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  1. Need advice about nursing home placement for my grandfather

    swirlygirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    My grandfather is 90 years old and has severe dementia. My mom took care of him at home for the past 10 years, but he's gotten to be too much to take care of at home, so they decided to permanently...

  2. Need advice about nursing home placement for my grandfather

    swirlygirl replied to swirlygirl's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everybody for all your advice and information!! Well, as of today, my grandfather does qualify for a skilled nursing facility. I guess because of all of the falls. Or maybe because he was...

  3. Need advice about nursing home placement for my grandfather

    swirlygirl replied to swirlygirl's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're right, morte!! They don't care who is in the bed, they just want the bed filled so they can get paid! When my mom called to tell administration that she wouldn't be bringing my...

  4. How does YOUR hospital waste its money?

    swirlygirl replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    The small community hospital that I work in just spent a ton of money on a new call light system. They are now timing us to see how long it takes for the message to be received in the nurses station...

  5. Is it okay to dress like a "nurse"?

    swirlygirl replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    There's a young RN in our ICU that wears a skirt everyday and nobody ever says anything to her! She looks fine. And professional. I just can't pull off the skirt thing. I felt like I was in a clown...

  6. Nervous over possible termination

    swirlygirl replied to funsizedliv's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't get fired from this job, you need to run screaming from it!!! That level of care for 1 RN is, in my opinion, extremely dangerous! Maybe being terminated will be a blessing in disguise. At...

  7. Unit Secretary....Answer the call light for pete's sake!!!

    swirlygirl replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that really sucks! I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best unit secretaries!! They are so helpful! They not only answer all the call lights, but they will actually refill water...

  8. Funny dreams about your job as a nurse

    swirlygirl replied to mondkmondk's topic in Nursing Humor

    A few weeks ago my 2 year old son had a high fever and I gave him Tylenol before bed. I woke up in a panic a few hours later because I was dreaming that I was at work and I forgot to chart what time...

  9. Noise. Has your hospital found a solution?

    swirlygirl replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, our hospital found a solution to reduce noise. Cutting staff. Less staff=less noise. (sarcasm!

  10. Vent about nurses "eating their young"

    swirlygirl posted a topic in General Nursing

    This really doesn't concern me, and I try to stay out of what isn't my business, but I just have to vent about this! There's a nurse on my floor with 30 years experience and she's well known for...

  11. The Trauma after the Trauma

    swirlygirl replied to ScrappyED's topic in Emergency

    Very touching and beautifully written. Thank

  12. CALL FOR RESEARCH SUBJECTS! Pregnant or delivered full-term last 12 months?

    swirlygirl replied to jmtrn0904's topic in General Nursing

    I tried to take the survey, but if I click on the same answer for two questions in a row, it deletes the one before

  13. 30 minutes leeway with PRN meds?

    swirlygirl replied to parrotbaby's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a post-surgical floor and this question comes up alot regarding pain meds. We are allowed to give PRN pain or nausea meds 30 minutes early if needed. But I use my own judgment. Example: if a...

  14. Just a little night shift venting about day shift...

    swirlygirl replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in General Nursing

    I know how you feel. I work 12 hr nights shifts on the weekends and you have to practically beg some of the daylight nurses to give them report. They want to have their coffee/donuts and chat first. I...

  15. Only 1 month of orientation !!

    swirlygirl replied to AnaBanana12's topic in Emergency

    When I was a new grad, I started on a med/surg floor and I was supposed to have 6 weeks of orientation, but the floor was so short-staffed, that I only had 4 weeks. I had worked on that floor as a CNA...

  16. This week's ER

    swirlygirl replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    How about "Sleeping during your shift.....such a doctor

  17. Do You Keep It to Yourself That Your a Nurse Outside of Work?

    swirlygirl replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    I usually have no problem telling people that I'm a nurse. If they start rattling off their medical problems and asking me questions about their treatment, I just tell them that I'm a nurse, not a...

  18. Starting IV's

    swirlygirl replied to Tay245's topic in General Nursing

    I also started very few IV's in nursing school. That was the one thing they didn't like to let us do until we had our license. At the hospital I work at, new RN's are required to take a 4 hour class...

  19. Sometimes its the little things that make me wanna lose it!!

    swirlygirl replied to female12233's topic in General Nursing

    I just had a patient a few weeks ago ask me if my current pregnancy was unplanned. We were talking about our families and our plans for Christmas and she knew I was married with a 2 year old son, but...

  20. Commute times

    swirlygirl replied to tinderbox's topic in General Nursing

    I'm probably not going to make any friends with this reply, but I have about a 4 minute commute. I work at a small community hospital and it's literally about 1 mile up the road. In cold weather, I...

  21. What is the schedule like for nursing classes?

    swirlygirl replied to ngillilan123's topic in General Nursing

    Does either of those schools offer an evening/weekend program? That's what I did. I worked full-time at a pediatrician's office which has hours similar to a bank. I went to class 2-3 nights a week and...

  22. No gifts from the Drs???

    swirlygirl replied to racing-mom4's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a large pediatrician's office while I was in nursing school (about 8-9 MD's, 1 CRNP, 1 PA) and the first year that I worked there, our office manager asked all of the office staff to pitch...

  23. blood transfusion

    swirlygirl replied to VAJenny's topic in General Nursing

    I have also been taught to fill the saline past the mesh. But the hospital I work in recently got new IV pumps and we have new tubing for blood that has a large drip chamber but no mesh in it. I...

  24. Can nurse ask family to wait outside while doing treatment

    swirlygirl replied to muleboy's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a surgical/telemetry unit and I usually don't have to ask, the family usually asks me if they should leave. I usually let them stay, but it does depend on what I'm about to do. IV's,...

  25. What illness do you have today?

    swirlygirl replied to MIcrunchyRN's topic in General Nursing

    i do this all the time! everytime my leg hurts i think it's a clot. when i was in nursing school, all my friends and i were all convinced we had AAA's.