JacknSweetpea

JacknSweetpea

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  1. concierge ? Really?

    Don't care about that other stuff....meanwhile...I'd like to have an open bar should I be admitted to a
  2. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    you forgot to say "hope you enjoyed your stay and have a nice
  3. I hate what's happening to nursing...

    A lot of older nurses I work with talk a lot about "how things used to be"....but what really sticks out in my mind is the times they've told me how nursing management would actually have their backs...
  4. Administration okays family's mental abuse of staff

    I'm so glad I found a part-time gig doing home health...actually it found me!! My last day at the LTC facility I'd been working at for a few years was last Tuesday. One of the reasons I left was...
  5. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    Aaahh...let's see...seroquel, risperdal, ativan, prolixin, and
  6. You know it's going to be a crazy night at work, when

    When it's chili
  7. Any nurses understand how isolating infertility is....

    You took my post all wrong. I meant whether or not nurses whom have dealt with this have anything scientifically "interesting" about this subject. Get off your high horse. I'm 29 and went through...
  8. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    I can pick my nose on my break if I want
  9. Pet Nurse?!

    I see nothing wrong with it....it's actually kinda cute!!! Pet nurse!!! Since I think most of the general population are ignorant gits....I think I may have found my
  10. No handwashing equals fines?

    Oh, wow!!! Come on Management.....let's go for maximum impact and really get the peons to listen.....send their lowly ***** to the
  11. Patients families dictating care and treatment

    Oh, here we go again....you work in a different specialty, yes, of course, the "critical thinking" will need to be there, but have you worked in a LTC? Different specialty and different skill-set...
  12. Patients families dictating care and treatment

    While your post does have some merit, especially when it comes to certain policies in a SNF, but you are very insulting to us LPN/LVN's who go to work everyday and take excellent care of patients....
  13. LTC is making me hate nursing!!!

    You definitely are in
  14. To get the flu shot, or not to get the flu shot...

    I have only taken the flu shot twice in my life and both times I became very sick from it. The first time I thought it was a mere coincidence, but it happened again the second time.....I have since...
  15. What Freaks You Out?

    I absolutely will not deal with glass eyes, dentures, and my facility's
  16. I feel guilty in canceling my extra shift...

    You need to apply where I work at. You would get ample opportunity to flex your "firing" muscles. Out of curiousity....do you really give a **** about the bonuses and promotions your boss
  17. I feel guilty in canceling my extra shift...

    Aaahh....you're reading our minds!!!! They only want enough help when it is expedient for them to do so!!! The patients are very rarely factored, but state inspections, JCAHO, etc.
  18. Do you think nursing has aged you?

    I have arthritis in my hands....I'm only 28!! However, nursing may not have anything to do with it. I try to take care of myself first. I would be of no use to anyone all broken
  19. I don't get thanked at work. The management's attitude is "why would we thank you for doing your job"? One of the CNA's asked the Administrator as to why we don't get pizza ordered for us, and the...
  20. Nurse Week Goodies, funniest ones you've seen

    "Bad news everyone, we cannot do anything for nurse's week this year because it is not in the budget". "However, I'd like to ask all of you if you could donate even a dollar for the Administrator's...
  21. Not fair attitude

    Even though it may be out of your "comfort zone"...I think you should talk to her. When I first started working as a nurse, I had to have several talking-to's with more experienced nurses who tried to...
  22. What is the silliest thing you've heard a nurse say?

    When are we
  23. Have nurses always been so negative?

    That's exactly what's going on. It's all about money and making so-and-so "look good". Nurses are not considered as any kind of asset....no matter what a particular organization might say. They have...
  24. Is it wrong...

    As I've said before in similar threads.....if you went into nursing soley to "help mankind and be all-compassionate"....join a holy order. Leave the rest of us with a living to make
  25. New DON is going to ruin the facility

    Sounds like Professor Umbridge from the Harry Potter books!!! "The Minister will want to take immediate