southernbeegirl

southernbeegirl BSN, RN

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  1. Ok people, face facts: Staffing in LTC is always going to be outrageous!

    southernbeegirl posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    All these threads about staffing ratios are driving me nuts! I have worked LTC for 16 years now. Staffing is what it is people. It is not going to change or get better. It is what it is. The...

  2. Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    southernbeegirl replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I don't care to give them their pills either. It's the manipulation you have to deal with leading up to their med time that drives me nuts! They always have that behavior, never fail....

  3. Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    southernbeegirl replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I told yall about my husband because I did see some talking about how patients were sleeping. that was all. How he was treated is for another thread someday. But it was one of the reasons i became...

  4. Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    southernbeegirl replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I also want to say something but am NOT preaching or trying to ruin a vent thread, k? I have posted about this before I think. My first husband lived in horrible pain. He had porphyria and would be...

  5. Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    southernbeegirl replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I always just give what is ordered. I'm so tired of drug seekers too. The patients in LTC are getting younger and younger. When we see a young person (40s, 50s) on the admit list, we all dread it...

  6. Sometimes it's hard to tell a drug seeker from a patient in pain.

    southernbeegirl replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    No, there is not a difference. I am a drug addict in recovery, almost 8 years now. I also suffer from chronic back pain that is, at time, almost crippling. I have struggled, with my doctor, to...

  7. Advice to the LTC nurse...

    southernbeegirl posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi guys! I have worked in LTC for 16 yrs. I have listened to ER nurses, EMTs, paramedics talk about "nursing home" nurses. I have worked hard to develop a good working relationship with the on call...

  8. Ok people, face facts: Staffing in LTC is always going to be outrageous!

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    great replies guys,

  9. Ok people, face facts: Staffing in LTC is always going to be outrageous!

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm kind of

  10. New Nurse and I dont think dialysis is for me HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    southernbeegirl replied to Cindy 17's topic in General Nursing

    did you think all the extra "!" would help us answer

  11. How do I get back up on my feet

    southernbeegirl replied to SMA57's topic in General Nursing

    How do you help yourself? Just do it. Stop wallowing in self pity and put one foot in front of the other. Not to be crash but how are we supposed to know how to help you if you can't help...

  12. If I see one more post titled....

    southernbeegirl replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I'm staging a site wide intervention for you people. Your cowbell addiction is taking

  13. If I see one more post titled....

    southernbeegirl replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I would go with the pink ones. The purple ones kinda make your butt look big,

  14. Advice to the LTC nurse...

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Emergency

    Ooh this list is great! I am so stealing it. Thanks

  15. Advice to the LTC nurse...

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Emergency

    We have no choice about our "handwritten" orders. Although hospitals are completely online, SNFs are not. When we get an admission, the entire process much be handwritten by us. A normal SNF admit...

  16. Advice to the LTC nurse...

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Emergency

    Thank you guys so much for all the replies! I have shared much of this with my coworkers. I think we are doing a much better job. As for the poster that stated something about us sending dying, DNR...

  17. What reason is used for call offs!

    southernbeegirl replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I just wish it was a joke. I really did dry my cat in the dryer. Not on purpose but still he got in there. I was doing laundry and how he did it I will never know, but he jumped in the dryer...

  18. What reason is used for call offs!

    southernbeegirl replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    During nursing school I called in once because i had dried my cat in the dryer the night before and had to take him to the vet. My instructor was like "you did WHAT?". I don't think they believed me...

  19. Family members that follow you

    southernbeegirl replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    :rolleyes:

  20. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    southernbeegirl replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I took my littlest stepson to get football cleats a few weeks ago. The guy helping us told him which shoes he needed, telling him "I could tell my watching you walk you have a low arch". He told me...

  21. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    southernbeegirl replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a patient with a daughter that is convinced she can tell when her potassium levels are low just by looking at her despite showing no s/s. The woman has no h/o of hypokalemia at all but the...

  22. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    southernbeegirl replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So you think our smoking policy is unfair?? Good God! Three times a day I have to pull my, allready stressed from too many patients,staff off the floor to take your whining self out to smoke. You...

  23. That is not how you address one on the telephone.. *vent*

    southernbeegirl replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow. some of the egos in nursing are

  24. Weekend Only Nurse?

    southernbeegirl replied to tambourine's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked weekends for 7 years. I work Fri - Sat. I LOVE

  25. Advice to the LTC nurse...

    southernbeegirl replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Emergency

    I totally agree with yall about getting poor report or patients being sent out for ridiculous reasons. I guess what I'm hoping with this thread is to maybe open up a dialog and get some advice I can...