aloevera

aloevera

telemetry, med-surg, home health, psych

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  1. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    How do you know what this nurse is getting ????? or not

  2. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    Leave our nursing colleagues...yes colleagues...we are a team...ALONE..... I am finsihed with this thread

  3. Do you need to carry your personal cell phone while at work?

    aloevera replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember taking my son to the dr. to get a Hep B vaccination...we walked in the room with the nurse and just as she was drawing up the med, we heard this loud, crazy music coming from her pocket...

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

    aloevera replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    duh,.....huh...

  5. Home Health -vs- Hospital

    aloevera replied to SnarfGirl's topic in Home Health

    do whatever you want to do...if you are happy in your job then it will show in your work...taking a job that makes you unhappy just to satisfy others will only make you miserable..... I have worked...

  6. Are LPN's hired much for psych facilities?

    aloevera replied to newtress's topic in Psychiatric

    LPN's are vital in my psych faclity....they dispense the medications and take off the physician orders and help the RN with "troublesome pts." we are a team...we work together.....the pay is...

  7. What is the Role of an Rn or LPN substance abuse treatment center???

    aloevera replied to kfrench's topic in Psychiatric

    On my dual diagnosis unit we RN's do initial assessment and admissions, get the physician orders and orient to unit....we talk to each pt. q. shift and chart on them...we attend their treatment plan...

  8. Do you think fluoridating our water is bad for us?

    aloevera replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    we are on well water, always have been, my son is 19 and never a cavity....we do use flouride toothpaste so while I find this post very interesting, I feel that the need for flouridated water is of no...

  9. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    I recently went in to local med. hospital for an IVP....I didn't see a nurse in the dept..... they were "CMT"'s ....certified medical technicians....I thought I was in the auto repair shop....after...

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

    aloevera replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed......I am known for carrying snacks in my pocket and eating on the run....I had a chicken sandwich in my pocket one day !!! I did manage to finish it throughout the day !!! (in a baggie, of...

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

    aloevera replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    No, I am not perpetuating any problems....I am not Norma Rae and that is what it would take...nobody at work wants to rock the boat...everyone is just wanting to keep their job and pay their...

  12. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    above post,.....I am NOT comparing LPN's to CNA's....please don't misunderstand my post....I was just stating that corps. will always work the people that they can pay less to..... LPN's are...

  13. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    LPN's wil never be "phased out"....They are solely used in long term care and in hospitals...In my psych hospital only LPN's are the medication nurses and the RNs are the floor nurses/charge.....Let's...

  14. "LPNs should be done away with altogether"

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

    some 30 years ago when I first hit the floor, all the other RN's snubbed me... an older LPN took me under her wing and taught me more than I ever learned in classes in just a few months....back then...

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

    aloevera replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    Are you kidding????? I RARELY have time to go to the BR, much less eat anything at work... yesterday we were short staffed, as usual, and I drank coffee and ate sponge cake on the way to work. Once I...

  16. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    aloevera replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    Anyone else see the episode of MASH when they ran out of pain medication... Had a room full of pts. and finally thought to try placebos... 50% of them got relief and enabled them to sleep.... I must...

  17. any suggestions for handling PRN

    aloevera replied to rnpeg's topic in Psychiatric

    It is different on the addiction unit,,,,if one does any "threatening" he has a great chance of being transferred to the psych unit !!!!! Yes, I have been in those frightening situations on the...

  18. any suggestions for handling PRN

    aloevera replied to rnpeg's topic in Psychiatric

    At my facility ativan PRN is usually given for factors > 100.....so when one has BP WNL and HR of 80, I really cannot give it no matter how hard they try.....now if they are close.....> 95 I...

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

    aloevera replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we'll think of something to do real quick

  20. any suggestions for handling PRN

    aloevera replied to rnpeg's topic in Psychiatric

    I never doubted that you didn't assess the pts...I was replying to your dislike of the term "med seekers".....I don't like it either, but they are there. Just because they ask for something, doesn't...

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

    aloevera replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

  22. any suggestions for handling PRN

    aloevera replied to rnpeg's topic in Psychiatric

    Believe me, when you work on an addiction unit, 1/2 of the pts. ARE med seeking...I have seen them jump up and down to get their pulse up so they can have an ativan... They are so used to taking meds...

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

    aloevera replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    $0.50/hr more is definatly not worth being charge...I don't want it, don't give it to me..... $1.00/hr. more is definately not worth being supervisor of the entire hospital... don't want it, don't ask...

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

    aloevera replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    You could have told me earlier that the night nurse called out, instead of waiting until shift change... Get a pair of roller skates so you can skate by instead of walking by constantly holding your...

  25. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    aloevera replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    High percentage of nurses have ETOH dep/drug (prescription pills) dep. parents, one or the other...it is a fact... Not saying that is the reason they became nurses but it sure is plausible to...