lauftrbstmedicine

lauftrbstmedicine specializes in Geri,Med/Surge,Pedi,Oncol,Corrections.

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1. NICU filling with miscarriages

   lauftrbstmedicine replied to JOLLIEHOLLY's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   As a nurse and a mother of two premies...I wanted to say my son was born in 1990 at 25-27 (it couldn't be determined) weeks weighing only a pound 11 ounces and my daughter 3 years later weighing 2...

2. What is the nicest thing a patient has ever said to you?

   lauftrbstmedicine replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was caring for a middle-age woman who other nurses shyed from --calling her the VIP/PIA patient...as I cared for her I listened to what she said and realized quickly she was really just frustrated...

3. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

   lauftrbstmedicine replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

   I am a 10 yr LVN and have worked as a CNA 10 yrs before I could tell some real dooooosies....I was a fresh LVN at a LTC facility working the 2-10shift, I had a elderly male pt. with...

4. Prison Nursing....Is it safe?

   lauftrbstmedicine replied to kanidoit2's topic in Correctional

   i have worked at a correctionals facility before and i must tell you this...i was falsely told the facility had cameras to help with the safety issue ....well, after working there a few days a...

5. called me a maid

   lauftrbstmedicine replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

   LOL...I've been called a maid...and a waitress....but only laugh it away...the patients and their families with these mentalities I discovered have noone in their family that is involved in a medical...

6. Did you work as a CNA before RN?

   lauftrbstmedicine replied to doglover1's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I was a volunteer in my teen years at a hospital before becoming a CNA then I married, having two children before I moved onto LVN. The area LVN program I was in at that time did not transition...