Elladora

Elladora

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  1. My thoughts on Mental Health Nursing

    Elladora posted a topic in Psychiatric

    I posted this on my facebook wall a while back and thought I would share it here... When I tell people I work in mental health, I almost always get a negative reaction. I get asked if there was...

  2. PT Pulls out their NG tube...boss says I need to fill out an event report?

    Elladora replied to mindlor's topic in General Nursing

    We would where I work. Anything that falls outside of "normal" requires an incident report. And I work in psych. Guess how many incident reports I write each

  3. When will I feel like a real nurse?

    Elladora replied to karlymarie's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hang in there! There's a learning curve in almost everything we do in life, this is no exception. It WILL get better. Best of luck to you! And to answer your question, it took me several months to...

  4. Be nice to new nurses!

    Elladora replied to historylovinglpn's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Great story! I love new nurses. It's the old, "I've been doing it this way for 30 years so it has to be the right way" nurses that drive me

  5. Craziest thing at work...

    Elladora replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I personally didn't see it but one of our doctors talks about when he was in med school and doing his ER rotation, he had a guy come into the ER with one of those ball pit balls stuck in his rectum....

  6. Is your workplace haunted?

    Elladora replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Why did I read this thread right before I head off to bed? Ever since I read The Amityville Horror, I am scared to death of the thought of seeing glowing red eyes.

  7. Is your workplace haunted?

    Elladora replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Supposedly, but I've never seen any evidence. And for any resident ghosts at my facility, this is NOT an invitation to suddenly show yourself. I'm quite happy being kept in the paranormal dark. As...

  8. Wrote up a CNA, but I was the one who got the boot!

    Elladora replied to MotherRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The one that didn't pick up the slack, especially if it was detrimental to a patient. There are going to be shifts where things don't get done. Emergencies happen. Complications arise. Clients...

  9. Patient Reported Me To Nurse Manager

    Elladora replied to giantumbrella's topic in Psychiatric

    This.

  10. Psych Nursing Job Wanted

    Elladora replied to nursedanny614's topic in Psychiatric

    Similar to Meriwhen, I started not as per-diem but rather on a very, very part time basis at our facility. (I was still in school at the time). I was working 16 hours every two weeks when I started....

  11. New Psych position - please help need ideas

    Elladora replied to Isitpossible's topic in Psychiatric

    Some great ideas here! We have an activities department that handles these things as the nursing staff is WAY too busy. It's one thing I wish we had though - more time to actually do "stuff" with...

  12. I want to be a nurse with a 9-5 job w/ weekends and holidays off

    Elladora replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ditto but I never work more than 3 in a

  13. Craziest thing at work...

    Elladora replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

  14. Recent Graduate LPN scores her first GiG! Excited BUT nervous. Needs advice

    Elladora replied to NurseFreeSpirit's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Respect your CNAs and take lots of

  15. Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    Elladora replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed!

  16. Full Moon Syndrome: Fact or Fiction

    Elladora replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I work in mental health. This is absolutely fact.

  17. Wrote up a CNA, but I was the one who got the boot!

    Elladora replied to MotherRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The first one would be grounds for dismissal where I work. The second one would just annoy me. Move on. Sounds like that job wasn't a great fit for you anyway.

  18. Time Off to Vote

    Elladora replied to Screen name's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Iowa code states that they have to give you three hours to vote but only if you don't have three hours outside of your working hours in which to do so. It also states they are under no obligation to...

  19. College Algebra ughh

    Elladora replied to beckyboo1's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went to a relatively small community college and they had an amazing tutoring center. I would definitely look into it. Also see if your college offers Trio. Beyond that, there are some great...

  20. Anybody LIKE working holidays?

    Elladora replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    We don't get paid extra for working holidays, so that's not an incentive. That aside, I don't mind working them. Biggest plus? No upper management.

  21. LPN/LVN vs. RN?

    Elladora replied to Bess87's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I can't think of a single school in my area that doesn't require an Lpn license in order to take RN

  22. Mental Health Nurse Interview

    Elladora replied to Rlala's topic in Psychiatric

    1. What does mental health mean to you? Wow, that's a tough one. I guess to me, it means a person's overall mental well being. 2. What is a typical shift like? Lol I just answered this on another...

  23. Inpatient Psych Brain Sheet

    Elladora replied to LadyLovelilocks's topic in Psychiatric

    I have a sheet I print each shift that has two columns which I then fold down the middle. Column 1 (side 1) has the names of all of the clients that have 1700 meds and column 2 (side 2) has the names...

  24. Psychiatric Nurse Interview

    Elladora replied to GabriellaS's topic in Psychiatric

    Name: Lol Elladora School Graduated From and year: A small community college, 2011 Was nursing school as hard as everyone says it is? Yes, and then some. It's one of the hardest things I have ever...

  25. What are the most common questions you receive when on call?

    Elladora replied to cbennett3's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    The thing we most often call Hospice for is "Client X is declining. Should we administer oxygen/morphine/etc?" (Based on what client has ordered). We are fortunate (if you can call it that) that in...