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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 would make it. RIP Brian......we all owe you a debt of...

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, or is it possible for you to order instant coffee w...

Not sure how it is where you work, but here in my State, the State folks NEVER come during the night shift. We never see them before 7am.

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 way!!

If per diem nurses here in town are cancelled they must be cancelled at least 4 hours before the start of their shift or they are paid 4 hours for the inconvenience.

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 issues, perhaps now is a good time to brush up on yo...

Yes Caffein...if you were covered at the time stated in the lawsuit, then you are certainly covered. It doesn't matter that you aren't covered now.

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 came back early with the extra meds intact. I was...

See I told you Nurses weren't Human. No human can put up with all that crap and still keep smiling!!!

Amen Grn Tea!!!! Finally someone who makes sense!! Thank You.

Without a doubt......VivaLasViejas. I LOVE everything she writes!!!!

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 barrel of laughs. Off to surgery I went without a...

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 to be OOB starting @ 6:30 a.m., but we have others ...

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 helped this old girl!

very well said tanyam73. it has always been so much easier to stand on the sidelines watching (paramedic), than it has been to actually be in the game (nurse). imho

LOL Morte

Iris.....working in LTC we get orders to send poop all the time. For us it means send patient out on pass. Even better the Dr. with really bad handwriting will send an order to send poop rip even though it should say send poop wrp. Send patient out o...

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 around them, or they have decided that they have ...

Fresh out of school I worked with special needs kids. I loved, loved, loved working with them. I got experience in trachs, tubes and tempers!! LOL But unfortunatly the politics got to be so overwhelming I had to leave for my own sanity. I ended up i...

Drsg CDI= dressing clean, dry and intact

Thanks to all who responded with a wild, witty or hilarious response. This has been so much fun reading and made my day. To those of you on the holier-than-thou soapbox, I see the 80-90 yr old version of you everyday. You are my geriatric resident si...

Illinois Rockford LTC Facility 59 patients: 1 nurse:bugeyes: Noc shift (11-7)

All I want for Christmas is for all my fellow nurses to get along. Instead of sitting around complaining about the nurse on the previous shift and "what an idiot she is" I would really love it if everyone worked together for the good of the residents...

Absolutely YES, get malpractice insurance!!! I had been a nurse for over a year when a fellow nurse stopped me in the hallway and asked me what I thought about the whole lawsuit business. When I asked "what lawsuit business" she gasped and said "foll...