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  1. Today 9/16/2010 I am a Nursing School Graduate!

    CareteamRN70 posted a topic in Male Nursing Students

    Well guys (and gal lurkers), its been a tough 2 years but I sat for my finals yesterday for my last quarter and have received my "unofficial" final grades. I passed all classes and completed all...

  2. Got a promotion because of my big...

    CareteamRN70 posted a topic in General Nursing

    SMILE? Background: I am a fairly new RN who has been working LTC for about a year. We have been in need of a unit manager for close to the entire time I have been there. I figured being so new it was...

  3. Got a promotion because of my big...

    CareteamRN70 replied to CareteamRN70's topic in General Nursing

    Damn Leslie, you must be a ball at funerals and wakes. After reading a few of the post that started to border and the "aggressive" with a distinct undercurrent of "Yes, you are a freak by the normal...

  4. Got a promotion because of my big...

    CareteamRN70 replied to CareteamRN70's topic in General Nursing

    More background to fill in the blanks: My DON found out I didnt have teeth because she was complaining about her dentures and I joined in the conversation stating I don't wear any and don't seem to...

  5. Are LPNs being phased out?

    CareteamRN70 replied to zandile2011's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Facility where I work (LTC/Subacute/Rehab) has been on a big push to hire RN's. When LPN's quit they are not replaced with LPN's, but RN's instead. There has been a growing rumor that LPN's will be...

  6. Ever have a patient that "turns" on you?

    CareteamRN70 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I have one patient I really have a good relationship with, but this worries me to no end because it kind of puts me in her sights. This pt is the one that has the DON, the Facility head, the...

  7. Best way to unclog a PEG?

    CareteamRN70 replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    I've used coke, but recently my facility has just started stocking these and I love them. http://www.nationalscrubs.com/feedingtubedeclogger-16-18french395cmqty10.aspx dont know if we will keep them...

  8. She/He Did What?!

    CareteamRN70 replied to walkingonthestars's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to say it but these kind of post rarely educate. They may give us a sense of "there but for the grace of God go I" and put our own experiences in focus, but for the most part they are...

  9. Diversity.. at what price?

    CareteamRN70 replied to Been there,done that's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Language can be fun. Now I admit when I'm getting report and I can't understand my co-workers pronunciation of an antibiotic, that can add a little stress, but it's not that hard to figure out that A:...

  10. Help! Pre-employment nicotine test!

    CareteamRN70 replied to noviceRN22's topic in General Nursing

    Lol I'd be scr*wed either way. I quit smoking cigarettes but now use e-cigarettes which still have a healthy (pun) dose of nicotine. No tar, no 400+ other chemicals, but still nicotine. My facility...

  11. Student nurse gets the boot...veteran nurse fired

    CareteamRN70 replied to C287's topic in General Nursing

    I'll up the ante on the OP's tale. I have a friend who just started at a LTC as an RN. She was a very friendly outgoing nurse who befriended her fellow nurses and all of her CNA's. She shared her...

  12. Never thought I would make a post like this, but I have to vent...

    CareteamRN70 replied to sameyjaney's topic in General Nursing

    When I started at my facility we had one nurse that would put the "new" nurses through the ringer. I was very new, a new grad RN in fact. This didn't help as my facility was touting how they were...

  13. Would you do it all again?

    CareteamRN70 replied to laski's topic in General Nursing

    1 year out from school and I can't even remember my previous life before nursing. My only regret is that I waited until my late 30's to do it. I went to a two year school, where only 2/3 of my class...

  14. Family members that follow you

    CareteamRN70 replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a subacute/rehab wing in my LTC and needy family members are par for the course. I have had them follow me and I refuse to answer questions at the nurse station, in the halls, or throught...

  15. when a male patient pulls foley out..

    CareteamRN70 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just had a pt do this a week ago in middle of the night....twice..pulled out his Foley with balloon intact and also managed to pull out his g-tube, bulb defalted (he did chew on syringe port of...

  16. New grad in LTC - frustrated

    CareteamRN70 replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was given 7 days of Orientation at the second job I took (my first job gave me 1 day following a medcart then that night I was by myself with 60 pts). There are not what I would call short cuts but...

  17. Nurses as primary breadwinners?

    CareteamRN70 replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    Im kind of on the other end of the stick. My wife had always made more then me...about $50k-$60k a year while i earned $8/Hr as a CNA or patient support tech. I had a stroke and was out of work for a...

  18. staffing cuts

    CareteamRN70 replied to katoline's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So Far my LTC hasn't made any cuts that I as a floor nurse can see....but we have been understaffed since Ive worked there. The corp head has sent out emails to the staff about the cut in medicare...

  19. MORAL DILEMA

    CareteamRN70 replied to TonyaM73's topic in General Nursing

    I think I may see part of the problem. It isn't the problem with the pt's refusal of tx...It's the doubt the OP had with the whole situation...and then the mentioned co-worker likening of respecting...

  20. Had my first code today....

    CareteamRN70 replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    (I don't hug) I'm sorry you went through that. My first code I always thought would leave me sad, crying after shift, or just numb....instead I was just amazingly angry. My patient was a dear...

  21. New nurse... Dressing change?

    CareteamRN70 replied to *Butterfly8*'s topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC and most dressing changes are Q Daily on the day shift. Most orders I have seen stipulate time or shift but also include a PRN change if soiled (lotta sacrum/coccyx decub dressings), has...

  22. Patient smokers!!

    CareteamRN70 replied to Lahryn04's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on quiting smoking! I still smoke..I had a story very much like yours in that I had a TIA and was smoking up to the ER doors. As for what you were talking about..the water vapor gizmos,...

  23. Hiding meds in food: illegal?

    CareteamRN70 replied to gilmet's topic in General Nursing

    You could talk to the MD overseeing your son at the facility and request a "crush" order for his regular meds, or "mix with food" order for coumadin (shouldn't be crushed). Unless it is a med that...

  24. No nursing shortage: roll call!

    CareteamRN70 replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    Indianapolis, Indiana: Quite a few nursing programs offered by "for profit" schools have popped up here (I am a graduate of one) that are churning out new grads as ASN's at an alarming rate. The only...

  25. I gave a back massage yesterday

    CareteamRN70 replied to melmarie23's topic in General Nursing

    I give massages quite a bit, my unit has an unwriiten rule that we should try two nursing interventions for pain control before breaking out the narcs. I have seen pts who are mean and surly calm...