Blackcat99

Blackcat99

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  1. May be coming back!!!

    Blackcat99 replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    :chuckle Snowymtnrn You must be joking! You're giving up Wyoming for Illinois!!!! Maybe it would be best to get a new husband instead!!! I wish you the best of luck and hope things will work out for...

  2. My best friend in nursing school was ordered to terminally sedate a stroke patient.

    Blackcat99 replied to Love767's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire You're absolutely right Psychrn03! Why are we wasting good morphine on that worthless SOB! A slow agonizing death would have been much more appropriate. I hate child...

  3. My best friend in nursing school was ordered to terminally sedate a stroke patient.

    Blackcat99 replied to Love767's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: For crying out loud people the patient was a child molester! If someone kills a child molester that's a good thing! I wish I could have been the one giving him the drug. What's wrong folks...

  4. tension between EMT and LTC nurses?

    Blackcat99 replied to smk1's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle Nurse Otter Do I detect some hostility in your post?

  5. Do Cna's Work In Psych Units?

    Blackcat99 replied to Louisepug's topic in Psychiatric

    :) Some places do hire CNA's for psych units. Other places prefer to hire licensed psychiatric technicians. It all depends on the facility. Good

  6. Opportunity to Jump to CNA in ICU

    Blackcat99 replied to Havin' A Party!'s topic in MICU, SICU

    Congratulations! I would say "Go for it" I think it's great that you will get a chance to work in the unit you

  7. Accepted my first job...I'm scared!!

    Blackcat99 replied to tiona's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    :chuckle LTC centers. Best of luck to you. I have worked in many LTC centers. It's a challenge! After you work LTC's you can go on TV's "Fear Factor" because if you can work LTC's then fear is not a...

  8. Staff Meetings

    Blackcat99 replied to MayBaby's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfire I hate staff meetings. The only reasons I go is because they are mandatory and I am getting paid. If they are not mandatory I do not go.There's absolutely positively no way they could get...

  9. How do you deal with families?

    Blackcat99 replied to Karen_tn_37211's topic in General Nursing

    Many many years ago there was a man who was extremely verbally abusive to all the nurses and nursing assistants. We all tried to be nice and helpful but nothing worked. This was in an LTC facility....

  10. Falls and incident reports in LTC

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :chuckle Thanks for your messages. I agree that incident reports should be done each time a patient falls.Unfortunately, I have had days when there have been so many falls that I only made incident...

  11. Abusive patients...

    Blackcat99 replied to Sgt_Chunk_Spelunker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    :) I agree with you 100%! Nurses are not to be used as punching bags. Patients need to know that they will face the consequences if they choose to act

  12. juggling 2 part-time jobs?

    Blackcat99 replied to Kudra's topic in General Nursing

    :) I worked 2 part time jobs in the past. It worked out great. I usually worked 2 days a week at one place and then 2 days a week at the other one. Best of luck to you. Congratulations

  13. Would you assist in abortions?

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :chuckle Wow! Thanks everyone for your opinions.

  14. Ghostly presences in the hospitals?

    Blackcat99 replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in an LTC many years ago. There was this one room and this one bed where residents seemed to die within 2 weeks. It seemed they would put any kind of resident in that bed and they would die...

  15. Do you have to take a test to be a CNA?

    Blackcat99 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    :) Hi friends I have a friend who has past nursing aide experience. She lives in Calif. and wants to know if she has to take a special CNA test to be a CNA. Do all states require a CNA test? When you...

  16. Do you have to take a test to be a CNA?

    Blackcat99 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    :) Thanks everyone for your messages. My friend is very happy now that she has found out exactly what is required.

  17. massage

    Blackcat99 replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    :) I love massage therapy! I try to get a message every1-2 months. There was a nurse at an LTC who knew all about massage but didn't have a licensed massage license. She wanted to give the patients...

  18. Nursing vs. Pharmacy

    Blackcat99 replied to erilynn17's topic in General Nursing

    :uhoh21: The pharmacy at my last job was strange. I would fax an order and they would call me 2-3 times to clarify the order. Everytime I tried to pass meds they would call which was a hassle since I...

  19. Help Sign A Petition To Warn Students About Chiropractic Quackery

    Blackcat99 replied to cdmguy's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    :) I was very sick many years ago. I was unable to work for over a month. I had severe headaches,dizziness and double vision. All my MD did for me is run a bunch of painful tests and give me big...

  20. Opinions Wanted: Should I Travel w/Kids?

    Blackcat99 replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    :) I agree with you

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

    Blackcat99 replied to lilbiskit78's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry to hear about your problems. I wish I could tell you it's not like that but it is. All I can say is "Welcome to the "Real" world of

  22. It's Allllllllll In The Nurse's Cap!

    Blackcat99 replied to live4today's topic in Nursing Career

    In the old days when I was required to wear a nursing cap I hated it. It always gave me headaches and I was always getting it caught in the patients privacy curtains. It would sure hurt when it got...

  23. My husband got to make love to a nurse last night!

    Blackcat99 replied to thatldo's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! That's fantastic news! Congratulations. I knew you would make it! :balloons: :balloons:

  24. Insulin Question

    Blackcat99 replied to Cubby's topic in Emergency

    :chuckle If you are planning to kill someone with an insulin overdose make sure they are truly diabetic! I remember hearing about that prison nurse who killed her husband with an insulin overdose. The...

  25. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    Blackcat99 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfire I agree with rn500. I can't stand it when the next shift nurse wants to chit-chat instead of counting narcotics and taking report. Sorry nurses but the only thing I want to do at the end of...