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Does anyone know what happened to the program at Platt College in Dallas, TX? I was aware that the Vocational Nursing program shut down several years ago, and shortly after that the entire Dallas campus shut down. What happened to the rest of the nur...

Have you thought about home hemo? Or you could give PD a try.

I just recently started in LTC and love it. My only issue with staff is this. I started out on days and recently moved to nights. I met some of the daytime nurses and for the most part they are all professional with the exception of two. Make that on...

A nurse (we'll call her Scary Nurse" was recently hired at my facility to work night shift. She's been a nurse for about 15 years. Problem is, she's clueless- not about facility protocol or paperwork but about basic nursing 101. I suggested to my ADO...

Just an update on Scary Nurse....as it turns out, yes, people were looking for her and ultimately her employment was terminated. I knew something was up, just couldn't figure it out.

For the record, the things I said she's done (or not done) I have witnessed with my own eyes). Like I said, the other nurse who worked with her has put in her two cents but from what I actually witnessed, yeah, she's dangerous. But thanks for your fe...

Thanks everyone for your replies. Much appreciated!

Has anyone ever bought anything from Cafe Press? I would like to but I wonder if their stuff looks cheaply made, like an old flea market made "image-ironed-on" shirt or bag. Any suggestions?

Wow! Sharpening needles to re-use?!? I'm a new nurse. I can't even imagine. Just....wow Thanks for sharing!

Not sure what part of Dallas or how far you want to drive but there is a scrub store at Town East Mall (Mesquite) and one outside the mall across the street. There are also a couple of store at Valley View Mall (Dallas, not far from the Galleria).

Finally, someone with something positive to say about TCN. Thanks for not making me feel like a moron for signing up with them. I signed up with them a few months ago and haven't not had any issues. Yeah, I know it's more expensive, yeah, I know I di...

I haven't looked up your posts or anything butI do know that sometimes people are quick to yell "That's HIPPA!" without even knowing exactly what HIPPA covers and in some cases what HIPPA even stands for. If you are speaking generally, without any id...

"sell-by date"- that's a good way to put it.

Wow. So many people say they "they love working in LTC" and they "love working with 'those people' ". I work in LTC. It is not something I aspired to do, I went there for the experience and because they had the schedule that worked for my family and ...

I see all kinds of cute nursing related t-shirts and pants, watches and socks. I also hear a lot of nurses say "I'll never wear a t-shirt that shows I'm a nurse". I'm curious. Why is that? It seems like lots of nurses want to hide the fact that they ...

I had a CNA walk off the job last night (I work 10p-6a LTC) because in her opinion I'm a lazy nurse and she was sick of taking 2 of her residents to the bathroom (among other things). She complained the we (the nurses) were always checking up on her ...

My first nursing job was/is as a night nurse in a LTCF. It was exactly what I didn't want fresh out of school but it has worked out beautifully for my families needs. I have 3 kids and a husband. I work 4 on 2 off and my husband works 9A-6P. I have n...

One thing I learned a long time ago- no matter what the situation is there will always ALWAYS be at least one person who is offended by something. You can't please everyone all the time. :)

That's great! I love it!...the children to to whom I gave birth. How about this one: the woman with whom I am best friends....you could go on and on. Thanks, LunahRN

Hey I do that everyday at work.....

We just now got the SilverChair program for inservice training. My facility does everything by hand and there has been no mention of updating anything in the future.

I'm a night nurse. We have 60 patients each and each CNA has 30 (unless a CNA calls in or no-shows, in which case they may have up to 35 each). As someone posted before lots of people think nights are easier because "Doesn't everyone just sleep?" Tha...

I have the authority, lifelongdream, to write them up but it almost seems in vain. Many of my co-workers have numerous write-ups for the very same thing. Because I'm new there I came in unbiased and thought everyone did what they were supposed to, un...

Thanks, mrsshifflette09, for rerminding me that I don't sign their paychecks, nor do I own them. My bad... I certainly will reconsider my views. I will most certainly from now on give them the respect that they give to me and to our patients.

I get what you're saying. one reason I refer to them as "my CNAs" is become I'm the one going to bat for them when the next shift comes in complaining about how this and that wasn't done. I ALWAYS thank them whether I like their work or not. And I ca...