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  1. Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

    sasha2lady replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I've learned so much on here in many aspects ranging from dealing with difficult mgmt coworkers and getting wounds healed. I can talk on here about multiple issues that bug me or that I don't...

  2. What is WRONG with this??

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    LOL..very true. That has been a huge thing w/ my addicted in law. She is a good example of why Ill never work in psych or with drug addiction as far as a career. Ive watched her deplete my inlaws...

  3. Is there an easier way to keep up with new orders?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Luckily we have ONE doc..whom each and every one of us nurses LOVE and ADORE. He will be retiring next summer and we'll be getting the most despised MD around so I look for a lot of job...

  4. What happened to teamwork?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Sigh....the other night at work I had a slight confrontation with an aide. This particular one has been a problem since she was first hired over a year ago....she has always volunteered to work and...

  5. What happened to teamwork?

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Amen we don't use med techs yet and I hope we never do but the difference between us nurses and aides where I work is sook opposite roughly we have 1 nurse per shift who is basically slow and slightly...

  6. Nsg home administrator vs the nurse.

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ok..here is the deal. I have a cancer patient. She is not currently on chemo..but it will resume after she is discharged from us and moves to her daughters. According to the administrator and DON this...

  7. Nsg home administrator vs the nurse.

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Good input !we just got two living room floors redone coated six grand and the new time punch clock coated thirty grand both are nice but we didn't need them yet somehow meds fall short it is what it...

  8. How would you handle this info?????? Please advise!

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    She hasnt been reported to the BON that I know of. Nothing is listed publicly on the site. I have never seen a nurse be reported to the board where I work...even ones that absolutely have no right at...

  9. How would you handle this info?????? Please advise!

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I was off work 10/30 and 10/31 (2nd shift). A nurse has recently come back to work after her husband committed suicide a few months ago. I went to school w/ her and she has always been a party hard...

  10. Changeover- Worst Night of my life (vent long)!!!!

    sasha2lady replied to RNgrrl09's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OHHH do I hate changeovers! They are always a mess. One of our night nurses usually comes in and starts on them the 27th of each month and what I do to help her is separate them all and put them in...

  11. Can I refuse to have a certain CNA work on my shift?

    sasha2lady replied to Reigen's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hmm...well....I would suggest to keep writing her up and keeping your own private documentation...make copies of these write ups for yourself should it ever come in question later on and it very well...

  12. How would you handle this info?????? Please advise!

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well if this helps any.....I did ask this pt if she got a pain pill that night..she told me that she did not ask for one and that she didnt get it. Luckily she didnt question me as to why I was even...

  13. Is anyone else feeling the effect of this economy in your job?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    As we all know this economy sucks right now....in my are of NC though its extremely bad. Our local hospital just permanently laid of 60 employees ranging from housekeeping to nursing departments. At...

  14. Do family members know how annoying they can be?

    sasha2lady replied to Ling07's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So true in alot of cases. I've had my share of awful families but now we get along good.it's all about building that trusting relationship . But don't yA just love it when you are in the middle of...

  15. Things you don't want to hear your Aide say

    sasha2lady replied to readytoroll's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Been there hate it I dread when an aide says "so and so is on the floor" or " Jane got another skin tear" after you just finished doing a 6 pg incident report and writing tx orders and getting grilled...

  16. Racism at clinical site...what to do?

    sasha2lady replied to ybstressed's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How awful ! Start with your instructor and it will go from there .I had a lady from puerto Rico who spoke only Spanish none of us speak it so we never knew what all she was saying but I used gestures...

  17. How would you handle this info?????? Please advise!

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ordinarily I would agree but she's done these things since she was first hired two years ago she is a known no call no show several times plus she has always come in late or called in it's just her...

  18. How do you deal ith mouthy rude CNAs?

    sasha2lady replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    Just the other day I had an aide who had volunteered over a week ago to work a shift and then waited til the boss left and us nurses were not around.....to mark herself off and leave those other aides...

  19. What is the scariest thing that has happened to you while working as a nurse?

    sasha2lady replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    I had a resident who was a raging alcoholic gone mad....He picked up a wooden board and tried to hit me in the head with it...then when I got it away from him he tried to pick up a metal pill crusher...

  20. Fading out lvn/lpn

    sasha2lady replied to dark40's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Here in my area of NC, my town hasnt hired any new LPNs at the hospital or at the home health place thats tied in with it...BUT....our local hospital has laid off nearly 100 employees..permanently in...

  21. why no overtime?

    sasha2lady replied to mdlrn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am in NC....and here different facilities do it different ways...at mine anything over 40 hrs a WEEK is OT, which we arent allowed to get anymore b/c of the "economy"...at a neighboring facility...

  22. Sick of being a LPN

    sasha2lady replied to lilaclover6984's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hmm...honestly I have only been questioned about my title just a few times in the past 3 years that I have been a nurse. I was asked ONE time if I was a lady's MED TECH...but I immediately corrected...

  23. Would you take the flu shot?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My DON told us last week that they are going to order some H1N1 flu shots along with the regular ones for the staff.....she wanted to get an idea of how many of us would take it......my thing is...

  24. Can you become a nurse without making the effort?

    sasha2lady posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    My last night at work I had the joy of working with a nurse that just GETS UNDER MY SKIN!....she has a terrible attitude, shes rude, obnoxious, lazy.....just a true waste of the states income that put...

  25. Badddddddddddddd week....

    sasha2lady replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Amen on that one! GEt this....they tell me they cant arrest these boys YET even though they have prints both finger and shoes, plus tracks from the 4 wheelers leading from MY house to one of their...