inkydorei LVN

inkydorei has 23 years experience as a LVN and specializes in Geriatrics.

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   No Respect.

   inkydorei replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

   I had a nurse manager tell me once, "We as a healthcare industry have created this monster, now we as nurses have to feed it". It's the Hilton Healthcare effect. I work LTC, and trust me, the disrespect is everywhere.
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   2 job opportunities, help!!

   inkydorei replied to baseballerswife's topic in LPN/LVN

   If you put in a 2 weeks notice at the nursing home, you are not burning bridges....or like prettymica says, just go prn, with notice. As an LVN, you will probably have a hard time getting in at a hospital, so if i were you, i'd jump at this chance if...
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   New On Call procedure. Need ideas, suggestions

   inkydorei replied to gerRN23's topic in LTC Directors

   As a floor nurse in LTC, I would have to say that this wouldn't work with myself or the nurses I know. What you are proposing is basically unscheduled mandatory overtime. I don't care what sort of bonus my superviser offers me, I don't want to be t...
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   Do nurses at your LTC facility text the docs?

   inkydorei replied to inkydorei's topic in Geriatric

   Thanks for all the replies. The only reason i heard about this is because i worked this past weekend. i normally only work mon-fri. The w/e nurses are apparently the ones who do this the most, but a brand new nurse (one month out of school) was te...
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   Do nurses at your LTC facility text the docs?

   inkydorei replied to inkydorei's topic in Geriatric

   oh, and for clarification purposes, when i said i have been doing this a long time, i meant working in LTC......NOT texting docs :)
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   Do nurses at your LTC facility text the docs?

   inkydorei replied to inkydorei's topic in Geriatric

   i'm assuming they are using their own phones. There are no company cell phones available. i'm like you, Michelle, i want to talk to a live person. We had one doc who would fax us orders, and i didn't like that either. i was just wondering if this...
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   Do nurses at your LTC facility text the docs?

   inkydorei posted a topic in Geriatric

   i had a nurse tell me the other day to "just text Dr. H and he will text you back the order" What??!! i have not been told by Dr H or management that this is accepted practice, yet several other nurses have said 'oh yea, we do that all the time.' D...
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   is it ok if i write on somebody else's nursing notes and then she/he would sign it?

   inkydorei replied to pennylane18's topic in Geriatric

   i've never had enough time to do my work AND someone else's!!!
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   Ah, the things we say when we're tired

   inkydorei replied to ProBeeRN's topic in General Nursing

   One of my patients had "wheezles" instead of wheezes! My favorite dr, whose patient was the one with wheezles, said, Oh, yes, brown furry creatures running around in lungs.. I have heard them many times" !! LOL. i knew a brand new RN once who actual...
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    Does Death Have A Smell?

    inkydorei replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working in LTC for almost 20 years. death definitely has a distinct smell, as does staph, cancer, and c-diff. My husband calls me a bloodhound because of my acute sense of smell....sometimes it's not such a good thing.
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    Am I Nurse Material?

    inkydorei replied to Hopefull nurse's topic in Louisiana

    i have not read thru all the comments, so i will be replying directly to your post by telling you a little about my story. When i was 17, i had my daughter. Her father was not in the picture; i was still living at home. i decided (like you) that i...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    inkydorei replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a new RN once who was charting on a patient with pneumonia. She charted "breathing sounds good, no weasels present." I just had to laugh and be thankful that I was in a weasel free zone