Cmariehart

Cmariehart

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  1. Dressing up on Halloween... unprofessional?

    Cmariehart replied to agent's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I'm sure I'll get it for this so here I go: Halloween is my fave holiday out of all of them!!!!! When I worked @ the nursing home I decorated the unit and dressed up... Every year I was something...

  2. HAPPY HALLOWEEN.....

    Cmariehart replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!! This is my fave holiday out of all of them.... However this year I'm not dressing up... I'm not going to any Halloween parties. I have ordered a pizza and wings and getting...

  3. Question about scrubs

    Cmariehart replied to michelle2369's topic in General Nursing

    def. wear something under your scrubs.. ALWAYS leave an extra pair in your car.. You will need them one day I promise! white, tan or nude colors work the best under white

  4. I'm a traitor.. from LTC to MD office

    Cmariehart posted a topic in General Nursing

    I haven't posted in a long long time. I started out as a new LPN 5 years ago. My 1st job was in a LTC facility. I loved my job when I started.. We had staff and equipment and life was good......

  5. I'm a traitor.. from LTC to MD office

    Cmariehart replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    You guys thank you so much!!!!!!!!!! I def needed some encouragement!!! YOU guys are the best and you all totally ROCK!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!

  6. I'm a traitor.. from LTC to MD office

    Cmariehart replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    I can still pay my bills... It was only a 50 cent pay cut when I moved from LTC to the MD's office... I still have the option for overtime at the MD's office

  7. When you think it can't get any worse....

    Cmariehart posted a topic in General Nursing

    This happened tonight... Hope it puts a smile on your face... The night started out, its usual way (falling apart) I started the med pass and right before dinner I realized that a group of our...

  8. What do you LOVE about LTC/N.H.?

    Cmariehart replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Are you kidding me??? This can be said about any job, anywhere in the world. There are bad seeds everywhere and there are more good than

  9. chatroom

    Cmariehart posted a topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I a, truely an idiot tonight.... But do we still have a chatroom and how do you get there now.... Thanks guys... It's been a long

  10. chatroom

    Cmariehart replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    thanks guys i thought i was going

  11. Welcome to my unit

    Cmariehart posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    The last couple of days have been rough so please forgive me!!!!! Just some stupid things we were talking about tonight: we were talking about one of our residents that passed away a while ago-- he...

  12. Happy mother's day!!!

    Cmariehart replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    To all you fabulous Mom's out there HAPPY MOTHER"S DAY!!!!!!!!! Have a terrific day filled with lots of love and presents Cmarie :redbeathe

  13. You be the judge

    Cmariehart posted a topic in General Nursing

    Not really sure how to word this, so please stick with me, this is a little weird... I work in a LTC and that was this little old lady that I used to take care of when I was a PCN. For the last 6...

  14. I'm the mean one

    Cmariehart posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last night I wasn't on my unit. I was hipped around to help out some other units and had it out with a very lazy orderly. I pretty much told him to get off his butt and do some work, apparently he...

  15. Balancing being a nurse and a wife

    Cmariehart replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    Not sure if this counts but what the heck, I'm half way towards getting married. Met fiancee while I was about half way through school to be an LPN and he pushed me to finish it.. Now he's pushing...

  16. called in sick 2 days in a row

    Cmariehart posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm feeling pretty low everybody... I've called in sick for the past 2 days--- but I'm actually really sick... I can't get in too see my PCP for another 2 weeks and was told over the phone by him...

  17. called in sick 2 days in a row

    Cmariehart replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    I went to work today-- which they gave me a hard time about.. They wanted me to do a double shift-- and I said no because I'm still not 100% but I went in even though I'm still stuffed up and...

  18. What you wish they knew....

    Cmariehart replied to candicane's topic in General Nursing

    How about this one: "Comfort care" is does not mean assisted suicide and I will not give dear old "whoever" an extra dose of roxanol just so you can hurry up and get out of here. Yes someone will...

  19. Cure for whiny negative nurses - PET PEEVE game. Always read first post before entry.

    Cmariehart replied to UKRNinUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Pet peeve 1: When the day shift nurses want OT 3-11 nurses get bumped off their unit and sent else where... And then they call us and ask us how do you do this to so and so... And then think they're...

  20. Is it my fault???

    Cmariehart posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need to get this off my chest so to speak... It's been bugging me all weekend.. here's what happened. Here's the background, pt has cancer and has radiation 4 days a week and has marks from the...

  21. Is it my fault???

    Cmariehart replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    Here's an update so far for you guys. When I came back from my dinner break last night one of my CNA's came up to me and said pt X's daughter is here and wants to see her chart. So I went out and...

  22. Is it my fault???

    Cmariehart replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    This is in LTC. What makes it worse is that 2 family members are nurses. I just don't know what to do anymore.... The families dictate everything on this unit... I have 6 families now that only...

  23. Nicknames your pt's give you

    Cmariehart posted a topic in General Nursing

    A pt's family came in on day shift and demanded to know the name of the person that had taken the time to care for the mom the last couple of days because she was soooooo happy about the care......

  24. How to deal with MRSA patients?

    Cmariehart replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    All right here's my 2 cents on MRSA patients. I work in LTC. We have had over the past year 4 MRSA patients. We now have 3, 1- it depends on where the MRSA is! a- one res has it in his...

  25. You know it's a bad night when......

    Cmariehart posted a topic in General Nursing

    You know it's a bad night when... You leave an hour late and as you walk out the back door you see a heorifice with the back door open on