marymack57

marymack57

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  1. things friends/neighbors have asked you "because you are a nurse"

    marymack57 replied to aloevera's topic in General Nursing

    My drug books get used frequently, I keep THIS years at work, and LAST years at home. Someone is constantly calling me and asking about some drug or other. Then I have a crazy sister-in-law that...

  2. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    marymack57 replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    After multiple complaints about a perfectly WONDERFUL aide, I told the patient "I hired her, I didn't RAISE her!" At least the patient had the good grace to

  3. LPN's is this true?

    marymack57 replied to CantWait2Nurse's topic in Indiana Nursing

    (DNS in NM) We hire brand-spanker LPNs for 19 an hour.

  4. sick and tired of defending working in geriatrics..

    marymack57 replied to ulmaulma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Experience? EXPERIENCE?? I feel like telling nurses who look down their noses at my LTC nursing job...how good are YOU at starting an IV on a 90 year old ex-rancher that is dehydrated because he's...

  5. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    marymack57 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't get near as much trouble from EMS staff as I do the nurses/doctors at our local emergency room. They talk about our facility as it were the armpits of hell, and then expect us to be amenable...

  6. MDS Coordinators/ RN or LPN Assessment Coordinators

    marymack57 replied to RN 4 Life's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    That's bad, when the MDS person doesn't have a clue. Been there, done that! It took her only 3 months to hang herself, but after she left I had to fix up the errors. What a mess. Both our MDS...

  7. MDS Coordinators/ RN or LPN Assessment Coordinators

    marymack57 replied to RN 4 Life's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    Never think you can't learn something new, and always ALWAYS stay on top of what your therapies are doing. LOL At least I found these to be true. Does your facility belong to a large corporation,...

  8. MDS Coordinators/ RN or LPN Assessment Coordinators

    marymack57 replied to RN 4 Life's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I am DNS, but our MDS coordinators, though they are both RNs, make almost as much as I do per hour. By the way, I am a former MDS coordinator. They deserve every penny they make, and probably

  9. MDS Coordinator salaries

    marymack57 replied to Nascar nurse's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    I live in the SouthWest. Our MDS coordinator makes about (within a few cents) what the ADON makes. And worth every

  10. New Policies

    marymack57 replied to wildcard47833's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm always telling my friends at work "when I'm a resident here...." and then tell them I don't want that, or I do want this. DON'T GET ME OUT OF BED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, OR BEFORE SIX FOR...

  11. Giving pain meds.

    marymack57 replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    An oncologist told me that anyone who has pain CAN'T be addicted to medication. What indicates "addiction", in his words, was the person without pain taking a narcotic for the euphoria it generates....

  12. Charting Bloopers

    marymack57 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Order given: "Fortified foods at all meals and HS" Order written by charge nurse: "Four to five foods at all meals and HS" Now THAT one took me a while to figure

  13. How often do you take a break?

    marymack57 replied to Alex3's topic in General Nursing

    When I can't hold it any more. Had need to go to an urologist, new to me, and he looked at one of my x-rays and told me "you're either a teacher or a nurse". When I asked him to explain he stated...

  14. What is in this woman's mouth?

    marymack57 replied to not now's topic in General Nursing

    Someone else sorta hit it on the head...all our GT patients get a GERD medication to control reflux. My problem is getting people to understand that just because they don't eat, doesn't mean they...

  15. Funny Names for Nurses

    marymack57 replied to randomnamees's topic in Nursing Humor

    my favorite medical staff person's name Nurse Clampett Specialty-mammography gotta love