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luvkitties

geri, med/surg, neuro critical care

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  1. CNA after NCLEX?

    Hi...I will be taking NCLEX-RN next week...I currently work as a CNA in a nursing home, and my employer is aware that I will be taking the NCLEX *soon*, but doesn't know exactly *when*. Here is my...
  2. Threat of needle sticks!!

  3. Rude Family Members: Just Venting!

    I absolutely LOVED how you handled that...I just love it when they shut up, don't you?
  4. I work in a long-term care facility, and we had a lady who was very "colorful". When I would put on gloves, she'd say "so, you're putting on your finger condoms?" She'd also ask outright "Are you a...
  5. Zoloft???

    Don't listen to your son...you are not "nuts" for being on an antidepressant, and there are lots of nurses (including myself) that take Zoloft (or other antidepressants). You will make a wonderful...
  6. Let's take it up anotch anybody who enters hospital doors should wash their hands which would include administrators as well. Yeah, let's start putting in sinks in front of the doors of every...
  7. Being Non-judgemental

  8. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    I work in a LTC facility, and within lies the legend of the little girl...many people have seen her; few have survived to tell about it...quite a few residents have asked me "who's that little girl?"...
  9. Tagging HIV status in chart?

    it's true that touching any bodily fluid with skin intact won't infect you...but how many of us really know if our skin is completely intact? remember the story of barb fassbinder? she was a nurse...
  10. if only for one day......

    It's amazing, isn't it? No common sense, but they sure know how to put the key in the ignition
  11. Anyone (or someone you know) fail clinical?

    sierranic-- "Another student was dropped for not checking HR before administering a Beta-blocker" The clinical instructor at my college, which is accredited by the ANA and NLN, instructs us to take a...