ktwlpn

ktwlpn LPN

LTC,Hospice/palliative care,acute care

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  1. Funny things patients say !

    ktwlpn replied to TAM's topic in Nursing Humor

    I am a nurse in LTC on a dementia unit-last week a co-worker and I were comparing the number of messes we got into during the shift...I was telling her about my morning during which I stepped into a...

  2. the nurse/porn connection...........

    ktwlpn replied to hapeewendy's topic in General Nursing

  3. Liberate yourself from the enabler role

    ktwlpn replied to LiznTexas's topic in General Nursing

    Many of us do the same with our families-I have lost count of the number of my co-workers whom are supporting adult children due to the poor choices they have made in their lives-and some are...

  4. Venting Over the VA

    ktwlpn replied to kmchugh's topic in Patient Safety Issues

  5. Hospital Child Day Care

    ktwlpn replied to SueM's topic in General Nursing

    It is not easy to leave your child in the care of a stranger-but we have to do what we have to do.As a working mother I don't need any more guilt piled on me-I have helped myself to plenty over the...

  6. What Freaks You Out?

    ktwlpn replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

  7. What Freaks You Out?

    ktwlpn replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    To mjamesrn from Pa- "Cheesey nursing home toes"?!!! I LOVE that line.I have seen and smelled many a funky foot and couldn't say it better myself...ROFLMAO! As for maggots in lady partss- imagine for...

  8. Trivia: When was smoking banned in all US hospitals

    ktwlpn replied to mario_ragucci's topic in General Nursing

    I was a smoker for years and remember smoking in the lounge in the hospital until 1991 or 92-then came the ban and I remember hearing that it was tied somehow to federal subsidies.Staff had to go...

  9. Admission paperwork

    ktwlpn replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our local hospital found the belongings sheet to be extraneous-after they decided that they would not be responsible for lost or broken personal effects and the inclusion of such a sheet implies...

  10. Making it through Nursing School with Children

    ktwlpn replied to mommyrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The support of your husband and other family members will make a big difference.You children are probably too young to lay a guilt trip on you when you are busy with school related work so you are...

  11. Tardiness...

    ktwlpn replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I just have...

  12. PAIN as the 5th vital sign ..What's it about??

    ktwlpn replied to prn nurse's topic in Pain Management

  13. Tardiness...

    ktwlpn replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    I feel that chronic lateness is inconsiderate-totally thoughtless.A co-worker clocking in late every day is saying to me "my life is more important that yours" I keep my alarm clock a good 10 or 15...

  14. Lunch breaks

    ktwlpn replied to moonshadeau's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ..........................................................................................I truly resent ancillary staff interrupting my lunch break with pt care concerns...E-mail me,write me a note...

  15. Agency nurses in LTC settings

    ktwlpn replied to PBU's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I briefly worked agency and went to 2 l.t.c.'s-the first gave no orientation at all-after i received report the nurse gave me a short tour. The other place told me to report one hour early for my...

  16. med pass observation

    ktwlpn replied to nursenel's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Other then the 5 rights of med admin and infection control issues what have you found to be the focus of the surveyors? Our staff develpoment person can barely keep up with her duties-no-one does a...

  17. Difference between 22" and 27" stethoscope: Which is better?

    ktwlpn replied to Rileycat's topic in General Nursing

    The biggest advantages of a shorter stethoscope are - About 5 inches farther away from fresh post-op breath....Less length for the confused combative pt. to wrap around your

  18. Any takers? Supressed sexual frustrations of husbands of Nurses...

    ktwlpn replied to Chellyse's topic in General Nursing

    I have to admit-I read the whole morificecript(I also read the headlines in the supermarket tabloids-when no-one is looking)What a hoot! This guy is a wack job-fruit

  19. Good clogs? For males?

    ktwlpn replied to Chris-FNP's topic in General Nursing

    www.dansko.com -awesome shoes.Great arch support-long wearing [This message has been edited by ktwlpn (edited April 17, 2001).] [This message has been edited by ktwlpn (edited April 17,

  20. I would rather strangle our old nurses rather than eat the young.

    ktwlpn replied to Chuckie's topic in General Nursing

    Well-try to put yourself in their places...Possibly they are not able to retire due to financial reasons and are afraid to start over in another facility.Starting a new job is no fun even when you are...

  21. CNA's Humiliation

    ktwlpn replied to hanginginthere's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you think an associate degree in nursing will bring you prestige you need to learn what a nurse really does-I hope you are not too disappointed.As for C.N.A.'s the job description will vary from...

  22. NO MORE SUZY K !!!!!!!

    ktwlpn replied to theboss's topic in General Nursing

    I am not trying to add fuel to a fire here but would honestly like to know-where can an LPN push any IV meds? Not in our scope of practice the last time I checked.I can certainly start IV's-hang...

  23. NO MORE LPNS?

    ktwlpn replied to mlvogt's topic in General Nursing

    I was laid off last year from my small community hospital-they had the same idea...and now are rehiring LPN's.No one really went to bat for us-the docs griped a bit and the local papers carried a few...

  24. Clinical Disaster!

    ktwlpn replied to miaka's topic in General Nursing

    My first Foley cath-insertion...a 98 yr old blind and senile NUN!It took 5 to hold her down-she kept picking hher head up and aiming spit missiles at us,,,cursed like a sailor-in French.It took me 5...

  25. What Freaks You Out?

    ktwlpn replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't ya think that the wives of male gyns use alot of douche?