NurseDirtyBird

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  1. Is there always that one nurse.....?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Queen2u's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There was one particular nurse who made me feel the same way. She'd ask all sorts of stupid questions during report, and eventually I'd just tell her, "Look in the chart if you want to know that,...

  2. What to do..

    NurseDirtyBird replied to iamgabrielle's topic in Psychiatric

    I had no idea what I wanted to do in nursing when I started, and I still don't. Before I started, I figured I'd do psych. Then I did my psych rotation in school. Not a hospital psych unit, either....

  3. Medpass combining and coumadi's place in it

    NurseDirtyBird replied to ceebeeRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Every facility I've worked in has scheduled coumadin at different times. I worked in one where coumadin was at a different time for almost every patient - they just continued their coumadin routine...

  4. Advice please? Dementia pt resisting necessary intervention

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Laughingbuddha's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Hi, not a DON, but lots of experience in memory care and LTC. You are aware the reason that she's resistive and combative is because she has no understanding of the procedure, who you are, and what...

  5. Is It Just Me?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Mijourney's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, because you can totally figure out what nursing's all about in a month. Dude barely got his feet wet. Guess what kiddos, what happens in nursing school is almost nothing like real life. If...

  6. Is It Just Me?

    NurseDirtyBird replied to Mijourney's topic in General Nursing

    Um...excuse me? You haven't started your job on the med/surg floor yet, have

  7. Time Management in LTC

    NurseDirtyBird replied to ltcnurs5's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    #1, I am a per diem nurse in LTC and am required to complete treatments and document my care. I belong to the facility though, I'm not agency, maybe it's different for them. #2: There's cutting...

  8. New Grad RN: New Job Raises More Question for Self

    NurseDirtyBird replied to LotusRN1972's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Welcome to nursing. You will be undermined for the bottom line, profits matter more than patients, never enough staff or equipment, corners cut all over the place...nursing, especially LTC, is...