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  1. New triple charting requirements

    BackfromRetirement replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    No, it is not a new Medicare requirement or everyone would have heard of it. The only place we double chart is the narcs. It's a waste of time for anything else. Some places have gone to all...

  2. My experience as a patient in ER

    BackfromRetirement posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a broken leg last summer. The ortho NP told me to become a couch potato and elevate my broken leg. I had never had a broken bone before and at the time I wasn't thinking in nurse mode because I...

  3. Male Nurses

    BackfromRetirement posted a topic in General Nursing

    Having typed into the search bar and gotten no results, I begin. The profession once dominated by females now has male nurses. I have never had a problem with male nurses as co-workers, but I have...

  4. Dopamine drips in SNF?

    BackfromRetirement replied to mercury7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Good grief! Call your pharmacist and maybe he can

  5. If you can say one thing to your boss, what would it be?

    BackfromRetirement replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    My DON is the best. She is laid back, listens to you. Our administrator however, is

  6. Old Nurse Needs New Job! (Interview questions)

    BackfromRetirement replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    BerryHappy, the patient load in LTC is for the most part stable, maintenance residents. Yes, you may have less than 5 residents with varying degrees of impending exacerbations, a few on continuous IV...

  7. Old Nurse Needs New Job! (Interview questions)

    BackfromRetirement replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    I am 59. I had been retired for some years. Many of my references no longer worked in the places I knew them. At least one place no longer existed. But i had 18 combined years of experience in LTC,...

  8. Help! What, How to prepare for a Job

    BackfromRetirement replied to ehlay's topic in General Nursing

    no flashy ear-rings, limit your rings, no piercings. Look like you are going to church sort-of-thing. I made the mistake of wearing sandels in the summer. Wrong. No fluorescent nail polish. Yes,...

  9. Help! What, How to prepare for a Job

    BackfromRetirement replied to ehlay's topic in General Nursing

    Copy of nursing license, ss card, CPR cert and drivers license are the stand stuff they will eventually ask

  10. RN Interview

    BackfromRetirement replied to RescueNinja's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have to laugh at myself when I remember the goof-ball questions thrown at me in interviews. "What would you do if" is the most catchy one. I think more than once I replied "the ABC's of life...

  11. Civility in Nursing - can it go TOO far?

    BackfromRetirement replied to blondielocks's topic in General Nursing

    One definition of civility might be not responding to a baiting question from a patient. The same patient may consider no response as being rude or having an

  12. Male Nurses

    BackfromRetirement replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, heads of the most exciting

  13. Male Nurses

    BackfromRetirement replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Davey. At this time of the day, my correlation abilities are a bit slow. Could you be more

  14. how to be perfect in a world expecting you to be perfect..

    BackfromRetirement replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    I went to therapy to sort out how to fit "me" into MY life. It is instinctual for nurses to forget "me". My life was running me instead of the other way around. Life adjustments occur several times...

  15. how to be perfect in a world expecting you to be perfect..

    BackfromRetirement replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Why are you setting yourself up to fail? Why are you not nurturing yourself? Is there something else going on in your life to push you beyond when your body is telling you to slow

  16. Please be honest!

    BackfromRetirement replied to kalinka's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with RockyCreek. I was so looking forward to having an excuse to avoid family gatherings. I volunteered for all the

  17. Advice please from multiple RN NCLEX takers.....

    BackfromRetirement replied to NCLEXaddictx3's topic in General Nursing

    The best advice I received was to "answer exactly what was asked". Some of the questions were deliberately worded to confuse you. I had a question that started out a peds case, than went further with...

  18. For all of you Nurses out there...

    BackfromRetirement replied to aaaa's topic in General Nursing

    School can be a trial by fire. But once you are done, its on to the next challenge. The medical field is wrought with challenges and you will find them everywhere. But, each time you survive the...

  19. Can't get it out of my head

    BackfromRetirement replied to MissJessica,RN's topic in General Nursing

    You never forget your first save, nor your first loss. It's just part of the learning

  20. New RN who may lose her Med Surg job

    BackfromRetirement replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Machine operation kept me tense for a long time. Different pumps, ivacs, morphine drips, multiple programming....ugh! IV sticks on dummies isnt the same as working on an elderly patient with little to...

  21. any reputable travel angencies?

    BackfromRetirement replied to FiduciaRN's topic in General Nursing

    FiduciaRN, the Virgin islands dont pay much. Neither do some of the others. I almost accepted an assignment in St Thomas, but the pay rate was $15.00/hr. There are horror stories out there from every...

  22. Long Term Care Inservices

    BackfromRetirement replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Seems the only way to get change started is if you can show it is cost effective. God forbid a 8-5 worker be inconvenienced with continuity of care outside of office

  23. Just have to share- pt's spouse's thoughts on nursing.

    BackfromRetirement replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    You can't fix

  24. Young and jaded.

    BackfromRetirement replied to apocatastasis's topic in General Nursing

    It has been said that water seeks its own level.The serenity prayer

  25. Nursing Acuity

    BackfromRetirement replied to ImproveOutcomes's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As long as the economy is in the tank, and the anticipation of cost increases due to changing legislation are precariously looming, the belt-tightening will continue. Budgets continue to shrink....