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Attaching the '-shame' suffix to everything. I never hear it in person. Only online. It just makes me hostile. 'Bully'. What's a 'sontimeter'? (centimeter) Coochie. When I did xray(ivp), had a little girl who kept referring to her vagina as her ...

Red Cross. That's all I know for Florida. There are no nurse orgs. I've looked everywhere. You really just have to keep your ear to the ground. There are always opportunities at the state level. Do you work in a state that recvs hurricane activit...

The electronic littman is great if you have hearing issues. The cardiology iii is just as good. Lighter, too. You're a student, though, so get something durable and cheap. You can blow your money in fancy-pants equipment (as one of my supvs calls ...

Congrats! Minus a bad shift, you're not going to be missing breaks often unless you're new, work a lot of new facilities or the pt ratio is just that huge and the care, that involved. The shift also. It's generally easy to take hour long breaks on w...

A bonus plan for 'the heart of the nursing home'. Yeah, because the rest of us run around, miss breaks, work off the clock, leave late and do nurse aide AND nursing tasks due to shortstaffing because we... don't care? The heart of the facility typ...

Honestly, you're supposed to do count whenever you take the cart. Is the RN not counting with you? That's a problem. Corrections is odd. Where I work, some used to flip the cards upside down. The supv found out because another whined to her about i...

Why resign? Just go PRN/PT? Pay will probably be higher working prn. They'll still need morning coverage so youve still got hours plus, odds are bad that whatever newb they bring on will work out. Theyre a job option for the future. While you'r...

The nurse route. -- Flexibility in work schedule. PT/PRN/FLEX or full time? Evenings, weekends, days, nightshift? 4 hrs, here. 8 hours, there. A double or 16 or splitshift.... -- Pay is way better. MAs earn, like, $13/hr in Texas and I'm being gen...

Requoted for emphasis. Thank you, madame.

Xray is a cakewalk. You get the pt, position, shoot, recv the image and see the pt out. Next! If they have questions, they already know to speak to their provider. Nursing entails a lot of handpatting and handholding anf coddling that just isnt pre...

I swear, there was a fart thread some weeks back. Everyone was cool with blowing farts all the nurse's station. Nail clipping at the nurse's station? No. That is "of the devil'. Like, a poster in the thread actually used the word 'appalled'. (Lol)...

Well, I dont wanna be gross BUT if they cough, it'll wink at you. Beyond that, I make sure to be generous with the betadine when cleaning because I generally have to slide the cath down from the clitoris to the first hole. With all the flab I genera...

Didnt you just create a thread about this same issue? Seems like you work 3-11? If the vanc was to be hung, why didnt the two shifts before you do it? I dont understand that. Anyway, so, okay, - you did call lab which was good. The supv wasnt aware...

Are you on this site in the care clinic/er waiting room or...? If I had a T101+ that wouldn't break with body aches, general malaise and a cold sweat, I wouldnt be chilling at home, waiting for death ans replies on a message board. That's just me, t...

She'll get it if she becomes an elder with no one to care for her. The CNAs will be her lifeline because the nurse simply cannot be everywhere at once. Half of the issues Ive responded to are brought to my attention by our aides: Fractures, bruises,...

Apologies if that came off roughly. It's way easier to hear my words in person. I always come across harshly in print, I think.

Well, I dont know if youve been bullied. Giving meds during mealtime? Depends on the facility. If your facility doesnt allow it, dont do it. Dropping narcs in the sharp box? Meh. I can understand why she was bothered if she had to hunt for it. ...

I meant, I would allow the a/ox4 pt self administer while I drew up the glucagon. I just got off work and killing time in the office. Dont feel bad, OP. Plenty wouldve questioned the order. Plenty wouldve held, too.

You have to call in labs, anyway. You cant hold coumadin any more than you can increase/decrease the dosage. Would I have held that pts insulin? Not likely. Depends, though. Ive never seen s/s start that low, Ill say that. 4u, really? Id probab...

When I got out of the military, I did this phone rep job while in college. I think it was for Time handling their magazine subscriptions. People are insane. I once had this guy get all bent out if shape because he didnr receive his plastic globe bal...

I honestly cant recall. I havent done papercharting in 2 months. My main facility is electronic (praise jesus).

$25.5 for the weekend gig. I said $24.5 before. It's a $3.5 shif diff, also. Not 3.0.

Leaving was a good call. These people are kooks. I'd pick up cases but Id be looking for another company to work for as well. The owner's response to you was odd. Why wouldn't he keep the family abreast of change? Probably in it for the profit a...

Not to say that LPN/VNs can't get on in the hospital but most LVN/PNs do LTC/SNF. If you want to work in the hospital and you want to be a 'baby nurse', you should've gone to RN school. Should you work agency? At your own risk. I wouldn't attempt a...

Dude.... 1. Solve issues at the lowest level. Always. 2. Don't jump the chain of command. Ever. If you have a problem with someone, address it with them. Yes, Ive worked with a nurse like that. With the exception of one knock down/drag out row at...