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I keep hearing everyone say that if you have a valid prescription for meds that show up positive on a drug screen, then everything will be fine if that drug shows up on a drug screen. I just wanted to say that it may not be as simple as that. One of ...

My sister has ADD, and I could see her leaving her kids in the car without realizing it. When her first child was about 2 months old, she had just finished shopping, set her son on top of the car in his carrier, then loaded all her groceries. She sat...

This question came up about a week ago at my new job, a Detox facility. We found it interesting that there are 12 nurses on staff, and 9 of them are first-borns. All of our parents were dysfunctional for various reasons.

THis is what I have used in the past to cover ostomy appliances and feeding tubes for showering. Never tried it for swimming, but it might work. http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/12180682/Seal_Tight_Shield.html

I just started a new job in a detox unit, and everything is paper. Not only is everything paper, but everything has to be written in 2 - 4 places. The DON actually insisted I fill out an incident report for a work-related injury because after 2 days...

I think the biggest one for me is to always sign every med out right away, no matter how busy you are. If someone is taking a med qid, it gets difficult to remember if you have given that same med to that person 7 times or 8 times over the past two d...

For a couple years, I worked for a national home health equipment company. I loved doing travel plans for people who were on oxygen. We would pour over maps and locate oxygen suppliers nearby, I'd contact those companies and negotiate contracts to e...

I am an LPN. My most recent jobs have been working for a large Home medical equipment company and working in home care with children on ventilators. I've come to realize that what I enjoy most about my job is working not with the people, but with the...

If you do find an answer, let me know! I've worked nights for 19 years. Once I tried to switch to days and had the exact same problem. Had to go back to nights. I even tried staying up all night, all day and evening, then going to bed after being awa...

Also, I always sync my watch to the time clock at the beginning of each shift. Seems to me that the clock I get paid by is the one that counts!

I have to agree with RN1989. I often write on the inside of my lower arm. Just quick notes like time and abbreviation for what happened. I have managed to lose little scraps of paper too easily, at least if the info is on my arm it doesn't get los...

I can be a little evil at times, but if other avenues don't work, I'd suggest a "planned accident". Bump into that cart good and hard and watch the meds go flying. The nurse will quickly learn that her practice is unsafe and can possibly cost her alo...

After my mother graduated from Veterinary school, I had to call her Dr. Mom for years after. Needless to say, I find it very hard to call Doc's by their first names. Even if they ask me to call them by their first name, then it's "Dr. Lisa". I gues...

I do get holiday pay for Easter, but what I'd really like to see is holiday pay for Mother's Day. At least when I worked LTC, that was the worst day of the year. Seemed like all the kids from across the country would decide that Mother's Day was the...

Thankfully my MD still uses voicemail. I've known her since I was 14-yrs-old, and I can just tell the desk to put me through to her voicemail. For most things, she'll just call in a script for me or my kids. My husband is a different story tho, sh...

When I worked for a DME company, one of my responsibilities was to teach men how to use the penile pump for erectile dysfunction. Because it uses a ring, size does have to come up. I frequently heard comments such as, "I'll probably need the smallest...

I've gotten in trouble for my mouth twice. Once I got written up for saying, "that sucks!" when an employee complained about their car breaking down on the way to work. And once for saying, " I'll be there in a sec.. Gotta wash this crap off my hands...

I used to do this when I worked hospice, but had some trouble with some of the meds not wanting to disolve. The Medical Director for the hospice program obtained a bunch of empty gel caps. We crushed the meds and put them into the empty gel caps, the...

I have worked mostly weekend night shifts since I was 17 years old. I have no desire to move into day shift and I prefer to work on nights when my children do not have school the next day. Holidays are perfect for me. I hope to continue working this ...

It's crossed my mind that There could be some sort of "Survivor - Nursing" show. I'm fairly certain it couldn't actually be done from a legal stand-point, but when I watch Survivor I always think it's nothing compaired to nursing school. Granted my...

I quit with only 2 days notice and I'd do it again for the same reason if faced with the same problem. I am not Christian, so most of the holidays do not matter to me. I placed on my application that I will work every holiday except Thanksgiving. I...

The last facility I worked in, code gray meant state inspectors were in the building. I guess cause they came in like a thunderstorm? The person who made up our codes was kind of funny. Our code for a tornado was "code rainbow" as in "Somewhere o...

I was asked if I was interested in a case and I really don't know how it would work. I was wondering if anyone else had done this... Here's the story: A 46-yr-old male has ALS. He's been told that he may have 12-18 months to live. He is VERY wealthy...

I only know two nurses who quit nursing, and both of them decided to be truck drivers! As for myself, I'd love to go back to school to become a Doctor of Plant Medicine, but they only offer that program in Florida. My husband and I are both in love ...

My husband and I had an Abbot & Costello moment because I think like a nurse... He said, " This week flew." My response, "What about this weak flu?" We went on for 5 minutes before we finally got to the bottom of our communication problem! :)