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  1. Its official! I am leaving nursing.........

    ricksy replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I see your point. But, I will say the same thing about health care as I do the education system. I am a conservative and not really fond or proud of our national educational system, yet am...

  2. PT/INR clarification for new nurse

    ricksy posted a topic in General Nursing

    New nurse here. Help me think this through. Patient on 7mg Coumadin. INR comes back at 1.58. Therapeutic level is 2-3. So, order will be for INCREASE dose? Or, does the 0.8-1.12 scale take effect...

  3. the number of over-weight and obese nurses continues to increase

    ricksy replied to amygarside's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    With all due respect...you ask our ideas about overweight nurses. Why? There are overweight doctors, lawyers, singers, football players, teachers, moms, dad, cops.....yea, so,...

  4. accu checks in ltc

    ricksy replied to cincin1222's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The levemir/lantus question and debate has been on this site before. I am not saying it is my opinion, but my facility requires it, and as put fourth on this forum before, there are others that agree....

  5. accu checks in ltc

    ricksy replied to cincin1222's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Obviously you would do accuchecks before novolog-R-NPH-Premix, but there always seems to be that question about before Lantus and Levemir. There have even been discussions on this site about whether...

  6. Nurses who are short and petite

    ricksy replied to hanamiku's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    YOUR SIZE WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE....it is your brain and what is inside. YOU GO

  7. Appropriate additional PRN job

    ricksy replied to cdscmb's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Our long term facility has some PRN peeps who they use. They are trained for a few days, get to know the patients (we are smaller facility), learn the emar and charting system, and them call them in a...

  8. How much do you owe in student loans?

    ricksy replied to Glenna, LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I went to community campus and got ADN..cheaper and affordable...about 1100 bucks a quarter (yea we were still on quarters). Did 6 quarters and paid for them as I went. BSN courses on line at a branch...

  9. How much do you owe in student loans?

    ricksy replied to Glenna, LPN's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, well this country should be ashamed of itself for not taking care of returning heroes, Gold Star Families, and children of those who gave so much. Hope you are doing well, and thanks to the...

  10. Do physicians have authority over nurses in the hospital?

    ricksy replied to sjalv's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They make their rounds, and then 'make like a tree' and leave.

  11. Worst mistake you've made as a CNA?/am i in trouble?

    ricksy replied to anewcna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    But the fact that you ask, makes you

  12. Worst mistake you've made as a CNA?/am i in trouble?

    ricksy replied to anewcna's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  13. Does your facility have horrible dietary staff turnover?

    ricksy replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Same at my facility. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The other day I had a resident come back from wound clinic with new dietary order to...

  14. didn't start school til age 50

    ricksy replied to Whit'sBetterHalf's topic in General Students

    Yes, I felt like some. But, this is my second career and I brought a lot of communication skills along with my critical thinking and that doused the fire, usually. Keeping in mind that I was the only...

  15. didn't start school til age 50

    ricksy replied to Whit'sBetterHalf's topic in General Students

    Graduated last December at age 51. Passed NCLEX-RN first time at age 52! First job one week after. YOU CAN DO IT TOO. Made many many friends that were my childrens' ages........ADN 24 months....GOOD...

  16. NEW NURSE: Help! Tell me why what I did was wrong??

    ricksy posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hey guys. Need your input. New nurse- 5 months LTC. Great and helpful DON. Breezing along pretty well, then got to work today and called in by DON. We have a 70 yr old beginning dementia patient who...

  17. Abusive pt/family and nurse with PTSD

    ricksy replied to EC18's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    My son suffers greatly with PTSD...the left overs from Operation Enduring Freedom and surviving a suicide bomber. He took a job at a large med supply company that services hospitals. He has been in...

  18. NEW NURSE: Help! Tell me why what I did was wrong??

    ricksy replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ..now that you put it that way, I see. I am so mad at myself right now. My DON told me not to beat myself up over it, that I was new, but I feel so horrible. I keep thinking I will be let go.

  19. NEW NURSE: Help! Tell me why what I did was wrong??

    ricksy replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for your help. I can't quit thinking about how dumb it was. The resident is fine, but I can't quit thinking about it and how dumb the DON must think I am

  20. is there a future in nursing.

    ricksy replied to MrsH2009's topic in General Nursing

    This post reminds me of a musician friend who loved to perform and entertain, formed a band and sang. Knowing that he would never make it "in the big time", he pondered what to do with his life. He...

  21. PTSD after being an ICU patient

    ricksy replied to elprup's topic in General Nursing

    PTSD can ruin your life. PTSD is real. PTSD is about something that happened to you, not just a "the guy is nuts mental condition" that people like to joke about. Until you have seen it in action, you...

  22. Unexpected kindness from a nurse

    ricksy replied to Trust in Jesus's topic in Nurses Rock

    Less about being a "nurse" who did this, and MORE about a human being doing this. Just happened to be a

  23. Burned out already

    ricksy replied to LaceyRN12's topic in General Nursing

    I am only 5 months into it, and feel that way already. Second career and in the first career I put in a lot more hours and made more money. I came into nursing because I had the passion, at age 52. I...

  24. LAWS

    ricksy posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    New LTC charge nurse. Facility uses EMAR and E-Charting. CNAs do not do vitals or chart in our charts. A CNA approached me last evening wanting to view chart "history" of resident to"understand...

  25. Patient Death Notice BOMBSHELL! HELP!

    ricksy posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Four months into my first LTC job and am wondering what other facility policies are regarding notifying staff about the death of a resident when it happened on your day off. I recently had my two...