T-Bird78

T-Bird78

Member

  • Content

    1,007

  • Visitors

    18,627

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    432

All Content by T-Bird78

  1. What Is One’s Opinion If You See A Man Wearing a Dansko Shoes?

    T-Bird78 replied to Ben_Dover's topic in General Nursing

    My male RMA wears solid black Danskos. Wear them, they’re comfortable, and he’s only 66” tall so he appreciates the extra height. LOL. It doesn’t matter what anybody thinks, just know...

  2. How did you decide on your first LPN job?

    T-Bird78 replied to AnonymousSunshine's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Mine was desperation for me and the employer. They’d fired a nurse and another one walked out in protest so they needed someone that could interview tomorrow and start the next day; I was free.

  3. Advice to New graduate LPN - continuing education?

    T-Bird78 replied to AnonymousSunshine's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    And not to rain on your parade, but you WILL be clueless on a LOT of things LOL. Yes, we know the basics but there is a huge difference in the classroom setting and actually applying it in real life....

  4. Anyone Just Interested in Being an LPN, and not an RN

    T-Bird78 replied to UnbreakableOne's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I’m still an LPN working with one other LPN and several MA’s. We have recently gotten a clinical supervisor who is an RN. She made the comment that LPNs are trained to do, while RNs are trained to...

  5. Witchcraft Resurgence

    T-Bird78 replied to HelpfulNatureHopeful's topic in General Nursing

    Because doctors and “big pharma” are out to get us all! Doctors just care about money! “Big pharma” has a cure for cancer but they’re too greedy to actually use it because of all that...

  6. OB Unit for Male Student

    T-Bird78 replied to nurse2bguy555's topic in General Students

    I’m in Georgia and there were men in my program doing their OB rotations with us in the same facilities. What part of GA are you in? (And rainy season?). Anyway, double check with your instructor...

  7. UNDERWEAR (Yes, underwear)

    T-Bird78 replied to nycnurse92's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a husband and two sons. Pants are a rare commodity in our house. I’ve even had to remind my teenager to put pants on at the dinner table. Guys just really don’t care. Must be nice.

  8. How often do you wash your scrubs? :)

    T-Bird78 replied to RNinheart's topic in General Nursing

    I’m in an office setting, so I have 5 sets of scrubs (two provided free and I bought the other 3 sets). I wash them all on the weekend, usually in their own

  9. Is this legal? What are your thoughts?

    T-Bird78 replied to coffeecup's topic in General Nursing

    Anywhere I’ve ever worked had a policy that if you call out the day before or the day after a holiday you do NOT get paid for that holiday because it’s assumed you just wanted to extend your time...

  10. HIPAA and court orders and custody oh my!

    T-Bird78 replied to T-Bird78's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I’ll see if we ever got clarification on this. The first situation, where noncustodial dad scheduled the appointment, that mom did complain about it on our survey and cited it as a HIPAA violation...

  11. HIPAA and court orders and custody oh my!

    T-Bird78 replied to T-Bird78's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    We’re not removing their rights to the child at all. What the HIPAA communication form does is tell us who we CAN share information with. If someone who is NOT on that communication form calls to...

  12. My patient is now an employee in the office I treat her at

    T-Bird78 replied to NYNPLisa's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    I work in a physician’s office and every single staff member has asked the doctor to look at x or y or z at some point or another. It saves us an office visit/time off work! It’s not as awkward...

  13. let go from job

    T-Bird78 replied to tinybbynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I don’t know what the difference is between the two.

  14. let go from job

    T-Bird78 replied to tinybbynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I should have known something was going on when I’d signed up to bring macaroni and cheese to the potluck we were having the next week and someone crossed my name off the list and put theirs...

  15. let go from job

    T-Bird78 replied to tinybbynurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, been there too. My first nursing job, actually, meaning I’d had my license two weeks when they hired me. It was a horrible situation and I was going to get my “one year experience” that is...

  16. Current Situation: Symptomatic Asthmatic

    T-Bird78 replied to jnemartin's topic in School

    Not a school nurse but an asthma/allergy nurse for several years here. Flovent is NOT a rescue/quick-acting inhaler. Using albuterol several times in a short time span is not okay either. Once student...

  17. Should I divorce my husband

    T-Bird78 replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    At least you got something this week from your employer. Our group had events for nurses at the hospitals but nothing for us in the physician offices, so my manager put a basket together of candy and...

  18. Feeling embarrassed, ask the md a stupid question

    T-Bird78 replied to RobertJo's topic in General Nursing

    If in doubt ask the MD. I’ve asked the MD questions I already knew the answer to 1) just to confirm, 2) every once in a blue moon MD will change their mind, and 3) to shut the pt up that I did, in...

  19. Should I divorce my husband

    T-Bird78 replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    My current employer is the only one I’ve had that actually acknowledged nurse week. I got a company-branded beach towel one year, a plastic 20 oz tumbler one year, and nothing last year (still...

  20. Reasons nurses get fired

    T-Bird78 replied to Nursing On The Run's topic in General Nursing

    I’m in an at-will state. I was fired from my very first nursing job, which I obtained two weeks after I passed my boards for my LPN. Two weeks into the job I was put on phone triage and had an...

  21. Have you had your Colonoscopy? March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month

    T-Bird78 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Gastroenterology

    My husband had his first colonoscopy almost two weeks ago, GI saw a 4cm mass in the sigmoid. Bloodwork and STAT CT normal, we’re waiting on the biopsy to confirm GI’s suspicion of cancer....

  22. Stupid hurts.

    T-Bird78 replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Do NOT wax your nose hairs. They are there for a reason. Besides, we’re tired of your whining about the abscess in your nose. Thoroughly check the fish filet you’re about to eat for bones, and...

  23. Black scrubs—help!

    T-Bird78 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Okay, my healthcare system has nurses wear solid-color scrubs, color-coded by department. Lucky me, my area is assigned to wear black scrubs, pants and shirt. That’s nice except it shows dandruff....

  24. BLS renewal—ouch

    T-Bird78 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had to renew my BLS the other day. Our employer has the online portion for the test then we go to the lab for the manikin/hands-on portion where the computer guides you as you’re doing the...

  25. Black scrubs—help!

    T-Bird78 replied to T-Bird78's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thanks. Our scrubs are ordered by our employer so we have no say in what brand. I’m seriously considering a derm visit. I also might try a non-stick spray to see if that helps. I do wash my...