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While I really do like the job I have now, I wish I would have stayed with travel nursing longer. My goal would be to work in all 50 states then go international Non nursing, I really like the idea of working in a cute little book store, and as someo...

When I worked ER I had an 18-19 year old male patient come in. Don't remember why he was there, but for some reason we needed urine for a drug screen. Kid said he didn't have to go, so we gave him ice water to drink. A few minutes later he hands us h...

I've suffered from migraines since I was about 5 years old. I would get 2 or 3 a month, my mom thought I was just being dramatic about how bad they were until the day I was so miserable I couldn't eat my aunt's home made lasagna that I loved. Tried n...

I work in LTC, we recently had a rep from the company who makes the briefs we use come in and inservice our CNAs. If a brief is leaking and you feel like the resident needs to be double briefed, you are most likely using a size too big. A standard br...

Most of my family will gather at my cousin's house, about 20 of us in all. We will be having smoked brisket smoked ribs roasted brussel sprouts noodles mashed potatoes green bean casserole sweet potato casserole baked beans fruit salad cheese ball r...

One of my favorite recipes I got from a coworker at a potluck. Green Goddess dip. Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, onion, cucumber, radishes,(pretty much any crunchy veggie) chop really small, add diced black olives, shredded cheese, and a bottle of g...

As a nurse manager in a LTC, I've found that frequent education is key to any change. When we a had an epidemic of UTI's, we re educated all of our CNA's on proper peri care and had them do return demonstrations on a dummy, then we observed them doin...

So here's the story. My mom just had surgery today and will have 2 more surgeries next week, hopefully will get to come home the following week. Problem is, my sister is coming to visit next week with her 3 month old. Sis is afraid mom won't be able ...

Twenty years ago I started as a CNA in LTC. After working my way through nursing school I swore I would never be a nurse in a LTC because of the horrid staffing. I worked ICU, step down, and ER for many years. Then one day I was without a job(whole o...

As I've already said, I love my ice cream! Wine is also great (and since I make my own, cheap and large amounts lol), but my absolute fav snack food is Cheese its. And don't mess with my cheese its! I don't want any of those new fangled flavors or fa...

Please, I'm dying to know the brand of ice cream???? I love ice cream, usually stick to the skinny cow ice cream stuff, but once a week I let myself indulge, and that one sounds heavenly!!

I did quit a job because they were mandating we change to white uniforms. But, it was not the only reason, more of just the last straw, so I got another job closer to home that paid more and let me wear what ever scrubs I wanted.

I've been an RN for a little over 15 years, and I'll be the first one to tell you I make a horrible patient. Why? Because I know how the system works, it sucks, and I have no patience for it. Like a lot of nurses I've had chronic back problems for y...

I had a friend staying with me for a few weeks while he was looking for a new apartment. He came in one day and I was sitting on the couch eating left over spaghetti and watching Trauma-Life in the ER, don't remember the episode, but it was a bloody...

We've all worked with crabby doctors. I've been a nurse for 15 years and run into my fair share of rude and crabby docs. What happened today astonished me. Last week one of the doctors I work with was in a particularly foul mood. Lucky me, I had ...

Do we work at the same place? You just described one of my residents perfectly! No one has an issue with his weight. We are lucky enough to usually have the necessary staff available, and since we are a no lift facility we have plenty of mechanical l...

My new guilty pleasure is Casey's iced mocha! I know it's probably a powdered mix having very little resemblance to real coffee, but it tastes soooo good, and it's an awesome substitute for hot coffee when it's 90+ degrees outside.

Due to blood pressure and heart rate issues I usually limit myself to one cup a day, but I'm picky. It has to be good coffee from my keurig, and my husband knows not to talk to me until I've finished at least half of it:)

WOOOHOO!!! I got lucky and got called off for low census today:)

As fat girl myself, I think a very important thing for healthcare providers to remember is not every injury or health issue is because I'm fat. I injured my back several years ago, the first doctor I saw said "well, you need to lose weight, then yo...

When I realized yesterday that Friday is the 13th and a full moon I found our scheduler and told her I volunteer for call off if census is low. Keeping my fingers crossed!!

It's quite effective! When I started working nights 15 or so years ago I had a friend who would call at 11 am just to chat. I started calling him at 3 am "just to chat." Word spread pretty quick to leave me alone while sleeping! Might have helped a ...

LOL interestingly enough, the original phone call during which he cussed me out, was to clarify an order no one could read since his handwriting was even worse than normal that day! The letter was in his handwriting but looked like he actually took ...

My husband and I make our own wine! I've told him more than once I'm saving several bottles from each batch for when I'm a resident in the nursing home. I have a lady in our LTC that gets a martini every evening if she wants it, so I don't see why I...