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  1. Your CALL LIGHT privileges have been revoked!!!

    makes needs known replied to amiro31's topic in General Nursing

    I have often thought it would be great if call lights were like buttons for PCA's, patient can push them as often as they like. If they use their call light too frequently, a little prerecorded...

  2. Cameras

    makes needs known replied to arw979's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have cameras are at our entrances. Maybe there are more. We have construction right now, anything is possible where I work. If they are really watching us they should be able to tell that we are...

  3. Does Anyone From Your LTC/SNF Meet Patients Prior To Admission?

    makes needs known replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We have an RN admission team (2 nurses) that go over to the hospital to assess for new admits. We are a ltc facility but our floor has been slowly turning into a rehab floor. We still get some...

  4. Lots of Snow!

    makes needs known replied to cardiacmadeline's topic in General Nursing

    One year I worked Christmas Day and we got 18 inches of snow during 3-11 shift. I live 20 miles away from work. Several of us opted to wait until the am to go home. I got some rest in an empty pt....

  5. vent about nurse at work

    makes needs known replied to CNA2day's topic in General Nursing

    She sounds like she likes the sound of her own voice. Power

  6. old grumpy

    makes needs known replied to josh1974's topic in General Nursing

    The human touch. Nice story. Everybody needs more

  7. Patient dies after falling in shower in the hospital!!!

    makes needs known replied to anniemichellena's topic in New York Nursing

    I'm surprised that she was allowed to take a shower since she just had surgery and must have had either stitches or staples to close a healing incision. I'm sorry for your

  8. Do you send meds along on a Leave of Absence?

    makes needs known replied to DPRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Pharmacy prepares but they need 3 days

  9. Pay Raises

    makes needs known replied to Riley3's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yea! We keep getting more and more responsibilities and they tell us that we're going to get that great raise by doing this extra work. We all know that if we don't do as we're are told we will...

  10. which comes first ?report or counting narcs

    makes needs known replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    We almost always count first. Report is more time consuming and we want to get the count over with. This is also when the keys get passed to the next shift, and we are always ready to turn them

  11. Survey...medication.

    makes needs known replied to LOLRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been stressed lately. At work and at home. I wish their were other ways to handle stress, besides pills. How can they help, if the things you worry about are real issues. Does it make it so you...

  12. What is WRONG with this??

    makes needs known replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I definitely agree with you. Don't we give 125% at work? Just sometimes it would be nice if WE got one of those nice back rubs we give to our patients at

  13. Seated transfer

    makes needs known replied to snooky123's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Do you mean a slide

  14. Would you have given the meds??

    makes needs known replied to **LaurelRN's topic in General Nursing

    This almost exactly happened to me. No harm to patient at all. Sometimes the decisions we make are not the correct

  15. Question about abnormal pap/colposcopy

    makes needs known replied to ChristaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this has happened to me, too. But I haven't had an abnormal pap in a while. I used to get lots of yeast infections and I think that caused my abnormals. I hope everything is

  16. Would you have done this differently?

    makes needs known replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Do your coworkers know you did this? I'd watch out if I were you. No one is perfect, but people tend to get upset when they get called on their mistakes. This can go round and

  17. What is the schedule "Short Hour"?

    makes needs known replied to 3KittiesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Being expected to do 2 hrs work in less than an

  18. Rh- mother w/ Rh- child and direct coombs+? Is it possible?

    makes needs known replied to travleur's topic in General Nursing

    I am B- and my husband is O+, and during all 3 pregnancies I had the shot just in case I was carrying a Rh+ child. After they were born and each baby was B-, same as my blood type, I did not need the...

  19. Need help in connecticut...

    makes needs known replied to x3jeni410's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Were you working in healthcare while you were going to school? Many times students get jobs in hospitals/nursing homes/etc where they did clinical work for

  20. Microcoag Machine

    makes needs known replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This sounds like our system, the lancet has one end that makes the small incision and the other end has a small cup that collects the blood. it's all in the timing. Took me a long time to get the...

  21. Time management worksheets

    makes needs known posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The nurses on our unit have been filling out time management papers this week. As if we don't have enough to do! What was the activity?, What time did you start?, When did it end? I have so many...

  22. My DON is a Gem!

    makes needs known replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    If your pts don't mind being woken up an hour earlier for their meds, it'll really be

  23. Body Vac

    makes needs known replied to BoopetteRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This sounds like it might be scary for an elderly sick person. Also bathing is a good time to inspect skin, but I'm not sure you can inspect/protect fragile while pt is in this vacuum

  24. Administration lacks the reasoning ability of a 5 year old

    makes needs known replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    Ah?!! So that's why our floors are so

  25. ALL NURSES this affects all of you

    makes needs known replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    The Spanish influenza of 1918 killed more than 40 million healthy people!!! It was a fast way to die. They were healthy in the morning, and dead at night. The seasonal flu shot does prevent the flu....