tiroka03

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  1. Alcohol prep pads

    tiroka03 replied to aegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I never heard of anything like this. Hiding supplies, or not even stocking them. I thought I had heard of everything. In my facility, on my unit, we have two med carts. There is one drawer in...

  2. taking priviledges away

    tiroka03 posted a topic in General Nursing

    In the past few months my facility has been taking our priviledges away, one by one. I can't think of any that remain. Moral is getting kind of low. I work nights and have no differential pay. One...

  3. Has your Nursing License ever been in Jeopardy?

    tiroka03 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Many people have their own little problems. This just happens to be a big one. btw drugs are illegal especially stealing them from a hurting patient. If you have a problem and can't keep it from...

  4. Has your Nursing License ever been in Jeopardy?

    tiroka03 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to be mean, but I worked with an addicted charge nurse. I was brand new on the job when the drugs started missing. I looked like the culprit, and management was looking at me awfuly...

  5. taking priviledges away

    tiroka03 replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure of everything that led up to this. As the upper management which agrees that night shift only can not have these priviledges, are not around during nights. My quesse is weak...

  6. Futile Care. Dead is dead.

    tiroka03 replied to Trauma-tizedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a very difficult time with DNR. When a person signs a DNR form, why then don't we abide by it. It seems to me, it should be a personal decision, not a community one. When my mom's time to...

  7. I get so stressed during check-offs!!

    tiroka03 replied to kcrn2b's topic in General Students

    it will continue on into real life nursing. I did a manual bp hearing much lower pressure than my superviosr. Turns out she was hearing kirshchiffs sounds. Another reason is that your hearing may...

  8. Asperger's Syndrome

    tiroka03 replied to michelle95's topic in Pediatric

    I have two kids with this. This first is in college. The reason I state this first, is that it can be a pretty scarey and long process getting through grade school, Jr. high and high school with...

  9. How do you single moms find night shift care?

    tiroka03 replied to Nursesuzi's topic in General Nursing

    One more thing, for when your kids are a bit older. We now live in an area that you can't see into our garage from the street. So, I have rigged up my garage as a gym and my sunroom as a living...

  10. How do you single moms find night shift care?

    tiroka03 replied to Nursesuzi's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started working nights, I had two children ages 8 and 16. We lived in an apartment building. The next door neighbor whose our living room wall connected to were available to help if...

  11. Prison Or Work

    tiroka03 replied to nursebedlam's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl:

  12. Sudden improvement before death?

    tiroka03 replied to nursnancy's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Two days before my mom died, she became very alert. She knew she was dying, because she had made the decision to refuse a blood transfusion that would extend her life. It was her birthday, she...

  13. The Nightshift is getting to me!!!

    tiroka03 replied to HannasMom's topic in General Nursing

    Seems for me, working nights and summer make for hard times. My kids are home from school, so I don't sleep as much. It's hot and humid and we don't have air conditioning. That robs quality and...

  14. arrogant nurses

    tiroka03 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As far as helping the aides, for me it's not a matter of my title. It's a matter of time. Too much work, too little time. Have to make

  15. caths.question

    tiroka03 replied to PCGrad06's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Most men are a piece of cake to cath, although the ones with enlarged prostates can be a little trying. Females come in a variety of places. If you can just find the place, it's easy. I have done...

  16. LPN student needing to vent about family

    tiroka03 replied to Nursing N 2004's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'll be starting my RN classes at Excellsior, and so begins round two. I just finished making out a job chart for everyone. It looks doeable. I've listened to everyones advice here and wil add it...

  17. arrogant nurses

    tiroka03 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I live for the day when an aid finishes nursing school and becomes an LPN. Then you hear that same aid who spouted anti nursing sloans, now in shock at how hard an LPN actually works. It is always a...

  18. arrogant nurses

    tiroka03 replied to Purple Princess's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    On my unit, I depend on my N/ar's. Of course I work with several different ones. There are the ones that believe I am there to assist them, I quesse they forgot to look at their title. In their...

  19. When the nurse has to leave because of an emergency

    tiroka03 replied to LPNtoBSNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    My dtr with a seizure disorder, called me screaming. She never reacts like that with a seizure. Her dad had just left to go shopping, and she was home alone for 1/2 hour or so. I could make it home...

  20. my D.O.N. frightens me

    tiroka03 replied to tiroka03's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for your replies. I do think it is a mixture of what you both have said. They are fazing out the LPNs for RNs in my facility. I actually love my job, and know even if everything goes...

  21. no more warning before inspections

    tiroka03 replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I've done an 180 degree turn in my thinking. I used to work in a hospital were we were held to very high standards. No one left our unit consitpated, dirty or a mess. We recieved pts in horrid...

  22. Am I overeacting???

    tiroka03 replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    You are right in your feelings. Trust in yourself. It would be nice if the '50's were to return, and we could all live like ozzi and Harriet. But fast forward to this decade, things are different...

  23. seasonal birth control pill- only 4 periods a year? healthy

    tiroka03 replied to Angela Mac's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds great to me

  24. LPN student needing to vent about family

    tiroka03 replied to Nursing N 2004's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Good for you. At this point it is all about survial. But, don't forget these skills, you'll need them in the

  25. no more warning before inspections

    tiroka03 replied to canoehead's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We usually have a pretty good idea when the inspectors are coming. Once a year, always at the hottest most humid time. Actually we do hear of state being in other facilities in our area, and know...