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About laurakoko

Mommy of 3

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  1. App 7000$ Not including airfare, gas, hotels, food. And I did my CPNE in
  2. Getting staff to "own" the unit

    I say, for the staff that is complaining...make the complaint, and suggest a solution. Develop a PI team, with the complainer the president, and try to implement the suggestion (especially if it is...
  3. Getting hit!

    I got hit by an elderly, demented patient. Then he proceeded to enter the elevator, tell me he was leaving, and walked around the hospital, and to the end of the street. I called security, they were...
  4. What is that smell?

    WOW!!! I am so happy to have found this post.......... I have a teenage boy, and I can't figure it out either! I am with the post with the Lysol. I enter the room with the can......spray the shoes,...
  5. Narcotic Irregularities

    Cya.............cover
  6. funniest thing you saw a nurse do.......

    My nursing school class were doing clinical rotations at a local hospital....I was paired with my best friend. We were taking care of this lady, and she told me to empty her foley. I did, and didn't...
  7. Thanks to all

    Thanks from me, too. I appreciate what everyone has done to help us here. I just returned home from Disney World yesterday... having to take a well needed break from this disaster aftermath.... I...
  8. Nurse-pt ratios

    My thoughts.. on LPN/LVN s Coming from starting as a LPN, many years ago. My theory in a nutshell...... The LPN/LVN is the "corporate" cheap way of hiring nursing staff. Nursing societies and...
  9. Nurses all come from DYSFUNCTIONAL backgrounds??

    The person that stated that these nurses, and staff are dysfunctional..... needs to take a look at herself. I know she isn't perfect. WHAT THE H*** IS NORMAL, ANYWAYS.................. Define NORMAL...
  10. Nurses and Dysfunction?

    wooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooo MARIE, LPN You SAID IT ALL. "Customer satisfaction comes from employee satisfaction............." And if you don't believe, test this theory. Come home, be cheerful,...
  11. Jay Leno slams nurses!

    Yeah, kinda offending...... HOWEVER he did refer to us as the most overworked profession.... that at least gives a little credit. Then knocks us down with the "adult" movie thing... just humor. Laugh...
  12. Nurse-pt ratios

    This is directed to "FIRE WOLF". You sound like you work in the same facility as I do................... I am really wondering if you
  13. Post Traumatic stress after Katrina

    I have heard about the non- reopening of Charity and University Hospitals... what NOW ??????? You are so correct. On top of the Charity system helping the people without insurance, on welfare, or low...
  14. AP News: New Orleans' Health System Faces Crisis

    Well, as of yesterday, the death number has risen to
  15. Post Traumatic stress after Katrina

    Let me start by saying, I live in Mandeville, LA. (and am from Lakeview in New Orleans.) Not far from the rest of you. It is beyond reality that when a government official reports the New Orleans...