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  1. frequent fires

    optimist replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds as if we work for the same place! I too watch as mgmt fire good people because they were too vocal about their concerns or as part of their 'plan of corrective action'. Its a crummy place to...

  2. TEAS Question

    optimist replied to adoglover's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My school required a 75.My first attempt I got a 74.7 which was devastating! Second attempt I got a 86 but still wasnt accepted into the program I was applying for (LPN-RN bridge). I would study a...

  3. Who else love's their 12's?!

    optimist replied to jnfRN's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE MY (WEEKEND) 12s!!! I work 24 on weekend days, get paid for 32. Monday-Friday I get to be a stay-at-home-mommy, cook nice dinners for my family, visit my grandparents, take kiddies to the park,...

  4. Nurses/Moms-your advice, please! :)

    optimist replied to NothingsImpossible4U's topic in Nursing Career

    I wouldnt know what to tell you about school (all those abreviations blur my eyes) but I love working weekend option for the sake of my lil ones. I get to be home with them m-f, they stay with family...

  5. Do you get over it?

    optimist replied to StL_Momma27's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on your exposure to different 'gross factors'. I, for example, have no problem reaching wrist deep into a sacral decub to cleanse smelly necrotic flesh from a bone. Ask me to...

  6. Work for a mass immunization company?

    optimist replied to cappuccinoLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe many of us are talking about the same company (Name starts with M?) If you mention their name this thread will get closed. I did my interview earlier this week and thought it was strange...

  7. "Potty Talk"

    optimist replied to RosesrReder's topic in General Nursing

    They recently started something similar to this at my work.I was truly offended when I sat down for the first time in 7 hours and read the poster over the TP..........Potty Training:Dont forget to...

  8. make up?

    optimist replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that your appearance is the patients first impression of your abilities. If you roll into work with wrinkled scrubs, mussed up hair and bags under your ideas they will certainly notice....

  9. Disappointed in pay

    optimist replied to Michizzle's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one wondering why a facility would want a brand new grad as a shift supervisor??? Isnt that a postition that would require at least a few years of nursing experience. And a supervisor...

  10. They won't stop calling me!

    optimist posted a topic in General Nursing

    The facility I work in had an organized 'Wound care dept' consisting of 2 nurses during the week and myself on the weekends. We are the only ones that do wound care in the building because we...

  11. They won't stop calling me!

    optimist replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    UPDATE: I never answered the phone, and did not return their calls. By day 3 they have gotten the hint and stopped calling altogether. I hear from my weekday friends that they were able to get a...

  12. They won't stop calling me!

    optimist replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for pointing that out! I catch a lot of flack for only working 2 days a week, but when you add children,family,household and school into the equation, pulling grueling consecutive 13 hours...

  13. They won't stop calling me!

    optimist replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    I must respectfully disagree. Recieving corporate training for a position by no means enslaves me to anyones beck and call! I applied for a 'weekend only' position which I fullfill dutifully. I have...

  14. Comfortable shoes? Do they exist?

    optimist replied to Double-Helix's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My perfect solution was Landau RX nursing shoes with Dr Scholls arch support insoles.I could work for days on end without any foot/back pain (at 8 months pregnant!!!!) unfortunetly those shoes met an...

  15. How Often?

    optimist replied to virgo,student nurse's topic in General Nursing

    several times a day. just in case i missed something, or if I thought of a great response to something, or remembered something I wanted to post, or recalled something hilarious from my last shift,...

  16. Which one is more stressful: med-surg or LTC

    optimist replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in General Nursing

    Having done both, In my opinion they are equally stressfull, only different stressors in each setting. In MS, you have acutely ill pts that may require multiple calls to the doc over the course of a...

  17. Is there a correct way to crank a bed?

    optimist posted a topic in General Nursing

    The SNF I work in has got to be the most outdated and cheaply run facility in the area. All 235 beds in the building are the old fashioned crank beds. So for every care given during the day, the bed...

  18. Is there a correct way to crank a bed?

    optimist replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks~great

  19. Does a pressure ulcer = incident report???

    optimist posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So the state was called into our facility this week to invesitgate a complaint. General nursing staff isnt privy to what was investigated or found but usually when something is 'substantiated' the...

  20. "Thumping" out the door....?

    optimist posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok so Im in SNF. We had a code today. By the time we get to the room with the crash cart its obvious we're too late to do any good but because she was a full code we jumped in (or on) full steam ahead...

  21. Ok, this one hasn't been done in a while....

    optimist replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can be annoyingly Optimistic. I always see the glass as half

  22. Patient/Resident actually being a bully to staff

    optimist replied to TheFloorisCold's topic in General Nursing

    We have a pt like this at my facility. Its pretty much a 'right of passage joke' that you're not really an employee until he's accused you of neglect/abuse, youve been drug tested and suspended...

  23. My hospital is breaking the law...

    optimist replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    Where Im at, LPNs have very few restrictions and work right alongside the RN in a hospital setting. Right out of LPN school (which is a rigorous 1 year program + 1.5 years of prereqs) I landed a job...

  24. Overworked nurse

    optimist replied to Pigeons's topic in General Nursing

    "I havent peed in 8 hours" HAHAHAHAHAHA sounds like a typical

  25. how many of you are sick of.......

    optimist replied to FreshNewNurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I AM SOO WITH YOU HERE!!!!! Ive been in LTC pretty much all of my career in healthcare and the quality of life these people are subjected to downright shamefull! The only reason I go into work every...