WittySarcasm

WittySarcasm BSN

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  1. First day on your own?

    WittySarcasm replied to SP1CEGRL's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Alright I started the same way as you and through trial and error I have learned some tips that have helped and I'll pass them on to you. I started in agency so I was always at a new nursing home...

  2. Is this really the norm?

    WittySarcasm replied to WittySarcasm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Chart, chart, chart. (I had a facility ask me not to put swear words in my charting, you know if the resident called me the B word or whatever. I was like, "If you are ok with them calling me that and...

  3. Is this really the norm?

    WittySarcasm replied to WittySarcasm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What's sad is that our dementia patients are angels compared to the ones that have no actual reason to act this way. And families...erg not even gonna comment on

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

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

    Oh and I forgot "Look you are in your 40's, there is no reason for you to hang off backwards off your bed barely holding on to the siderails just because you are mad that you can't get into your...

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

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

    To one patient who cusses me out every day- "Why no I'm not a motherf***er. Because really I have never been with your mother. So really I think you can just shut your mouth now." To another patient...

  6. Is this really the norm?

    WittySarcasm replied to WittySarcasm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    @ kalevra- Yeah these are patients that are on our unit. To everyone else thank you. I was just half wondering if this was some crazy norm that I had missed in nursing homes. Especially since everyone...

  7. How do I orentate someone when...

    WittySarcasm posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm supposed to orientate a new hired nurse Monday, since I'm the permanment nurse for my unit I'm going to be orientating her for 2 days. However I'm lost on how to do it. I work at a nursing home...

  8. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    WittySarcasm replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    Lets see one of our residents- who was always dilusional- rang her call light to tell me to get the thumb tacks for her off the walls, since she was combative I told her that it wasn't possible, since...

  9. Can't find job! Any advice?

    WittySarcasm replied to Manabella's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I went through the same thing while trying to get hired. I wanted nothing more then to get into a hospital and work on a med/surg floor at least. However after a year and half of looking I went and...

  10. How do I orentate someone when...

    WittySarcasm replied to WittySarcasm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just wanted to thank everyone for the suggestions I think I have an idea, I think with a second person tagging behind it's going to take longer doing things so my normal rutine, which I have gotten...

  11. Administering Capsules

    WittySarcasm replied to nurs3ros3's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I usually use this list- http://www.ismp.org/tools/donotcrush.pdf Which is a common list that is in a lot of mars of LTC's. If you have the list in your mars just check and see if it is in the DO NOT...

  12. How do I orentate someone when...

    WittySarcasm replied to WittySarcasm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Haha a lot of people say that for sure. Thanks for the suggestions! I'm going to try to do the normal spotting with hoyers that I normally do. I tend to spend the first hour or two with the residents,...

  13. I love my residents!

    WittySarcasm replied to SneakySnake's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Haha I love my residents too! I've learned through working on the unit I do love my residents. Between the two men who are always asking for my hand in marriage (I've gotten EVERY corny pick up line...

  14. Nursing and Depression

    WittySarcasm posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I hope this is the right place to post this... I was diagnosed with depression when I was 16. Back then I was with a therapist that more or less just wanted to drug me with every drug out there but...

  15. Moving to a Compact State

    WittySarcasm posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hope this is in the right area. I'm sure that this was the day I fell asleep in nursing school as I know they talked in detail about it. But my notes were part of the ceremonial burning of stuff for...

  16. help with dementia patient please!

    WittySarcasm replied to Tarabara's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a LTC facility however we have a resident there who sounds just about the same as your resident. The first thing I would suggest- if you have them- is some kind of wander-guard or some alarm...

  17. Nursing and Depression

    WittySarcasm replied to WittySarcasm's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thank you for the replies. I'm gonna for sure get a therapist to at least help me, maybe calm down the cycle a little. Sadly I gotta wait for next month cuz right now I'm insurance-less but as soon as...

  18. wow-ltc is crazy!!!!

    WittySarcasm replied to pn5437's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can say from experience that yes, the first few days/weeks will be hard for you. I was in the same boat, my first nursing job was nursing homes. It is hard at first, but as time goes on and as you...

  19. I am a new agency nurse

    WittySarcasm replied to al7139's topic in Agency Nurses

    I relate totally. When I was working for an agency I found that I was always given the harder jobs. The ones that others did not want. I worked in nursing homes, and I found that there were some...

  20. Hopefully helpful advice!

    WittySarcasm posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I know there are several of these out there. But as I have just hit my year's experience (yay! No longer am I a new Grad nurse) I thought I would share what I have learned. Especially since I went the...

  21. Agency LTC or Staff LTC

    WittySarcasm replied to grateful2010's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I started out as an agency nurse for LTC mainly because there was NOTHING ELSE out there. After a year and half I went for the first thing that called me. And now I work at a LTC as a full time nurse....

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

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

    Ah I forgot the most important one! Look if you really feel we are that incompetent that you have to tell me how to do my job then perhaps you should take your son home. Really. He is at the best he's...

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

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

    ~Look you are what....800 pounds. I do not think you are going to starve to death just because you missed your 3 pm snack (which is an orange). If you do start to starve your body has about 600 pounds...

  24. to New Nurses (long, but, hopefully helpful)

    WittySarcasm replied to gentlegiver's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I totally agree with number 4. I've learned that the CNA's almost always pick up on someone "not acting right." And 9 times out of 10 they will be right and the resident will have either a UTI or...

  25. How Many Residents Do You Care For On Your Unit?

    WittySarcasm replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm a charge nurse on my unit. We can run at the most with 30 residents. That's with 2 med nurses and 5 aides. So it isn't too bad. Though I myself is in charge of 30 residents. That's the 3-11 shift...