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catlynLPN

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  1. Working while sick- what do you think?

    catlynLPN replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    The ADON didn't like it when I called in sick for tonight. She asked me, "Didn't you call in sick yesterday?" I told her, "No, you called me and asked me if I could work 4 hrs from 11 am to 3pm, and...

  2. Working while sick- what do you think?

    catlynLPN replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sick, now, too. I work 2 jobs and I'm calling into both of them. I don't feel good, got a runny nose, temp, achy, sneezing. I know I caught it from people on one job, but I feel I shouldn't...

  3. Mandatory Overtime

    catlynLPN replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Now that is how companies can get people to work overtime. If they would just "get it" into their heads, they would hardly ever be short. My job allows the nurses to work thru an "extra help"...

  4. Gossip from the Manager?

    catlynLPN replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in Nurse Management

    I made a decision long ago that these people were not going to run me off of my job....it's the best paying, best benefits state job in these parts and I wanted those benefits and retirement. I'm...

  5. Gossip from the Manager?

    catlynLPN replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in Nurse Management

    We used to have a very similar situation on my job. Alot of gossiping, back stabbing, tattletaling, and the nurse manager supported it and encouraged from her faverite few because she wanted them to...

  6. First Aid for Human Bites

    catlynLPN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    We deal with human bites in my facility just about everyday. I work with the MR. Our first aid is wash well with soap and water, keep it clean, apply TAO, and check to see if the person's TT is up to...

  7. If there were no CNAs...would that be a bad thing?

    catlynLPN replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    I did not say this was a problem in "general" with ALL CNA's, if you completely read my post you would see that I SAID, "I know that all CNA's are not like this. " Enough said. Thank you for your...

  8. If there were no CNAs...would that be a bad thing?

    catlynLPN replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    I wish it could get to be just RN's and LPN's. At the LTC I work in part time, I saw the whole shift of CNA's sit around the desk and do NOTHING except they did put the people to bed, but basically...

  9. Borrowing Narcs in LTC, ok?

    catlynLPN replied to rogle34's topic in General Nursing

    I do not borrow narcotics. It would cause too much confusion on the books. I just cannot be getting in trouble over narcotics. I might borrow something that is non-narcotic, but what aggravates the...

  10. AHA....lay people don't check for a pulse?

    catlynLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just took my AHA CPR course the other day. They are telling us that AHA does not teach "lay" people to check for a pulse. Instead they are taught to check for leg or arm movement that would indicate...

  11. "You put me and my unborn child's life at risk"

    catlynLPN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    If she is so worried about her and her baby's life being put at risk, then she better stay at home for the entire 9 months and not even go out to eat or to WalMart. A pregnant woman can pick up...

  12. My LTC facility is starting to Hire Med Techs

    catlynLPN replied to NC Girl BSN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, I hope the LTC I work for does not start this practice. If they do, then I may have to quit, if it comes to that. I do not intend to be held responsible for what med techs do or don't do. I...

  13. can LPN take verbal telephone orders?

    catlynLPN replied to mom4jesus's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We do on both of my jobs I work in. One is a traditional LTC facility, the other is licensed as a LTC, but is considered a type of school for developmental and physically challenged people, but, yes,...

  14. Puzzled.

    catlynLPN replied to Dempather's topic in General Nursing

    Tait It might be the facility's issue, but if the PTB never step up to the plate to correct the problem of not having enough staff, then it IS the problem of the ones who are there working. Whether...

  15. They finally did it. I got laid off.

    catlynLPN replied to AnabelRN's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Yep, time to move on. They'll soon find out they shouldn't have let all those nurses go, because the ones they did keep aren't going to put up with all those demands for such a piddly little...

  16. How much do you do for the next shift . .

    catlynLPN replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it's nice of you to stay and help, but you also could not help it that these orders came in at that time....at time for change of shifts. I thought this was a 24 hour job and why we have 3...

  17. What some Home health aides do while on the job

    catlynLPN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you ever heard of this??? I was shocked that aides would actually admit to doing this. The CNA's at my job, told me last night, as some of them also do some work in home health, that...

  18. What some Home health aides do while on the job

    catlynLPN replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. What a put down here. I don't know how to respond to you since I am the OP. But seems you couldn't resist the urge here, doesn't

  19. My embarassing moment re: doc and TO

    catlynLPN replied to CrazyFLBean's topic in First Year After Licensure

    He's just being a jerk. It's not your fault he talks like he has mush in his mouth. Just like their handwriting...who can read it??? some of them....not all, but a good portion of

  20. Special treament of a patient with money

    catlynLPN replied to jbp0529's topic in General Nursing

    Just a thought here, too...if she's paying for those services, then she should have a PRIVATE nurse, hired and paid for privately, not assigning handpicked staff to care for her. That doubles up...

  21. What some Home health aides do while on the job

    catlynLPN replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    But it's unethical. I've never worked in Home Health, myself, but I would bet a dollar to a do-nut that they would not approve and would have told the workers that sleeping is a No

  22. What some Home health aides do while on the job

    catlynLPN replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Sitting and watching TV with a patient to give them some company is one thing, if they need that and request it, but to actually sleep on the job, IMHO, is stealing and fraud. Some of the CNAs in my...

  23. Large med pass at 6 am!!!!!!

    catlynLPN replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    They do it at the LTC I work in part time. I work nights, either 7p-7a or 11-7a, and we are expected to help with their morning med pass in addition to what I have to give. I have all the blood sugars...

  24. Got my 1st butt chewing today - humiliating!

    catlynLPN replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just wondering why any nurse should feel or be made to feel it's her responsibility to worry about the doctor's schedule anyway. HE"S the one getting paid big bucks. Not saying that nurses...

  25. Patient Beats Up Nursing Staff Member

    catlynLPN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    The nerve of some folks....to think that they think they can just come into a healthcare facility and attack someone who is there to help them. I hope that idiot had to spend several days in lockup...