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Graveyard is quiet because the residents are asleep......giggle giggle....try they can't sleep, are trying to get oob without assist and falling unless they have a bed alarm, then 15 bed alarms are sounding at once, oh and the residents on pain meds ...

Irregardless of if you work 2nds or not, the facility is dangerous. The residents are in perpetual jeopardy. Not only would I run for the nearest exit, I would have to advocate for madandated ratios....No way is everyone getting everything that is pr...

2 of my classmates hit 205, they both passed :-) And more importantly they are both darn fine nurses... Be Well, Tres

Yep. My assignment is 20 subacute patients and 10 long term care. Out of the 20 subacute patients, at least 3-6 at any given time would still benefit from a med surg floor. Their medical stability is at times creative writing on part of the dc plan...

Ain't it the truth??? Sometimes I just wanna make stuff up...but I like my licence too much so I resist the urge...... Be Well Tres

Our facility is split between sub acute and ltc. My ltc residents are absolute dolls. My subacutes are another matter entirely. Sometimes I wanna take em on a little field trip or offer them a little pillow therapy. Call me when you need pain meds, o...

Hmmmm I admit I have the apparantly bad habit of saying "my aides". I also say "my supervisor", "my patients" and "my facility" and ya wanna know why??? Because the are all in some way "MY responsibility." I have the responsibility to listen to my ...

I lived by these words printed on the handout by the testing site when my computer shut off at 85. "85 is the minimum number of questions needed to demonstrate proficiency." A year later and I still remember!! I passed and I am sure you did too! So...

I went the looongg way...took a job as a CNA to insure I could provide basic care without issue....Did my LPN. For me it is fabulous because I make decent money and can set my own hours while finishing my RN. I hold a Bachelors in Social Work..but be...

Tech school in NJ. 3200 include books, uniforms, stethoscope, b/p cuff and our program director managed to also obtain goodies like Tabers, Davis's Drug Guide, Careplan books. I bought my own insurance, cheap and worth it imho through NSO and I still...

New Grad, NJ : 17.25 base rate, weekend rate of 21.50....no shift diff...so guess who works all weekends.....yep me, but down at the very end of the Jersey Shore this is great pay....My friends in Drs offices are making 13$ and 15.50. BTMH from what ...

I deliberately planned to receive my NCLEX results on my 41st birthday. My gift to myself. Our LPN class ranged in age from 19-52. The year before my friend graduated and she is 60. Go do it!!!!! I love it...(though maybe you can't tell that from my ...

Never be afraid to ask for help. I had to do a procedure I had never done before. My RN supervisor hadn't either, so we looked for the P&P whoops none existed...Called our nursing educator, she didn't know either. Called our UM, our DON...everyon...

You care because you care about your patients and want to insure continuity of care. We have the same person at our facility. She perceives herself to be the "super" nurse, knows everything about every patient better than any of us ever will, the on...

I also work all 3 shifts, and trust me I totally agree with LPN1112005, NOCs is not a quiet shift by any means. I run just as hard on NOCs as I do on 7-3 or 3-11. And with a hell of a lot less backup than I have on the other shifts....Not to mention ...

My favorite: "My Mom needs (insert need here)." Me: "And your Mom is?" Them: Blank stare like I am the biggest idiot in the world for not having my patients geneological trees memorized. Or the nurses are interchangable theory. I know my patients,...

I think my favorite was a very independent elderly lady who was becoming unsteady with her gait and had several falls. So a bed alarm protocol was initiated. I was still an aide at the time and was making rounds. I peeked into her room and there she ...

Wake em up in the middle of the night for skin checks???? This is insanity. We do ours on 7-3 or 3-11 when they are in the shower. And it is spread over the entire week, so there are only a few to do on a daily basis. Makes it mucho easy. Plus are a...

My motto is "When in doubt, send em out." Our docs are really great that way, especially since we (the nurses) utilizing our critical thinking and assessment skills have been absolutely dead on 99% of the time. Only once did a doc get snarky with m...

Our staff bully (I am beginning to believe every facility has one.) is a desperately unhappy person. She has no personal responsibilities outside of work. (eg no family or children, or community interaction/volunteer projects.) Consequently when she ...

Well, lets see, we had a meeting at which gratis lidocaine cream was passed out so we could apply to our posteriors prior to butt chewing...... Oh and there is a luncheon. Ptomaine will be served..... snark snark snark Tres

I agree with cheerfuldoer and maolin. I voluntarily work back to back 16's on the weekend and am requesting a transfer. Why? Because I couldn't sleep Friday night and no one I mean no one would replace me on my 3-11. I worked on no sleep. No one real...

Its obscene that this situation even exists. How much do you like this job?? Ok so I am a little hot headed today, but apologize for something that didn't even occur? Absolutely adore MarieLPN's idea. Hope you are feeling better. Wish the "professi...

OK deep breath. I am so furious. She is not capable of "dealing with it" or she would have deep sixed this jerk of a husband years ago. It is not her responsibility to deal with it. IT IS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTROL HIS ANGER AND DRINKING. Since sh...