LDJRN

LDJRN specializes in LTC, Med-Surg.

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1. Anxious and in need of answers.

   LDJRN replied to LDJRN's topic in Career Support

   i'm not quite sure, but the way my supervisor talked when she fired me, probably.

2. Anxious and in need of answers.

   LDJRN replied to LDJRN's topic in Career Support

   yes, they're all otcs. otc protocols are outlined for the patients, but i don't know about for staff.

3. Anxious and in need of answers.

   LDJRN posted a topic in Career Support

   okay..this is a long story shortened, but i'll relay all the pertinent information. i've been a nurse for 8 years. i was recently fired, and now i'm worried i might lose my license over the same stupid lapse of judgment. a few weeks ago, one of my cn...

4. Nurses not doing assessments

   LDJRN replied to gucci rush's topic in General Nursing

   okay...this topic leads me to another question...i work 12 hour night shifts on the weekend, so the nurse i give report to is the same nurse i get report from when i return. the nurse i usually get report from is... well, i just don't trust anyone's ...

5. Share Your Nursing Horror Stories

   LDJRN replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

   okay this story was relayed to me by a coworker as it happened on a night i was not there. doors are locked after 8pm, so everyone needs to have an access card or be buzzed in. unfortunately we have no security that watches the front doors and every ...

6. Offended by pt- how to react?

   LDJRN replied to LDJRN's topic in General Nursing

   i wish i hadn't laughed or even smiled, but i tend to laugh in situations like that. dumb habit; i know. i like your response- just giving him the raised eyebrow and his pills. thanks again, everyone:) . you all have truly been a great help. hope tha...

7. I need help with a question.

   LDJRN replied to missyhart's topic in Geriatric

   i'm not entirely sure. but where i work (at a nursing home/rehab facility in texas), after the insurance stops paying 100%, there's a co-pay and they bill either weekly or bi-weekly. but that's here. i agree with another poster, speak with the social...

8. Offended by pt- how to react?

   LDJRN replied to LDJRN's topic in General Nursing

   first, i want to say thank you all for your replies. :icon_hug: i wish more people would realize that color/race isn't the big issue in the world. that would be too much like right, though. especially being in the south. this isn't the first off-hand...

9. Offended by pt- how to react?

   LDJRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   this happened to me friday at work, and i still cannot figure out a way i could've reacted differently to this. i've never had anything like this happen at work, so i was stumped as to how to chide this guy and be professional in every sense of the w...

10. Duoderm on blisters?

    LDJRN replied to kate1114's topic in General Nursing

    We typically just put some heel lift/suspension boots on the pt and just monitor the blister. Or we apply a foam dressing, so that if it bursts, all the yick is absorbed.

11. Rantings of a young new ER nurse.

    LDJRN replied to DaretoDreamRN's topic in Emergency

    lizzie, congrats and welcome to the wild wide world of nursing! it's true, every nurse does have those days...I don't think they ever stop occurring. is this unit clerk your age or older than you? if so, I had this same problem with my uas/cnas at fi...

12. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    LDJRN replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    you know, i truly empathize with everyone here. i was "burnt-out" about 2 1/2 years ago. i was in my last rn semester, working as the evening lvn charge on a "medicare unit" (20 sub-acute patients and 20 ltc patients). i'd usually be the only nurse o...

13. Medical Workers wearing scrubs to and from work, outside the Hospital, etc..

    LDJRN replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    amen and amen. lol

14. Need Advice

    LDJRN replied to southflorida2's topic in General Nursing

    there are a few prereqs for lpn, but you could take them simultaneously with the course-work. that's not recommended, though. i suggest that you first apply to the community college, then go speak with the head honcho of the nursing programs. s/he co...

15. time for my mea cupa

    LDJRN replied to sheilagh's topic in General Nursing

    x2. :icon_hug: