Lovely_RN

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  1. Wet-to-dry dressings

    Lovely_RN replied to James_Adam's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If your wetting the dressing before you take it off then you can't have much debridment going on. If you aren't then isn't that terribly painful for the patient? Wouldn't a enzymatic debriding agent...

  2. Wet-to-dry dressings

    Lovely_RN replied to James_Adam's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been taught that wet to dry dressings are not good for two reasons. 1. They do not always provide the moist environment that is needed for wound healing. 2. They are not very good at debridement...

  3. How often do RNs clean up poop? (thinking about majoring in nursing)

    Lovely_RN replied to gwchem's topic in General Nursing

  4. Is LPN as great a job as a RN?

    Lovely_RN replied to WorkingMom19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The ADN takes more than 2 years to complete because clinicals are 4 semester (2 years) at traditional CC programs. The thing is that NO ONE jumps straight into a clinical seat. You must attend that...

  5. Is LPN as great a job as a RN?

    Lovely_RN replied to WorkingMom19's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I say do the LPN then come to NY and finish up your RN while you work. I am doing it that way and I'm managing just fine, thank you. Unless you get into a 1+1 program it will NOT take 2 years to get...

  6. Is nursing really a dirty job?

    Lovely_RN replied to xobeeautiful's topic in General Students

    Yes, nursing is a dirty job. Maybe after you work a few years you can get away from the bedside but until you get experience you will be encountering nasty things. Maybe you will get lucky and get to...

  7. How often do RNs clean up poop? (thinking about majoring in nursing)

    Lovely_RN replied to gwchem's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC as an LPN and I don't clean up any poop because the CNAs do the tolieting and brief changes. Now before anyone jumps on me it's not because I think i'm too good...rather I have 40...

  8. Not a strong charge LPN...

    Lovely_RN replied to Fancy Face's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It sounds like your supervisors aren't being supportive of you. My patient load is the same as yours and I don't have time to babysit the CNAs. Isn't your report written down? I would have directed...

  9. I want her fired!!!!

    Lovely_RN replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry Southernbeegirl, now I feel bad about what I wrote. I guess you had to do what you had to at that moment. It worked out better for you anyway. Me? I'm a hothead; I would have made the...

  10. I want her fired!!!!

    Lovely_RN replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    If it ever comes down to this for me....i'm done with nursing....period. I'd rather work at McDonald's than put up with treatment like this from residents/family members/administrators. This is pure...

  11. can a nurse refuse to give vaginal cream to a patient?

    Lovely_RN replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know enough about the patient in the OPs post to make a judgment. If she seemed normal enough I would just double up my gloves and do it. However, I have experienced many mentally ill people...

  12. Haunted Hospital

    Lovely_RN replied to DeadHeadRN's topic in General Nursing

    I believe in ghosts and I have had several strange encounters at work and in my home. A few weeks after we moved into our current residence my husband was in the bathroom brushing his teeth with the...

  13. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Lovely_RN replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, at $2/week it's almost Dickensian isn't it? I know some people are anti-union but I think it depends on the union. I like mine and I hope to secure another position with that same union once I...

  14. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Lovely_RN replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    You can leave and get food but you aren't going to get your $2/week back it's part of the union contract. Had to look up Monopolies and Mergers Commission. It seems to be a U.K agency with the...

  15. Who has read Echo Heron?

    Lovely_RN replied to LiveLoveLearn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm impressed, a nursing program that doesn't blow smoke up their student's rear

  16. Descrimination: A full hot meal or soup and a sandwich

    Lovely_RN replied to Truth66's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility the LPNs and CNAs are union workers and the RNs are not. The difference in treatment has convinced me that if at all possible a union position is the way to go. My facility recruits...

  17. Some advice! I got into NYU and College of Mt. Saint Vincent..

    Lovely_RN replied to wanderingoverthere's topic in Nevada Nursing

    One more post and then I will shut up! Yes CMSV is a Catholic college so you will be required to take some religion courses. We Manhattan students had to take 9 credits and I believe that CMSV...

  18. Some advice! I got into NYU and College of Mt. Saint Vincent..

    Lovely_RN replied to wanderingoverthere's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I graduated from Manhattan College in 2003 and I took a lot of my class over at the "Mount" The campus is beautiful and it's a small school so you will get lots of personal attention from your...

  19. LTC... Let's vent! Comments, concerns, suggestions?

    Lovely_RN replied to sinursie's topic in General Nursing

    I also think that CNA training is not intensive enough and the pay is too low. I was a CNA and an 8 week course that focuses on the technical aspects of basic patient care does not provide the type of...

  20. LTC... Let's vent! Comments, concerns, suggestions?

    Lovely_RN replied to sinursie's topic in General Nursing

    Until society changes it's views regarding the aged there is nothing that can be done. We give lip service to respecting our elders but lets face it....we don't respect or value them. We treat the...

  21. Wearing Cologne to work Yes Or No

    Lovely_RN replied to KarmaWiseRaven's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse's who disregard policies like: No fragrances, no rings (except plain wedding bands), and no fake nails or nail polish really get on my nerves! These policies are in place for a reason but for...

  22. Bitter boss and coworkers due to change in title lpn to rn

    Lovely_RN replied to KEYMONNEE's topic in LPN to RN

    You have to brush your shoulders off and don't let them get to you! I have only been an LPN and an employee of my facility for 11 months and I get grief from some of my co-workers. I didn't want to...

  23. Question: Is there a thread that ONLY belongs to nurses?

    Lovely_RN replied to sweetsounds's topic in Emergency

    i think it's great that non-nurses post on an but the judgmental responses from some of the unlicensed people gets to be extremely annoying after a while. it's like you can't ever say anything...

  24. Any tips for a newly pregnant nurse?

    Lovely_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm six weeks pregnant and I work in SNF/LTC. The morning sickness is starting to kick in and I have to work evening shifts. Any tips on how to make it through the shift and deal with the nausea and...

  25. Writing RX as a nurse

    Lovely_RN replied to ale_kat03's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for clearing that up. She is practicing medicine w/o a license and she is trying to get you to do the same. Humph, trust me if the crap hits the fan that doc will not cover for either of you....