JacknSweetpea

JacknSweetpea

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  1. You Can't Make This Stuff Up

    JacknSweetpea replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Well, I'm sure they do like to get

  2. How long does it take you to calculate the doctor's med/IV order?

    JacknSweetpea replied to RescueNinja2013's topic in General Nursing

    However long it takes me to get ahold of my

  3. 25 Craziest Interview Questions of 2010

    JacknSweetpea replied to SweetBabyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Was it an African swallow or a European

  4. What are some reasons to restrain a patient?

    JacknSweetpea replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    Because they're

  5. If we had a conservative nurses forum

    JacknSweetpea replied to FLmomof5's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm not a "mainstream" conservative, but I believe in disagreeing without being disagreeable. There are some issues I'm more liberal on, and others I take a more conservative stance. It depends. Form...

  6. superstitious?

    JacknSweetpea replied to BigB_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work 3 days a week, and it never fails that one of those evenings is going to be bad. I like to get the bad day out of the way first. It hasn't worked out that way yet this week.....I had a good...

  7. Did your Docs get you a Christmas gift or recognize your work?

    JacknSweetpea replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. However, the facility management always ensure that the Doctors who have patients at our facility get fruit baskets....I think it's just to keep the referals coming!! The facility management do...

  8. Applying for jobs aggressively?

    JacknSweetpea replied to eaRNed's topic in General Nursing

    Aaah....since there is a glut of nurses, both LPN and RN in my area, it is difficult for all of us to get jobs or find different jobs. A lot of nurses I've known to land hospital positions have...

  9. Grandparent's medications pose danger to children.

    JacknSweetpea replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I think not. It was very wrong of her to being getting into Grandma's meds, but no 5th grader I know of knows what Fentanyl is or that there are meds that could be harmful that don't necessarily come...

  10. U is For Union

    JacknSweetpea replied to king_of_the_hill_fan's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I wish we had a union or at least some way to negotiate with administration without fear of being retaliated against. I wonder if it's the same all over....administration does whatever the heck they...

  11. A nurse that needs agnger management

    JacknSweetpea replied to BPayne16's topic in General Nursing

    What does it matter anyway? As long as she's not a danger to herself or others, I'm sure she'll be

  12. Are some states really laxed on their surveys?

    JacknSweetpea replied to nd deb's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't think so. Citations mean fines, but I will say I like the team of surveyors that come to our facility better than our

  13. A nurse that needs agnger management

    JacknSweetpea replied to BPayne16's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse and I've got anger issues....plus I'm a management malcontent!! Nurses are people too....not saint-like, celestial

  14. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    JacknSweetpea replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking the same thing....why is it that there are some RN's who think that LPN's are jealous of them? I'm an LPN and enrolled in a LPN to RN program, and I didn't do it to be "in charge". I...

  15. Who pays your salary?

    JacknSweetpea replied to adam56's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect....I wouldn't be a nurse if it didn't pay well. I'm "there for the paycheck" and I do my job very well. Have you got bills to

  16. Burnout, bad hours, heavy patient load, what to do??

    JacknSweetpea replied to Nurse Blondy's topic in General Nursing

    You speak of being loyal to them, but it doesn't sound like they are loyal to you. I say toss 'em out with the

  17. Is it just the holidays?

    JacknSweetpea replied to DC Collins's topic in General Nursing

    Marley was as dead as a doornail. This must be distinctly understood; or nothing wonderful will come of the story I am about to

  18. Handling chauvinistic male charge nurse

    JacknSweetpea replied to pedicurn's topic in General Nursing

    An a** is an a** no matter what's between his/her

  19. Advice about Co-Worker

    JacknSweetpea replied to bellagreeneyz's topic in General Nursing

    As the other posters have stated....focus on your own work. You'll run across many types like her throughout the course of your career. If she's pretty ****ty...she'll hang herself. I have some...

  20. Vent

    JacknSweetpea replied to coolpeach's topic in General Nursing

    Some in management not only want you to kiss the patient's/customer's butt, but require you to make love to

  21. Sometimes our patients try to help us out....

    JacknSweetpea posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    A couple of years ago, a few residents as well as myself, and two CNA's were standing by the med cart enjoying a conversation about some of the advertisements that came with the Sunday paper. One of...

  22. Anyone feel like their hospital/agency/employer is out to get them?

    JacknSweetpea replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Nursing

    This type of behavior amongst management is commonplace at my facility unless you are one of the "club". They don't mess with me too much because I do my work and I have always been able to come up...

  23. For those new grads who are employed, what's your method?

    JacknSweetpea replied to grateful2010's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely sleeping around!!*wineI'm

  24. Fired: Practice/personality problems or politics?

    JacknSweetpea replied to JacknSweetpea's topic in General Nursing

    Usually when someone tells me that they were fired due to "political reasons"....my BS meter goes off too. However, there are some whom are. It happens a lot at my facility. I try to stay neutral and...

  25. Fired: Practice/personality problems or politics?

    JacknSweetpea posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious about what kinds of things can get a nurse fired in others' workplace. Sounds like a no-brainer if it's for practice issues or personality problems, but that isn't usually the case in my...