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lorirn58

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  1. Thought I would have a job by now. Getting depressed

    lorirn58 replied to SWRNUSA's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Telling someone to "calm" down is not nice

  2. I Ask For "Nothing".

    lorirn58 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

    To the fellow healthcare workers: Treat each other with dignity and respect. Thank each other. Recognize each other. Why do we need a week or a day at all? I LOVE LOVE LOVE this article. Right on...

  3. I Hate LT: How I Want to Fix It

    lorirn58 replied to libran1984's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    PROUD2BANLPN, Learn how to be uplifting and supportive to a fellow human being instead of kicking someone when they're down. People like you are also out there in the workplace and thus not...

  4. I Hate LT: How I Want to Fix It

    lorirn58 replied to libran1984's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This posting should be sent to ACHA, AHRQ, TJC, all 50 state capitals, local congressmen/women, Wash. DC, CMS, and every other healthcare regulating agency in the

  5. Nurses Talk To Nurses. Doctors Talk To Doctors

    lorirn58 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    I also would have never spoken to anyone who is employed by that MD other than in a professional manner. Please do not 'admonish' the OP on this point as she already explained her reaction to all of...

  6. Wound Care Clinic Internship Information

    lorirn58 replied to dbella24's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    No one is belittling your placement. Truth is not the same as belittling. Why do you think that? And why do you not have a choice/consider yourself powerless to do the best thing for you - in the...

  7. Wound Care Clinic Internship Information

    lorirn58 replied to dbella24's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Hi! I am not sure why you are doing a preceptorship from LPN to RN in an OP wound care clinic. Normally, this is done on a medical/surgical unit in order to give you a solid foundation for...

  8. LPN taking wound care course; skin tear question

    lorirn58 replied to followyourbliss's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    NO TEGADERM. NO TELFA. NO ANTIBIOTIC OINTMENTS (skin tears do not tend to be or to get infected, why add abx??!). NO other adherent dressings. Keep it simple for the simple skin tears (most of the...

  9. I apologize..

    lorirn58 replied to letsbefriends's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Letters like this one should go to State, CMS, AHCA, TJC, and all those other regulatory agencies we know and love so that they can start fixing this mess and do the right thing.

  10. Should Healthcare Be Funded As A Basic Human Right?

    lorirn58 replied to jayp's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Living beyond your means is a poor choice. Having children that you cannot afford is a poor choice. I do not like paying for other people's poor choices when I did not make poor choices. Thank you...

  11. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    lorirn58 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    Then don't use "over the top prose" or be so

  12. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    lorirn58 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    Candy stripper? WHOA! How about candy striper? Ya.

  13. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    lorirn58 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    Oh and as I go along and read more comments like the ones from who I already thanked...I want to thank you all too. I say "ENOUGH" to abusive, bully, and vicious behaviors in

  14. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    lorirn58 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    Hey RyanCarolinaBoy, Squatmunkie brings up some excellent points and has an opinion (just like YOU have an opinion); therefore, there is NO reason for you to "hate on" Squatmunkie! Do you realize that...

  15. Different Types Of Coworkers

    lorirn58 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Multi10, the truth is the truth. Too much time is spent being politically correct and it causes a lot of grief and havoc in a profession where bully and inappropriate behaviors DO NOT BELONG. You need...

  16. Different Types Of Coworkers

    lorirn58 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This article is not talking about simple "flaws". This article is talking about unnecessary and ruinous behaviors in a profession where those behaviors DO NOT BELONG. I am glad that the article also...

  17. Ooops, I told off a doctor

    lorirn58 replied to catladynurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You did the right thing. You did it professionally. It does not matter whether you "like' the doctor or not. Commenters, please do read into this. The OP asked a professional and clinical question....