MrsCaseyRN

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    MrsCaseyRN replied to michael79's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Very well said. I agree!

  2. How do I manage difficult CNAs?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I meant to type "there'll" always be the one... not "they'll" It actually changes the meaning of the whole sentence!! I tried to edit it, but too much time when by.

  3. How do I manage difficult CNAs?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I first started in LTC I was worried since I had such bad experience with the aides in the hospital, and nothing was every done about it. The best advice I can give is always be willing to help....

  4. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    MrsCaseyRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm going to go through this once, and then I'm done: #1 Although it is very rude to suggest anyone BS their way through college, personally, after growing up in a very poor home, actually homeless at...

  5. Is it necessary to be a CNA b4 nursing school?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    I picked the post that actually listed nursing positions that don't need butt wiping skills. Like as if pt care was so horrible, someone would change their career to avoid it. I'm not going to argue...

  6. Is it necessary to be a CNA b4 nursing school?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    Chill out! It was a humorous post. Besides I was talking to the OP when I siad to go work in areas with little butts. I can read your name, and I can put 2 and 2 together. I think you need a vacation....

  7. Question about actual responsibilities of a nurse(general)

    MrsCaseyRN replied to flygirls2's topic in General Nursing

    It can vary. I used to work at a University hospital, where the residents do many of the procedures that when I went the a non university hospital, the RNs did. Example: taking out a picc was done by...

  8. Tell me about one of those moments...

    MrsCaseyRN replied to kcochrane's topic in General Nursing

    When my grandma was sick (she has since passed away) I was the only grandchild (out of 16) that she let help her with personal care and her meds and such. (I'm the only grandchild who is a nurse) It...

  9. Is it necessary to be a CNA b4 nursing school?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    This is has become a wipe or not to wipe thread! :bugeyes:What's so bad about butt wiping? We're all going to end up needing our butts wiped eventually (if we live that long). Go work in peds or nicu...

  10. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    MrsCaseyRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't know what its like in the state you live in, but medics in this state ARE NOT COLLEGE EDUCATED. So I believe you have made the ignorant statement. They are highly trained techs in our state....

  11. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    MrsCaseyRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I first started LTC (was ER nurse and EMT before RN) I wondered the same thing. Where does the staff go? Until my coworkers confessed that they are so tired of being harassed by emts and medics...

  12. "I have kids! I need to come in late, need more sick time, etc."

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    A show like that is making a blanket statement. I'm 27 and I assume I am a young person. I was raised in a very poor home, we were homeless at times, with a physically/mentally abusive parent....

  13. "I have kids! I need to come in late, need more sick time, etc."

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to know where everyone works, because I have a child and it sounds like all your parents come and go as they please and all you childless folks are holding down the fort.:icon_roll Where I'm...

  14. Rudeness from EMTs and Paramedics

    MrsCaseyRN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Let me start off by saying I was an EMT for a few years before becoming an RN. I don't know where it all started, but it became known in the EMT world that it was ok the treat LTC nurses like crap. I...

  15. panic every time...

    MrsCaseyRN replied to BethT's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you loud and clear! Vomiting used to be my #1 enemy. I was an EMT before I becoming a nurse. Any calls where I even remotely thought the pt was going to vomit, I drove. I think I actually...

  16. Do you think there will be a nursing "draft" someday?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    You hit the nail on the head. Even if they expand schools so there are more openings, which means finding more professors. And from what I've heard they are paid pretty poorly in reguards to their...

  17. "I have kids! I need to come in late, need more sick time, etc."

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    Well

  18. "I have kids! I need to come in late, need more sick time, etc."

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    Are we still talking about parents? Your comment can describe any lazy employee and directing all these negative comments towards "the kid card" is very one sided. What about the single people that...

  19. So Who Runs Your Floor, You or the Aides?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to bollweevil's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. I never understood why until, one time I recieved a pt and with checking AM labs saw scary drop in h/h. Anyway, long story short pt need stat blood. PCT's go to the lab to pick up the blood. I...

  20. Does anyone else find themselves doing this...

    MrsCaseyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is going to sound sooo corny, but does anyone find themselves going into "nurse" mode when they are off the clock? Example : The other day at the grocery store, I saw this little old lady trying...

  21. Does anyone else find themselves doing this...

    MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Very true. I never thought of it that way. We are not too helpful (how could anyone be too helpful anyway???) but the rest of the world is not helpful enough. Just wondering how no one else noticed...

  22. A True to Nursing Movie

    MrsCaseyRN replied to skinc1's topic in General Nursing

    If a "nurse" program that's realistic ever does come out, I'd say we could use some of the stories from the thread "funniest thing a confused pt has told you", and as a previous post said, this...

  23. Does anyone else find themselves doing this...

    MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL!! That I've done. And I was like, "OMG, I need a

  24. LTCF quick med pass, plus all the other stuff

    MrsCaseyRN replied to destiny100's topic in General Nursing

    It is normal to feel overwelmed on a LTC med pass. You said you were a newer nurse...When I was a brand new grad, I worked per diem at a LTC while waiting for my start date at the hospital. OMG!!...

  25. Is it necessary to be a CNA b4 nursing school?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Toots71506's topic in General Nursing

    If your only reason not to go for CNA is the inevidable "butt-wiping... then, know that all the way up the latter to an RN, wipes plenty of butts. And do other unpleasant cleaning tasks. I'd rather...