javanurse2000 replied to murphyle's topic in Nursing Humor
Night shift --- practice dummy dressed in a gown and a baseball cap... Parked outside the building in front of a glass door ... "WHO IS THAT?!?!?!?!" My other favorite is hitting the call bell (in the...
javanurse2000 replied to LINJOH8571's topic in LPN, LVN Corner
Don't let anyone spoil this for you... I promise there are no wolves :0) You'll find out quickly who is receptive to your questions and who isn't...try to "hang" with the positive people. No one...
javanurse2000 replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Geriatric, LTC
Let's not forget LOTS of colace, miralax, senna to go with the lortab. Seeing a good bit of plavix. Lots of coumadin. Norvasc is pretty common. Standing orders for phenergan, chlorphenermine. It seems...
javanurse2000 replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing
I agree...I was very surprised to find out that it's being taught in nursing school. Glad to know this is an isolated policy. I can't figure out how it's even legal not
I've been helping to orient some new grads to our facility and the subject of medication errors came up. When I graduated nursing school it was procedure to inform the oriented patient (or their...
javanurse2000 replied to libbyjo5's topic in General Nursing
If you are ever able to get it to heal over, I've seen granulex do wonders to promote circulation to the area and help strengthen the tissue. The suppliments and protein are a must - they make special...
Ha! I was once "corrected" by a (former) DON for not giving LORTAB without an order...couldn't get a hold of the MD - late at night. New admit CA patient in pain. I just kept alternating between his...
javanurse2000 replied to snoopy29's topic in Nursing Humor
Two of my three kids were guilty. One with a pencil eraser in the ear canal (took him to the Dr. who couldn't "get it" - I ended up doing it --- he charged me anyway!). A bead in the nare for my...
I have a couple of lines on med pass when I step into (an unexpectedly) full room..."I didn't bring enough for everybody". If it's an injection..."Who's willing to take this shot for grandma?"....
We've had about half a dozen "young" come in to our facility in as many months...I haven't wanted to eat any - choking is another subject :0) Seriously, if your focus is on your patients/residents and...