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    Nurses-How to be a blessing as a CNA?

    teeniebert replied to Bbo.W's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A personal preference--if your nurse(s) is/are at the desk charting, please take personal conversations elsewhere. I find it hard to concentrate when there's a conversation going on 6 feet away from...
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    Describe the Ugliest Scrubs You Have Seen!

    teeniebert replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Paco69 just won this
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    Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

    teeniebert replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :uhoh21:
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    What does your username mean?

    teeniebert replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Holy cow, that's funny! I almost choked on my
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    Finger Nail ripped clean off, question please.

    teeniebert replied to studentNY's topic in General Nursing

    I know someone who got her hand caught in a door (hinge side) and one fingernail came off--she went to the ER and they were able to reattach it under local anesthetic. The skin under the nail was...
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    Is "sundowners" a real term?

    teeniebert replied to purse's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's real, and it can be really scary.
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    What grosses YOU out?

    teeniebert replied to JenTheRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    It's especially satisfying when the patient, who was cyanotic when you entered the room, pinks right back up after that big glob of crap is out of their
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    Texting staff to cover call off's

    teeniebert replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I found the article, but you have to register/subscribe/pay to see it. Here's the issue it's in:
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    Texting staff to cover call off's

    teeniebert replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I read an article about this in Nursing2010...If it's online I'll post a link. Basically, they did a trial of texting via e-mail (most carriers have a way to send e-mail directly to the phone) and...
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    How I miss my beloved text-paging

    teeniebert replied to evilolive's topic in General Nursing

    I almost shot Mt. Dew out my nose. Thanks so much for the
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    Which type of environment can I work in that doesn't require very much bowel care?

    teeniebert replied to studentnurse1989's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Check out this ongoing discussion in the 'First Year After Nursing Licensure' forum:
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    Anyone else freak out their first day without a preceptor?

    teeniebert replied to mkblakley07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My first shift on my own in LTC was horrid...it was on a rehab unit which has 2 nurses on days and evenings, so I was told all through orientation, 'don't worry, you can always ask the other nurse for...
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    Dead body vs. Live patient

    teeniebert replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    the one time I was in the room when a person died, I didn't feel a change...but it seemed to me that he'd been gone for a couple of days and his body didn't know it yet. I'm still not sure whether...
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    REAL NURSING?

    teeniebert replied to critical thinker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I love this thread so
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    Clothing protection ideas

    teeniebert replied to vampiregirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow, this pattern is awesome! A family friend*, who was horribly embarrassed when she started drooling as a result of progressive neurological degeneration, had cotton scarves in every color and...
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    The CRAZIEST "Baseline" You've Ever Heard

    teeniebert replied to MoLee228's topic in General Nursing

    I've taken care of
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    Everest Institute LPN, is it worth it?

    teeniebert replied to mammasews's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Yes they do--one of our textbooks was a nclex-pn review book, there are 'nclex style' questions on most of the tests, and during the 3rd term we had several nclex prep sessions. There were also a...
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    Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    teeniebert replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    :uhoh21:
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    Stop! I don't want someone like you touching me!

    teeniebert replied to Seth O Scope's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    [slightly off
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    Why are patients...?

    teeniebert replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Nursing Humor

    I have an answer. If I'm in the middle of a med pass and a resident says, 'while you're here, can you...?' I'll put the call light on. It's a scope of practice/time management issue. I have about 3...
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    New Car Discount for RN's...not for LVNS!

    teeniebert replied to CalNevaMimi's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Did you let the 'T' dealer know exactly why they were losing your business? I'm glad you went with the other option. My husband and I used to deal exclusively with a dealer starting with 'S', in...
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    Best ever senior citizen joke

    teeniebert posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Not exactly a nursing joke...you could substitute 'home health nurse' for 'neighbor' I suppose...anyway... BEST EVER SENIOR CITIZEN JOKE A little silver-haired lady calls her neighbor and says,...
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    how to give heparin 5000units with a 1mL syringe?

    teeniebert replied to redbuttrfly14's topic in General Nursing

    Holy **** dude...First, read the bottle; second, ask another nurse; third, if you're still not sure, call your pharmacist; fourth, please don't use insulin syringes for anything but insulin. I notice...
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    Patient Abandonment

    teeniebert replied to Weebee's topic in General Nursing

    At my last employer (LTC) the policy was that when you accept the keys for the narc drawer, you are accepting the assignment. I always like to get report before counting the narcs, that way the keys...
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    Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    teeniebert replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    My mother, God bless her, when she misplaces something or has what I'd call a 'brain fart', says, "Sorry, my parts-heimers is kicking in