LR59

LR59

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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

  16. Miss Thing visitor

    LR59 replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patients girlfriend come one evening unbeknownst to the staff she was nude under her coatshe proceeded to flash and strip for him??? He was in a coma r/t trauma she thought it might stir him...

  17. Don't Know What I've Got Myself Into

    LR59 replied to sweetsleep28's topic in General Nursing

    xtxrn You are correct it happened to me. The nurse assigned to orient me in my present position was an agency nurse , who would lose her position when I was oriented. Imagine the orientation I got,...

  18. Not hired if you smoke?

    LR59 replied to havehope's topic in General Nursing

    I was glad to see that one person touched on my personal peeve with smokers, the amount of time taken for smoke breaks. We (non-smokers) used to joke that we were going to iniate non smoke

  19. Travel Nursing

    LR59 replied to Jaysanamommy's topic in Travel

    I agree with above post lower tier companies may take you on , raise your hopes and not find you a position or else put you in an unsafe place. Please be careful GOOD

  20. Lots of blood... starting IV's HELP!

    LR59 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    First always wear gloves, I put a towel below the arm to keep things clean have your flushed pigtail ready pullback and put it on You can put pressure on skin behind Iv catheter But most of just...

  21. He// to the NO!

    LR59 replied to FLmomof5's topic in General Nursing

    It is illegal to ask you to clock and still work I worked for a LTC that said I as PM Supervisor would be penalized if PM staff worked late I would have to get their work done I quit Some people still...

  22. OK- need some help with ancient nursing history

    LR59 replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Hey when you get your dino get me one too I like mine autoclaved for tenderness Lord hadnt thought of dial a flows in eons we used to mix all our piggybacks insulin KCl and all wow where did time...

  23. OK- need some help with ancient nursing history

    LR59 replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    OK now Im going to date myself who remembers metal bedpans and their washing stations if there was an automatic BP cuff we never saw it in nursing school IV pumps were fairly new only used in ICUs...

  24. Got yelled at by MD today

    LR59 replied to agldragonRN's topic in General Nursing

    First of all no one deserves to be abused( being yelled at) in the workplace, second I have worked on SNF/LTC/LTAC and all had morphine and other comfort drips.Was hospice involved with this resident?...

  25. questions about a travel assignment

    LR59 replied to beaujacques's topic in Travel

    Are U an RN if so this pay seems low As I stated I could never pin them down on particulars the two facilities they wanted to place me at 1) did not provide travel expense or bonus 2) didnt even need...