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  1. What did you say?!?!

    pistolchick replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I got a tattoo before becoming a nurse, and I'm now very curious. I know [most] places use sterile needles every time, but what about the ink? Is it sterile? Is the red they're using for me only?...

  2. how many gtts/bottle?

    pistolchick posted a topic in Patient Medications

    OK, help me out - how many doses would there generally be in, say, a 10 ml bottle of Azopt? :)

  3. how many gtts/bottle?

    pistolchick replied to pistolchick's topic in Patient Medications

    If it were an IV, yes. These are eye gtts, however. Thank you all for your

  4. Worst doctors orders ever received

    pistolchick replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Another favorite, pt with an illeostomy... Colace 100 mg BID. Just how liquid do we want this stool,

  5. Worst doctors orders ever received

    pistolchick replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    "Change foley when symptomatic" Symptomatic of

  6. falls

    pistolchick replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've been told "we're not going to do an incident report" on "this" [lowering a pt to the floor, or someone on their knees, as you described] and gotten the impression that the supervisor instructing...

  7. New LPN, this is HARD. Need advice.

    pistolchick replied to dsomday's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    One person mentioned seeing some of the other nurses prepour/pass... but nobody mentioned another little secret of many LPNs with heavy med passes, what I call the "skip and sign". There's evidence...

  8. "Can I take one of your patients for this one?" "No! And I resent your asking!"

    pistolchick replied to Alnitak7's topic in General Nursing

    bluejumperbunny, Yes, it unfortunately *is* the nature of private healthcare. More and more, we are "educated" by our facilities that we are to maintain a level of "customer service" and,...

  9. Want to hear your pet peeves in LTC nursing

    pistolchick replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Family members with Web MD!

  10. Dirty little secrets to managing LTC

    pistolchick replied to Kashia's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I started on a new wing and was trained by the "regular" nurse for that wing. I'm organized and a good multi-tasker. I couldn't get over how much longer it was taking me to pass meds to this wing...

  11. Glucometer / Infection Control

    pistolchick replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My current workplace has no policy about disinfecting between patients (scary)... my previous workplace had a wipe down/no waiting policy. The person who mentioned chlorine inhalation - I recently...

  12. SNF/nares MRSA

    pistolchick posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in hospitals where standard admission protocol involved a nasal swab for any patient who had been at a SNF or LTC for any period of time, because many of them are positive for MRSA in the...

  13. SNF/nares MRSA

    pistolchick replied to pistolchick's topic in General Nursing

    All good information, thank you all for sharing. NotFlo, your facility DOES put people on precautions for MRSA in the nares, it sounds

  14. should I have done an incident report?

    pistolchick replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    The person who asked "is this normal" was right on, and this is an important thing to remember WHENEVER you wonder whether or not to file an incident report: Is this a normal occurrence? If the...

  15. Horizontal Hostility Crisis / HR

    pistolchick posted a topic in General Nursing

    Help! I posted awhile back about a co-worker from whom I was experiencing chronic horizontal hostility. Long story short: The last year has been hell. She has publicly humiliated me, sabotaged...

  16. Horizontal Hostility Crisis / HR

    pistolchick replied to pistolchick's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, everyone, for your helpful suggestions and your support. I really appreciate it. They never did schedule our meeting. They canned me instead. I'm seriously reconsidering nursing as a...

  17. Hostile work environment

    pistolchick replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, I disagree with the person who said it wasn't a hostile environment just because it was a superior who was being rude. It may not be "horizontal hostility" (where the person who is...

  18. what is the worst part of the job?

    pistolchick replied to nursehopeful117's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the lateral violence (or horizontal hostility). For me, it blows any "icky" patient care job or annoying families out of the water. Nothing has made my life more miserable than...

  19. HELP! Co-worker nightmare!

    pistolchick posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is a long story so I'll try to leave out all but totally necessary details. Basically I try to lay low at work, not to have conflict with anyone, or confront anyone unless I really have to (for...

  20. HELP! Co-worker nightmare!

    pistolchick replied to pistolchick's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of good advice. Thank you all. Just to clarify, when I was TL, I was responsible for her medications - sometimes we have "med nurse/care nurse" and sometimes primary... It is an expectation...