LR59

LR59 has 22 years experience and specializes in ICU Telemetry Med/Surg.

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1. Veteran Nurses...

   LR59 replied to Autymn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   I agree there is much to be learned in LTC and I am not knocking it. However if you are honest many nurses and management look down on LTC

2. Veteran Nurses...

   LR59 replied to Autymn's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   This was my personal experience. I have been an RN nearly 22 years, 13 years in a cardiac ICU. Due to needs of my family I left the hospital went to LTC with acute and long term care rehab. After 4...

3. Employment with VCU? Pay?

   LR59 replied to RNLady115's topic in Virginia Nursing

   I worked for the VCU-MCVH sysytem for 17 years, starting as anew grad on North 5,then to Tele SDu, then to cardiac medicine ICU. This was a wonderful place to work, good pay, great benefits. When...

4. what color uniforms does your school use?

   LR59 replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

   Ah Youth WE had white dresses with blue and white pinafores. White shoes, hose no makeup earrings wedding ring only please. One of our instructors measured the hem length with a yardstick.No runs in...

5. Homeowners Vacancy Insurance

   LR59 replied to ukjenn231's topic in Travel

   This sound bogus. I moved from East to West last year,my home is vacant because we refuse to give it away in this market. Our insurance co. knows it and has never said

6. Night shift- when do you exercise?

   LR59 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

   We walk at work The lab tech, the radiology tech, admissions and nurses all walk in groups of 2-3 on our breaks Our facility is a square that you can do laps on. On good nights we can all get 15...

7. Dx: Paralysis secondary to hospital admission

   LR59 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   I once cared for a young man 26 years old, 758 lbs. whose mother and girlfriend did everything even feed him We told him he needed to assist us by feeding himself, using his urinal, brushing his...

8. Speaking foreign languages

   LR59 replied to wanderlust99's topic in General Nursing

   When my Mother was in a LTC where nearly all staff nurses were filipino it was very difficult to communicate my Mothers needs to them. They smile said yes and did whatever. My Mother disliked it...

9. Scope of practice ?

   LR59 replied to cornettclan's topic in General Nursing

   When someone passes at our facility, we get 2 RNs to check for signs of death and verify it. We then get a verbal order from MD to pronounce them deceased if they are DNRs only. Otherwise we have to...

10. This Does Not Make Sense - But happens anyway!

    LR59 replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility we cannot access the kitchen refrigerator for food such as sandwiches only snack type stuff. I am also the copier repair person, plumber,tv repair. Also because of reported diversion of...

11. Med/Surg RN required to care for L&D patients

    LR59 replied to Pjun581's topic in General Nursing

    When we float to L&D it is to care for post partum Moms and babies. we also had orientation to unit and duties. We do not care for laboring Moms. It is good to stretch our horizons especially in...

12. Med/Surg RN required to care for L&D patients

    LR59 replied to Pjun581's topic in General Nursing

    Where are u located? I work in a small rural hospital am floated to L and D

13. Just when you thought you'd heard it all

    LR59 replied to mizfradd's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the previous post. Back in the day if chickenpox,measles,mumps etc came to town, parents exposed their kids for several reasons. 1. all kids could be sick at the same time, it was...

14. If I see one more post titled....

    LR59 replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    I realized that I had been at one hospital too long when the attendings had been the med students that we nurses taught to be docs!! The comment about someone rolling their eyes kills me. A new RN on...

15. wierd/scary craigslist job

    LR59 replied to Nierdo's topic in General Nursing

    My husband replied to a job for a position in sales ,they beganto ask for a lot of personal info looked like it was a scam to get