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  1. Having to work Holidays:(

    laurakoko replied to altomga's topic in General Nursing

    I was a unit manager, before children... and I used to staff this way: any new employees worked Christmas day. (and the staff that volunteered). All others, worked day before or after. Anyone who did...

  2. Emergency' Ruling on RN Ratios Endangers Patients

    laurakoko replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in California Nursing

    AND I'll say it again. Arnold is an ACTOR..............not a governer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ARGGGGGGGG! It reminds me of a construction worker doing cardiovascular surgery.....or...

  3. We make as much as maids

    laurakoko replied to TRN's topic in General Nursing

    I made more money waiting tables and bartending in a fine dining restaurant 10 years ago, then I do nursing. I feel like waiting tables and nursing are very much alike now also! HOWEVER, the patients...

  4. What do you HATE to do at work?

    laurakoko replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    SmilingBlueEyes Quote:::I hate to deal with obnoxious, self-entitled and rude family members more than anything. Heck, I will wipe a butt anyday over dealing with these types. And they are everywhere...

  5. And Now.....What Do You LIKE to Do At Work?

    laurakoko replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    It might sound silly, but I love doing case management! I think it is a very challenging field. So many rules with medicare, medicaid, and insurance co. Been doing bedside nursing for a while, kind of...

  6. Having to work Holidays:(

    laurakoko replied to altomga's topic in General Nursing

    In 10 years of nursing, I have worked sooooo many holidays!!! I am PRN now, and I am off! It is a good feeling. This year, anyway. I will take advantage of it, because I am probablly going back FT...

  7. Tell me about your first codes

    laurakoko replied to ChrisA's topic in General Nursing

    Mine, was a patient I received from the ER. The report went something like this.. "she is a 50 something female in with N/V, abdominal pain. She is FINE. We are working her up for...

  8. pt enjoys pericare too much...

    laurakoko replied to moz's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww. I HATE THAT. I had a male pt, able to walk to the restroom, that would #1 and #2 on himself, to be touched. We found this out as we saw his face as we cleaned, how often he...

  9. Bad drug choice by DR.-scary! long rant

    laurakoko replied to okie2's topic in General Nursing

    Your friend had many more problems than just headaches. And change that OB!!!!!!! However, I was prescribed Fioricet for my migraines DURING pregnancy, and did take a few, am I missing something?!?!?...

  10. Radiology Techs practicing Nursing?

    laurakoko replied to Evagall's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would like to know what you find out about radiology techs doing meds, (not the nuclear med isotopes), and their protocols. I personally have a huge problem with our radiology dept. The techs will...

  11. Post Partum Depression and trying to get over it?

    laurakoko replied to RENAISSANCE RN's topic in Nursing Career

    I too had PPD after my chidren. With my first, it lasted app 6-8 weeks. It was bad, but it did go away. With my second child, who was born only 14 months later, it started 3 weeks after I had him. He...

  12. Is My Sister Pregnant

    laurakoko replied to ENCHANTEDRN2B's topic in Ob/Gyn

    With my second child I had alot of bleeding. The doc put me on progesterone pills. I thought for sure I was going to loose him. He is 10 months old, and huge, and healthy! Tell her hang in there....

  13. Pt: Young man with lung cancer

    laurakoko replied to JellyBean1's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    About 4 years ago I took care of a man, 26, dying of cancer. He was in the hospital for about 2 weeks. I worked alot back then, as I was single, without children. This one CNA and I worked great...

  14. New LPN with BIG concern over TN scope of practice re: IV Push

    laurakoko replied to LPNalmost!'s topic in General Nursing

    No LPN in Louisiana can push any medications IV. I know because I was an LPN in LA for 2 years before an RN. I practiced what was only in my scope. I know it differs in states, but to know your scope...

  15. New LPN with BIG concern over TN scope of practice re: IV Push

    laurakoko replied to LPNalmost!'s topic in General Nursing

    No LPN in Louisiana can push any medications IV. I know because I was an LPN in LA for 2 years before an RN. I practiced what was only in my scope. I know it differs in states, but to know your scope...

  16. old skills that we do not use anymore

    laurakoko replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    How about the new laproscopic procedures?!?! When I became a nurse, all cholecystectomies and appendectomies were OPEN. The patients would stay for days, and now it is a 24 hour stay, or O/P! I just...

  17. Where are the bonuses???

    laurakoko replied to OBNurseShelley's topic in General Nursing

    As part of my facility not wanting to use agency staffing, they have offered a bonus program for the employees. I am PRN. I get 100$ bonus for every shift over 3 in one month. FT and PT get the bonus...

  18. Part-time or Full-time work?

    laurakoko replied to friendlymulan2004's topic in General Nursing

    changed to PRN here after 2 babies in 2 years! It is awesome having the time, and the choice of when I want to work, and being home with them. They are only itty bitty once, and I don't want to miss...

  19. what's your "soft spot" patient?

    laurakoko replied to shay's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Anyone who is in SEVERE pain. I just feel like I need/want to take it ALL away. I took care of a pt today, who had been in a car accident, and had pain in her lower ext and back. (She was a wreck, no...

  20. Were you your family's caregiver growing up?

    laurakoko replied to alphafe's topic in General Nursing

    WOW! what a thought. I WAS the caregiver in my family. My mother is a severe alcoholic, and I raised my brother and sister from the age 11.....as she was in and out of rehab, and dad was always...

  21. Blatant Nursing "No-No's"........what's your worst???

    laurakoko replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a nurse who took a bag of Amphotericin B ( in a 1000cc bag), for a bladder irrigation, and plugged it right into her IV! Ok, BAD. But here's the kicker...( I caught the problem soon when...

  22. Are you allowed to use personal cell phones at work?

    laurakoko replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think our facility is investigating policies regarding no personal cell

  23. Funny Sign In Slips

    laurakoko replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    slip read- "I got sugar today" She had diabetes, and meant her blood sugar was

  24. Brain Dead Child Discharged to Home With Parents

    laurakoko replied to Euskadi1946's topic in General Nursing

    :crying2: I will go kiss my babies now....

  25. typical nurse/patient ratios?

    laurakoko replied to FZ1Tom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I read about the nurse/patient ratio laws, I was like, ahhhhhh, finally. Then I read the posts of the elimination of ancillary staff. That BITES. (But somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew it...