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mindlor

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  1. Any tips with smells? Please!!!

    mindlor replied to AML2007's topic in General Students

    I am blessed in the fact that I myself have devastatingly stinky poo. So as long as I am not smelling my own, I am in good

  2. do you make sure your pts

    mindlor replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    I am so glad your mom is doing better!!! And wow, your story makes me really sad.....you may want to consider a phonecall to

  3. does it really matter where you got your degree from?

    mindlor replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    i think we all can agree that 7 or 8 patients even with a tech is dangerous and a threat to one's license. I too would have flatly turned down that job

  4. does it really matter where you got your degree from?

    mindlor replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    Correct, but in modern hospitals RNs do not have the time, typically to do tech work.......

  5. Is there such a thing as a good LTC?

    mindlor replied to MN.MelissaCNA's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I have seen them. When I lived in TN I saw many many good ones. In many of the southern states, with the exception of florida there seems to be a bit higher regard for the

  6. Is there such a thing as a good LTC?

    mindlor replied to MN.MelissaCNA's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Yes, the laws of probability would predict that somewhere there is a good LTC. If there were no good LTC there would be no frame of reference with which to deem another LTC as being bad

  7. do you make sure your pts

    mindlor replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    No no, a simple reprimand would be fine

  8. Another one, or two, bite the dust!!!

    mindlor replied to clandestine-approach's topic in General Students

    in my program anything below 80 percent is failing and a 92 is required for an

  9. do you make sure your pts

    mindlor replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    let me clear one thing up. The floor cannot run without techs. When I am a practicing nurse, I WILL team with the techs, I will respect them, help them however I can and never under any circumstance...

  10. do you make sure your pts

    mindlor replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a nurse as of yet. However, at clinicals my eyes are wide open, and my eyes see things through the lense of 25 years of management

  11. Unhappy with medical care...let them know or just go?

    mindlor replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    Darn it trauma you always beat me

  12. Unhappy with medical care...let them know or just go?

    mindlor replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    I would write a very detailed matter of fact letter and give it to the person in charge. If they dont know, no change can

  13. do you make sure your pts

    mindlor replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Working hard does ot equate to working smart.. I have seen nurses run around like chickens with their heads cut off.....methodical planning and thought can equal fewer trips back and forth across the...

  14. do you make sure your pts

    mindlor replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses need to start calling the govt agenciess that administer labor laws. If it can be shown that breaks and lunches are being missed due to managements refusal to staff properly they will be fined...

  15. Freaking Out a Bit....

    mindlor replied to LTCPCA's topic in General Nursing

    you are correct trauma, however, that does mean the practice is right... it seems that the "is = ought to be" fallacy is at play here... any laws that allow anyone other than nurses, docs, PA's, NP to...

  16. Describe any therapeutic nurse-client relationship experience you've had?

    mindlor replied to RPNgee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Also it seems that I am not the only one that giggles whenever I hear the phrase "therapeutic communication"

  17. Describe any therapeutic nurse-client relationship experience you've had?

    mindlor replied to RPNgee's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I will soon be a working nurse and I will use the word client, and will never use the word patient....but thats

  18. does it really matter where you got your degree from?

    mindlor replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    Go to you nurses station and look up the two job descriptions. Go to your board of nursing and look up the roles and scopes of practice. You will seee that CNA and RN are two very different jobs. I...

  19. do you make sure your pts

    mindlor replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    It is not an issue of morality. It is an issue of people doing their @@@@@@@ jobs! I see people laying in poo and yet there always seems to be plenty of time for the staff to chat it up at the nurses...

  20. do you make sure your pts

    mindlor replied to juzme's topic in General Nursing

    You bet!!! I spent 5 days in ICU/Med surge as a patient and got no help with grooming so I know how it feels. This sort of lack of care is inexcusable. The nurse should be

  21. does it really matter where you got your degree from?

    mindlor replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    Go back and re-readmy post, I said little to do with , not nothing to do with....huge difference

  22. Failed my nlcex 2011

    mindlor replied to jeffsoro2010's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    yes yes, do that and I shall do the same

  23. Failed my nlcex 2011

    mindlor replied to jeffsoro2010's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ummmm not to derail the thread but is that you in your thumbnail pic prettymica? :) if so, well deserved name

  24. Dont wanna be a floor nurse..

    mindlor replied to Meese.C's topic in General Nursing

    Umm would that be primary, secondary or tertiary?

  25. Failed my nlcex 2011

    mindlor replied to jeffsoro2010's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    did he pass or fail iremain utterly confused