alwaysthere replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing
Nursing is deadlines... Things have to be done at certain times...or another human being could be harmed. Nursing is taking responsiblilty for ones own actions because we are also responsible for our patients. If you are really serious about this (an...
well im a confirmed 3-11 shift person i hate working any other shift, I am not a morning person, I will usually go to bed at about three or four in the am ...after coming home from work at 11....cleaning ...cooking for the family and checking email/d...
alwaysthere replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing
I havent gotten to the point where i tell my co-workers im going to go pretend to be a smoker now..and i will step off the floor... usually outsde and just breath the freah air for about five minutes....i do this about twice a night...especially if w...
Would you like me to write one? Also i was also prez of my class when i did it and gave out little bottles of hand lotion and purell everyone loved it.
We chart with a program that was designed for caregivers who speak minimal english..it has little pictures and you have to go through hoops to record any relevant information..I hate it
alwaysthere replied to fab4fan's topic in Activism
Sigh..... Just another slight to nurses My facility has a different way to deal with this... We do use a lot of agency But when one of the reg staff wants to pick up some ot they just go to scheduling and tell her they can pick up some shifts at such...
alwaysthere replied to fab4fan's topic in Activism
Sigh..... Just another slight to nurses My facility has a different way to deal with this... We do use a lot of agency But when one of the reg staff wants to pick up some ot they just go to scheduling and tell her they can pick up some shifts at such...
there is only one chance in life to do many things ..things that you will regret doing or not doing when the moment has passed....follow your heart and you nursing judgment... There have been many times when a family has invited me to the funeral pro...
alwaysthere replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing
At my facility the nurses and aides are the only ones recognized during nurses week and Nursing is the only dept that has a facility wide/sponsored week.....Other depts put on there own recognition programs independantly....However handing out little...
alwaysthere replied to parklandtrauma's topic in General Nursing
I do agree... Does one see lawyers wearing something that looks like their childrens pyjamas? Does one see paramedics wear cartoons as part of their uniform? Point being that the nursing proffesion seems to be the only one that thinks its ok to wear...
alwaysthere replied to Chiaramonte's topic in General Nursing
sigh N. Va totally shuts down when they see a snow flake.....southerners.....volunteer driver picked me up ...worked till i needed sleep...slept and did it all over again....back home now...going to make peace with my bed....
Only know two dr/dr prs and the practice in different specialties and in different hospitals from one another...Most of the physicians here are married...and the others seemingly have no interest or girlfriends in different proffesions...The few pers...
alwaysthere replied to BuffaloLPN's topic in General Nursing
I have long dark wavey hair...and keep it up even out side of work..@ work usually wear it in a bun..or twist or braide it a then twist it up...on rare occasions i braid it and leave it down
alwaysthere replied to tattooednursie's topic in Humor
Ok OK ........THe other night at work an aide from another unit was showering a patient..pt had tarry stool while in shower....so the transfer sling had to be removed as there was no other way to clean her otherwise...so some of us from our floor had...
3rd...take some time off asap!......and make sure when you do it is OFF...none of this oh ive got to do this and that and fix this or that cuz im off.....just focus on healing your self....and know your family here cares for you
alwaysthere replied to ShortFuse_LPN's topic in General Nursing
THANX! You really dont know how much someone treating us as if we were human and intelligent means to us. Unfortunatly it is rare. And a lot of critisism is heaped upon the group as a whole ...when in fact only a few are deserving of i...
We will only get as much ___ as we will take. We will only get weaker if we continue to fight with one another. If we dont put away our petty differences and join in a common goal we will be pushed around any way the managment/ government ...
For me its when Ive got a post op starting rehab...being able to tell them what the heck happened to them and what is going to be going on next...teaching them the little tricks for pain managment and how to move and do things again...and seeing them...
A nurse is a nurse is a nurse......last time i checked they didnt have a nclex -male nclex -female ....just rn and lpn....As long as the Nurse is proffesional and competent there is no problem