MissSpectacular

MissSpectacular

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  1. Nurses in their late 40's looking for work outside a hospital and LTC.

    MissSpectacular replied to danursern's topic in General Nursing

    There are some great options out there! -School Nursing -Corrections Nursing -Public Health Nurse -Nursing Educator (at a college, university, CNA instructor, etc.) -MDS or other office nurse...

  2. New Grad RN's working in Nursing Homes. What's your experience?

    MissSpectacular replied to grateful2010's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's DEFINATELY a good experience, if nothing else. In a nursing home you will learn how to do quite a bit.....your telephone orders, your appointments, admissions, discharges, med pass, narc counts,...

  3. question about breathing tx's

    MissSpectacular replied to cna2lpn80's topic in Patient Medications

    We also combine mucomyst with albuterol. I suppose if you have the time, then by all means give the albuteral before the

  4. Can the doctor refuse to see a patient?

    MissSpectacular replied to healthstar's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely, if it is in a private practice and the MD is the primary. Patient comes into an ER, then no. I have seen MDs refuse to continue treatment for patients that are consitently non-compliant....

  5. blood exposure from hiv patient

    MissSpectacular replied to dRkazN's topic in General Nursing

    Did you have the scratch beforehand? Or did the patient scratch you? Was the patient bleeding anywhere when they came in contact with your scratch? If no blood made contact with your scratch then I...

  6. Nurses unemployed what is happening out there???

    MissSpectacular replied to danursern's topic in General Nursing

    What area of the country are you located in? I am very sorry to hear

  7. Burnt Bridges

    MissSpectacular replied to Vossome's topic in General Nursing

    I burnt a few bridges during my CNA days, one at a decent hospital and one at a large nursing home chain. I was under a ton of pressure at home and undergoing a major shift in my personal life while...

  8. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    MissSpectacular replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    i have become a believer in the supernatural since starting nursing. First bad experience with a malevolent spirit is while I was working as a PCT at a ventilator hospital. We had one room on the C...

  9. LPN Private Schools?

    MissSpectacular replied to KB24's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I graduated from Americare and so did a few of my co-workers. Its not too bad. Northwestern Institute is actually the "mother school" to Americare, as the director of NWIHT is a family member of the...

  10. Embarrassing/Clumsy Moments!

    MissSpectacular replied to BKCinNOLA's topic in Nursing Humor

    lol @ all of these! I was brand new at my LTC facility, and I saw a younger man in seil blue scrubs coming down the hall. Our physical therapists wear that particular blue scrub, so I assumed the man...

  11. Audio Recordings and Patient Abuse

    MissSpectacular posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I need advice on what to think here. Before I start, I feel incredibly stupid for not realizing this ahead of time, and I need your opinions. I work in a LTC center on a Medicare floor, so many of...

  12. patient friend request on Facebook

    MissSpectacular replied to birdwalk33's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see how "getting drinks with co-workers" is an irresponsible thing to say. It became irresponsible because she had the patient on her page, where he had access to the status updates. It's not...

  13. Boss that treats everyone like they are 4!!

    MissSpectacular replied to studenttill12's topic in General Nursing

    Ah...the micromanager. Be respectful, but firm. I have a particular manager that feels the need to berate the staff nonstop in front of the families and other staff members. I told her in no...

  14. patient friend request on Facebook

    MissSpectacular replied to birdwalk33's topic in General Nursing

    DO NOT add patients as friends. We had a pretty nasty issue at our facility not long ago regarding Facebook friends. Long story short, one of our patients is alert, and spends a lot of time in the...

  15. Audio Recordings and Patient Abuse

    MissSpectacular replied to MissSpectacular's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I do not believe she actually recorded the resident, I believe she used "I'm recording everything" as a threat towards her to get her to stop harassing her. Later on, the resident took it upon herself...

  16. Is it still possible to find a job? please read

    MissSpectacular replied to foreverhopeful's topic in General Nursing

    She volunteered at DuPage County Clinic and she was hired at a long term care facility later on, somewhere north of Arlington

  17. What are the staffing ratios in your state?

    MissSpectacular replied to Barras's topic in General Nursing

    Illinois: long term care. Night shift: up to about 60 patients Days/Evenings: About 20-30 Salary: surprisingly good for the area. LPNs about 25/hr and RNs about

  18. RN Voluntary job for getting experience

    MissSpectacular replied to anu_j's topic in General Nursing

    Go check out your community clinics. The clinic in this area hires RNs and LPNs to volunteer doing vaccines, blood sugars, basic check ups, etc. They hire strictly

  19. Vent: Agggh! I think I'm gonna lose my sanity!

    MissSpectacular replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hang in there! When I started in a LTC facility, I was shocked at how depressed, angry and bitter the staff seemed to be. They seemed like they all hated being there. The doctors weren't all too...

  20. Is it still possible to find a job? please read

    MissSpectacular replied to foreverhopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals do not, but clinics do. I have a friend who works as a volunteer LPN at the County Clinic. She graduated nursing school with me and had a very difficult time landing an LPN job, so to keep...

  21. finally a job offer

    MissSpectacular replied to cantwaitRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't say a word. It's illegal to discriminate against someone for pregnancy, yet they WILL do it. Once you've gotten the job and done a few rotations on the schedule, OMG, you have a

  22. CNA looking into Nursing, need some help.

    MissSpectacular replied to Mom02895's topic in General Nursing

    I was in nursing school with a 3 year old daughter and pregnant with my second. It was extremely stressful yet at the end of the road it was 100% the smartest choice I made! It IS harder with kids,...

  23. Best Shoes for Nursing

    MissSpectacular replied to mooremds's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    This is the particular Air Max I am wearing now: Nike Air Max+ 2009 - Women's - Stealth/Urgent Orange/Dark Grey/White It is really the best out of all the Air Max they have out

  24. I just wanted to know if a LVN can work in labor in delivery or work with babies?

    MissSpectacular replied to shawnalizzy's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have never heard of a hospital hiring LPNs to actually work in L&D, but I have heard of them working in post-partum. I'm not sure what area of the country you're in, but I have two friends who...

  25. Is it true LPN's are being phased out?

    MissSpectacular replied to mew718's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    At least in this Chicagoland area, it seems that LTC centers seem to prefer hiring LPNs over RNs. They're cheaper and they're trained to do almost as much as the RN. At my facility, there is literally...