wearingmanyhats

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About wearingmanyhats

wearingmanyhats has 23 years experience as a RN.


agency LPN, CNA clinical instructor, classroom sub teacher for health Occupations, camp nurse

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  1. Pain patients being denied their medication!

    I'll add my .02 on this topic. I have lived with chronic pain since age 12 (juvenile rheumatoid arthritis) I took massive doses of ASA through college. After MAJOR (5 hours!) surgery 7 years ago for...
  2. Poorest lack of judgment EVER!!!

    my 2 cents... I would not answer the phone or reply to a text before I was officially on the clock. as a good friend of mine says "Not my circus, not my monkeys" We can't be responsible for our...
  3. Med admin window

    if the med is to be given after dismissal, "not my circus, not my
  4. What is wrong with people?

    I cringed when I saw sunburn.... I am a stage 3 Melanoma survivor and my mission in life is to try to prevent anyone else (especially young people) from ever hearing those words. I see a lot of...
  5. I'm a director, not a nurse

    I worked at a special needs camp for anyone over 18. Thankfully the director warned me about a young man who was a drama king lol. I got called because he was on the floor with chest pain. He was...
  6. mobility issue- please help!

    if they are usually wet, then I believe the best action is to transfer to a bed/cot and roll and change like we would with someone who was lying in
  7. mobility issue- please help!

    was just going to say this ^^ I worked a LONG time in LTC. It is the sort of sling that you transfer with, and then remove so that the person isn't sitting on the mesh all day. just the first site...
  8. Med error

    if you ever run into a nurse with any time under their belt and they tell you that they have NEVER made a med error (remember, even missing a dose or giving a med late is an error) Don't believe them!...
  9. Ice for injuries

    when I worked at camp, I used the little paper cups to make a small ice cube, that wrapped in a paper towel (and maybe a baggie if you have a stock of them) when it melts, it's gone and they move
  10. So annoyed/offended right now

    I have worked in a special needs camp (MH/MR as the basic dx) and of course have several diabetics each session. It amazes me that they would send a nearly empty bottle of test strips, barely enough...
  11. is this common practice?? IV tubing laying on the floor

    Thanks.... it just didn't seem like good nursing
  12. is this common practice?? IV tubing laying on the floor

    it was connected to her, and the various machines, with nearly 2 feet laying on the floor between the 2. I would say that there were 3 iv tubes
  13. I was visiting a good friend (she is really more like a sister to me) yesterday in the ICU. She is vented (she has Pneumonia) and the expectation is that they will wean her soon. I have been an LPN...
  14. My camp needs another nurse!

    I would LOVE info on this. The camp (special needs) that I have worked at since 2010, just recently closed because of a death of the original owner and the need to settle the estate (and sell the...
  15. Please help - diaper issues

    Maybe you can hand the aide te supplies and say "I need to look at little Johnny's sore throat, I will check on you as soon as I can" -- I worked as a classroom nurse/Paraprofessional, and we (and the...