NurseNinaFla

I remember when I was a student nurse,the instructor telling us about a student that she instructed to give a fleets enema to,when she went in to check on the progress of the patient,she noticed the fleets enema sticking out of the patients mouth!

The other night my supervisor gave me a personal inservice that my unit manager left for her to give me stating; A TB syringe was left in the patients bed,a safety issue (a CNA found it etc.. Now here's the real story I did leave it in the room on th...

Thanks all I feel better..guess I'm a little mistrusting working with some very treacherous people over the years?..sad but true... I will admit my mistake and learn from it and put on a happy face!:)

i guess the best thing to do is let it go and as mamamerlee advised,admit i don't know how it got in the bed (although i still feel the cna is lying) and try to be more careful..thanks!

Delegate & Prioritize!..The CNA's can do the pillow fluffing,you have meds to pass,IV's to hang,charting to do etc...If it makes you feel any better though after 25yrs I still feel like I'm drowning sometimes and there are many times I do not tak...

Not only Illegal,but Ignorant as well..or better yet "stupid" is probably defines calling oneself a nurse when in fact they are not!

I was always glad when I started wearing glasses just for the afor mentioned reasons!

Gotta love the lil ole ladies!

I am quite perturbed to say the least,I along with several other nurses were given a "Personal Inservice" regarding failing to follow procedure and false documentation...here's the story... Recently on our unit we began using a device called a wander...

Thank You ElkPark (and everyone else) for the feedback..another lesson learned and yes in the future I will insist on an "official" inservice..much to the annoyance of uppermanagement I'm sure!

Everyone got an inservice after the fact,I and several other Nurses recieved a personal inservice (next time it is a write up,because we failed to follow procedure and documented wanderguard was functioning...my Gripe is I was misinformed and a prope...

Infighting between shifts,all the Big I's and little you's..were all here for a common purpose..the patient,and all these conflicts distract/detract from that!

She's in BIG trouble!

Once many years ago a resident gave me an angora spread (I had remarked how pretty it was..insisted I have it,I was young didn't know any better..it was a small spread nothing elaborate...well guess what? she told my boss she wanted it back! My boss...

Wow these shared memories make me feel like a spring chicken!..I do remember metal bedpans though..yikes!.. I read somewhere,something about nurses duties in the 18th century I believe, when they had to shovel coal light the furnaces,mop floors etc.....

Seems as though here in Fla it was around the late 80's to early 90's in some places,when I left Med/Surg in 90" they were still wearing them and wore them at the LTC until about 91-92"

Love,Love,Love ...Coffee!:redpinkhe Been drinking it since I was 13,Starbucks,Dunkindonuts,Folgers,Maxwellhouse...just has to be strong!

LoL Mike thats why I hate watching,reading medical related stuff..when I went thru nursing school I swear I had it all!..hope everything turns out good!

Never...used to when I was younger,I will pitch in if say there is an emergency such as an evacuation due to a Hurricaine or something where I am truley needed,fortunately there are plenty of other nurses that want to work extra I have no problem say...

A colleague should not even expect this,If I make a mistake then I alone must take the blame..its unethical to handle mistakes any other way

At my place of employment LPN's/and CNA's opt to work weekend bailer,which usually includes an evening shift thru the week while they attend school thru the week for their RN/and or LPN

Well I was younger in those days and of course needed my job,and actually I am still there..but that was the norm in LTC and by me speaking up finally...we got additional nurses on the other units..now I will say not every resident was scheduled for ...

Hi DebRN,this was night shift many years ago and it did get to that point of unsafe,thats why I told my DON get another nurse or I walk..and no I'm not kidding 70 residents,start meds @ 5am end @ 7am..I did it and I was exhausted

I actually have one of the old metal ones (which I used to use,guess I'm an old timer! and yes I loved using it! :loveya:

Once you are on your own start your med pass a half hour early for example if your meds are due @ 8am start @ 7:30 am,but have your cart stocked and ready to go before-hand,don't stop and toilet residents etc.. delegate your CNA's to do basic nursing...