Ms.RN

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  1. Drug addicted patient at a nursing home and only 46 years old

    Ms.RN replied to roro13us's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    where i work, whenever patient brings prescription from doctor's office, we have to call the attending physician in our nursing home and those medications have to be approved by him. is dilaudid...

  2. Nurses I hate to follow ...

    Ms.RN replied to maestrotee's topic in General Nursing

    let your nurse manager know of these things and she will take care of it but become a team player and fix the what has been wrong and just move

  3. Rehab/LTC: Ratio too high?

    Ms.RN replied to SlightlyMental_RN's topic in General Nursing

    do you work midnight shift? usually during midnights theres only one nurse on duty, but during the day and afternoons, they have two nurses. when i worked at rehab facility, i had 15-20 patients....

  4. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    Ms.RN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    stop touching my patients!!! just becuase my patient is in the same dining room as your son doesnt mean you have right to hold her by arm and force her out of dining room. how would you feel if i...

  5. Who is GENERALLY more of a "PAIN"?: Co-workers OR Patients?

    Ms.RN replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    co-worker... they either take over my patient without telling me or they will tell me how to do my job and they are backstabbers and intentionally try to get their co-workers into trouble. drives...

  6. No nurse is going to answer this honestly but here it goes........

    Ms.RN replied to c_beshore_rn's topic in General Nursing

    has anyone not reported a med error because they are afraid of whats going to happen and get into

  7. Im beginning to dislike geriatrics

    Ms.RN replied to DivaNurse2007's topic in General Nursing

    what if you take her medicine 10 or 30 minutes earlier and she tells you to bring it exactly at 10 and you write down a big bold refused in mar? i think that will protect yourself. oh and tell this...

  8. Rude or Reportable? I'd like others opinions...

    Ms.RN replied to Irish_Libra's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    every residents are scheduled to take their showers two times a week. whever patient takes their shower is the day that nurses have to do a skin assessment and we have to fill out a whole body...

  9. purpose of phone interview

    Ms.RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    today i got a phone call from a human resources person from a major hospital in my area and she wanted to set up a date and time for a phone interview. i dont know why she didnt ask me to come to the...

  10. Foreign nurses are taking/replacing nurses here in the USA?

    Ms.RN replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    i'm not trying to be biased because i am not. but there are so many people who graduated from nursing school and they cant find jobs becuase foreing nurses are hired before them. are other...

  11. Foreign nurses are taking/replacing nurses here in the USA?

    Ms.RN replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    i think its wrong to give them a permanent residency green card. now they can become a us citizen in 5 years and they are going to stay in this country. i'm not happy with giving them a work visa...

  12. Foreign nurses are taking/replacing nurses here in the USA?

    Ms.RN replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

  13. Lantus and NPH question

    Ms.RN replied to MDS_Coordinator's topic in General Nursing

    Whare are the difference between Humulin, Novolin insulin? theres also different insulins like Levimir,

  14. Options needed for student nurse

    Ms.RN replied to georgeoftheforge's topic in General Nursing

  15. Options needed for student nurse

    Ms.RN replied to georgeoftheforge's topic in General Nursing

    i dont know what else he can do to increase his chance of admission. i thought clinical experience are more important then the grades because lot of students fail clinicals and nursing schools...

  16. Applying for jobs online with Henry Ford

    Ms.RN replied to John20's topic in Michigan Nursing

    click on career link then click on the hospital that you've applied for a job. once you get to that job posting page, on the top right next to a bold letters find your drem job here click on sign in...

  17. G-tube Flush

    Ms.RN replied to stkn1's topic in General Nursing

    We use a kangaroo syringe when flushing peg tube with water or giving medicine. I was told never to use syringe plunger to inject water or medication becuase if its injected too fast patient it will...

  18. What Would You Do If You Had My Life?

    Ms.RN replied to kendra1978's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have all the pre-requisites done to get into LPN Program? I think most schools require Anatomy and Physiology class as a admission requirement. Plus some schools that offers LPN Program may...

  19. Need Advice; No Grade...Can't Take RN Boards

    Ms.RN replied to helpin_others's topic in General Nursing

    I dont understand this. How can your instructors not know about this? They must have lists of students of each classes so they can put your grades and assign clinical sight to students. If your...

  20. going back to school

    Ms.RN replied to beckylpn1's topic in General Nursing

    I went back to school after 2 years as a LPN. A year and half passed really fast for my LPN to LPN bridge program and there were times I was very overwhelmed but it at the end it was so worth going...

  21. Crazy Family Member!

    Ms.RN replied to scooby72's topic in General Nursing

    we once had a wacko family member take out her dentures and throw them down the hall. just when you think youv'e seen it all..... oh my goodness. imagine a family member taking his denture out from...

  22. chance of getting hired with no experience

    Ms.RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    there is one job opening posted in med/surg unit. i was about to start applying for this job but then i thought, i have no experience working in the hospital, just nursing homes so even if i apply...

  23. Help allnurses reach its Twitter goal

    Ms.RN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I am proud to be an Allnurses Twitter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:yeah:

  24. GI unit

    Ms.RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    has anyone ever worked in gi unit where they have patients with gi bleed, pancreatitis, alcohol abuse? what was it like to work in this kind of

  25. two residents kissing

    Ms.RN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    i saw two residents, one who is very confused due to dementia and another resident who we can pretty much reason with kissing each other in the hallway. they are not married, but this poor lady thinks...