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  1. Weight loss in Nursing

    bluegeegoo2 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have generally been a larger nurse through most of my career, though not all of my life. My current motivation for weight loss is not purely aesthetic anymore. I take care of people daily who are...

  2. Impossible Family Member

    bluegeegoo2 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I currently have a family member who is impossible to please. No matter what I or the other nurses do, we are always questioned. Not only are we questioned, she drills nurses about what other nurses...

  3. I Hope No One Hires You

    bluegeegoo2 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's a well run facility and a good place to work. Staffing ratios are better than average. Management is supportive and believe in educating/re-training before disciplinary action. The staff that...

  4. I Hope No One Hires You

    bluegeegoo2 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have CNA's who do that routinely. No call/no show and refuse to answer the phone. Gee. Then we have the PRN nurses who refuse to work my hall. So, when we have our at least weekly call off (usually...

  5. Impossible Family Member

    bluegeegoo2 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    He actually ended up passing, but at the time of the original post he was quite alert, oriented, and stable. In fact, he passed from an acute illness unrelated to his hospice

  6. Weight loss in Nursing

    bluegeegoo2 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess what I'm trying to get at is that as nurses we care for others mind/body/spirit but tend to neglect our own. Then along comes well meaning people who feel food rewards are the way to go and...

  7. Weight loss in Nursing

    bluegeegoo2 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm doing pretty well with my diet, having lost 76 lbs in about 14 months. It's just that at work it gets crazy/stressful (no kidding, huh? Lol) and I'm caught off guard by the goodies at times. I'll...

  8. Why do people don't like it when we send resident out?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to ChampRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Some nurses, believe it or not, get their ego bruised because they didn't get to be the "hero" and send someone in need to be treated. In the last facility I worked in, a nurse found a resident on the...

  9. I'm stuck w/ a LTC patient who has Munchausen's

    bluegeegoo2 replied to AnonymousDeleted's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Jeez. Sounds like my mother. :) (Whom of which I have "diagnosed" with Narcissistic Personality Disorder.) Very, VERY attention seeking. She makes mountains out of mole hills, (especially when it...

  10. Need to vent!

    bluegeegoo2 replied to NurseQT's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have worked for facilities that will care plan certain resident's to end up on their floor mat and not consider it a fall. Their alarms must be on, in place and functioning, the bed must be in the...

  11. Impossible Family Member

    bluegeegoo2 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Isn't it a sad state of affairs that some resident's/family members are so difficult that it illicits the "fight or flight" response in us? I love what I do, and take personal satisfaction in helping...

  12. State Surveyors

    bluegeegoo2 replied to jessicaRN32's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The worst experience I have had, hands down, was when State and Feds entered for survey. Dear. God. I was taken to "the room" with 4 State and 2 Feds and a State Surveyor drilled me for 45 minutes on...

  13. Just an LPN...

    bluegeegoo2 replied to addylpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My favorite is when someone looks at my name badge and says, "Oh. You're just an LVN. (Usually with "that look" on their face like they're trying to figure out what that road kill was prior to meeting...

  14. How important is your 'look' as a nurse

    bluegeegoo2 replied to Nola009's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    In LTC it seems most nurses are hired for their experience + overall appearance. Appearance counts, but they don't seem to be looking for the next Miss America. Take me for example. I am overweight,...

  15. I had my first breakdown only 2 weeks into being on my own.

    bluegeegoo2 replied to mr cooper's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If it helps any, I cried plenty my 1st few months as a nurse in a SNF, and intermittently since then. I felt (and still feel on occasion) that I was trying to juggle chainsaws on a treadmill that was...

  16. Completely Overwhelmed!!

    bluegeegoo2 replied to JSummers2014's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Identify one problem at a time and implement the correction. Allow a bit of time for the change to solidify then on to the next problem. "Fixing" systems is a marathon, and requires patience. Good...

  17. What's With the "Poop"?

    bluegeegoo2 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Every day, without fail, a resident's family member comes to me at 5:05 p.m. (give or take a minute or 2) to tell me "Well, Daddy says he has to poop!" This after she strolls past the dining room full...

  18. Dallas, TX LVN Job Hunt!

    bluegeegoo2 replied to RESCUE_NINJA13's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have 6 years of experience and moved to the Austin area in November. I had put in at least a dozen applications online with no results prior to moving. As soon as I moved here, I made rounds of...

  19. How much orientation did you get as a new grad Lvn?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to mandaq4's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I had 3 days as a brand new nurse, one of which was spent with a very short - tempered nurse who barely acknowledged my existence and didn't bother answering any questions I

  20. Guilt over saying no to overtime

    bluegeegoo2 replied to Richard 1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I feel a twinge of guilt that stems from loyalty to my residents. However, I am acutely aware that the facility ran just fine before I got there and certainly won't shut down because I choose to...

  21. LPN Starting pay in your area?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to mfigueroa22's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Same pay scale in the Austin area. There seems to be plenty of LVN jobs posted, and lots of facilities who are not posting. My last facility is down 4 nurses and they hire new grads. Those jobs are...

  22. Social Media

    bluegeegoo2 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    The closest policy I have seen involving social media is that we had to sign a form banning us from posting anything "derogatory" about the facility/corporation that employed us. If we did and...

  23. if you hate nursing, what would you rather do instead?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to ceccia's topic in General Nursing

    I always wanted to be a palentologist/archeologist. I LOVE digging up fossils and the like, and the ways of life of ancient societies fascinate me to no end. When I was a little girl, I would go down...

  24. Should I find a new job asap?

    bluegeegoo2 replied to Kaysmom8's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Many times I have come onto shift only to end up sending someone out within the hour. And many times someone has "gone bad" at shift change. It's easy to say that the last shift missed the signs, or...

  25. Confused with Charting

    bluegeegoo2 replied to ChampRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    On non - skilled residents you usually chart on those who have had recent falls, skin tears, bruises, other injuries, on antibiotics, new meds, med changes, changes in condition, new behaviors, old...