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  1. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    belgarion replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Knew an LVN at a LTC once who was ex military. He insisted on calling the dining room the "mess hall" in his nurses notes. For some reason this drove the folks from the BOH absolutely nuts on...

  2. I Just Have To Say

    belgarion replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    I was raised to respect cops and do what they say. I really believed this until personally witnessing three instances of excessive force over a ten year period. I also made the mistake of fighting a...

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

    belgarion replied to readytoroll's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a couple of cattle prods. Problem is the aide I usually work with would take one away and use it on ME if I were to poke her with it. BTW, when she says "I need you NOW!", I know two things....

  4. House passes landmark health care bill

    belgarion replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, that was certainly a helpful reply. I was talking about our particular situation. We have put in over a dozen requests over the last few years and every one was turned down. Our congessman's...

  5. House passes landmark health care bill

    belgarion replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Do you know that Medicare PAYS patient's to drive themselves to dialysis treatments 3 times a week? That's news to me. My wife has had disability Medicare for five years including ESRD. I drive...

  6. House passes landmark health care bill

    belgarion replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    People are making a big thing out of the House passing this bill. As of right now, it means NOTHING! It will now have to go to the Senate before it even gets close to the President's desk. What are...

  7. What is WRONG with this??

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

    People who can't leave the job behind when they are off are the ones who burn out and find themselves huddled in a corner sucking their thumbs. Or they end up alienating their families and friends to...

  8. So sick of hearing about the swine flu!!!

    belgarion replied to wrightLPN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I question the statistics about H1N1 being so much more deadly than the plain old garden variety seasonal flu. Why? Because I am sure that in the past deaths that resulted from the seasonal flu were...

  9. HELP Resident calling baby "stupid" What to do!!!??

    belgarion replied to WittleOnesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Saying something to the resident could work one of two ways. She might just be venting a little and not realize how her language sounded. She might even appreciate your bringing it to her attention....

  10. Hospitals cracking down on who can enter

    belgarion replied to kbm318's topic in General Nursing

    I see too many cases in ERs where someone brings in a young child for a bad case of the sniffles and all the aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and relatives of friends use the occasion to hold a...

  11. You may think this is stuipid, but I'm need advice!

    belgarion replied to wrightLPN's topic in General Nursing

    We were never taught to start IVs in school either. That was a CE course and who had time for that with nursing school all day? About a week after I started working my preceptor came up to me...

  12. To use a headhunter or not?

    belgarion replied to PureLifeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I dealt with a few recruiters in my previous career. Just remember they are being paid by the employer. The good ones will really try to find a match that make both parties happy. The bad ones only...

  13. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

    belgarion replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not trying to be overly picky put what I am seeing is average salary for the U.S. and Australia and median salary for the U.K. Those are two different things and sometimes the difference is...

  14. Another male idiot, asking stupid questions.....

    belgarion replied to wje9516767's topic in General Nursing

    wje9516767, Jonathan Swift you're not but it was still pretty

  15. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    belgarion replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    This wasn't on the job but my wife was in a rehab hospital after a three month stay in acute care for several different complications of diabetes. We were sitting in the dining room when a nurse came...

  16. I'm probably nuts for asking, but....

    belgarion replied to d'cm's topic in General Nursing

    Heavy tobacco user for years but never smoked. Quit about 10 years ago and I don't much like either

  17. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

    belgarion replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

    Kind of hard to make any kind of prediction. You have to compare apples to apples. Some of the countries people hold up a examples have much smaller populations than we do. Some examples are: Japan...

  18. CNA went missing....

    belgarion replied to LuvPedsNrsg's topic in General Nursing

    I know exactly what you mean. If we had a problem with someone we had to take it to our instructor who would then (supposedly) go to the right party. Unfortunately, the school was so worried about...

  19. Mumps Titer Question

    belgarion replied to cheska_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a JUCO in Texas and we didn't have to have titers if we had proof of vaccination. I had proof of everything except mumps. I had had it but my old pediatrician had died years before and my...

  20. CNA went missing....

    belgarion replied to LuvPedsNrsg's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started clinicals my first rotations were in LTC. I was told by a LONG time nurse that whatever I did, make friends with the aides. So, my fellow students and I tried our best to help...

  21. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

    belgarion replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

    Very true. But in order for a viable third party to come into existence, it will require the moderate factions fom BOTH side to finally get so fed up that they band together. In case you didn't...

  22. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    belgarion replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like New England to me. If you want to hear some wild pronountiations try Maine.

  23. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

    belgarion replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I am not a Republican which means you are making an assumption based on your own biases. I really hope thait the Dems get a bill through without Republican support. If it makes things...

  24. No nursing jobs in 2012 ???

    belgarion replied to rawoysteraddict's topic in General Nursing

    "Despite the heated politics of Watergate, national health-care legislation was proceeding in Congress thanks to a compromise brokered by a young Democratic senator from Massachusetts, Edward Kennedy,...

  25. Can I apply for a job before I graduate?

    belgarion replied to dine saw's topic in General Nursing

    You better start the process early or you will be behind all the others who do. I started applying in June for an August graduation. I started working 5 days after graduation, took my NCLEX a week...