gt4everpn

gt4everpn BSN, RN

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  1. Leave your high stress career for....nursing!

    gt4everpn replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    :roll:roll:rolloh man i'd love to know who pushed that add too! they obviously didnt do their research! people in my class at school know i'm a nurse and when i tell them nursing is extremely...

  2. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    gt4everpn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i work in a rehab facility and the patients are pre-elderly, lol, if there is a term, no really most of them are in their 50s, 60s, and 70s, and are duh! in rehab, needing to get their adl back and...

  3. The Most Hard Working Shift- Day Or Night Shift?

    gt4everpn replied to TPS360's topic in General Nursing

    i kinda have a differnce of opinion, i work in ltc, and the morning shift is very tiring! you never get to sit, no exaggeration, i've also worked nights and where i work you do basically nothing at...

  4. Does Anyone feel the same way about these LTCs??

    gt4everpn posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    hey! i'm an lpn been working for 7 months in ltc, my first nursing job. here are some facts about where i work, in the day there are 2 nurses(one charge nurse and one medication nurse) for 40...

  5. "Secret Life of a Soccer Mom": Flight nurse!

    gt4everpn replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    i just had another thought i understand a mother wanting to stay at home and take care of her children but i do also believe a woman needs and identity outside of being a ''mother'' i dont see what is...

  6. "Secret Life of a Soccer Mom": Flight nurse!

    gt4everpn replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    i was actually flipping through the channels when i stumbled upon this episode, i loved it, kinda makes me wanna be a flight nurse, too bad i live in nyc, the only helicopters here are news and police...

  7. Hourly rounding in LTC????

    gt4everpn replied to tatgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i've said it before and i know i just might get blasted for saying it again but i dont know how or why some people enjoy geriatrics (ltc), i'm a new nurse and if not for the hospice and rehab unit my...

  8. Does Anyone feel the same way about these LTCs??

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ha!! where i work each resident probably gets about 15 meds at day at least!! needless to say alot of the meds they take are unecessary like the vitamins, in reality are supplements going to do...

  9. LPN to RN what is your motivation?

    gt4everpn replied to fuerza757's topic in LPN to RN

    I'm an LPN and we work so hard and arent respected!! of course sometimes RNs arent respected either as far as in the workplace but LPNs are seen as wanabe or pretend nurses, in some peoples eyes if...

  10. Hardest part of nursing?

    gt4everpn replied to batman05's topic in General Nursing

    1. management 2. other nurses who "eat their young" or play martyr 3. cnas and other staff who do not respect the nursing occupation yeah that!, management is definately number one on my list at the...

  11. Does Anyone feel the same way about these LTCs??

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sadly the medication nurse has to handle new

  12. LVN's vs. The rest of the class...

    gt4everpn replied to phoenixfire's topic in General Students

    i'm an lpn and am currently in school for my rn, i'm the same age of most of the kids in my class and the dont know i'm a nurse cuz of my age and i dont tell them i am unless they see me in my uniform...

  13. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    gt4everpn replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    YOur not alone, I still smell lots of stuff long after I leave work, very sad and

  14. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    gt4everpn replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Prosource and Questran smell good, :smackingfuhh, look at us, talking about the smell of drugs! sad,

  15. Having Trouble telling people I'm an LPN

    gt4everpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    so i'm an lpn. when people ask me what i do, i say i'm a nurse to avoid having to give a long explanation! then they ask me what i'm going to school for and i say nursing, so they're like huh?? so...

  16. Having Trouble telling people I'm an LPN

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    thanks, falon!! this may be alittle cocky of me to say:icon_roll but thanks anyway, i'll give it a

  17. Some nurses make you sick!!!

    gt4everpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    hello everyone!! so here is my vent!!!:angryfire, i work at this lovely ltc , anyway i just got off working 11-7 shift, the supervisor calls me as i am goin home and tells me that the day nurse called...

  18. Young student

    gt4everpn replied to megaman10's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'll be 21 when I graduate with my BSN, woo

  19. Borrowing Narcs in LTC, ok?

    gt4everpn replied to rogle34's topic in General Nursing

    -the pharmacy we use is very often late with delivery of medications, often times we have to fax and call them multiple times just to follow up, also working per diem, i dont know what occured on the...

  20. Borrowing Narcs in LTC, ok?

    gt4everpn replied to rogle34's topic in General Nursing

    i've wondered about this myself, at my ltc when there are leftover narcs, either from a discharged or deceased patient ,percocet, etc.. they are used for whatever patients are low on narcs, this is...

  21. Night Shift LTC Ratios

    gt4everpn replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    wow, that is a high ratio, usually when i work nights its me and 40 residents, its really quiet

  22. which shift do you prefer 3-11 or 11-7?

    gt4everpn replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    i've worked all shifts and i actually prefer 3-11, 11-7 is rough on me especially since i'm still in school, and at my facility the make the day nurses (7-3) work too hard, they have to do med pass on...

  23. Employers that will reimburse tuition?

    gt4everpn replied to margiesan's topic in New York Nursing

    i'm an lpn under 1199 and they help pay for my tuition! i love this

  24. Nurses pushing a PCA pump for a patient?

    gt4everpn replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    great that you spoke to the m.d about this, the whole idea of pca is that the patient has authority of their pain control, what the point of pca if the nurses are making decisions as to when the...

  25. High School Student inquiring a career in nursing....

    gt4everpn replied to sanjo.niji's topic in General Nursing

    very nice scholarship i may say! but anyway, i always tell people to give nursing a try if they are undecided!! i started nursing myself back in hs about 2 years ago! i loved it, i always thought i...