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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...

  16. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    DF-LPN replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Originally Posted by lovemydeano A few years ago, I was working on a rehab floor and we ended up getting a quite elderly woman, I'll call her "Greta." One day the CNA who was assigned to her came...

  17. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    DF-LPN replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    FINALLY!!!!! a bed alarm with a sense of humor!!!!! We have these new motion sensor bed alrams........and LMAO they play the theme to Crime

  18. The correct way to send a patient out to the hospital...

    DF-LPN replied to lvnnars1's topic in General Nursing

    Anytime I've sent a res out with SOB and o2 sats below 90%, the ambulance comes lights and siren, no matter if you call 911 or non emergency. Tha ambulance companies, weather I was working in Detroit...

  19. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    DF-LPN replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    6AM, a res asked one of my CNA's if she could get him in the shower because he had a Dr's appt @ 9am. He is a SBA with min assist to wash backside so my girl said yes. While res was undressing,...

  20. Bedside shift reporting, Do your facilities do it?

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

    I also work LTC, and we no longer do this as it is a direct violation of HIPPA. Got sitation for doing report in hallways on walking rounds with oncoming shift. The cena's still do walking rounds,...

  21. The single best piece of advice you've gotten/gave

    DF-LPN replied to HumorHeals22's topic in General Students

    The best advice I got was, be willing to learn anything. If there is something going on that you have not seen or done before then ask if you can help or just watch, you can learn alot buy just...

  22. Is It Possible An LPN Can Make More Then An RN?

    DF-LPN replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    How much money I make is no ones buisness but mine, so I never discuss my wages. I very nicely explain that to anyone who asks me. I worked at this one facility who hired 2 LPNs with a year or less...

  23. Factory worker one day ... nurse the next?

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

    I stoped at the gas station the other day and the lady behind the counter was asking me questions about nursing and cena. She wanted to know what the difference was between nurses and cenas, how hard...

  24. What Freaks You Out?

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

    Did not see this but heard about one of our CENAs walking in and seeing a lady giving a bj to a male res with an indwelling

  25. What Freaks You Out?

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

    OFF topic: I had a diabetic lady with a wound under her breast and the whole breast fit inside this wound, and this was no small breasted women either. deff a DD size. Amazingly it healed, never...