DF-LPN

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1. Help Wanted- Asking the Night Shifters for Advice

   DF-LPN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

   I loved working nights! Can't wait to go back. When I was on nights I kept my same schedule even on my days off. I treated working nights like ppl who worked days. I would get home and do my...

2. What Freaks You Out?

   DF-LPN replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   I have seen this before, looks like a hot dog that exploded in the

3. Workplace Sayings

   DF-LPN replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

   When someone act surprised about lack of staff, supplies, or any of the thousands of c/0 everyone mutters, I always ask, What, are you new here? I can be quite sarcastic at times,

4. Workplace Sayings

   DF-LPN replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

   We all suffer from anal darkness every now and then! Some more then others

5. Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios

   DF-LPN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   The 1:4 or 1:5 really doesn't matter because they find ways around it. I worked for a facility that literally broke it down to seconds. It was nothing to go into work and there would only be 2...

6. Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios

   DF-LPN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   In MI for midnights in LTC is 1:15, but it doesn't differentiate btwn Nurse and

7. Christmas Gift Ideas?

   DF-LPN replied to Katillac's topic in General Nursing

   This year I gave my cenas those fuzzy aloe infused footies, a couple of ink pens, and these lg marshmallows to put in hot coco. Got it all from Wally world. Wal-Mart has these mini cast iron pan...

8. Gross Things Patients Do

   DF-LPN replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

   This happened to one of my cena's: I had a res that was constantly putting her hands on and in her hoohaa every time staff changed her brief. So cena was talking to the res while changing the brief,...

9. Questioning a doctors order

   DF-LPN replied to MrsJt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   First and foremost that is your license, and like so many of us, sacrificed time away from families, your sanity, and possibly your liver from all the Tylenol you took. Spent hard earned money that...

10. Tell on yourself, if you dare...

    DF-LPN replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe not a mistake? When I was an aide I was orienting a new girl and I sent her to get vitals on a res and she came back and said she couldn't hear her BP, said sometimes she has a hard time...

11. T-shirt Sayings

    DF-LPN replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    Keep Calm and Poop! It's actually on a button pin that I have pinned on my purse. I get alot of comments on it,

12. How can you neglect a patient and live with yourself?

    DF-LPN replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    This may be a little long but please bare with me. I have worked LTC for 25+ years as both a NA and a Nurse. I'm not condoning any of the neglect you mention, nor attacking you in anyway. I'm just...

13. Funny ways little kids describe how babies are born

    DF-LPN replied to shhhh's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not a "Where babies come from" but pretty darn close. My ADON was telling us that when she was pregnent with her 2nd, I think. She was due anyday and her husband had to go scout a game and he was...

14. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    DF-LPN replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From staff when they tell me I'm no fun and this one I have said LOL See my paycheck stub it show payment for: NURSING/Staff and NURSING/Charge......no where does it show payment for: NURSING/Being...

15. New Grads Today v. New Grads From Years Ago

    DF-LPN replied to sj73201's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Part 1 I've been a nurse for over 20yrs in LTC and I agree with all the other "experienced" (ummm euphemism for old?) patients are sicker, they're stay in the hosp is shorter also. When I started as...