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  1. Bipolar does not mean "druggie"

    ladylikeRN replied to aslaten08's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I have seen a lot of health professionals like myself cast judgment on others because of pain medication usage. I have no problem giving scheduled pain medications. I also have no problem...

  2. Rotating Halls??

    ladylikeRN replied to lexibear99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, since I work contingent at three LTC facilities, I work wherever they need me in that particular facility. On the other hand when I was full time staff at my previous work, they shifted me at...

  3. How many jobs, in what amount of time after nursing school?

    ladylikeRN replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    Well, no you are not the only one. I graduated May 2007 as a RN and have worked at the hospital doing cardiac step-down, cath lab, neurolgy at one place (changing floors). I thought that maybe I...

  4. 6 months on night, my beauty suffers

    ladylikeRN replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    You know, I agree that working midnights does take a toll on the body as a whole. I worked midnights during the time that I was a student nurse associate to try it out the shift because I am a night...

  5. Manager charting and my documentation missing!?

    ladylikeRN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had an incident the other day when a CENA was with a resident in LTC and stepped on the peg tubing, ultimately dislodging it from her body while getting her undressed to take a shower. To make a...

  6. Manager charting and my documentation missing!?

    ladylikeRN posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I had an incident the other day when a CENA was with a resident in LTC and stepped on the peg tubing, ultimately dislodging it from her body while getting her undressed to take a shower. To make a...

  7. resident/staff ratios

    ladylikeRN replied to june2009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The place where I work usually only staffs one RN/LPN to about 35 residents at the most. When working with more nurses at a time, the ratio is usually 1:

  8. Manager charting and my documentation missing!?

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually, my sister is an attorney and I phoned as soon as I got home that day it happened. She has told me to make copies of everything from here on out, regarding nursing notes done my me. She has...

  9. Manager charting and my documentation missing!?

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I really care about my job and in fact the resident who is anox3 knows exactly what happened that day and the family know as well because I told them. I know that I was not at fault with this...

  10. Rude Preceptor

    ladylikeRN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I just recently started a second job as a RN on a bariatric unit ( I also work at a psych hospital). My preceptor has been a nurse for 30 years and is precepting both me and another orientee....

  11. Rude Preceptor

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Today, upon coming in taking shift report with the preceptor, she rudely walked past me, spoke to another employee then blatantly ignored me. After report and finding out that she would get 8 pts and...

  12. New To Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for your response, I think that I will follow my "gut" intuition and resign from this place because my intuition tells me that something is not right there. Also, they tell me that the...

  13. New To Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital

    ladylikeRN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I am a RN and will be working contingent at a child/adolescent psychiatric hospital on a 54-bed unit that is usually staffed with three RN's, two of them being medication nurses. Can anyone give me...

  14. My first clinical is soon, any advice?

    ladylikeRN replied to meezer1234's topic in General Nursing

    Just to add to what others have said, the day in the life of an actual clinical....I would come prepared with a small notepad to write patient report on and their drugs. Have a drug guide,...

  15. New To Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks, I am trying to see what will happen here as I try to stay positive. My intuition is telling me to be leary though. This unit has a lot of new staff and the staff here does not seem to be...

  16. New To Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital

    ladylikeRN replied to ladylikeRN's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks for both of your posts. The PCS (techs) are said to have about 8-10 pts each amongst the 45. The other issue that I have is that the PCS gives the discharge instructions to the parents, even...

  17. 1st job - Med Nurse

    ladylikeRN replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Don't take what I said about me not being a good fit personally. I just know for myself that I would like more monitoring of a patient, as a nurse is only able to assess. If something were to go...

  18. Now receiving deceptinve resumes from ADN students: What gives?

    ladylikeRN replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    I am an ASN grad and proud of it. I show up to my interviews with my resume stating it under the education section, with transcripts in hand, denoting my cum laude honors. No one should feel ashamed...

  19. 1st job - Med Nurse

    ladylikeRN replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just had an interview at a LTC facility recently and was told that all I was to do was to pass meds. However, when I thought about it, for these 30 pts, I still have to monitor them before/after I...

  20. What do you regret not asking on your job interview???

    ladylikeRN replied to natnurse23's topic in General Nursing

    Google the words "magnet status" and a lot of info will come up for you on this

  21. What should I study while waiting to begin an RN program?

    ladylikeRN replied to NeverStar's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Try to study some medical math if you have not

  22. Help answering questions on Nursing tests...

    ladylikeRN replied to brandilovesaaron's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good

  23. What do you regret not asking on your job interview???

    ladylikeRN replied to natnurse23's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, being offered a job too easily means that you are being set up for the kill. These type of units usually have a high turnover of nurses working there and they are desperate. This happened...

  24. What do you regret not asking on your job interview???

    ladylikeRN replied to natnurse23's topic in General Nursing

    *Patient-nurse ratio *Amount of beds on the unit *Tuition reimbursement *Work q other weekend? *Experience of the other staff nurses on unit (blind leading the blind) *Paid holidays, other benefit...

  25. Curious: New Nurse to Work Agency

    ladylikeRN posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    I am just curious to know how much exp should a RN have before embarking on agency nursing. I just got two calls today and wanted to know if 2 years student nurse exp and a little under a year RN exp...