gentlegiver

gentlegiver ASN, LPN, RN

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  1. am I wrong?

    gentlegiver replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    As an LPN working in LTC/Rehab, I have to agree with everyone above. If the CNA had the patient in the shower room and was undressing the pt, then it would have been disrespectful to leave the...

  2. When is the best time to eat while working nights?

    gentlegiver replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

    I eat supper when I wake up at 5pm, eat a bowl of cereal around 2 or 3, then a light snack when I get home around 8Am. Haven't gained any weight (haven't lost ant

  3. When nursing staff ask for medications

    gentlegiver replied to dblpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Massachusetts is beyond insane. I have lived here all my life (short of a 9 month relocation to Florida) and have to say that here they do tend to go after the little stuff and ignore the big

  4. Do nurses still time tape the bag when hanging fluids?

    gentlegiver replied to Selene006's topic in General Nursing

    In the LTC/Rehab I work for, we were told to tape the bags. The reason is simple, what if the machine malfunctions & pumps the fluid in too fast? With the tape we can gauge at a glance if it's...

  5. Dealing with first loss of patient

    gentlegiver replied to broosevader's topic in General Nursing

    A bit of advise I heard years ago; When God places His hand on the patient's right shoulder, we must remove our's from the left one. We have no say in who lives or dies, second guessing our actions...

  6. Do you believe animals have a sixth sense towards death?

    gentlegiver replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    I too believe animals can sense illness & death. Have you ever entered a patients room and "smelled" something off in the air?? I have, and when I mentioned it to people I work with they say...

  7. Patient Abandoment

    gentlegiver replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, unless you give report to the Supervisor & she/he takes your floor. Or are you saying if you punch in do not get report/ take the floor. If you have not take report and accepted an assignment...

  8. Narcissistic Personality Disorder

    gentlegiver replied to grandmawrinkle's topic in General Nursing

    ROFL!!!! I hope it says something good, I have a few scrub sets like

  9. what can be done????

    gentlegiver replied to marielina85's topic in General Nursing

    Why in the name of AllNurses would your DON go after you for a pt's refusal to heed your warnings?? Can't say it enough!! Document, Document,

  10. do you care about your patients?

    gentlegiver replied to Rhee's topic in General Nursing

    In LTC it is a bit more difficult to draw the line between Nursing Care and heart felt feelings. I have a few patients who have no family members, get no visitors, no phone calls, no gifts on...

  11. looking back, are there courses that you thought were not necessary?

    gentlegiver replied to nowIamRN's topic in General Nursing

    We were required to take a course called 'Computers in Nursing". First day of class we learned how to turn the computer on. The average age of my classmates was 20 something. We actually knew more...

  12. what can be done????

    gentlegiver replied to marielina85's topic in General Nursing

    Residents may be old and not able to move well, but they still can figure out how to reach behind them, under the bed, onto the bedside stand, you name it to shut off the bed/chair alarms. Just keep...

  13. I reached a milestone last night.

    gentlegiver replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I wonder about the sanity of a group of people who become excited over foley insertions & people pooping. However as I am one of that group

  14. keep running away from jobs!

    gentlegiver replied to pn5437's topic in General Nursing

    Yolly, I'm glad you had a great day, you will still have the bad ones but at least you know now that they are not an everyday thing. keep going, I believe you will do

  15. Exploitation

    gentlegiver replied to runningwoman's topic in General Nursing

    Am I missing something here??? I don't see anything written by the OP about lawyers. That being said, I have to agree that unless you have it in writing that you would be promoted once you passed the...

  16. Did you always know you wanted to be a nurse?

    gentlegiver replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    Again, hands down, a resounding yes! I'll take the good, the bad & the ugly if it means I get to help one person feel better and not be so

  17. Did you always know you wanted to be a nurse?

    gentlegiver replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

    YES!!! I would always answer that I wanted to be a Nurse since I was too young to remember. I was a very clumsy child, I ended up getting stitches at least once every summer. I always remember those...

  18. more than nursing professionals wearing scrubs

    gentlegiver replied to wearingmanyhats's topic in General Nursing

    What did me in was when a patient was admitted into my LTC and the family brought in SCRUBS for the patient to wear!!! This patient was never involved in any profession that required scrubs, they...

  19. So ready to throw in the towel and it makes me sad...

    gentlegiver replied to FiduciaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Your manager told you that you needed to pick up your pace, how did taking on 5 more patients do that?? I would have consentrated on the patients I currently had and left the rest for the Nurses who...

  20. keep running away from jobs!

    gentlegiver replied to pn5437's topic in General Nursing

    Please!!! TO ALL NEW GRAD NURSES!!! It will take a minimum of 5 years before you feel confident in your chosen profession. This was told to me by our instructors in Nursing School. I have just...

  21. Conflict of interest, nursing family

    gentlegiver replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    I have never had a problem caring for family members or friends, however, I always inform them they have the right to refuse me in thier care & I will not hold it against them if they do. My Dad...

  22. Sick days in the US...and job security

    gentlegiver replied to pedicurn's topic in General Nursing

    I think Management should look into this supervisor, or at least give a break to the Nurses who try to get there during emergancy situations. Personally, I would just call out, doesn't seem worth...

  23. 10 Things to NEVER Say to a Nurse

    gentlegiver replied to mosaicism105's topic in General Nursing

    OH,

  24. Sick days in the US...and job security

    gentlegiver replied to pedicurn's topic in General Nursing

    I have found that most places give you 5 sick days, however, if you use 3 of them you stand the chance of getting written up. The good thing is that if you call out, and end up out for more then the...

  25. Nurse Finders not calling back

    gentlegiver replied to UniquelyMe1's topic in General Nursing

    I found Agencies are very slow right now, but they still advertise like crazy. Don't be surprized if when the market opens up again they will be calling