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  1. Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    mondkmondk posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Right now I'm having an issue with the night shift LPN. She is always crabby when she comes in and criticizes almost everything I do or say to her. Supposedly she has a bad home life, but she...

  2. Near death experiences stories

    mondkmondk posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a spin off to the nursing ghost stories thread, I am an avid reader of anything regarding death/dying. I just wondered how many near death experience stories we as nurses hear from our patients....

  3. Question for those who receive SSD

    mondkmondk posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was thinking that someone from here told me about an x number of months/years you can receive your benefits but try to work more like another trial work period. Let me explain briefly. I'm on SSD...

  4. Funny dreams about your job as a nurse

    mondkmondk posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I dreamed one night that I was in charge and this one lady patient we had was dying. Her dx? "Chinese Toe Disease". Anyway, I dreamed her toes all fell off and she died. I called the doctor to...

  5. Parenting while going to nursing school

    mondkmondk posted a topic in General Nursing

    Someone I used to work with made the comment the other day that she would never have made it through nursing school, if it wasn't for the fact that she had a few kids...she said having kids actually...

  6. An RN friend being set up at her job, are even threatening her license; need advice

    mondkmondk posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a friend who is an RN who just got out of a psychiatric hospital. She has problems sleeping and today was supposed to work and did try to go to work although she was very groggy. She tried to...

  7. An RN friend being set up at her job, are even threatening her license; need advice

    mondkmondk replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    A psychiatric nurse told me that Ambien definitely comes up as a benzo on a urine drug screen. I know it is a sedative/hypnotic, but other people have told me that too. When I said she passed her...

  8. An RN friend being set up at her job, are even threatening her license; need advice

    mondkmondk replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. In response to the meds being their business question, most health care facilities in our area do a drug test upon hire and random ones they feel as necessary. I know Ambien and Xanax would...

  9. An RN friend being set up at her job, are even threatening her license; need advice

    mondkmondk replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I know she takes Ambien CR and they've given her static over that in the past. I think the place she works wants healthy hearty nurses on NO meds at all. I know another nurse who used to work...

  10. An RN friend being set up at her job, are even threatening her license; need advice

    mondkmondk replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    I just got off the phone with her; she is already notifying an atty who is a friend of her parents'. She says she has never had any action taken against her license of over 20 years and cannot...

  11. Sex offenders

    mondkmondk replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One facility I worked in a couple years ago had a sex offender as a resident whose crime was molestation of female children...his own granddaughter being just one of his victims at the age of 6. He...

  12. Advice regarding termination

    mondkmondk replied to surfnbeagle's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ditto what CapeCod said in our state too (Missouri). One facility fired me for excessive abscences. I did put on the next application that I was fired, but never asked why. Claiming you were...

  13. Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    mondkmondk replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The DON that used to be a staff floor nurse that when she was a floor nurse, used to cut up with you and joke and laugh and was a great person to be around. But once she got "DON" behind her name,...

  14. should I complaint?

    mondkmondk replied to pretty70's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I wouldn't complain. The staffing sounds adequate to me. 3 CNA's and a nurse to 30 residents? That is approx. 7 residents to each staff person. That for LTC is really not bad. Anxious to hear...

  15. Student nurses do the darndest things

    mondkmondk replied to NurseNinaFla's topic in General Nursing

    I had my RN clinicals at a big teaching hospital notorious for the nurses playing practical jokes on the students. My patient was just out of OR for a hip replacement and was cold. The only blanket...

  16. Very disappointed in treatment by fellow co-workers

    mondkmondk posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was placed on a wing last night that I had never worked before. 45 residents. I told my boss I wasn't comfortable working without at least one shift of orientation. I don't even know where half...

  17. Selecting malpractice insurance provider

    mondkmondk posted a topic in General Nursing

    Was interested in hearing how much liability amount you get...and who is the provider? I used to have this back when I was full time through NSO I think it was but when I went prn I let it lapse....

  18. Worried about a couple fellow co-workers and what this may mean for the rest of us

    mondkmondk posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So as many of you know, my hubby and I work in the same facility. He is a CNA/CMT going to nursing school. He works full time nights and through the grapevine, I am hearing so many good things about...

  19. Worried about a couple fellow co-workers and what this may mean for the rest of us

    mondkmondk replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, I hate gossip/rumors etc. so I'm going to let this drop. If the nurses in question want me to know, they will surely tell me...or tell my hubby since he works with them. I was just worried...

  20. Share your story: How did you land your first nursing job?

    mondkmondk replied to KeepItReal21's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I took a CNA class when I was a senior in high school and worked in a LTC facility while going to LPN school. I stayed on there after graduating and worked several years as an LPN before I went...

  21. Worried about a couple fellow co-workers and what this may mean for the rest of us

    mondkmondk replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I never worked the wing the patient was on, but she was on my wing upon initial admission for about a week. I don't think back then that she was a DNR, but that very well could've changed. My hubby...

  22. Am I too old to go back to school?

    mondkmondk posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've been a nurse 18 years now, mostly in LTC. I have been an MDS/Care Plan Coordinator and did work for a year in home health/hospice. My desire is to become an adult NP. However, when I think of...

  23. Am I too old to go back to school?

    mondkmondk replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I only work every other weekend right now. Our youngest we adopted and I envisioned myself being as close to a SAHM as possible while he was young. I think I will wait until he starts full time...

  24. Things I have learned in Nursing

    mondkmondk replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Things I have learned in nursing: Compassion is key. Blessings,

  25. Taking and registering for nclex with criminal background. HELP

    mondkmondk replied to jcutler's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    You are good to go. My hubby is a nursing student right now with a felony for forgery. He has tried several times to get a pardon, but no success. Our state BON will accept criminal backgrounds, so...