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  1. I Contracted HIV

    flashpoint replied to sarahwv's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry this happened to you. Please don't hesitate to post here any time you need to...allnurses is a wonderful support system. (((Sarah))) Lots of prayers being said for you!!!...

  2. tales from the "charts" side

    flashpoint replied to achot chavi's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A new CNA once charted... Mary Smith (a short poem) Mary's gait is unsteady. Mary is likely to fall. Mary may get hurt if we aren't ready. That wouldn't be good at all. And then he "signed" his name...

  3. Have you ever NOT shown up when you were scheduled to work?

    flashpoint replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I did the no call / no show things once. Another nurse needed a day off and asked me to cover her shift...I told her 'no' because I had plans...she needed the day off bad enough that she changed the...

  4. CPR Certification

    flashpoint replied to levisandtees's topic in General Nursing

    The $$$ thing is one of the reasons I don't charge people for anything but the card when I teach CPR...I have to pay $1 per card, so that is what I charge for teaching. I spend about $1500 every two...

  5. Embarassing...

    flashpoint replied to momwithajob2's topic in General Nursing

    I would guess that you did nothing wrong. It drives me nuts when people blame the nurse for things like bruising or whatever. I once had someone turn me in to my manager because the Secanol I gave...

  6. Need FUN & CREATIVE inservice ideas!

    flashpoint replied to jaxnRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I did one on care plans and documentation... I gathered all of the ingredients for peanut blossom cookies and put them out on a table in the private dining room. I divided the group into ten small...

  7. Need Advice, please help! (HIPAA)

    flashpoint replied to StarNurse2006's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see the HIPAA issue at all. The daughter-in-law contacted you at home about some lab that was done while the resident was still in the facility...home health needed the lab results...you told...

  8. More on I Was Told to Stay Home Tonight

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    My job is going to hell in a handbasket. LOL. A few weeks ago, they were short one LPN, so they contracted with an agency nurse until the end of May. A week after they signed the contract, they had...

  9. Venting about a CNA calling in sick...GRRR!

    flashpoint posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I normally have an office type, pencil pushing, computer-type job. I do work the floor once a month because #1, I like to and #2, one of the nurses can't work weekends for some reason. We have...

  10. What is a reasonable number of CEU's a year?

    flashpoint replied to FemmeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have 210 so far this year...I am an LPN and need 20 every two years. But...I am also a paramedic and have taken my paramedic reshresher, ACLS, PALS, and a pediatric trauma class thuis year. I am...

  11. Uniform Guidlines where you work

    flashpoint replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    When I work the floor, I can wear anything as long as it is scrubs. When I am in the office, I am supposed to wear "business casual." Pretty much I wear nice pants and some sort of matching top with...

  12. HIPAA Violation???

    flashpoint posted a topic in General Nursing

    On another site I sometimes post on, an employee at a nursing home has posted a message requesting cards for one of the nursing home's resident's 100th birthday. She posted the name and address and...

  13. HIPAA Violation???

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent point...I hope she doesn't get in trouble for posting the request. I know she was only trying to make this lady's special day even better. It is one of the many ways that HIPAA really...

  14. HIPAA Violation???

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    But if not and the right (wrong) person saw the post, I think she could be in trouble. It's sad because I don't believe for a second that there was any harm meant (or

  15. Highest BAL?

    flashpoint replied to nickos's topic in General Nursing

    0.672...15 years old, her first experience with alcohol. She ended up tubed and vented and got a chopper ride to Denver. Fours years later she still has some problems with fine motor skills...she...

  16. Venting about a CNA calling in sick...GRRR!

    flashpoint replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That isn't always reasonable. I woke up one morning and just couldn't talk...all I could do was sort of squeak. My husband had to call in for me. If he hadn't the charge nurse probably would have...

  17. Another Misleading Story

    flashpoint replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I hate the "news" shows that don't tell the whole story. Very few of our tags on our last survey have anything to do with the care that our residents receive...it is things like having the French...

  18. DONS working the floor in LTC?

    flashpoint replied to sparkles_2221's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not a DON, but I do have a "desk job." I don't think that the nurses who work the floor have any idea what I do or how busy I actually am...I know when I worked the floor I was clueless! I have...

  19. 1st on scene of accident yesterday...what would you do?

    flashpoint replied to 3sodapop's topic in General Nursing

    Some of the "latest and greatest" resources say not to use sanitary pads anymore. A lot of them now have something in them that helps "pull" fluid deeper into the pad, so they can actually increase...

  20. Reported to Manager; What do I do

    flashpoint replied to nelcoy4's topic in General Nursing

    The really lousy thing about this is that sometimes it is the other staff's fault that they are running behind or are busier at certain times. I don't like the idea of a patient having to wait for...

  21. Employee Incentives

    flashpoint replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I used to work at once recognized all of the nurses who did something medical related off the job. So...all of the nurses who volunteered at the free immunization clinic or the volunteer...

  22. Working in a nursing home

    flashpoint replied to Jonathan55's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  23. ANOTHER new CMS guideline

    flashpoint replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I don't even know you except from here and I am upset by your resignation. It isn't fair that the people who seem to do the best job and care the most are driven out by the rules and regulations and...

  24. Patient request you not take care of them?

    flashpoint replied to Cambria1023's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a family refuse for me to care for their father because I had been involved in a car crash that involved a fatality a few months prior...the daughter in law was afraid that I would "murder"...

  25. Best Holiday Gift Given by Your Hospital

    flashpoint replied to zoopnever's topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting to wonder if we really are starting to feel a little "entitled." We get gifts during Nurse's Week and at Christmas and they're not bad...we got a plant during Nurse's Week (and I LIKE...