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  1. Mandatory On Call???

    catlynLPN replied to truern's topic in General Nursing

    They are just starting to make us sign up for mandatory on call on my job. We are severely short staffed. We've had several retirees, one LPN resigned, another didn't show up for 3 days and therefore...

  2. The Most Hard Working Shift- Day Or Night Shift?

    catlynLPN replied to TPS360's topic in General Nursing

    I have always been a night nurse, because I did not want the pace of dayshift. I know days is terribly busy, but nights has its own set of problems, too. I do try to do some things at night that I...

  3. Other Nurses/Other Shifts Not Doing Their Part?

    catlynLPN replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sidenote - my rule of thumb is to quit if your so miserable you think about work constantly at home. Once my fiancee start commenting on how I complain about work constantly - it's time to...

  4. Other Nurses/Other Shifts Not Doing Their Part?

    catlynLPN replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am nightshift. I work in a LTC part time, about 3 days per pay period. What you describe, I find also. Supplies are never on the cart. I make trips back to the med room looking for stuff. It...

  5. License renewal question (Other RNs in CA respond!)

    catlynLPN replied to Inland18mempiree's topic in California Nursing

    Your best bet is to ask your state board of nursing, and don't rely on any answer but

  6. Another thread on lazy CNAs

    catlynLPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ok, first off.....I know not all CNAs are lazy. Those who are lazy know who they are and if they are lazy or not, so if you are a CNA and you are not lazy then this does not apply to you or to others...

  7. Nurses digging in laundry barrells???

    catlynLPN posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Got a notice today from administration, that trash products are being placed in the laundry barrels before the barrels are pushed out to the laundry, at the end of each shift. They are trying to make...

  8. Nurses digging in laundry barrells???

    catlynLPN replied to catlynLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for all the replies. I have to work there this weekend, 7p-7a, Sat. and Sun. I'm going to tell the aides, when I get there, to make sure they separate the trash from the laundry. I do not...

  9. New Employee taking my shifts

    catlynLPN replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    I apologize. I don't want you or anyone to think I was trying to hijack your thread. I should not have posted about my problem in your thread. Again, I

  10. MA or LPN?

    catlynLPN replied to MooreDiva's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Is the MA program for like office work or is it like assisting the doctor in his office? Personally, I would go with the LPN, because that is a better stepping stone to an RN program in your future....

  11. New Employee taking my shifts

    catlynLPN replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    Is this a LTC you're working in? I work a LTC part time in addition to my regular job, and I can only work there on my days off on the regular job. And yes, they do me like they're doing you, too....

  12. Am I right that these things scare me enough to quit.`

    catlynLPN replied to OldMareLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a LTC part time 2-3 days every 2 weeks, in addition to my regular job. I work 7p-7a. Alot of what you say is true, but I do the best I can. I don't stop my med pass until it's finished,...

  13. LPN working as CNA

    catlynLPN replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've filled in once as a CNA. The RN's have filled in alot, in my LTC. They don't usually pass meds or anything of that nature, but I love having them on the floor when I'm working, cause I know the...

  14. what to do when a PEG comes out

    catlynLPN replied to fusster's topic in General Nursing

    I have also had experience with these peg tubes and we were inserviced on what to do if a peg came out, upon our first patient having this procedure. Foleys are what you do. A small one is better...

  15. Need to vent (over a very petty issue)

    catlynLPN replied to Trophywife81's topic in General Nursing

    Well, she better to learn to deal with it. And GET OVER it. Let me tell you all what happened to me the other morning......and I had to deal with it and GET OVER it. I work in a LTC, nights. The...

  16. Can I put my hands in your hair?

    catlynLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever been asked, "Can I put my hands in your hair?" At work, the other day, I was asked just that. A CNA said, "Your hair is so gray and shiny and looks so soft. Can I just put my hands in...

  17. Can I put my hands in your hair?

    catlynLPN replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I didn't know this would generate so many responses. But, no, my hair is short. I wear it neck length, in a pageboy type. It's just long enough to get a curling iron around the ends and turn it...

  18. The personal questions patients ask - sorry need to vent

    catlynLPN replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    I think when the questions start coming and get too personal you should just say, point blank, that your personal life is off limits and you're not going to discuss it with them. You can be friendly...

  19. Getting Percocet thru a Port-a-cath!!!!

    catlynLPN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry................I misread the OP. You gave her the percocet and she crushed it and administered it thru the port..... the patient did herself. I see now. You failed to watcher her swallow...

  20. Demented Residents & Funny Comments

    catlynLPN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This comment didn't come from a lol, but came from a person with MR. {I work in a facility that cares for MR and physically handicapped.} So one day, a tour group of a preacher and several ladies...

  21. Do you think there will be a nursing "draft" someday?

    catlynLPN replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    I've read of it being done in countries overseas, maybe Holland, or Switzerland, I'm not sure. I could be wrong on that, and it's been quite a while since I read the article, so don't take this as...

  22. Do you think there will be a nursing "draft" someday?

    catlynLPN replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't see any such drafting of people to become nurses happening at all. What I see happening, and it already is in some countries, is legalizing euthanasia. That would decrease the need for...

  23. I had just had it with my job!!!(long)

    catlynLPN replied to OklaLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Take this job and shove it! I ain't working here no more! Good for you, girl! LPNs have feelings, too, and get tired just like them

  24. Horizontal violence is ruining my unit

    catlynLPN replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    It's the same way where I work, but I work in a small place, there are no other floors or departments for me to move to. I have to stay there 7 more years to get my retirement in before i can say I...

  25. So Mad I Could Just SCREAM.......

    catlynLPN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like the media needs to get ahold of this. I'd be calling my local TV stations and tell them what's going on. Ask them to send someone to do an investigation into it. It sounds