MrsCaseyRN

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  1. Pregnant nurse working with isolation patients

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Tiffado's topic in General Nursing

    First, this thread is OLD! lol! I got an email saying there was a reply. But look at the post before you, 2008, I think. Anyway, as long as you have had chicken pox, I'm pretty sure you're ok. That's...

  2. Don't like to say I'm an RN. Long...

    MrsCaseyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, here's the deal. Usually I hear/read/whatever that LPN's are fed up with the "real nurse" thing and that they say they're "nurses" not "LPN's" nurses to avoid the whole LPN/RN...

  3. How do I deal with pt/family's racist attitudes?

    MrsCaseyRN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was wondering how to deal with a sitution in which a pt or family expresses a racist or discriminatory view. I've had this happen a few times. The other day a family member was complaining to me...

  4. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

    MrsCaseyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need to ask other nurses if they are as dissatisfied with nursing or is it just not for me? I've been a nurse for 2 years and I hate it. (I am going back to school for something else, I will not be...

  5. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to justify how I feel, or why I have a hard time believing people's nursing stories. I don't really care what your resume consists of, that doesn't change that I'm sitting on the fence...

  6. Am I Just a Cynic or Is nursing a poor career?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, my friend was a garbage man too (he has since been promoted) and basically everything about his job is better. I can't even say "well he has to pick up others people's garbage" because I have to...

  7. Angry Nurses - Why?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to IcanHealYou's topic in Emergency

    I love how the 2 here the are nursing students are on their high horses :saint:about how they will never be rude to pts. I suppose the rest of us should hang our heads in shame and learn from those...

  8. I don't think I can handle this!

    MrsCaseyRN replied to eldragon's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Not all places are that bad. On SNF you should have like 20 pts....not 26! I work in LTC. when full we have 60 total. If we have 3 nurses that 20 each and if theres 2, that's 30. But the CNA's handle...

  9. Angry Nurses - Why?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to IcanHealYou's topic in Emergency

    Sounds to me like the OP thinks he/she understands what its like to be a nurse, even if the OP is saying he/she doesn't. If you are not a nurse (and nursing school doesn't count) you can't really...

  10. I caught a manipulative family member in the act!

    MrsCaseyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    We have this pt whose just a royal pain. She refuses tx and tells her daughter shes not being taken care of, so there's a lot of manipulating going on their. But today, I was working a double 7a -...

  11. I caught a manipulative family member in the act!

    MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ok I will explain... Daughter asked me how many times a day mom is getting her ABTs. No big deal, easy question to answer, right? However her PRIMARY nurse has the chart, and she's about 10 feet...

  12. I caught a manipulative family member in the act!

    MrsCaseyRN replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I should have gone into more detail and typed even more paragraphs...The daughter got her answer CLEARLY from the primary nurse, and really wanted to read through these reports AND has been...

  13. Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    MrsCaseyRN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    No, I just meant it in a sarcastic way, that the hospital I used to work for was the same, and that this type of treatment towards nurses is so common that it exists at many hospitals around the...

  14. Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    MrsCaseyRN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Have we worked together?? It can't possibly be that many hospitals are treating their nurses poorly...nah, can't be

  15. Sterotypes of Nurses Continues and Is Getting Worse

    MrsCaseyRN replied to nursinginga's topic in General Nursing

    This must be a joke...that was pathetic. I need to pick my jaw up off the floor

  16. "I do everything an LPN can do" Oh,my gosh !

    MrsCaseyRN replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for that. I used to work in the hospital but switched to LTC for schedule reasons and I've heard that sooo many times that #1 I'm starting to feel useless, and #2 I want to scream "Then why...

  17. How many of you worked during school?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to ChrisAHF's topic in General Nursing

    I worked full time as an EMT while going for my RN. I had no choice. It wasn't that bad

  18. I hate drunk drivers.

    MrsCaseyRN replied to Apollorn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Actually, I believe anyone caught drunk driving (DWI, DUI) should never be allowed to drive again. A no tolerance policy. But even then, some of them would drive w/o a license

  19. LPN working as CNA

    MrsCaseyRN replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric, LTC

  20. sick and tired of defending working in geriatrics..

    MrsCaseyRN replied to ulmaulma's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have worked both LTC and hospital. I have found that while both have their challenges, LTC challenges are magnified by the nurse to pt ratio. After being in a hospital setting and caring for a max...

  21. LPN working as CNA

    MrsCaseyRN replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Actually, no. In LTC, there are few pieces of equipment (hoyer life, sit to stand) that I didn't learn in nursing school. I was a PCT in the hospital before being a nurse and we didn't use that...

  22. Nurses are Pathetic!!

    MrsCaseyRN replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, just wait. Your in CLINICALS. It different when you're really a nurse. Actually, in my experience, its the nursing students who think nursing is going to be one big sweet cup of tea because they...

  23. Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    MrsCaseyRN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    100% right. Like the isolation signs "STOP and report to nurse before entering". They think it only applies to staff. Or the visiting hours. They think only applies to other visitors. Or no smoking...

  24. How many nurses had hands-on experience before starting nursing school?

    MrsCaseyRN replied to GaMBA's topic in General Nursing

    I was a PCT and EMT before being a nurse. I highly recommend it. I learned many skills that have helped with being a nurse. I became comfortable in the professional/pt relationship, and I feel it made...

  25. Need Advice - New Mom or Nurse or BOTH

    MrsCaseyRN replied to ame31's topic in General Nursing

    Your story is so much like mine, it was kind of scary. I am really torn on whether or not to go back to the hospital. I want to but I fear its been too long and I didn't work there long enough to...