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  1. Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    nervousnurse replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Oh, I just remembered one that I haven't seen on this thread----anyone else have coworkers who roll their eyes and/or criticize nurses who use CORRECT anatomical terms???? Oh wow, the time people...

  2. Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    nervousnurse replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ahh, and I forgot to add....criticize us CONSTANTLY, then say things like "must be NICE to make NURSE MONEY"...... When I was an aide, I would not have DARED to speak to a nurse that way. Yes, I...

  3. Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    nervousnurse replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes Brandon, I totally agree with you that NO ONE should blindly follow an order if they feel it could harm the residents!!! And we DO have some very wonderful aides who take GREAT care of our...

  4. Interesting or Different Anatomy:What have you encountered?

    nervousnurse replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    miasmom.....when I was a brand new nurse, I was floated to post-partum/GYN floor. When the offgoing nurse mentioned an elderly woman's uterus "falling out all the time, and we just shove it back in",...

  5. "Reality" show about nurses begins Thursday....

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks....I wondered where that thread

  6. Interesting or Different Anatomy:What have you encountered?

    nervousnurse replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    NRS Karen....WHOA! Thanks for posting those (I only watched the second one P.S....Am I the only one who wondered WHAT that instrument was on the "OB/GYN" part....the one that looked very 1800's with...

  7. Interesting or Different Anatomy:What have you encountered?

    nervousnurse replied to nursefrances's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, interesting thread! I've not seen anything unusual .... OMG....THANK YOU for that

  8. Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    nervousnurse replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    OH EM GEE!!! This thread is GREAT!!! Thank you for some of the LAUGHS!! I recently noticed we have one housekeeper who is wayyyyyyyy too involved in nursing issues, and it is getting WORSE!!!...

  9. My new grad experience at an SNF

    nervousnurse replied to alltheway2013's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am happy to hear this! I am not a new nurse; but new-ish to LTC/SNF. The ratios you have honestly amaze me, since it basically sounds like MED-SURG! You should be very proud of yourself!!! I also...

  10. Cute show about a Nursing Home volunteer....

    nervousnurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't think we can post links, so I'll just tell you it is called "Derek" and it's on NETFLIX streaming. Ricky Gervais (creator of the original "Office") plays a kindly volunteer at a Nursing Home....

  11. Bringing in Ostomy nurses for problems & a Hospice question....

    nervousnurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wondering, because we have a resident with a new colostomy, and two open wounds VERY close to it. It has become a nightmare! We pack the open wounds, then cover them with dressings that become...

  12. Curious....If D.O.N., A.D.O.N, and/or Admin. are fired w/out notice.,

    nervousnurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    how does a facility legally run without them if they're fired with no notice? It has NOT happened where I work, but I've heard stories from other nurses where "our D.O.N. and Admin. were escorted...

  13. Employee Health nurse tells me MANY nurses have Hep. C....

    nervousnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Curious....have you heard this before? And, the employee health nurse also told me that like MANY Americans, many nurses and/or other health care employees have NO idea they have Hep C ....how...

  14. How to earn the CNA's respect

    nervousnurse replied to Ginnym1981's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You are approaching this in the best way!!! I always help the CNAs when I can, and I have asked them to SHOW me how they do certain things that I've done for years; however, they have a better or...

  15. Curious....If D.O.N., A.D.O.N, and/or Admin. are fired w/out notice.,

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for the replies...I was so curious, since talking to mannnny LTC nurses about the horror stories of some DONs and/or Admins where they used to work, being escorted out of the building etc....

  16. Employee Health nurse tells me MANY nurses have Hep. C....

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Commuter....I will read your article, thank you. RNsRWe....yes, the big YELLOW carts, signs, everyone MUST gown and glove---seriously!?? (to clarify....this doesn't happen where I work now!) Sheesh,...

  17. SOOOO HOT AT WORK!!

    nervousnurse replied to flyfarfaraway's topic in General Nursing

    I learned from a nurse to rub Peppermint Essential Oil on the back of your neck....it is like Nature's Air conditioning--soo refreshing! You can also massage it into your temples for tension...

  18. D.O.N. tells me NOT to describe wound???

    nervousnurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yeaaa, I know what you're thinking...WHAT??? I charted a resident's two Stage III decubiti like this: "previous dressing saturated and seeping. Drainage is yellow tinged with red with mild...

  19. Prayer being disrupted by obsessing about work

    nervousnurse posted a topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Hi, I am really struggling with this! When I leave a stressful shift at work, I TRY to relax and pray on the drive home, when I get home, BEFORE work the next day, etc. And even during the RARE...

  20. Employee Health nurse tells me MANY nurses have Hep. C....

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree about people NOT needing to "freak out"....I have reminded countless coworkers that ANYONE can have AIDS, Hep C, etc....that's why we use Standard Precautions. It always amazes me how much a...

  21. RN Supervisor (weekends ONLY) in LTC/SNF?

    nervousnurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hi, I did a search and didn't find any threads about this. I've seen many ads for Weekend RN Supervisors for LTC/SNFs and I have some questions: One place I called said as long as an RN was "in the...

  22. Prayer being disrupted by obsessing about work

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Thank you, everyone!! (( hugs )) Cape Cod Mermaid....this morning, I started singing "God, How I Need You"...a recently discovered FAVORITE song of mine by Matt Mauher (sp?)..and it does help! :) I...

  23. Does your facility have horrible dietary staff turnover?

    nervousnurse posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's so sad---our dietary staff turnover is HORRENDOUS! Then there are some days the meals look just HORRIBLE and/or are VERY late! I feel so bad for the residents for some of the meals; here they...

  24. Does your facility have horrible dietary staff turnover?

    nervousnurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ktwlpn....that's sad! Ricksy....we recently had a new resident someone on a "hepatic diet" and one on another special kind I can't remember now. The dietary staff was asking how to do this. I assume...

  25. Question from a third shift nurse....

    nervousnurse replied to BrandonLPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Brandon, I also want to add that I would like to work in an LTC where the residents wake up, have meals, shower, etc. when THEY want to!!! I know those facilities exist, and I need to work in one!...