RkfdNurse1 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing
So very sad. Thanks to Brian and this wonderful, encouraging group I made it through nursing school. So many times I was ready to quit but I would come here and time after time be reminded that I...
RkfdNurse1 replied to Sbrewster's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Sbrewster. Do what I did. You go to the kitchen and say "Hey, I have a resident that always wants coffee at 2 am or else he gets very upset. How can we get access to a coffee pot at the time of noc,...
ajjones1322.......Sounds like you would do much better back home in Chicago. Especially having Mom close by. I know there's a lot of job postings from over that
RkfdNurse1 replied to NurseCard's topic in Geriatric, LTC
So glad it may be over for you. However, you said.... "I'm terrified to talk to her because I know my documentation is probably bad, and she's going to call me on it." So you can prepare for future...
I returned to work from my weekend off. One of the patients was allowed out on an overnight pass and her meds were put into an envelope for the next days administration for family to give. The patient...
On Tuesday I checked into the Hospital @ 1100 for Surgery @ 1300, a Hysterectomy. All was great in pre-op. The nurses were awesome, even the Doc's performing my surgery and the anesthesiologist were a...
RkfdNurse1 replied to KarynicaRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC
The facility I work for is in the middle stages of being a Pioneer Movement facility. It is all based on what the residents choice is. They get up when they choose. Most are early risers and request...
don't know if this helps but my daughter helped me associate the word with something funny. for instance myo (muscle) was "oh me oh, oh myo oh, my muscles ache. it became fun learning and it really...
RkfdNurse1 replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor
You start walking down the halls and notice that every resident that has a bad case of sundowners are all up at 11 at noc. They are in the hallway trying their best to either hurt everything/everyone...