adrienurse LPN

Member

  • Content

    1,275

  • Visitors

    16,756

  • Followers

    1

  • Likes

    12

All Content by adrienurse

  1. adrienurse

    Nursing Home Snacks

    adrienurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm generally untrusting of whatever does not have a commercial package just because..... Know what I find? No matter who they are, whether they have teeth or not -- toast is always the
  2. adrienurse

    Family not visiting? Common?

    adrienurse replied to -Midget-'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well there are the ones that just can't because of time committments and geography. Then there are the ones who don't come because they just can't cope with
  3. adrienurse

    I freaked out

    adrienurse replied to beautifulb's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, one day I'm going to go completely mental on one of those floor polisher machines. Just pound the fricken tar out of it. This is one of my fantisies. Get out of the way if you see me running...
  4. adrienurse

    Dry hands

    adrienurse replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree, it's good
  5. adrienurse

    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    adrienurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Wow scary
  6. adrienurse

    putting the squeeze on the nursing staff

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    deleted
  7. adrienurse

    putting the squeeze on the nursing staff

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    :banghead:
  8. adrienurse

    putting the squeeze on the nursing staff

    adrienurse replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    deleted
  9. adrienurse

    Best Underwear to wear under scrubs??

    adrienurse replied to Rn2bKatie's topic in General Nursing

    White gitch goes with white pants. They will show, but what are you trying to do, pretend you're not wearing underwear? Skin tone does solve the VPL problem by making them invisible. The best cut is...
  10. adrienurse

    Nurse Uniform Study: All Opinions Welcome!!!

    adrienurse replied to koala15's topic in General Nursing

    I think people are coming the the realization that uniforms of the past were not practical and restricted movement. In my books, the fabric needs to be lightweight, breathable and durable to washing....
  11. adrienurse

    infant loss- keeping baby in room

    adrienurse replied to tinyscrafts's topic in Ob/Gyn

    my m-i-l is on the committee to build a grieving room in her NICU. I htink it's so important to the dignity of the parents. Apparently there's a lot of pressure sometimes not to offend the...
  12. adrienurse

    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    adrienurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Just remembered another I had a resident on my LTC unit whose husband was in a wheelchair because of a stroke (but who still lived independantly in the community). He was visiting her in the evening...
  13. adrienurse

    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    adrienurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    more sad stories here. I'm not trying to pick on aides but I don't usually get to work with anybody but them so I don't have a lot of nurse stories. I walk on a unit during my coffee break (it was...
  14. adrienurse

    Male Nursing Forum Reminder

    adrienurse replied to Brian's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think I AM a male nurse in my head. I certainly don't relate to the female nurses I work
  15. adrienurse

    Falls (kinda long, sorry!)

    adrienurse replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you're being very very hard on yourself. We are nurses and there are only somethings that we're able to control. We cannot stop all falls, and we cannot force people to take our advice or...
  16. adrienurse

    The moon in August

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I don't know, I've been a nurse during the worse nursing shortage in years but this pas August just took the cake. Was it just me? We were working soooo short all the time. Usually it's just the...
  17. adrienurse

    Dry hands

    adrienurse replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, this the season. I have tried so many lotions and creams that people swear by- they either so nothing or I have an allergic reaction. My current favorite seems to be Aveeno. I usually use the...
  18. adrienurse

    What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    adrienurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    You people are raising my blood pressure. Okay, well there was the aide who wanted to wash everyone in the morning using the same pail of water (she had an old icecream pail that she had found under...
  19. adrienurse

    How do you juggle nights and kids?

    adrienurse replied to NatalieGRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've can't manage to take care of MYSELF and work nights, I can't imagine having to take care of KIDS as
  20. adrienurse

    Residents up all night!!

    adrienurse replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeah, gotta love that. Do they want us to sit next to them and give them a poke every 5 minutes to keep them awake? :trout: Sadly the name of the game with the confused has to be individualized...
  21. adrienurse

    Residents up all night!!

    adrienurse replied to banditrn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    sounds familiar. Has this LOL been tested for uti's? Just checking. We have "Bed exits" here, which are sensors that tell us when the people who are "not with the program" get out of bed at night....
  22. adrienurse

    thanksgiving weekend

    adrienurse replied to muffie's topic in International Nursing

    Yeah I had to work the night shift stuffed full of turkey Saturday night. Thank goodness for
  23. adrienurse

    Geriatrics to NICU nurse, can this be done?

    adrienurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi I used to come to allnurses all the time (I lived here actually), but then fell off the wagon. I've been a geriatric nurse in personal care homes since I graduated from nursing school in 1998. I...
  24. adrienurse

    Where are you from?

    adrienurse replied to noworries's topic in Canada

    I live in Winnipeg MB. I'm a UofM grad for my BN. I'm currently taking continuing ed. classes from Algonquin College in
  25. adrienurse

    Where are you from?

    adrienurse replied to noworries's topic in Canada

    Yikes, must have hit you hard when the news was covering the shooting there.