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  1. holiday hall decorating ideas...

    not now replied to LVNwannaBE2007's topic in General Nursing

    Don't go overboard! My last Christmas in a LTC we had a contest that went overboard, it looked like Christmas exploded in there. The DON loved

  2. Ethics: Does it bother you when people are in nursing to make money?

    not now replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I am not bothered if people are in it for the money. Especially around here where nurses are in demand and paid quite well. I like what I do and being paid well is a benefit. Would I do it for half of...

  3. How do you wear your scrubs?

    not now replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    Dickie's sand washed solids. Sometimes matching , sometimes not (i.e. khaki pants black top and pink long sleeved undershirt). When I worked in LTC I wore pints a lot. Now I rarely wear a print. My...

  4. Are Crocs good for Nursing

    not now replied to leinad's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Yesssss, and the foot bed can be pulled out for cleaning. It basically leaves you with the plastic shoe to wash freely and not worry about getting the cork

  5. Are Crocs good for Nursing

    not now replied to leinad's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I don't wear the white leather clogs. I wear these in black and

  6. Are Crocs good for Nursing

    not now replied to leinad's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Followed by not using shampoo, not shaving, using Funk Butter and wearing patchouli. Oh how I miss living in Northern

  7. Checking placement on a PEG tube?

    not now replied to Skwidward's topic in General Nursing

    For a new PEG I would wait for an x-ray. Most of my patients have had their upwards of five years. I don't check placement with air with those patients. I check

  8. Are Crocs good for Nursing

    not now replied to leinad's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love my Crocs but not at work. I was wearing them out way too quickly. The tread on the bottom would be gone within three months. Plus, I found out the hard way that a dropped needle will get stuck...

  9. What's the dumbest thing you ever got called on the carpet for?

    not now replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    So far... 1. I was called to the NM office and asked to explain the "situation" with a confused patient. She managed to call PBX on my shift and ask for the police, security came and made sure she was...

  10. How many times were you rejected before you finally got that acceptance letter??!

    not now replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    I applied to one CC for LVN school and got in on the first try. I applied to one CC for the LVN-RN bridge and got in on my first try. I was really sweating the RN application because there was only...

  11. MDs should obtain & have patients sign consent

    not now replied to riley50's topic in General Nursing

    Gah, I get so many verbal orders for "Please get consent for XYZ procedure..." Dude, you haven't even been in the room. You weren't even in house when the patient got admitted from the ED, you just...

  12. The Circumcision Discussion

    not now replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't know about anyone else but for me and the man the main reason is that he's Jewish and it's required. Other reasons are the same as The Commuter. As for barbaric? Yes, but hate giving IM...

  13. Is there anything else I can do for you? I have the time. (new hourly rounding sheet)

    not now replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    The rule on my floor was CNA's round on the even hours and nurses round on the odd hours. Starting today nurses round every hour. At the start of the shift we write our name and number, the CNA's name...

  14. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    not now replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    But if we were staffed appropriately I wouldn't be so curt and hurried. When I have four or five relatively stable patients I'll chat all ya want. When two post-ops roll in 15 minutes apart and I only...

  15. IS this norma for Med/Surg night shift...or is it just my hospital?

    not now replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    My floor has 12 hour chart checks and 12 hour I&O's. We still have charge sheets but with computer charting there are no flow sheets for I&O's and such. Really, the only thing I throw in in...

  16. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    not now replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Really? We only draw stat labs and peak/trough. Sometimes I forget and sit there thinking "Where's the lab? Oh wait! That's me!" Because I was a phlebotomist at another hospital and we did all the...

  17. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    not now replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is more just for my floor. Whenever we go into a patients room at the beginning of the shift to introduce ourselves we have to write the date, room number, RN: *name here* with cell extension,...

  18. Walkie Talkies on Your Unit?

    not now replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    We all have a phone on our unit (nurses and CNA's) and of course it rings at the most inappropriate times. If I'm in the middle of something I just don't answer it. I do feel rude telling a patient...

  19. She's a great nurse but she's driving me crazy

    not now posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm venting because my co-worker is driving nuts and I have no nurse friends to gripe to. It's long, feel free to ignore. I started a new job two and a half months ago, it's quite different from my...

  20. Miserable. Is this how it is everywhere?

    not now replied to gearheadfly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    No. My preceptor was awesome, knew tons of stuff, always willing to explain things, did everything exactly how it was supposed to be done. Loved her. When I had to do two weeks of day shift it was ok...

  21. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    not now replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Cathing women that are older than dirt. I have a hard time, every time. I ask them to cough, I get a flashlight...nothing. I usually have to get the senior nurse who will roll them on their side,...

  22. ANGRY! There's no place to eat or drink 'round here!

    not now replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Or the wound vac reps who give us candy at the station while the supervisor watches. We have been told the rule is to protect us and the computers if something is knocked over. I take my Sigg bottle...

  23. Any other new nurses slapping their heads saying DUH!?

    not now replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    After my first day on the floor all I could think was "I don't know

  24. Flu shots

    not now replied to willie03's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work there is a flyer in the staff bathroom (that's were all the important flyers and such go) that basically says if I don't get the flu shot I'll be killing innocent children and grandma's....

  25. Which nursing skills do you dread?

    not now replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    We can get a CNA or someone from the transport team to pick it up for us. They have to be instructed how to do it, go with a nurse once, get signed off, then someone from the lab gives them a red dot...