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  1. If you could build your perfect Nursing Home......how would it be?

    CITCAT replied to Ling07's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Iwould have a nursing home each room of side of room the eact replica of there bedroom,also lets have a couch or loveseat lets make it home and the outside let there be a alz garden with shredded...

  2. Male in a female dominated field.. How bad is it really??

    CITCAT replied to AVMadd's topic in Men in Nursing

    :DAs being a female nurse i can empathsize with you,maybe its all the horomones ragin,and that darned perimenopause stuff. i am a military brat and sometimes I just shake my head when one of my...

  3. how do you deal with a patient who...

    CITCAT replied to bdbrdb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well I feel that pain management needs to be adressed can she get a pain patch instead that will maintain theraputic blood level but be aware that in the elderly population metaboism of drug maybe be...

  4. MCC - Nursing Students Starting 2009

    CITCAT replied to MichyMich's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Well greetings welcome to the wide open world of nursing get some good nursing shoes you will be walking alot and if you happen to have those false nails get rid of them now or your life will be...

  5. G-tube Flush

    CITCAT replied to stkn1's topic in General Nursing

    In reply to the question of flush or not to flush flush is a flush piston syringe toclear to tube with warm water the patient has to be forty degrees up or they will aspirate, in regard to admin meds...

  6. How do you deal with an insensitive CNA?

    CITCAT replied to arelle68's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Gee I would take this in a different approach, first I would document all convertsations in a small notepad and then i would go to unit manager and discuss this with her,this cena sounds like she...

  7. Prayer/positive thought request for a fellow nurse

    CITCAT replied to flightnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    :redbeatheA prayer for today, Every day I ned Thee,but this day especially,I need some extra strength to face whatever is to be.This day,more than any other day ,I ned to feel Thy close compassion...

  8. Anything negative to say about nursing?

    CITCAT replied to sarahlpnwannabe's topic in General Nursing

    the one thing I hate about nursing is that other nurses lying on each other and ignorantnurse aids who do nothing but sit on tere fat a a matter of a fact its kinda made may life hellish dont go...

  9. Discipline or Discrimination

    CITCAT replied to woundnurseq's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I understand your situ need to get the facts of law iwth eeoc web site in your state hostile work enviornment is the most sucessful case i know of there must be a deeper reason maybe a change of floor...

  10. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

    CITCAT replied to missjennmb's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    i have being a lpn for over 18 years, and i suppose it depends on the state you are practicing in where i am at i do iv push no caridac medpush though i do picc,mids,central lines and the sort, no...

  11. Am I too old to fulfill my original dream?

    CITCAT replied to krisssy's topic in General Nursing

    dear krissy what is old? i say old is when your dead. hey go for it, instructors,teachers are in reat demand at colleges and universities,there is a crtical shortage of rns that will teach especially...

  12. How to Gain Respect in the Workplace

    CITCAT replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in General Nursing

    i understand how you feel.I used to be the nice guy too but I got fed up going home every night crying,upset and feeling bad about myself i have had nurses say boy your face is something get rid of...

  13. Womens interest in male nurses

    CITCAT replied to johny1's topic in Men in Nursing

    As a nurse for over 18 years i respect and honor the role of men in the nursing profession,at this moment in time with nursing shortage and this doesntinclude lpns cenas,hhas and the lot i think we...

  14. heavy lifting

    CITCAT replied to nads786's topic in Men in Nursing

    :yeah:first of all i want tothankyou for having the courage to become a R.N I am a lpn and for the past 20 years i have pushed pulled, and lifted patients,with lifts and with assistance. I fyou don...

  15. Is there such thing as a dumb airhead nurse?

    CITCAT replied to AussieKylie's topic in International Nursing

    I am so sorry that you wee treated so harshly I have had nurses treat me with a alot of unprofessionalisn when I was a young nurse but now as the years progress, i just dont feed into it I call it the...

  16. Prayers for the hurricaine victims

    CITCAT replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    God grant us the strength to go onward, to persevere, to be thankful. God give us the wisdom to work with your creation in unity and to use wisdom for Dear God this life and all its material things is...

  17. will universal healthcare ( in the usa) cut RN pay?

    CITCAT replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What ever happened to the compasion of nursing . The facts are that this nation is no longer the new world but is becoming the old world , like Europe in the sese of population and census , Dear...

  18. I can't believe she said that

    CITCAT replied to litebrightgirl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I my professioal opinion beinga nurse for many years,Ihavefound that individuals wih this type of behavour may appear to havepossible control/impulse /ego issues ths kind of nurse would concern me...

  19. Questions about Missing Narcs

    CITCAT replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    RIGHT ON

  20. WHY do we need more nurses

    CITCAT replied to getinfall's topic in General Nursing

    According to report publshed by Dr. Peter Buerhaus and coleeagues in march 200s the demenad for rns is expected to grow by 2%to 3% each year this is just the rn populus this does not include lpns...

  21. Helping Someone "Let Go" At Time of Death

    CITCAT replied to Passion4Compassion's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :saint:iempathsize for you and your current situation ,i have only one family member left i have been through alot of deaths.as i get older i find that to die is a release for some, this might sound...

  22. Docs yelling at nurses....

    CITCAT replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Hello my brothers in nursing , as to to question of doctorsyelling at nurses, inone hospital in the midwest thay have a code for misbehaving doctors its a private code by the nurses so as to stop...

  23. I was slapped by a doctor!

    CITCAT replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    hey clueless one time a doctor say your dam mother deseves to be a a concentration camp and he slapped me so I didnt slap him back i filed a lawsuit and I won! the son of a doctor go his right in the...

  24. LPNs Supervising RNs

    CITCAT replied to aloha551's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    re ltcconsultant, It would be greatly appreciated if you could quote your sources of nurse/bon in the legal reference defining clinical, thank you your reponse will be greatly appreciated on this...

  25. Happily Addicted to allnurses.com

    CITCAT replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    youhoo peekeie