KaraLea

KaraLea LVN

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  1. Practical jokes at work

    KaraLea replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Not a practical joke, but at my last job we had a EMT that would give me a hard time. Just because the last patient of mine that she transferred screamed the whole 2 hour ride to the other hospital....

  2. nursing options after psych nursing??

    KaraLea replied to misseymac's topic in Psychiatric

    I worked LTC for 3 years, then Med/Surg for 2 1/2 years. I have been on a Psych unit for about 1 month now and loving it. Learning something new everyday. It is different from what I am used to,...

  3. Practical jokes at work

    KaraLea replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    OH and just an addition to that last one, While they were getting ready to move the "patient" to the bed, the ED nurses were giving "report"...98yr old, Uncontrolled DM, hx of Stroke and Heart...

  4. Practical jokes at work

    KaraLea replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    One slow night shift on Med/Surg, a couple of nurses from the ED came up to our unit with a covered body on a gurney (covered completly, including the head) saying "are you all ready for the...

  5. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

    KaraLea replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    When I was working Med/Surg, all of these drips were in the

  6. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

    KaraLea replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked all shifts, 8 and 12 hrs. Right now I am working 3p-11p at a Psychiatric hospital and have to say that here there is not as much to do on evenings and nights as there is on days, but my...

  7. What or who was your inspiration for becoming a nurse?

    KaraLea replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to say that my inspiration was my grandmother. She was a RN and even though she didn't work as a nurse after marrying my grandfather, I always wanted to be a nurse like her. I started...

  8. spooky spooky spooky

    KaraLea replied to babynurselsa's topic in General Nursing

    Love this thread...Here's my stories... My first job as a LVN was in a LTC and I remember when this one elderly woman died. She had been everybody's favorite and was a really sweet woman. A few days...

  9. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    KaraLea replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest gripe is that although they give us nurses little trinkets for nurse's day at that LTC facility, at least they gave us something. When it came time for Nursing assistant's day, they...

  10. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    KaraLea replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    One time when I was working LTC, our DON brought candy and flowers for the Day shift, Evenings and Nights got NADA...She also used to say that Days should get shift dif instead of eve or nights...

  11. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    KaraLea replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, while I'm at it, maybe I should plan my own birthday parties too! Actually, I have taken my own B-day cake to work with me. That way, I get the kind that I like and nobody gets the chance to...

  12. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    KaraLea replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    At my last job last year, we got badge holders with the hospital's name on it. A computer mouse pad with Toprol written on it that they had gotten from some rep, a little plastic baggie of bandaides...

  13. what does TID mean?

    KaraLea replied to thisnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Here, TID is 0800, 1300,