purpil29 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing
south louisiana here. gustav uprooted most of the trees on the road i live on. along with part of my roof. i now have mold growing on my ceiling. i got power back late last night and it is a good thing because gas to run the generator is like find...
i have decided to take a leave for a coulple of months and just stay home. i have no kids,no money problems,i am not sick,i am not lazy and i am not sick of nsg. i just want to try on the roll of fulltime house wife for a little while. my husband ...
i have worked with hard working cna's that always did what i asked with a pleasant attitude but when i was off my relief had huge problems with the same girls that i was so pleased with. i asked them point blank why they did this to her. she was a ...
lpn in louisiana here. going on 6 yrs. pay is 21.50 per hour with a 2000 $ sign on bonus ltc/snf. i work the floor do mds and careplans and all new admits before five pm .weekends and holidays off. however,if you have floor exp.only you will likely g...
i am an lpn. i do head to toe assessment on admit and i do the careplan for the resident the rn comes if i need her to stage a wound. the docter and rn sign off on the careplan q mth with the orders. i think the scope of practice for an lpn varies f...
it is hard everytime you see a hard death but the first does stay with you. your fellow nurses may have seemed to have good poker faces but ill bet they each have atleast one that is always with them. this is not a bad thing it just means you care ...
I Have Always Been Proud To Wear White As It Makes Me Feel Good (just Me) However, I Wear Navy Blue Some Days Just To Mix It Up. The Cna's Wear Anything They Want. One Cna Came To Work Wearing White One Day And Some Of The Nurses Were Upset By This. ...
:heartbeatI WILL START AT THE BEGINNING. IN NSG SCHOOL WE HAD ONE STUDENT WHO WAS JUST MEAN! SHE MADE EVERYBODY WANT TO GO THE OTHER WAY WHEN SHE CAME IN THE ROOM! IF SOMEONE CRIED FOR GETTING A LOWER THAN DESIRED GRADE OR EXPRESSED THEIR FEELING OR...
Hi All, I Always Heard People Say That Nurse Was Good,the Nurse Was Bad Or I Have To Hang Up The Nurse Is In The Room . I Always Loved The Way The Nurse Was Never Forgotten (except For Her Name) I Was On The Waiting List To Enter School And When My N...
I had the flu and a sprained ankle (what luck,huh) i work LTC i managed to get the first day off but was told that was it because i had nobody to take my place and the don refuses to work the floor EVER FOR ANY REASON. I went in limping and coughing...
purpil29 replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing
this guy thinks higher of a dropout(quiter) than he thinks of you. is he really worth your time? i am not being ugly but when nursing is put down i take it to heart. NURSING is hard and sometimes thankless work but most days it gives you a sence of...
purpil29 replied to CareBayer's topic in New Nurse
6 mths in. IT was a sunday,most sundays were quiet but not this one. family members everywhere all wanting to talk about loved ones(they had not seen in god knows how long) at once i had pt with sob, another with chest pain ,another with bloodsugar ...
idk but i always thought LTC should have no more than 30 residents to a nurse, i went straight LTC i was trained by an agency nurse for two days then given my hall of 40 residents (no tx nurse) and state walked thru the door. i learned fast . however...
I have been many situations on the job and off and my mind always goes to fast food restaurants. what are we eating? i work in LTC and it is hard to get some of them to take a shower sometimes approaching them in a different way helps. sometimes the ...