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  1. Are you looking at me?

    46oldnewrn replied to Esme12's topic in General Nursing

    It is so important if you work in long term care, that you ask family members to bring in pictures from the past to put on the residents wall in their room. They had a life to just like the life that...

  2. So disgusted with everything

    46oldnewrn replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

    I wish I could say how I really

  3. Following up with a call?

    46oldnewrn replied to crazyscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Call the nurse manager, all that they can tell you is no. You have one chance to live life. Who cares if they say no, there are other jobs out there. Keep you chin

  4. Pre-authorization position.

    46oldnewrn replied to Been there,done that's topic in Case Management

    What skill? You need to give more

  5. What is something I can give to my doctor to thank her?

    46oldnewrn replied to starrys's topic in General Nursing

    A thank you note and some absolutely fabulous great smelling

  6. How to stop visitors from using empty bed???

    46oldnewrn replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

    You just have to educate the people who are visiting. If you were not a nurse, you probably would think that it is alright to sit on the bed, especially if there are no chairs around. Everyone has to...

  7. Rough night at work...

    46oldnewrn replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    I like the acrobatic moves, that was hilarious. It is amazing what we nurses can

  8. If allnurses.com has helped you please provide a quote

    46oldnewrn replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    All nurses has helped me realize that you should not post anything after 5 glasses of

  9. serving alcohol to patients

    46oldnewrn replied to mqurse37's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In long term care they should be able to drink alcohol if they want. It is their home. As far as meds go, it would be impossible to pass the meds at hour intervals when you are taking care of 20...

  10. Tape Reporting... HOH RN

    46oldnewrn replied to MystyqueOne's topic in General Nursing

    In LTC we do not allow tape reporting anymore. As for coming in early to read labs ect.... what a joke. I work 7 A to 7P when I come in to the morning, I am off and running and have no time to poke...

  11. Need some advice, or is this just normal?

    46oldnewrn replied to WittySarcasm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ughhh sounds like you are in a snake pit, Run like double hockey sticks!! Things will obviously NEVER get better

  12. Someone has to stay!!!!!

    46oldnewrn replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    I am just thankful I have a part time job, and if asked to stay over I JUMP on top of it

  13. Asking for constructive criticism and persistance?

    46oldnewrn replied to aubrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    aubrn, I realized after I posted moveon.com I should have explained myself. As a nurse, you are going to run into situations that you have no control over, your entire working life. Do you really want...

  14. Asking for constructive criticism and persistance?

    46oldnewrn replied to aubrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    MOVEON.COM

  15. do you ever get tired of being treated like crap?

    46oldnewrn replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    What really stinks is that I am tired of being treated that way by my DON and other "teaching nurses". Example....getting written up for a missed coumadin order on the first time EVER using a...

  16. Tidewater CC Sonography?

    46oldnewrn replied to abr1121's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we have a school that pumps sonographers out like a pool draining water. Then they have to move away to find a position because we live in a small town. There are just not many jobs for them. I...

  17. Gossiping in the hospital

    46oldnewrn replied to Monica08's topic in General Nursing

    Gossiping is horrible, I just pretend like I have never heard of it as well. What is really horrible is when your boss gossips, that is sickening to me, and guess what ? I work for a boss like that....

  18. Are you doing fecal transplants very often?

    46oldnewrn replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    I recently read about this, and I think it is fascinating. A husband provided a sample for his wife. What was interesting was that he had such a short time period to provide it and had to stay right...

  19. postpartum care

    46oldnewrn replied to LKatie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It is not all happy and rose smelling. I remember doing my clinicals and there was a mother who apparently was not so happy about being a mother. She would not hold her newborn for hours. It made me...

  20. Copied documentation?

    46oldnewrn replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

    If I am grasping for things to write on a patient that has to be documented on every single day that has been in LTC for months, heck yes I look back in old charting to see if I could pull something...

  21. Ambulatory Nursing

    46oldnewrn replied to Kidlucky's topic in General Nursing

    They take care of people before and after surgeries. Before, they start IV's and make sure patient is stable, after they wait until the patient is stable and alert, and they take out the IV make sure...

  22. How do you decompress/debrief?

    46oldnewrn replied to cokeforbreakfast's topic in Emergency

    The past is the past and you absolutely can not change it, just learn from it and move on dot

  23. 4th time VS. NCLEX

    46oldnewrn replied to karlaparis's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have to say, go with your gut feeling on the questions. So many times I thought that I should pick the question that they wanted to hear, but on this last test, I picked the answer that I thought...

  24. 4th time VS. NCLEX

    46oldnewrn replied to karlaparis's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Don't give up!!! Third time finally was a charm for me. I also eluded students and faculty of my school because I was so embarrassed by not passing. I was devastated. I bought every book I could...

  25. new grad & written up for the first time today at work :/

    46oldnewrn replied to cherielpn23's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is ridiculous that you only orientated for 4 days. I had four weeks of orientation, I would have made so many med errors with only 4 days. Also the "Doctor" should have soaked it first to allow...