southernbeegirl

southernbeegirl BSN, RN

Rehab, Infection, LTC

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  1. Patients with long-standing family problems

    I just have a question. If she was upset, had an order for Ativan, why wouldnt you give that to
  2. Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

    i am reporting you to the teddy bear abuse committe
  3. Its Just not fair! Good Nurse getting fired (probably)

    girl, you gotta get outta
  4. when i was about 14, my best friend and i read this "dirty book" we'd found in the bookstore. in it, the girl inserted something in her urethra. that got me to thinking...did i have one of those? i...
  5. Things you would love to tell your management and get away with

    oh how i would love to say.... "if i hear you say one more time how YOU ran this unit when there were more patients, higher acuity and you did it with one hand behind your back, i'm going to drown you...
  6. Recently my DON fussed at me for ordering a CXR to verify NGT placement. She told me "NGT's do not show up on xrays because they are silicone". and she's the
  7. i just reread my post. psalm...i didnt mean to sound like a smart alec but i think it came out that way. i totally understand what you were saying. but seriously though...you can come talk to him...
  8. honey, if you think you could do any better then YOU go talk to him! lol I've been at this a long time. I understand limits and boundaries with patients. but there is always that one, ya know? and...
  9. xanax use

    if you have a prescription then stop worrying. you will be just
  10. omg thats so bad it's hilarious! i wish someone would grade me . i bet the devil on myright shoulder would possess me at that time and say
  11. Waiting for the Results of a Drug Test. I'm Freaking Out!

    If you are responding to me, then reread my post because I didn't say she had legal ramifications. The hospital turned her into the state board for testing positive for a drug screen. Legally, that is...
  12. I have this pt with GillianBarre' (probably just spelled that wrong but im too lazy to google, lol) he is the most horrid pt!! one minute he's telling you what a good christian he is, the next he is...
  13. Waiting for the Results of a Drug Test. I'm Freaking Out!

    one more thing..... some employers actually turn applicants into the state board if their screen is positive. i actually had this happen to a friend of mine a few years ago. she tested positive for...
  14. Waiting for the Results of a Drug Test. I'm Freaking Out!

    You bought a home drug screen test prior to taking this test? I am almost 5 yrs clean and sober. With that experience behind me I say this..... The only, and i mean ONLY times that my drug screens...
  15. would like opinions on this letter please

    My opinion only.... Noone is perfect. Your son WAS seen as he needed to be. You can't spend your life saying "what ifs". You have no way of knowing what she was thinking and to presume to know what...
  16. You are allowed to carry a concealed weapon at
  17. Hospice Home care ?

    Thank you so much! The day I finally asked for help, the day of my intervention, God literally screamed in my head "tell her tell her tell her tell her tell her tell her" until i wanted to yell for...
  18. in LTC have you ever...

    a friend that i work with and i have been writing down orders we want when we are in LTC, lol. we want to put them in our living will so everyone knows we want to be drugged, lol. we just want...
  19. What made you want to become an RN?

    temporary
  20. What do these family member expect

    anytime! and just keep imagining that you are pinching their annoying leetle heads off when they are driving you nuts. that usually keeps me going for a little while,
  21. Dangerous nurses

    haha, maybe it
  22. i have to fess up what i did last week. one of my pts and her sister are the meanest old biddies you ever met! the sister called me "fat azs" and "wide load" cuz she was mad i wouldnt allow her...
  23. First Day in Nursing Home as a Practical Nurse

    Run!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  24. Considering changing from Acute Care to LTC

    preach it sister! can i get a
  25. Dangerous nurses

    i know a nurse that is for lack of a better word...judgemental. she will make a judgement about a situation and that is that. nothing can be said to change her mind. for example...she might decide...