WYDiceDancer

WYDiceDancer

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  1. Corizon--Long hiring process?

    WYDiceDancer replied to Daisy30875's topic in Correctional

    I,too, work for Corizon in Wyoming and part of the delay from the state. In addition to checking your background for Corizon, you also have to pass a state background check for security clearance....

  2. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    WYDiceDancer replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    :yeah::yeah:

  3. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    WYDiceDancer replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    How nice for you that this works. Unfortunatly, most of the patients that came into my hospital (before I went back to corrections) were full of entitlement. There is nothing like worrying about...

  4. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    WYDiceDancer replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Love those "concerned" family members. The best part of correctional nursing is no call lights and ALMOST no families!!! "Calling the Governor" is my favorite, like the Governor would do

  5. LVN to RN's give me some advice!

    WYDiceDancer replied to David Offenbaker's topic in LPN to RN

    You worry to much. I worked in primarily LTC/AL for better than 10 years when I went back to the hospital via an agency and they usually asked for me over several other RN's. Since you are in school,...

  6. LPN to RN 1+1 program doesn't exist for experienced LPN's

    WYDiceDancer replied to Roozeyk's topic in LPN to RN

    Hey, congrats on finding it in you to go back for that old "RN" after so many years. I was an LPN for 16 years when I took the NCLEX for the second time (first time was paper and pencil so the whole...

  7. Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    WYDiceDancer replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    hey, canuckstudent, this thread is for ranting and venting so we don't say these things to docs and disrepect them to their faces. without places like this, the nursing profession would soon be...

  8. What I wish I had known...

    WYDiceDancer replied to Medic/Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    about nursing school? the only thing that most of the instuctors want to hear is "yes ma'am, no ma'am, i don't know ma'am and i'd love to learn that from you ma'am". if you find a really good, caring...

  9. Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    WYDiceDancer replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    On the same thread, I have a friend tell the administrator (when he ATTEMPTED to write her up for an imagined infraction)"You can take that and shove it up your @$$, and maybe on the way up it will...

  10. Too UGLY for Nursing?

    WYDiceDancer replied to showbizrn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some of the most shallow folks on this planet are the ones you find in a "church". Go ahead, flame away, but my experiences have been they shake your hand in the sanctuary and flip you off in the...

  11. Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    WYDiceDancer replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Remember telling the admitting nurse at the nursing home that you "don't have any standing orders"? THAT'S why you are getting the call at 0200 for Tylenol. Next time, think about it! ASK THE NURSE...

  12. Mind Boggling - Not going to graduation?

    WYDiceDancer replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    SO TRUE!! Years ago I had the instructor that was handing out the diplomas tell me AS SHE WAS HANDING ME MY SHEEPSKIN "We never thought you would make it through." With that hunk of paper firmly in...

  13. Mind Boggling - Not going to graduation?

    WYDiceDancer replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    Some people don't like to be in the spotlight, pure and simple. I've gone to MY graduations only because of family pressure, nothing more. When I got my LPN, pinning was during graduation, thank...

  14. What would you have said to this CNA

    WYDiceDancer replied to zofran's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've worked plenty of places that treat the CNA's like ambulatory chunks of gold and LPN's and RN's like dime a dozen pound mutts. Good luck on getting her out the door permanently. She's toxic and to...

  15. Any males out there tired of the drama?

    WYDiceDancer replied to HumptyDumpty's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Another female here to agree with the "to much drama" aspects of both nursing school AND nursing. Just be aware, that as long as you continue to be in a human business (vs building computers or...

  16. How far can a patient go?

    WYDiceDancer replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    This thinking is why nurses are treated badly today. Being sick is not a license to bully others. It's high time nurses expect professional treatment and quit letting docs, patients and the general...

  17. Does anyone here have a baby sitter if you work night shift?

    WYDiceDancer replied to BabyLady's topic in General Nursing

    Have you thought about "sharing" with someone that works your opposite nights? I don't have kids, but reliable child care is important to EVERYONE that works nights. Can't tell you how many times we...

  18. Afebrile, profuse diaphoresis, pleuritic pain: WHY?

    WYDiceDancer replied to Sterlink's topic in General Nursing

    Geriatrics present many times with atypical s/sx of infection, so your WBC's are your best

  19. Why do nurses take the fall?

    WYDiceDancer replied to Ploppers's topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time, when I worked in the hospital, I delegated other duties to the CNAs/techs and got my OWN vitals. I never wanted to be responsible for something so important without doing it myself....

  20. How far can a patient go?

    WYDiceDancer replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Press-Ganey scores! :flmngmd: Administrators are so afraid of getting even one bad survey, they give this type of patient anything they want, usually to the detriment of the facility,...

  21. Frustrated with new job

    WYDiceDancer replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I feel for you! About a million (or 18) years ago, I worked as an LPN in a AL/IL facility that had specific criteria for dealing with incontinence. If a potential resident was incont. they had to...

  22. Do Nurses have to do the following??

    WYDiceDancer replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    So THAT'S how C-diff gets spread, thanks for the clarification.

  23. Do Nurses have to do the following??

    WYDiceDancer replied to omgodzilla's topic in General Nursing

    "Do Nurses have to clean up after patients'? For instance, if a patient throws up all over themselves or poops on themselves, do Nurses have to clean them up? What is the most disgusting thing that...

  24. There's a Mousetrap In My Med Cart

    WYDiceDancer replied to 99percentangel's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    All this concern about the med pass times in LTC boil down to "to many medications". Now, that being said, is that to many meds to GIVE or just to many meds IN GENERAL? The buckets of pills that these...

  25. 38 year old Male. Former Recruiter wanting to go into nursing !

    WYDiceDancer replied to Kurt_Fl's topic in General Nursing

    Don't go to school together unless you are also looking to get a divorce. Nursing school is the most stressful thing you can do, and to have both partners doing it together is a sure recipe for...