catlynLPN

catlynLPN

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  1. terminated

    catlynLPN replied to lynn0808's topic in General Nursing

    My opinion? You're better off not working there anyway. It's unfortunate that you are forced to leave by termination instead of on your own terms, but I wouldn't work for someone like that......it's...

  2. Smoking at Work.

    catlynLPN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    She's the trainee and she's deciding the break times already? I hate to think how she will be after she's finished with orientation. She probably will get very little work done, if any. I worked...

  3. have you used chemical restraint?

    catlynLPN replied to diamondmeadows's topic in General Nursing

    I work with developmentally and physically disabled people and it has to be very very bad before we are allowed to get an order for chemical restraint. They have other methods that are used before it...

  4. I'm sick of taking care of Room 505 !!!!

    catlynLPN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, that's only 5 years older than me. 5 years! It's sad how some people just let themselves get into such a sad shape at such a young age. There's a guy in the nursing home where I do a little part...

  5. Judging Nurses or Is It Just Me?

    catlynLPN replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I suppose she thinks people can give their services for free?? Did she ever stop to think that nurses don't get rich doing nursing, but they do have to eat and pay the bills?? What a jerk. They...

  6. Four C-Diff patients in one patient room - Yuck!

    catlynLPN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I was just wondering if the facility is a really old building? Didn't it use to be common in older buildings to have these 4 bed wards? The old old hospital building we have in my town, had some...

  7. I can smell poop...

    catlynLPN replied to Michelle123's topic in General Nursing

    I had a bad situation at work a few weeks back. The smell was just in my nostrils. I showered and washed my hair, threw my clothes in the washer, but I could still smell it. I put some Vicks vapo rub...

  8. Personal Hygiene...

    catlynLPN replied to Michelle123's topic in General Nursing

    Ain't that the truth...what do they say.."Ignorance is

  9. Things that gross me out....

    catlynLPN replied to 2shihtzus's topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering if you had found out how that happened. I was thinking that maybe he had contracted the maggots in a different fashion..... excuse if this is too gross, but I figured he must have...

  10. Personal Hygiene...

    catlynLPN replied to Michelle123's topic in General Nursing

    I wash, dry and use my paper towel to turn off the faucet and then open the door with my paper towel, tossing the towel in the trash can as I scoot out the door before it has time to close. I'm not...

  11. Personal Hygiene...

    catlynLPN replied to Michelle123's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just patients, either. I am appalled when I go to the ladies room, and I know another person is in the other stall. When they leave, I did not hear them stop at the sink to wash their...

  12. Reading a patients diagnosis

    catlynLPN replied to smurfet's topic in General Nursing

    It looks to me to be "Open Reduction Internal fracture of left femur". What is the first "Lt" for just before ORIF? Does the diagnosis have LT before and

  13. "NEVER Events"

    catlynLPN replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    That's right. And some residents won't stay in their wheelchairs either, and will get up and fall. LTCs or hospitals would just about to have one to one care for alot of residents and patients to...

  14. "NEVER Events"

    catlynLPN replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Unbelievable! So we'd better not make any mistakes.............not that we should be able to make them to start with, but good grief, we're only human and things do happen, and nurses can't...

  15. Double gloving

    catlynLPN replied to all_dressed_in_white's topic in General Nursing

    I frequently double glove, when I'm going to be in a quite messy situation. My facility has no policy for or against it. I just do it when I feel I need

  16. Crazy things patients say.....

    catlynLPN replied to RS0302's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't you just love to tell her, "Oh yes! I had to finish reading True Story!" {You know those little dirty magazines with love stories in

  17. Computer virus screes

    catlynLPN replied to suni's topic in General Nursing

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  18. Computer virus screes

    catlynLPN replied to suni's topic in General Nursing

    I have AVG, the free one. Has worked pretty good for me. I used to have McAfee but it didn't do the job like I was told it would do. I got viruses in my computer more than once and had it in the...

  19. Med Aides giving PRN meds

    catlynLPN replied to jacesmom2's topic in General Nursing

    I knew it! I knew we'd be hearing about a situation like this eventually. I don't have any advice for you, but as an LPN, I do not intend to take responsibility for med aides to pass meds. If a...

  20. Frustrated & tired of Waiting

    catlynLPN replied to MAmom81's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    There will probably be several that will drop out, so hang on! When I went to LPN school in 1974 we started out with about 30 and alot dropped out! We graduated with 8 nurses that

  21. Nasty co-workers

    catlynLPN replied to saphyre's topic in General Nursing

    My job had a toxic environment for many years, much of it due to the DON we had. She encouraged tattletaling on people, she wasn't fair in discipline to all nurses, some could get away with anything...

  22. I'm about the be *that* nurse

    catlynLPN replied to nursejohio's topic in General Nursing

    Are you serious???? The sheets were not changed for 4-5

  23. what is the best way to deal with belligerent patient?

    catlynLPN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Does he have family? Maybe the responsible party or wife needs to know what is going on and they could talk to

  24. Sibling Visitation Rules Exist For A Reason...

    catlynLPN replied to Sweeper933's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    In this day and age, where we have access to so much healthcare news, thru magazines, internet, people's personal physicians, health clinics, television, and only God knows what else, it makes me...

  25. Assaulted by patient... VENT

    catlynLPN replied to CeeKayRN's topic in Emergency

    If you filed a police report does that mean charges are being pressed? I hope so. That's ridiculous, that nurses get assaulted like that. I would press charges to the