BHolliRNMS

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  1. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    BHolliRNMS replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    e-mail vs snail

  2. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    BHolliRNMS replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    razor vs. nair beard vs goatee tall vs short bermudas vs. daisy dukes mistress vs friend *****y vs

  3. OH Yeah, I had it all together

    BHolliRNMS replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    wore my pants to work backwards...didn't realize it until I finally got a bathroom break that

  4. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    BHolliRNMS replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    pudgy vs dumpy vs fat diet coke vs the real thing thong vs granny

  5. Down and Dirty In The Oklahoma State Board of Nursing

    BHolliRNMS replied to sleepless in norman's topic in General Nursing

    As of July 2003, our state requires a criminal background check to be done by every nursing home, home health agency, hospital...everyone who is licensed by the state. The only "business" that...

  6. Black nurses VS. White nurses

    BHolliRNMS replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    tubal ligation vs

  7. Ideas for CNA recognition?

    BHolliRNMS replied to burger914's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    To reward the nurse aides on a daily basis, I hang up Thank You Grams by the time clock thanking a nurse aide by name for a specific job well done. They love the recognition and their coworkers...

  8. Down and Dirty In The Oklahoma State Board of Nursing

    BHolliRNMS replied to sleepless in norman's topic in General Nursing

    In mississippi we have to do criminal background checks. Anything you have ever been fingerprinted for will turn up on the report. If something turns up, they won't give you a clearance letter to...

  9. Should nurses go back to wearing all white?

    BHolliRNMS replied to stbernardclub's topic in General Nursing

    I do wear an all white

  10. Fired Again ~ HAHAHA!

    BHolliRNMS replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    well, I know a facility that received a G citation on quality of care because the nurse gave insulin ac breakfast and didn't check to see that the resident ate. The resident's BS bottomed out later...

  11. Mandatory Meetings :(

    BHolliRNMS replied to MandyInMS's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked at a state facility for the adult mentally retarded, I was expected to work all nite, attend a meeting from 8am to 12 pm then report back to work that nite. Now that I am the one...

  12. Fired Again ~ HAHAHA!

    BHolliRNMS replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    I believe the appropriate nursing measures to be taken were to hold the insulin, treat the hypoglycemia, then recheck the blood sugar. If the BS didn't come up, contact the MD for further orders. We...

  13. Failure to Chart?

    BHolliRNMS replied to KristinWW's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    sadly enough, most health care facilities do just settle small cases because of the expense involved in defending them. They don't admit guilt, but they don't deny it either and the patient gets...

  14. What are some of the strangest situations you have gotten into in home health

    BHolliRNMS replied to lioneliz's topic in Home Health

    I drove up to a home way way out in the country with no nearby neighbors. Patient was a 20 y/o female with severe burns on both legs from "dropping a pan of grease." Her baby's daddy was chasing her...

  15. UTI/elderly question

    BHolliRNMS replied to Krojas21's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    infection and dehydration both affect the elderly's mental status. And usually if a resident has a UTI, they are a little dehydrated

  16. State Survey

    BHolliRNMS replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    DebbieMig, there is way too much for nurses to do in ltc! My focus this year has been to try to help the docs remember that we are LTC, not a hospital. Our local hospital has a nurse:pt ratio of...

  17. Difficult patients and families

    BHolliRNMS replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in long term care. All families who apply to have someone admitted to our facility are required to watch a 30 minute video on what services we do and do not provide. The video also includes...

  18. Difficult patients and families

    BHolliRNMS replied to bunky's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with all of you. We recently admitted an elderly gentlemen to our long term care facility following a CVA. He wasn't any trouble until with the assistance of physical therapy, he began...

  19. State Survey

    BHolliRNMS replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree the med nurses and the cnas are the busiest people in the home. Documentation takes a team effort. A few ideas to help be sure you have needed documentation are: Have the RD review all...

  20. State Survey

    BHolliRNMS replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I always document on the careplan when a resident returns from a hospital with a wound and take a pic immediately. Also important to identify residents at high risk for developing pressure areas and...

  21. working in nursing homes

    BHolliRNMS replied to nightmare's topic in International Nursing

    Nurses in long term care, LPN and RN, are expected to be competent in many areas that hospitals deem "specialty" areas and assign entire floors to them and devote time training nurses to be competent...

  22. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    BHolliRNMS replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    When working as a home health nurse, we received a referral to take care of an elderly diabetic lady whose feet had been eaten by rats....looked like hamburger meat. She lived in a little trailer...

  23. Charting Bloopers

    BHolliRNMS replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Order for a grouchy old lady in the nursing home who constantly complains about the food, the noise, the sunshine, etc: " Prepare food to pt's satisfaction" Hey, doc, you coming to

  24. Ever have a major crush on a doctor

    BHolliRNMS replied to ninaldunn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I flirt with them, too. They love it. It inflates their ego and they will do whatever you need them to do. lol One of my docs calls me "luscious lips." haha He isn't attractive at all and is old...

  25. Ever have a major crush on a doctor

    BHolliRNMS replied to ninaldunn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I bet they