ButterflyNurse30

ButterflyNurse30

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About ButterflyNurse30

ButterflyNurse30 has 10 years experience and specializes in Long term care.


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  1. I have a question to nurse that smoke

    I work in LTC. The patients where I work don't have to have an order to smoke. Staff members are assigned to take the patients out on their scheduled smoke breaks...every 2 hours if they want, starting at 8:30am and ending at 8:30pm. Family members b...
  2. I'm such a hypocrit.

    I am a smoker. I don't over do it and usually am lucky to get 2 five minute smoke breaks in a day. I am lucky to get a lunch break so these small smoke breaks are a savior for me and a few moments of peace and quiet in a very busy and hectic day. I a...
  3. Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Where are you working? I work in LTC and have about 30 patients and 2 cna's on 3to11, dayshift may have 3 cna's......
  4. 5 days with days/evening switch is nuts!

    I wish it worked out that way where I work! Then at least it would be some sort of incentive for coming right back in to work after working 3 to 11, but if that was the case, they surely would stop scheduling me that way..lol.
  5. 5 days with days/evening switch is nuts!

    My schedule has a lot of flip-flopping too! I work 8 hour shifts but a lot of the time I have to work 7to3 then 3to11 the next day and back to 7 to 3 the day after that! It's so hard to do! On the days I work 3 to 11, I don't come home right after an...
  6. Are there any LPNs that find 40 person med pass workable?

    I hate those little love notes about holes in the mars...I got a verbal write up the other day for like 8 holes from the night before....which was a horrible night...and I was trying to hurry to get off the clock so I would not get overtime...
  7. Are there any LPNs that find 40 person med pass workable?

    I am in the same boat. I skip my lunch break almost everytime I work. I am a floater so I never work the same hall which makes it hard to get a routine. I try to stay ahead but if one thing goes wrong then I get so behind. It's so hard to get done wh...
  8. pregnancy question

    I worked the whole time I was pregnant...even worked the day I had him, granted I didn't realize my hurting was labor pains all shift...he turned out perfect :)
  9. LTC Nurses Bottom of the Barrel

    I am "just a nursing home nurse" and have been one for 10 years...and you know what? I love it!! I am proud to say where I work. We are a rare breed and it takes special people to do all that we do. Like all of you said, we wear many different hats a...
  10. Incompetent

    The same thing happened to me when my youngest son was around 3...he fell and I thought he had busted out his 2 front teeth! I was freaking out! The nurse in me was gone...and was replaced with the scared mother...people were like "you are a nurse..c...
  11. Use your call light - Wisely

    I know the call light going off gets annoying to nurses but when there is someone in the ER in severe pain they just feel helpless and miserable. Sometimes it takes ringing the call bell more than once to get someone in there....I know the nurses are...
  12. what color is your scrub-achute?

    At the LTC where I work, the nurses wear dark green, the CNAs wear light green, housekeeping is khaki, and dietary is black and white. Green is my favorite color, but after wearing it everyday it may not be anymore..lol :)
  13. Interviewing for LTC- soon to be grad w/ ?'s (wound care)

    You don't have to be wound care certified to do wound care where I work. I do wound care every other weekend and work a med cart during the week and I love doing both!
  14. How being a CNA effected your nursing career?

    I was a cna before I became an lpn and I think it helps you realize how much work the cnas do. I feel I understand my cnas because I used to be in their shoes. And in LTC cnas are the backbone of a facility...they are the nurses eyes and ears at time...
  15. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    I'm sorry but I disagree with the whole employees are forbidden to smoke thing...I am a smoker and the smokers always get called out and fussed at for smoking. I look at it this way, we would get 2 15 min. breaks and a 30 min lunch and if we wanna sm...