BuffaloLPN

You can work here and live there, you just have to explain that you are going to work everytime you cross the border. My family does it, but they are Canadian citizens and work in the US. The Passport thing won't take effect for another year or so. ...

I have been working as a nurse for ~8 yrs and I just cried the other day (starting a new job)! I was so nervous, felt like I should know everything already- as did the preceptor- and I totally lost it. Cried like a baby! Hope you can picture me cry...

I would love opinions on this one- Yesterday hubby wakes me and tells me he hurt his back. He is lying on the floor and can't move without 10/10 pain. How he got up the stairs I have no idea. This is unusual for my very stoic, it never hurts THAT bad...

Yes, we were taken into the back. It's not a problem waiting to be seen by doc, I was just upset that nobody(nurses) ever came back to check on him. I couldn't have gotten a nurses attention unless I went strolling around the department, which I thou...

Thanks for your response. I struggle with the fact that during resp season, I look at all the people coming into our ER and think- can't these freaks just take some tylenol and stay at home? It was hard to sit and think we were wasting their time and...

Thanks for the laugh, I needed it today!!

I had the same as a 12 yr old, but it turned out to be stress related ulcers. I was always so nervous, shy, worried (over pretty much nothing) that it caused all the nausea. I took Zantac and Gaviscon for years, but finally grew out of it. I admit th...

The problem with these guys is they will never change! Their mothers ruined them, and undoubtly they will find some poor, low self esteem woman to take care of them for the rest of their lives! :uhoh21:

We team also, and although we do not split assignments(as is done on other floors), the LPN is responsible for own actions under scope of practice, with RN responsible for 'overseeing' LPN. Ultimately the RN has to be sure the LPN is competently prov...

I had titres drawn during post needle stick workup- discovered i needed a booster... and so it continued. After my FOURTH booster, then titre, etc I gave up. The employee health nurse said it is possible that some people can have neg titres, no matte...

all pts have a record number. it's what the hospital uses to id, bill etc. it is on every chart, sticker etc. Admission forms, instructions, anything with pt major info is stamped with the number. We have the same problem- some nurses ask for it, so...

We require a medical record number when someone is callling for info. The pt/parent can give this number to people they will allow to call for info. Many parents have freaked when we won't tell them anything when they call after leaving, but we offer...

just wanted to say hi! and best wishes to another buffalo nurse. all the info is overhelming at first but you will get the hang of it. Best of luck

we have DKAs all the time. qhr bloods drawn and physically taken downstairs to the lab, with a full assignment!

Just as so many people say to me "when you have kids" ...it doesn't make you better nurse/doctor if you have kids. What about the ones who can't but love kids so much they choose to work with them as a full time job? Also brings the argument of havi...

I got my LPN in NYS and didn't learn how to start/use IV's, only monitor site. Actually in my old textbook from way back in 1995, it states LPN's do not start them, or give meds through them! :chuckle My hospital policy allows LPN's to start IV, gi...

Having a bad day -perfect thread for me... - Patients who LIE, FAKERS. Am I the only kid who read "The boy who cried wolf"? - Healthcare workers who give in for fear of a confrontation or worse - People who must think their illness is an accomplishm...

{{{hugs}}}kathygirl8 for me, adjusting to the effexor was worse at the beginning. did feel nervous after going off, but I didn't take it long. I felt the way you described the whole time I was on it, so going off wasn't any different! I was put on it...

The problem with overflow pts is not MRSA, VRE etc. Not every pt on the med/surg floor is MRSA + either, and we have CF, immunosuppresed right in the next room anyway. There is no unit only for the contagious. I just don't like the idea of having PP...

We team- RN alone has up to 6 pts, RN/LPN has up to 10 pts. No aide on nights(well not after 11pm). Lpn's can do Iv meds (no push) and blood draws. Basically RN assesses, charts and helps with meds if needed, and LPN does vitals, meds etc. We truely ...

I feel so terrible about this, DH says I should just forget about it... Towards the end of one of those 12 hr shifts where you never sat down, admissions til unit was full, VERY 'demanding' pts etc., I was charting for the whole shift and getting rea...

Well, as it turns out, she wasn't mad at me just ticked off in general. I'm glad I brought it up, I HATE when people are mad and don't discuss it. I think people would get along better if we talked it out instead of holding grudges. Lots of suppresse...

Never storm into the lobby of a Children's Hosp with a cigarette in your mouth demanding that security light it for you so you can go up to NICU to visit your "baby on crack, but don't worry... I was released from jail I didn't escape" At least wipe ...

It is still used in the US for veterinary use only. Many dogs use it for incontinence.

How does billing work if we aren't scanning or listing items used? On my floor, we just go into supply room and use whatever. If a nurse uses one or fifteen pulse ox probes on a pt it's not recorded anywhere, so how would that affect pt billing? I'd ...