jkaee

jkaee

Gerontological Nursing, Acute Rehab

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  1. Marriage to a Nurse-- Need HELP

    jkaee replied to NeedAdvice1234's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Hey, Tom, I'm going to give you my husband's number at work.....teach him all this for me! He's improved after almost 7 years of wedded bliss, but he has a ways to go! That...

  2. Time Management Charge Nurse Need Advise

    jkaee replied to violetrose's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree about delegating some of your work. If LPN's in your state can't take verbal orders, then you write the order, document the phone call, and let the LPN's take off the orders. When you do...

  3. Thought I would like nursing...now I don't know

    jkaee replied to lilbiskit78's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone here has given some very good advice. Nursing school...I sometimes shudder when I think of those days! Relentless studying, instructors riding your back every single day, clinicals that were...

  4. I Hate My Job!!! Someone Help Please!

    jkaee replied to PedsNurse1981's topic in General Nursing

    I remember how that was........I graduated from nursing school when I was 20, and I was working as the charge nurse on a floor that had LPN's that had been working there longer than I had been alive!...

  5. Assisted Suicide

    jkaee replied to ninas's topic in General Nursing

    Wonderful post, Jane! You expressed so beautifully why I love working in LTC and with hospice patients. Knowing that I can help patients and families at the end is a wonderful, rewarding and...

  6. Survey of Nurses Rights In Abortion

    jkaee replied to kmchugh's topic in General Nursing

  7. Survey of Nurses Rights In Abortion

    jkaee replied to kmchugh's topic in General Nursing

    Well said, Steph. As a LTC nurse, the definitely is a difference between not agreeing with the way someone has chosen to live their lives (with a GT, wanting all heroic measures, no pain meds or too...

  8. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    jkaee replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    Just my 2 cents...... I am a LTC nurse, and a very good one! When the doctor and I decide that someone needs to be sent to the ER, I have obviously already completed a thourough assessment, I make 3...

  9. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    jkaee replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

  10. The Operation

    jkaee replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Fran! Where do you get these things from!!! Thanks, I needed that tonight!

  11. Blackheads

    jkaee replied to suzieq8907's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle I know what you mean.....Sometimes I'd be looking at the used strip and my DH was like "What the heck are you looking at!" It is so gross to see what is in your pores.....but it's good to...

  12. Blackheads

    jkaee replied to suzieq8907's topic in General Nursing

    After I have a baby my face breaks out HORRIBLY! I suffered thru it with my oldest 2 kids, but with my youngest is was so bad (I think it was worse and lasted longer because I exclusively breastfed...

  13. I am a worried CNA

    jkaee replied to Krissy NY's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    "Making up" information and documenting it is falsifying records, and these CNA's can lose their license for doing that (sounds like they should anyway). Not answering call bells constitutes resident...

  14. Would you assist in abortions?

    jkaee replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Fergus...just a question....why won't you assist in circumcisions? (If you don't mind answering, I'm just curious) When I was a "young" nurse, I applied in a couple of PP clinics and the like....I...

  15. Why do practicing CRNAs not like OB?

    jkaee replied to Qwiigley's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Joke quoted deleted. nilepoc Even if you were only kidding with this, deepz, I really don't think that was necessary (or even funny for that matter). We're ALL nurses, no matter what initials come...

  16. LPN in LTC-night shift

    jkaee replied to shawnalj's topic in General Nursing

    Working 11-7, you usually have a midnight med pass (not too heavy) and a morning med pass (where I used to work, you'd start at 5a and it would last until 7a). A typical night went like this......

  17. A Lonely Place For Our Kids

    jkaee replied to NurseHardee's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A real eye opener, NurseHardee....and a sad one, too. Thanks for posting....made me think. (amazing considering it's midnight!)

  18. What not to say / do while you are in the ER...

    jkaee replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    My youngest sister is like that.....had both nipples pierced, bellybutton, tongue, eyebrow and lip, plus about 10 tattoos....and she screamed like a baby when the nurse started the IV (in one quick...

  19. Question about rectal exam

    jkaee replied to rachel18us's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just to add to the "poll" I have had 3 children, one miscarraige, many pelvics done, and never once have I had a rectal or have had one offered to me. I know my doc does them, but I think only on...

  20. Woman refuses CS, charged with murder

    jkaee replied to crankyasanoldma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'll agree with you 100% there, moondancer. But just as we can't "force" sterilization, we can't force treatment for mental illness, either. Why do we have to wait for something to happen before we...

  21. Woman refuses CS, charged with murder

    jkaee replied to crankyasanoldma's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I didn't read thru all the posts, so I don't know if this was mentioned or not. I heard on the news today that DHS was already "following" this woman because she punched her young daughter in a...

  22. Re: Convalescing Home

    jkaee replied to mandykal's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree with the above posts. For our residents, we use Levsin, which can be given sublingually, both as a straight order and PRN, and Roxanol. I, too, don't like to suction someone unless I have...

  23. How bad is the isolation problem where you work?

    jkaee replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have a pt with VRE of the urine and MRSA of sputum (although tonight her 1st nasal swab came back negative! yeaaaaa!) She's in a private room and all the PPE you need (masks, gowns and gloves) are...

  24. Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand?

    jkaee replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    True, it might have helped some, but you know that the nurses would still be the ones getting slammed for it. And from my experience, if some one is a truly abusive person, a headline isn't going to...

  25. Why a Philadelphia hospital gave in to a racist demand?

    jkaee replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I agree with you there. I feel that the sups in charge should have handled the situation differently, or at least called hospital adm. immediately so that they could come in and help deal with the...