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  1. Question for those of you who work in a LTC?!

    nursegoodguy replied to HNACAA's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    So you just got this job... Give yourself some time! You've got a lot of patients there also... my load is 30 max but have worked in facilities where I had 45 average and in another facility they'd...

  2. Today is my birthday...and I BOMBED my first test for the semester

    nursegoodguy replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Birthday! Don't worry... You'll be

  3. Today is my birthday...and I BOMBED my first test for the semester

    nursegoodguy replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Happy Birthday! Don't worry... You'll be

  4. I'm writing up the CNA at my LTC facility

    nursegoodguy replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC and I know the way I run the unit when "i'm on duty" is a little different than the way the other nurses run it when they are on duty... I would say that vitals by midnight is a good...

  5. I'm writing up the CNA at my LTC facility

    nursegoodguy replied to Blackcat99's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC and I know the way I run the unit when "i'm on duty" is a little different than the way the other nurses run it when they are on duty... I would say that vitals by midnight is a good...

  6. Outrageous Tuition for CNA Classes

    nursegoodguy replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    Some of those specialty schools that teach tech programs really do take advantage of people and most of the time they will try to get grant money or student loans to pay for the training. To become...

  7. A message to new grads: NEVER....

    nursegoodguy replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Never chart you'll notify the next shift to notify the doc! If you note a problem take the extra steps and assess it fully and call the doc

  8. Nurses wearing white

    nursegoodguy replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    Okay first of all I must be in a mood today... I don't want to quote anyone but, why do some people still refer to the nurse as "she" and the patient as "he"? You know that's getting about as old as...

  9. Nurse Bully?

    nursegoodguy replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    Usually a few of us other nurses take their name tag out back and burn it! They usually get fired not long afterwards... LOL Okay really has anyone tried talking to this person about their attitude?...

  10. I'm at a loss...4-year-old on nectar thick fluids

    nursegoodguy replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    I do apologize if I sounded condescending... I really didn't mean to. I know for myself I have a lot of people at work who almost on a daily basis have some medical thing with a child going on. I...

  11. Nurses wearing white

    nursegoodguy replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

    We have to wear white or if we wear anything else we have to have a lab coat on and CAN'T take it off until we are through with our shift! I don't really care what color I wear, if it's all white...

  12. I'm at a loss...4-year-old on nectar thick fluids

    nursegoodguy replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    If you google thickit you'll find online medical suppliers and what I saw was definitely not as expensive as what you

  13. I'm at a loss...4-year-old on nectar thick fluids

    nursegoodguy replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    That poor baby! As you already know be careful when giving advice and encourage them to seek out a better health care provider who will explain what is going on and can give them medical advice they...

  14. How many places do you document an order?

    nursegoodguy posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just sort of venting here and curious as to if anyone can add to this list. Okay suppose it is an order for routine pain med: So there's your initial assessment A call to the doc The T.O. MAR with...

  15. How many places do you document an order?

    nursegoodguy replied to nursegoodguy's topic in General Nursing

    Anyplace I worked that had a computer system meant you had to do all your hard copies plus extra stuff on the

  16. What Do You Want To Hear When Receiving Report?

    nursegoodguy replied to rebelwaclause's topic in General Nursing

    I work LTC... I made up a report sheet with everyone's name on it and included essential info such as who gets crushed meds, diabetics, thicken liquids... I don't really like going over everyone's...

  17. unfair floating!!

    nursegoodguy replied to Pamelita's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely I would complain that Whomever was deciding this was not being fair and would ask what sort of system they used to determine who got floated! No matter what my experience has always been...

  18. Are you afraid to approach minority staff members? WHY?

    nursegoodguy replied to LasVegasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Why do I find these things when I have to start getting ready for work! Okay, just two minutes... Where I live/work the majority of people are either hispanic or native american. We have two black...

  19. Should Nurses attend patient funerals

    nursegoodguy replied to Hayden's topic in General Nursing

    I have never attended any patients funerals... I have been right there until the end for many of them and feel that something spiritual was happening as they took their last breath. No funeral could...

  20. how to reduce the smell?

    nursegoodguy replied to Tookie's topic in General Nursing

    Be sure all soiled linens etc are bagged in the room before they are taken through the hall. Keep all soiled linen carts emptied and off the hall. Fresh air is nice, (I have never worked in a facility...

  21. How many of you married doctors?

    nursegoodguy replied to JHUnurse's topic in General Nursing

    On second thought, I see a linen closet in someone's

  22. How many of you married doctors?

    nursegoodguy replied to JHUnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Now there are other ways of living in NYC... I'll tell you how I did it for a year back in the 80's... Well I met this girl named Jackie. She invited me to join the religious cult that she was a...

  23. Showing up at work smelling of alcohol

    nursegoodguy replied to srtrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    A drunk driver caused me to break 3 vertebrae two years ago and I still have back pain every minute of every day! My patients mean too much to me to risk their safety to some drunk! If it was that...

  24. letter of reprimand-help!!

    nursegoodguy replied to prnlpn's topic in General Nursing

    You mean all of a sudden the doc wasn't going to uphold the t.o. to the pharmacy so he wasn't going to treat the patient? Somebody at that pharmacy must've talked to the doc? Sounds like your x has...

  25. Sick call policy

    nursegoodguy replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    Sorry to sound like a mercenary but money talks! Hey I would love to be able to do good deeds just because I like helping people but the bottom line is where I work is what makes my house payment and...