travel50

travel50

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  1. Don't know how you do it

    travel50 posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    I have never been an agency nurse. I like going to work and knowing where the pencils are. Only in the last 2 months have I even used agency nurses. I am the DON at a nursing home. So I am jotting...

  2. Are we experiencing mass burnout in healthcare?

    travel50 replied to SheaTab's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have just quit my job of 10 yrs., and it was b/c of the harrassment from my immediate boss at the corporate level. If I can do so, I may never work as a nurse again. For 26 yrs., I've been the...

  3. found ANOTHER one :(

    travel50 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had to try and help deal with that years ago when I was in nursing school and was just an aide. That wail is unbearable to me. I remember that we could hear her all the way down the hall. And...

  4. relocating

    travel50 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am looking to relocate in Cook County, Mn. We presently live in the deep South. My husband will be going there for his job. Does anyone know of job opportunities on the Grand Portage Indian...

  5. Do you carry personal liability insurance?

    travel50 replied to Who?Me?'s topic in General Nursing

    I carry my own professional liability insurance. Costs $99 a yr and it is well worth my peace of mind. I went years without it, but I am seeing more and more lawsuits. Most suits seem ridiculous,...

  6. relocating

    travel50 replied to travel50's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the response. I have the LL Bean catalog out thinking I might should invest heavily in it. I'm thinking the warmest boots they have, lots of wool, layered clothing, good warm hat, etc. I...

  7. set up for failure

    travel50 replied to evette74's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I had never been a DON before when I was handed the job 4 yrs ago. It was certainly not my dream to be one. But I did the best I could with it. Dearly loved my residents, and the staff and I worked...

  8. If you could build your perfect Nursing Home......how would it be?

    travel50 replied to Ling07's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sounds like some of us need to start our own nursing homes! Great ideas. I have just resigned from a nursing home where I have worked for the past 10 yrs, most recently as the DON. We have had pets...

  9. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    travel50 replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    "Let's hope the caring ideal continues to seem like common sense to you -- and to many others. But don't forget the fact that it seems like common sense to you because somewhere along the line, you...

  10. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    travel50 replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    I agree...and we had a RN here one time who was about to change a treatment order on a resident's bottom b/c "it doesn't look too good. It is purplish!" The resident had expired...and she didn't...

  11. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    travel50 replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my problem with nursing theory. Some nurse comes up with a "new theory", write books, teaches on it, lectures, etc. I look at this "new theory" and think, well good grief, who doesn't know...

  12. flu plans

    travel50 posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    We have always had a policy in place should we have an outbreak of anything contagious at the nursing home, including the flu. But apparently the state surveyors here are wanting special plans for...

  13. Questions on patients with Anthrax

    travel50 replied to AmyL's topic in General Nursing

    Do you actually have a patient with respiratory

  14. Health Care pay decrease with new health care plan?

    travel50 replied to chrisciwi's topic in General Nursing

    I'm with 3boysmom3, if I don't have the money to buy it outright, then I do without (Except for my house).That has been my motto for many, many years. I was raising 6 kids, and I could not afford to...

  15. Things that leave you stunned.

    travel50 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    My son, when he was 11...I thought he had the measles. His MMR had been ineffective. He'd had the mumps after the shot, which is how we knew. I failed to revaccinate. So I thought the rash, the...

  16. Do you ever feel guilty about....

    travel50 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't feel one bit guilty. I do what feels theraputic to me when I am off. If I don't, I'll never survive when I get back to work. You can't keep emptying the glass and expect there to still...

  17. You should NOT become a nurse if...

    travel50 replied to dani888's topic in General Nursing

    if...there is anything else you can think of to do! Yes, I've had a bad

  18. "Twins By Surprise"

    travel50 replied to krltdy's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to have given birth at home, but if I had I would have bled to death with # 1 and # 6. And then # 5 would have died b/c of some comps. My bleeding was very questionable with # 3. So...

  19. I am a nurse. Venting about how I feel.

    travel50 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, I feel like I spend my days on the front line so to speak. Feels like I am fighting a constant battle. Corporate wants to cut back on my staff, then says there is a wage freeze. They...

  20. criminal records and nursing

    travel50 replied to EonAbyss's topic in General Nursing

    I just hired an RN who has an old felony charge of aiding and abetting. She had gotten attached to a prisoner when she used to work at a prison, and did something wrong where he was concerned. But...

  21. help please

    travel50 replied to proud2b1's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen one DON who was an LPN. She was exceptionally good. She'd been an LPN since Noah, and kept going like the energizer battery. Almost all DON's that I have known (Tennessee) have been...

  22. RN's, what would you like to see from Student Nurses?

    travel50 replied to wants2BRN's topic in General Nursing

    I argued hard and long to get nursing students to come to my nursing home. Corporate didn't want them there...liability issues they said. But I love the students. I also hire them when I have an...

  23. Why do we do this?

    travel50 posted a topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I think it is no secret that the job of DON is very stressful. The doc who sent me home today b/c she says I am sick from the stress, said, "But please don't quit....we need you there." I know why...

  24. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    travel50 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    The "tv remote in the lady parts" story reminded me of the time a resident's son walked down to find a nurse rather than push the call light. He couldn't find the call light. We had to tell him...

  25. The "Big Think Tank" question!

    travel50 replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Guess you could get a bachelor's in a science and then teach...biology, chemistry,