BigBee48

I also worked in LTC, it can be soo overwhelming, but also rewarding. Just know you wil always work your *** off. Be careful in body mechanics. I love the elderly people and all their wisdom,stories, they can be so mean, and yet so sweet. I think...

to Sprinkles85 and ThomasRN thank you both for the info. I will check it out.

I am very sorry for that, I also am an RN who has had a neck fusion, and lumbar fusion, along with 7 herniated discs in the thoracic region (varying degrees, and one fractured vertabre in thoracic). I have been working as a 911 Dispatcher, which is ...

I don't have an answer for you question, but I have experienced migraine h/a's for most of my adult life, they suck! I found relief after having a total hysterectomy, and also using Maxalt (a troche that dissolves on your tongue). Anyway Good Luck t...

May I ask do you mean Long Term Care, or Long Term Acute Care Hospital? There is a difference. The Later is an acute care hospital where alot of ICU patients go after their stay, at the one I worked at they had to meet requirements for admission, v...

Not to be mean, the others did not go to college and get a degree.

does anyone know if they use it for chronic pain patients. My pain specialist said she did not think I was a candidate for it, since I'm chronic pain, but I wonder if it would be better than taking other narcs for life?

Sorry for confusion, I didn't mean to use them together. Benadryl is great for sleep, and not using habit forming sleeping meds, esp. in elderly. And the Acetaminophen worked great for pain, unless it was a long term problem. I'm just saying it wo...

sometimes plain old Acetaminophen works. Especially with the elderly. I cared for a patient similar, she was always confused, crying out, c/o leg pain. After a battery of tests to rule other causes out, we tried vicodin. Had the same problem, th...

I would like to add,as far as the company throwing you to the wolves, they did me. When I showed up for my first day, I expected someone to be there to train me, even if it would have been 1 day. Never had any training. That goes for my job as DON...

Ok, maybe being a "better nurse" is too strong, but enhanced my knowledge base. Sharing stories, knowledge and/or experiences makes me feel more like a good nurse. I find there is always new and good information on Allnurses.com, and to be able to ...

I can tell you frorm experience, it can be overwhelming to be a unit manager. I was one after about 6 yrs in Nursing. I had no idea that people could kiss butt so much, and call you at all hours for the stupidest things. Like an IV came out @ 3:00...

Please remember, it can still happen. I used proper body mechanics, was anal about always having a drawsheet under patients, and having help. Even when we had bariatric patients, using lifts and making them (as much as they could) do it themselves. ...

Well hopefully, they have begun to see that there are false+. I know in law enforcement, my husband, who has been in the profession for 20+ yrs, is now seeing things a little differently. Like some of the defendants who have said I am innocent, in ...

And I forgot, when I had the "failed drug test", I called the lab that did the test, and spoke to the manager, who suggested I fight it, which was about $2,000.00 more, he said the people that have disputed their results have won, only a very small g...

I have chronic pain, neck fusion & lumbar fusion, was turned into the BON for taking meds, they had a hearing could not find any problem or anything I did wrong, but then decided I would need to be monitored b/c I am on pain meds. Went downhill ...

I totally agree with Redhairednurse completely, for whatever reason it seems harder to work with women than men. You have to sometimes "fake it" because it is a job, not your life. Please don't leave nursing, it is impairative you find something po...

WOW!! If there are soo many problems with this, why do they spend millions of dollars doing these? As for me it has been a nightmare.

I first would like to agree with almost everything you stated. I am an RN w/long term chronic pain, have tried soooo many different meds (to not be impaired, and yet have some sort of pain control, so I can do my job). I have had so many procedures,...

Getting back to original posting by k r ah, I really think after yrs of experience, it is impressed upon you how so many people cheat the system. I started out being so nieve, never knowing who had ins or what type of payment. I sometimes think we l...

I have seen cases where, like in any other profession, there have been examples made of nurses, when the new company took over the SNAP(State Nurses Assistance Program). I personally watched a nurse (RN) who had no previous history of any kind, get ...

Thank you so much for this post. I went through something so very similar, and so just want to be a nurse, no glamour no high wages (good money though haha) but not all those ridiculous expectations of taking out the people in high places to try an...

I think that is a great idea. I am currently an ASN graduate and I'm thinking about getting a BSN in Healthcare Management. It would sure give you a good background when you do start, not to mention the recesson might be over or near over. Good Lu...

I always wanted to be a nurse, then my brother was in a horrible car accident, I was standing at his bedside, he had a cut above his eyebrow, with brainmatter coming out. I knew then I had to be there for other people as they or their family needed ...

I had spondolythesis in my neck and lower back, I was told I had too much damage for the front minimally invasive surgery, and had the same problem in lumbar area, alot of arthritis, and stenosis. And it was in early 2002, I think it was just starti...