aloevera

aloevera

telemetry, med-surg, home health, psych

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  1. What The Bleep Happened To The Shortage?

    aloevera replied to Pedinurse888's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    there are currently 26 PRN RN's on our call list at a small, rural 108 bed hospital.......that tells me that more nurses are wanting to work than jobs open to them......at least in this

  2. Violent Borderlines

    aloevera replied to Leahr's topic in Psychiatric

    truthfully, if a pt. punches the wall, threatens staff...we will do a take down, administer meds and watch them closely....they will be put on LOS (line of sight at all times) if they are a threat to...

  3. Can a Registered Psychiatric Nurse work as an RN?

    aloevera replied to Blondiemagick3's topic in Psychiatric

    what kind of boards does a RPN take??? I have never heard of this..... How long do you go to school for

  4. Privacy and Covering My Arse.

    aloevera replied to TsavarenaRN's topic in Psychiatric

    You handled this situation appropriately....we can use VO's at our facility so I think I would agree with above post and change TO to VO and fill out the necessary paperwork. Copy everything, as you...

  5. Swine Flu Outbreak, School Nurse Set Response in Motion

    aloevera replied to herring_RN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Kudos to that school nurse....... Our county does not utilize school nurses...kids get their meds from the school secretary...I think it is outrageous....my kids have been out of school awhile so I...

  6. Making the switch from hospital to psych. . .

    aloevera replied to K8TLittleone's topic in Psychiatric

    I have had similar experiences with the therapist/social workers, also....like they do not have the time to listen....usually they do not....we are all over worked and understaffed....and it is only...

  7. Making the switch from hospital to psych. . .

    aloevera replied to K8TLittleone's topic in Psychiatric

    Circumstances warrant medical assessments and then they are seen by the MD consultant at our facility also. Upon initial assessment if we see any major problems we send them to the medical hospital to...

  8. what do nurses hate about doctors?

    aloevera replied to futureMD's topic in General Nursing

    Very enlightening.....boy those interns sure don't like us "older" nurses, do they????? oh, well, they'll get over it & they will get older,

  9. Inpatient Smoke free ward - HELP!

    aloevera replied to rainbowsunsets's topic in Psychiatric

    Believe me, be glad that your pts. can go out and have a smoke......this will alleviate a lot of hostility and make your job much smoother....we also can use smoking as reward and punishment.... I...

  10. I am RED HOT over this one.............

    aloevera replied to thegreenmile's topic in Psychiatric

    I am still confused.....was the med you prepared given to the wrong pt??? if you did not tell the other nurse to do this, how are you to blame? Did you instruct her to give it? If not, then I don't...

  11. I am RED HOT over this one.............

    aloevera replied to thegreenmile's topic in Psychiatric

    just curious, what part did you play in the incident??? were you charge nurse or

  12. New at leading medication group on CD Unit

    aloevera replied to mare4322's topic in Psychiatric

    we do med ed groups also......take your med book in with you and any handouts you may have on the unit....discussion is usually about the side effects of the most popular detox meds....they usually...

  13. Considering becoming a nurse for a drug rehab center any advise?

    aloevera replied to LadyVengeance's topic in Psychiatric

    netsua sums it up beautifully......the only thing I can add is to read and study up on borderline personality disorder.....you will see quite a bit of them on a detox

  14. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    aloevera replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    I have said before, there is no nursing shortage.....at least not in my area....I work PRN at a hospital and sometimes fill in as PRN ADON....we get so many applications it is unbelievable....we are...

  15. A little freaked out. Need advice.

    aloevera replied to phinur's topic in Psychiatric

    Yes, of course....but that is not a remedy, that is a preventing the problem....I thought you had a secret "old wives cure".........Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, LOL.............oh, well....I wil just have to stay...

  16. A little freaked out. Need advice.

    aloevera replied to phinur's topic in Psychiatric

    what is your best "hangover remedy"???? just

  17. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    aloevera replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do you complain all the time at your job, your home??? or is it just

  18. Suicide attempt on our pedi psych unit. Please keep my coworkers in your thoughts.

    aloevera replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Bless you and all you do.....my thoughts are with you and your co-workers.... I have seen several attempts but none successful on my unit in the past few

  19. so burned out

    aloevera replied to edisonnurse's topic in Psychiatric

    I have up to 14 pts. on our youth unit...am the only nurse but I always have at least 2 MHT's with me.....the therapist is there for most of the shift also...and the doc comes q.d. too.....it works...

  20. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How true.....yes, they are the worst, hands down......I had one about a month ago, fresh out of school...I tried to take her under my wing and teach, but she knew it all......I gave up and let her...

  21. Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

    aloevera replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I so agree....don't ya just hate it when another nurse talks down or corrects or criticizes in front of pts. OR other staff..... Remember, the reason for this.....to make themselves look and feel...

  22. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly.....we all were a little bit of a danger in the

  23. Dangerous nurses

    aloevera replied to funmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    IMHO the dangerous ones are the ones that are so busy trying to find fault and write others up that they neglect their own responsibilities.....the gossipy ones scare me.....when one starts in about...

  24. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    aloevera replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    after years of working through lunch to enable me to "stay on top of things" I do believe I am going to take my 1/2 hr. lunch when I go in again...after reading all of these posts...I must agree...we...

  25. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    this discussion got into comparing LPN's to RN's....that is not the original post.. the questions is whether or not there is a place for LPN's.... and there is and always will