tattooednursie

tattooednursie LVN

Mostly LTC, some acute and some ER,

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  1. hmmmmmmm. . . . I guess I'll try the off topic area . .
  2. Thanks, I thought no one was going to reply to this
  3. Briefly mentioned to me in class our last lecture was LVN intern license . . . At first I wasn't interested in paying the $250.00 so all the information given to me went in one ear and out the other....
  4. Sitters, give 'em a break!

    I've been a sitter before a time or two. . . No one offered to give me a break . . . until like . . . 5 hours and 25 minutes later . . . Let me tell you . . .. screw the bathroom break, thats a long...
  5. Do you envy 1:1 sitters?

    I don't envy them at all. I'd rather be up and
  6. Calling yourself a "nurse"

    It never really bothered me until I myself was in my second semester of LVN school. I don't even call myself a nurse yet even though I am days away from graduating. I want to wait for that moment,...
  7. morning sickness/nursing

    Well . . . I have never been pregnant, but I can sympathize. I have a peptic ulcer. I feel like yuck a lot, and I have thrown up at work many times. I hate that! When I do it really does take a lot...
  8. Young Nurses

    Ugh. I'm 22 and a month and a half from graduating the LVN program. I am a little nervous because alot of the people I'll be working with . . . trained me when I was 16 as I came to work as an aide. I...
  9. I passed the nclex-pn

    :balloons: Congratulations!!! I can't wait till I'll be posting that I passed my NCLEX. I am very happy for you. Keep up the good
  10. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    That was an issue I got all bent out of shape about. I almost called the aide that had them the previous day (when the pt went) and had her come in and clean the pt up!!!!!! I didn't . . . but the...
  11. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    LOL . . . I do feel ya. I knew I needed a vacation becasue I was speaking my mind . . . and quite bluntly at that. I'm glad I got this time off, otherwise I'd probably be looking for another job . . ....
  12. Tattoos

    I have two tattoos myself, getting a third one this summer, and I'm not stopping there . . . For as long as I have remembered I have had a goal of having 10 tattoo's (none on my arms or neck though)....
  13. Any patients you couldn't stand et how did you deal?

    I totally agree with you NewEastCoastRN!!!! Why do HC providers have to take so much abuse. We have to sit there and take it when they are calling ups names, trying to hit us and spit at us. In the...
  14. Any patients you couldn't stand et how did you deal?

    If they get nasty with me I just say, "Apparently you don't want my help. Ring your bel when you decide that you are going to be a little more decent toward me. I've had to swap patients too just...
  15. I have a habit of diagniosng myself . . . . even though thats not in a nurses duties to create a medical diagnosis. . . i do it anyway (to myself) I tell everyone else to see a
  16. My thoughts and prayers are with you. Best of luck!!! I'll be psoting something like this in August or september when its my turn
  17. Does anyone really enjoy LTC?

    :chair: :sofahider Rant away. We all need to do that from time to time. I see what you are saying. I am severaly burned out as working as an aide in LTC . . . .so I found the old people taking over...
  18. Does anyone really enjoy LTC?

    At one time . . . I did enjoy it. I'm not going to lie and say I still do, because i don't LOL . . .but it does have its moments where you must say, "This is what it's all about." Whether its just the...
  19. Gonna finally get smoking regulations in our LTC!!

    Let's see based on what I have dealt with. . . When I am a LTC resident . . . . *evil grin* I will learn my nurses name, and my CNA's name, and I will yell for them personally when I want a...
  20. Gonna finally get smoking regulations in our LTC!!

    Ours had to start a schedual too. I totally sympathize with the cravings and I am sure LTC residents get bored and just want something to do, but I am sure that another resident with a wet breif on or...
  21. Dumb question here!

    and theres no such thing as a dumb question when it comes to nursing
  22. Dumb question here!

    In a nutshell . . Careplanning and monotoring progress, mainly in long term
  23. How do unethical nurses sleep at night?

    I did a home health hospice rotation for clinicals. I learned that when you walk into a patients home you should consider it that you are walking on sacred ground because they are welcoming you in...
  24. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    I have been tossing the concept around in my head for a while now. I don't want to say yes and I don't want to say no, because its a tochy subject. While death is merciful to the suffering, you don't...
  25. I'm sure she didn't mean it that way. There are many great techs and aides out there, but YES there are a few that are like that. I admit that I don't always want to come to work, nor do I really look...