this is wonderful. what a wise, old person. someday we will all be there! when an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in north platte, nebraska, it was believed that he had...
greene replied to FutureNewYorker's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
I live in the Syracuse area, there is one hospital that I know hires LPN's. It is Community General. The others will also hire LPN's, but the jobs at the other hospitals are few and far between....
greene replied to NurseyTonyaLPN's topic in Nursing Humor
My mother always told my brothers that if the "peed" on the road, they would get a sty. When I was pregnant, my mother -in-law told me not to put my hands in cold water, it would make the baby...
When I was in nursing school, we were doing clinicals at a local hospital. This particular hospital has a lot of resident docs. After completing my rounds, one of these residents comes up to me and...
I have worked in family practice for over 5 yrs now, and I love it. There is always something new and different to learn. There is a great variety of pts and complaints. Some are mundane, some are...
Couldn't agree more. I too, am fair skinned, reddish hair, but my heart is full-blooded. I am very proud of all my ancestry, from Native to German, Irish to English. All of that is what made me what I...
You are far from fat!! I am not slender. I buy most of my scrubs at Burlington Coat Factory. They have really nice sets that start at around $12 for the toop and bottom, along with some real nice...
I think we can all, as nurses, relate to this. I have sat at the bedside of many patients as they passed from this life. Some go peacefully, some do not. As a nurse you can use those experiences to...
When I worked in LTC in a local nursing home, there were a few residents that told me they saw a tll man wearing a black coat and a top hat. The next day, one of the residents died. This happened...
Thanks for this post. Too many non natives are really naive when it comes to our people. They assume we all live in teepees, wear regalia around the house and say, "How". I can't even count the number...
I became a nurse because I took care of my mom when she was dying from lung cancer. She has a trach and no one in the family wanted to learn how to suction and clean it, so I volunteered. I went to my...