facetiousgoddess

facetiousgoddess

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  1. residents and phone use

    facetiousgoddess replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Exactly my point ktwlpn and CCM.......its just that at times as a floor nurse every time a new P&P comes down the pike.....I grown inwardly because there is always that realization that we...

  2. residents and phone use

    facetiousgoddess replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Totally off topic here guys... but this just kinda kills me...... that we need a policy to help residents use the phone i smell survey... would be tempted to write Phone Usage/Assistance for Impaired...

  3. Considering FT agency, a few questions...

    facetiousgoddess replied to NoMoreStudying's topic in Agency Nurses

    Hi Guys.... I'm an LPN new to agency. The agency I signed with has only one facility in my immediate area. (e.g. I don't want to drive more than 15 miles.) So at the one facility they pay 30$ an...

  4. FDA ALERT: Antipsychotic Drug Use

    facetiousgoddess replied to Talino's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Has anyone else read Comfortably Numb? It explores the use/overuse e of antipsycotics, meds for depression, how its all diagnosed and the role of the drug companies in promoting use of these meds........

  5. Reprimanded for cleaning up after myself!!!

    facetiousgoddess replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    rotflmao!!!! seriously, i understand cause i kinda have a case of ocd when it comes to the nurses' station....i can't abide a messy one. i don't mean charts, labs or tools of the trade....but when it...

  6. do you check you license for any discipline?

    facetiousgoddess replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I looked up mine...clean as a whistle....however I had lost the direct link to the AG site.....so I went in the long way.... interestingly enough when going the long way....license information was...

  7. I want her fired!!!!

    facetiousgoddess replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    and this is why I will probably not return to sub acute/ltc.....I'll either suck it up and take the pay cut to work with my favorite doc or return to social work..... too many times I have found...

  8. funny story

    facetiousgoddess posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Last night at work we had yet another "honorary full moon." More than the usual amount of sundowners circled around my med cart. As I give them their meds, oddly enough they start to disperse....

  9. How do you get through YOUR day?

    facetiousgoddess replied to epsilonprodigy's topic in General Nursing

    I wear my grandfather's St Dymphna medal pinned to the inside of my ummmm brassiere...I swear I'm turning into my grandmother... But I figure who to better understand a nurse than the patron saint of...

  10. wrongfully acused

    facetiousgoddess replied to roypatrick's topic in General Nursing

    Roy, I was once accused by our medical director of writing an order for lasix 40mg po qd x 7 days dx CHF. When our DNS "discussed" this with him he changed his story to "Well, she was diagnosing, she...

  11. Such a 'tool'

    facetiousgoddess replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    whomever was angry with you is the real "tool" in this situation...

  12. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    facetiousgoddess replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    true that was not your fault!!!! but don't you sometimes, kinda wish, we could will things like that to happen? so we could honestly say :igtsyt: "that is my fault!!!!!!!!":smokin: tres still sick n...

  13. Patients who are too lazy to open their own splenda packets

    facetiousgoddess replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I just have this urge to jump up and down screaming "RIGHT ON!!!!" or in this case....write on.... I agree with you whole heartedly and wanted to say "Thank You." Tres Who is taking the...

  14. HELP,I have to clean my sons room today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    facetiousgoddess replied to proud2b1's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Hi. My name is Tres and I am a neatfreak. My son is 16 and we have been battling over his room since he was 11. It is the only bone of contention in our relationship. (Yes I totally realize how...

  15. Hospitals That Phase Out LPNs

    facetiousgoddess replied to psalm's topic in General Nursing

    Psalm, Both of our local hospitals went through a phase were they would advertise "All RN Care, All the Time". 3 years later....hiring LPNs back without the proviso that they must become RNs within a...

  16. Are there any nurses who actually enjoy their jobs?

    facetiousgoddess replied to hollyjolly's topic in General Nursing

    Hi HollyJolly, I have a question. To me LTAC would translate to Long Term Acute Care. Is this correct? Cause it sounds to me from your post very much like a med surg unit given the acuity. As to your...

  17. "Patient" or "Client"?

    facetiousgoddess replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    OH !!!!! One of my pet peeves too! Along with "the cancer in 315", they are not their dx nor should they be defined by a disease!!!

  18. "Patient" or "Client"?

    facetiousgoddess replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    until there is a "do it yourself" appendectomy kit, and you are able to assess yourself accurately, call the doc, obtain orders, implement and monitor both nursing and medical interventions...

  19. ''I Don't get Paid Enough!''- Is this your mantra??

    facetiousgoddess replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    ROTFLMAO, especially as a native Cali girl....don't you dare toy with my chakras...... Seriously, I so South Jersey now I may fall into the ocean. The only debt I carry is my mortgage. So the $26/hr...

  20. General Abuse reporting question

    facetiousgoddess replied to New2ER's topic in General Nursing

    From 1991 to 1994, California, Colorado, Rhode Island, and Kentucky passed various forms of mandatory reporting laws requiring health care professionals to report intimate partner violence (IPV) to...

  21. Written Up Again?? what's wrong with this picture??

    facetiousgoddess replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I personally prefer the MAR sheet that is only for coumad in. The left side where the order goes has the date of the last PT/INR and the results, also when the next PT/INR is due. We alway write...

  22. sharing bars of soap

    facetiousgoddess replied to jlucas341's topic in General Nursing

    eeeeewwwww Each resident should have their own soap (at all facilities I've worked it is a gel in a plastic container, unless they have sensitive skin and say Aveeno is ordered, or they have a...

  23. Need info on what you LOVED about your pinning ceremony

    facetiousgoddess replied to Lemur's topic in General Nursing

    The part where we were reciting the Nightingale Pledge....when I said the word "pure" my candle went out! :uhoh21: If I weren't so afraid of being struck by lightning....I would have burst out...

  24. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    facetiousgoddess replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised this one hasn't popped up...You get called in the room to help transfer a patient, in mid transfer, pt grabs left side of chest, gasps and goes slack.... Me to the aide....Hey hon pic...

  25. Hourly rounding in LTC????

    facetiousgoddess replied to tatgirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    count me in with Michelle126 and Withasmilelpn....I do what I think of as defacto hourly rounding....as I am always on my hallway, and can usually see into 3 rooms at any given time. Acuity is truly...