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  1. Need Help FAST Please. RE: Inappropriate discharge

    I hope you come back and let us know what happened. I really commend you on being honest here. It's a tough situation. Even though it isn't nursing's fault that the patient has racked up the bill, it's nursing's job to take care of it. typical c...
  2. What is it with the nurses in LTC?

    omg i almost peed
  3. No Respect for LTC nurses?

    Great thread! I have worked LTC for 15 years. It's amazing how rude people can be when they make statements to you about working in a "nursing home". Just last night I was at dinner at a Japanese restaurant. There were some people at my table th...
  4. Does anyone really enjoy LTC?

    I understood what you meant jessi lol. I feel the same way. It is important for me too. I've worked in LTC for 15 years...4 as a CNA and 11 as RN. I took time off to work in a hospital once and was miserable. I loved my LTC. I think it is a call...
  5. Smoking in LTC

    I dont think anyone can MAKE you go outside with the smokers. I have CNAs that refuse to do it but there is always someone that smokes that will go. I just recently quit smoking myself, almost 6 months, and I don't want to take them outside either...
  6. Can U Explain the difference? pleeease??

    great thread!!
  7. What is in your lunch box?

    I keep single pack oatmeal at work for breakfast. I usually take a turkey sandwich for lunch and we make a salad. for snacks I have a peanut butter sandwich about 4pm. raisins, nuts, fruits, yogurts for snacks. Im trying to get healthy and lose we...
  8. Pt dies on BSC today

    I had a patient pass Sunday after having a BM. The code was unsuccessful. It was horrible. Before she went to the bathroom she was telling us how she was having the best day she had had since she had been hospitalized. She had just fixed her hair...
  9. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    no wait I have one more lol Recently had a patient in for therapy. he was definitely a hoot. I took him out to smoke one day and we got to talking about him being in prison. I knew he had been in for money laundering. He tells me this long story ...
  10. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    ok one more and I'll quit lol My husband was a CNA when I met him. One night he was taking care of his favorite demented patient. He stood him up and was changing his pants. When my hubby pulled his pants down, the patient said "you are a FINE ame...
  11. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    oh and then there was John. lol omg He was a new admit to the LTC. I admitted him on the evening shift and then came back in on the day shift the next morning. 730 in the morning I am outside his room, with my back to his door, getting his meds tog...
  12. Crazy Thing Pts Say or Do

    Oh this thread made me remember Mabel I worked in LTC (still do lol) and it was my first job. One day I went in to see mabel and she was upset. She told me she was pregnant. You can imagine my suprise when I asked her who the father was and she to...
  13. C'mere and share your on-the-job laughs!

    This made me almost pee
  14. Back injury: stories & support for an injured RN

    Back pain here too. It's horrible! The pain from a pinched sciatic nerve is the worst pain I've ever had. I start physical therapy monday. Tell me it will work guys! I'm doing pool therapy first. I feel for all of us with back pain.
  15. Uninsured=financial ruin

    My first husband got very ill and had to go on disablility about 6 months after we got married. I was 23 years old. While waiting for his social security disability to be approved we applied for assistance. The caseworker at the state SSI office (...