SWM2009

SWM2009 has 2 years experience and specializes in LTC.

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1. Nurse's Week Gifts from Employers

   SWM2009 replied to twss2323's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Special meals each day for each shift, t-shirts, bags, personalized thank you card,

2. 4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

   SWM2009 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   This week I discovered the joys of compression

3. Almost there!

   SWM2009 replied to Glycerine82's topic in General Nursing

   Congratulations on your accomplishment. Good luck with

4. Yellow Sashes for Med Passes

   SWM2009 replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in General Nursing

   I work in LTC and no thank you to sashes of any kind. IMO, they are ridiculous in any

5. Are you jealous of other nurses jobs/abilities?

   SWM2009 replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

   In a word,

6. 4/16 What I learned this week: POD2 and I want my button back

   SWM2009 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   ixchel, I am sending quick recovery wishes your way. I learned that a friend gave my name to the DON at the facility where she works and now that DON will not stop sending emails asking me to go and...

7. What offends you (nursing related)?

   SWM2009 replied to milesims's topic in General Nursing

   The "nobody trained me/showed me how to do this or that" excuse to not doing your job especially when you've been working at the facility a year! Being told in report how a resident is so so sick and...

8. 04/09 WILTW: Confused LOLs

   SWM2009 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

   I learned that I posted my WILTW post on last week's thread. That's what I get for posting after a sleepless night. I learned that I really do love

9. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

   SWM2009 replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

   Feet, anything to do with feet. Also respiratory secretions, I am one of the many who hates suctioning. I couldn't even use those bulb syringes to suction the snot out of my babies noses when they...

10. The film: Vaxxed.

    SWM2009 replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    First world problems for sure. I am an immigrant from one such country and I can not fathom choosing to not vaccinate my children. I just can't. It is truly mind

11. 4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    SWM2009 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    ixchel, I am sending you good wishes and thoughts and prayers (if that's ok). I am so sorry things are so tough for you right

12. 4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    SWM2009 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry things have been so tough at work. The reason I stay at the LTC where I work, even though I would earn more at other nearby facilities, is because of my DON/ADON. They are amazing. I have...

13. 4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    SWM2009 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned that I am in awe of the many intelligent and smart posters in that monstrous vaccine thread who are fighting the pseudo science and other nonsense with actual science and a lot of patience....

14. LTC is Great

    SWM2009 replied to ShaneTeam's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank you so much for this post. Much appreciated by this LTC

15. What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    SWM2009 replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    Thank