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dizzejan

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  1. Dangerous patients

    This is why I am now unemployed.I got beat up on a nightly basis until I could take no more.My facility did nothing to protect my safety of other residents.I call the police and was written up for it...even after the police had to help the emt's esco...
  2. RN Liability Insurance - NSO, ANA, or other?

    NSO.. had it for 20 years..thankfully have never had to use it..
  3. Do you actually wear gloves/gowns/masks ?

    i'll make it simple..yes..always..it's not smart not to..
  4. Am I a backstabber or just a concerned co-worker?

    leave it alone..period...she will be long gone before too long.worry about yourself .focus on your internship as it goes by way too quickly!!
  5. Yiikes!!!.....follow your scope of practice at all times....holy cow!!! :smackingf
  6. Absolutely FURIOUS!!!!

    dont threaten legal action...TAKE IT!!!! good grief......what next...
  7. Stopping smoking? What helps you

    I quit November 19th 2007..I still want to smoke at times i just dont.I have become a little OCD about the quit date and refuse to make a new date.so I cannot start smoking again.so far so good.. I used a million and one excuses not to quit until I d...
  8. What did you think Nursing was About?

    I can't remember wanting to be anything but at nurse..now a decade and a half later I want to kick myself in the behind..problem is im just too darned tired to do it....i digress......
  9. Getting everyone else to sign their books

    at our facility we pass meds and treatments on the computer .we have to scan a barcode for every med we pass and for every treatment we do.everything is electronically signed.no paper mars or tars.
  10. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    I got a home made knitted nurse doll from my very first pt I took care of fresh out of nursing school..I have gotten many gifts since then ,but that was the one i remember the most.
  11. hi all, im from pennsylvania. I was looking for the scope of practice for an lpn od the BON site and couldnt find much.. so I thought I'd ask an lpn..can you use central lines?
  12. Share Your Saying

    if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck...chances are..it's a duck.. if the shoe fits, slap it on ur piggies and walk out da door..
  13. Signing things you didn't do

    did you say she signed her name or your name???if she signed YOURS...whoa !! not good ...not legal...I would be livid if someone signed for me.....she needs written up..before you get written up .YIIKES!!
  14. what do you think ,is my agency taking advantage of me?

    YEP........
  15. would you work for a DON that you dont respect?

    RUN.......RUN FAST!!!
  16. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    calling the don to inform her that the entire shift has called off..only to be told to mandate your entire shift, only problem is that that shift was already mandated from the previous one!!(don't work there anymore..btw)
  17. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    a biggie with me is you can't do such and such a treatment on that wound...that will cost x amt of money...that came from the administrator.grr!! another is i'm a nurse...i know what my brother needs....yeah right.....might be why ya keep bringing h...
  18. New Nurse being thrown to the wolves IN LTC HELP!

    oh stiget99......wouldnt that be interesting.......i think pigs will sprout wings and fly first i'm afraid....
  19. What is so darned difficult about oral care?

    I agree, with ya .. all I'm saying is that if we choose to work in the conditions as bad as they are.. once we take that assignment we must provide for the residents..is the staffing going to change in the near future..prob.not..not until we make it ...
  20. New Nurse being thrown to the wolves IN LTC HELP!

    not sure where you are ..but in PA the almighty PPD rears its ugly head..and the min is 2.7 nursing care hrs per resident in a 24 hr period...cna, lpn, rn's are all added into the mix...even if you are at 2.7 it is not enouogh hands on...but we muddl...
  21. What is so darned difficult about oral care?

    sounds like you are preachin' to the choir here ..everyone is short staffed..it is the responsibility to work as a team...i do everything from the router to the tooter..and oral care is a biggie with me...have gotten residents from acute care and ot...
  22. Ambulation in Long Term Care

    restraints!!! yiikes!!....my facility is restraint free.oops.different thread..i have found that rewarding my cna's with food and trinkets work wonders.......it is amazing how creative they will get when good ol' fashion cookin is involved..and best ...
  23. I'm going to write up a CNA tonight.

    alas ...at times we are expected to be registered babysitters............i dont have time!!!my residents need me..and the cna's that is why we are there!!! :angryfire
  24. Experience taking care of the elderly

    i keep it simple....treat em all like they are your very own granny or pap and you'll never go wrong!!!give em respect and TLC!!
  25. Poor mouthcare can be fatal

    ooohh!!! my pet peeve!!!! my cna's know the sure fire way to get me on my soapbox is to look at my folks' mouth and see any creepy , icky, thingy's..i then have an unscheduled in service ..gotta do it every now and again with a new class of trainee'...