education if you don't have a lot of experience,...

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

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    look at the article i just saw about health wive's tales, interesting!

  6. After baby--how much time off work?

    NurseyTonyaLPN posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    How much time did everyone take off after having a baby? I thought everyone took off 6 weeks, but I've been hearing from other people that some only take off 3 or 4 weeks and when I asked one of the...

  7. Have you ever taken care of a famous pt?

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to Foxfour's topic in General Nursing

    I helped take care of an author when I was a student (not a household name by far but had 2 published books). I asked how to order one of his books, and I had it overnighted in hopes of getting him to...

  8. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

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

    The facility I was working at the other night had two ways to call the nurse's station--a cordless phone which rang to our phone, or an emergency call button they can pull the cord to from their bed....

  9. tell me a story that ends in "i can't believe they just did that!"

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard of this, I think in a book, about how some drs are taught in med school to sniff lady partsl secretions to look for a sign of infection, I've never seen it myself

  10. LPN Salary & Info

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to MrsCD's topic in General Nursing

    If you go to salary.com you can put in your area and field and it will tell you what other LPNs in your area are making. HTH.

  11. What medical shows do you watch?

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to shellsgogreen's topic in General Students

    I watch all of them! ER, Grey's Anatomy, Strong Medicine, House, and just about everything on Discovery Health. My husband asks me why I'd want to watch medical shows after coming home from working as...

  12. What's the dumbest remark you've heard yourself make...

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to KidsRNstill's topic in General Nursing

    I had something kinda similar happen to me the other day. I'm an agency nurse and was working 11-7. I had only seen this patient laying on his left side, as I went in to do his tube feedings. He's a...

  13. Nails question

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to Yannie021's topic in General Nursing

    I keep my nails shorter than the fingertips (so you can't see them from the palm side of the hand), and no nail polish. I was taught that chips in nail polish give germs a good place to hide so I...

  14. "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    As a pregnant nurse who's still working so I don't lose my house (Now 32 1/2 weeks), I'm glad I've been working with very supportive CNAs, most of whom have had children, who won't let me help with...

  15. Filling baldder for Ultrasound...do you

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to tridil2000's topic in Emergency

    They put in a cath and filled my bladder back about 4 1/2 years ago when I was first pregnant with my second daughter. I was bleeding and cramping and they suspected a possible ectopic. One of the...

  16. The right place at the right time?

    NurseyTonyaLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm an agency nurse and last night I went to a facility I had been scheduled for for about 2-3 weeks. I just worked there the other day and was told I was scheduled for a few shifts this week b/c a...

  17. Has anyone tried Turbo Jam?

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to beautifulb's topic in Health, Stress Management

    No, but my best friend and I are going halves on it after I have my baby. I did buy Yoga Booty Ballet and was happy with it though. I lost 20 lbs using it and eating better before I got pregnant with...

  18. kids and being Nurse

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    I have small children. I work for an agency, and when they call me for a job, I make sure I have a sitter lined up and call and tell them if I can work. I made friends with a neighbor with small...

  19. opinions about epidurals

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to Jayla's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I've had 2 epidurals with my 2 previous pregnancies, I'm 30 weeks now and really hoping to not have one this time. My first one was perfect, my second one scared the crap out of me. First I felt a...

  20. How about a thread for baby names you liked?

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I like McKenna, but don't know if dh will b/c he doesn't like McKenzie. i'm not too crazy about Malorie for some reason, and one of my best friends is named Melissa. We are thinking about Melody...

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

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Really? I read recently that cold germs actually breed better in a warm, moist environment and people end up exposing themselves to more germs by huddling inside around others rather than going...

  22. Two pregnancy-related questions

    NurseyTonyaLPN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    These are questions I haven't been able to find answers to in my research: 1) What kind of foods make a fetus grow the most? I have read two different sides of the stoy: one, that nutritious foods are...

  23. how old is too old?

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to saltwaterstat's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a hospital with two LPNs in their 50s who were going back to get their RNs. (had been LPNs 20+ years), and went to school for LPN with 2 people in their 50s who were just entering nursing,...

  24. It felt like a slap in the face and oh yes I told them all !!

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    What is it with home health agencies and payroll? I work for one too (not as much now as I used to) and the checks were almost always wrong. They would 1) forget my mileage 2) pay me straight time for...

  25. MRSA in sputum and open door?

    NurseyTonyaLPN replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Agency Nurses

    Since the other nurse took the assignment, I didn't look at the resident's chart. I was just told by the nurse who was leaving that she was on airborne precautions b/c of mrsa in the sputum and a...