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  1. Hospital Love Stories ! ! !

    shopgal replied to Esmeraldad1203's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN on a LTC Vent unit and when I started my job I was married, not happily, I had just found out that my husband was cheating while I was at work. I went through the seperation and then it...

  2. Picks Disease

    shopgal replied to HONEYBEAR's topic in General Nursing

    My Uncle passed away from "complications from pick's disease" and it was 5 years after he was diagnosed and he was 54 at time of diagnosis. It was like the confussion of Alzheimer's and then with...

  3. Healthier Living Support Thread: PART TWO!

    shopgal replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am always in charge of the cooking for every holiday and get together which I love, but I always just try to cut little corners with the things we all love to eat. I use skim milk and low fat...

  4. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    shopgal replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    A friend of mine calls hers her "Lucy" and when I was younger, we were taught that it was your "do-do" whether you were male or female and so for awhile when I was little I thought that we were all...

  5. Puuuuuuulese!!

    shopgal replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Before I became a nurse, I was a pharmacy tech and we had a drug seeking mother and her son amazingly enough had all of these ailments that she needed to come and pick up meds for him and we always...

  6. Pet Peeves

    shopgal replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    Well done to the noc shifters! Better yet, our meetings are scheduled at 1:30pm.. always. I quit going, I keep saying that when I work from 7p-7a, no meeting is mandatory at 1:30 in the afternoon....

  7. Anyone get A's in nursing school?

    shopgal replied to Roseyposey's topic in General Students

    One of my instructors told me to give up the 4.0 idea because nursing programs are so compact that you need to just concentrate on one or two classes and get the As in those to keep your GPA up and...

  8. Night shift nurses

    shopgal replied to healinghand's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I work 7p-7a and I get out of there between 7:30-8:00am if I am pretty well prepared and start my last med pass on time and don't have any major catastrophes. I have worked noc shift for years and...

  9. Vanco peak & trough times

    shopgal replied to alarla's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Yeah, our protocol is no more than 30 min before infusion and then a 30 min to 1 hour window after infusion. We always draw them 72 hours after the initial

  10. What squicks you out?

    shopgal replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, the one that still grosses me out is the dying cancer pt smell, that one gets me still. The other one that causes me to step back is the smell of when you have to burp a g-tube and they have...

  11. What squicks you out?

    shopgal replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Spit and sputum used to just make me gag and want to ralph, so where do I work, Long term ventilator unit! Now I could care less! We have all of these pts that have signed waivers that they know...

  12. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    shopgal replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work in a nsg home that had a new part that was only like 4 yrs old and the old part that we called the "getto" that was about 40 yrs old. Wierd stuff always happened in the getto part....

  13. C-Diff Question

    shopgal replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    I am well versed in C-diff, it seems like all of our pts come back from the hosp with it and then if they have it, no matter how many times we explain handwashing and contact isolation to the CNAs,...

  14. Any nurses married to a nurse ?

    shopgal replied to Kitty-MayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was married to a man who's career was nothing medical and it was so hard to talk to him because he didn't care when I would come home and be so drained from having a pt die or a really stressful...

  15. How to deal with death?

    shopgal replied to breezy5's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I worked in LTC as a CNA for several years and now as a nurse, I work on a long term vent unit. My pts in LTC it was hard, but I could say, "Well, they were old and lived their lives" and be happy...

  16. What NURSING BOOK/JOURNAL you frequently read?

    shopgal replied to eezee's topic in General Nursing

    I subcribe to Nursing 2005 and AJN (American Journal of Nursing) and I find that AJN is the one that I enjoy more. It has articles that nurses write and I just enjoy it more, it applies a little more...

  17. How many Pt do you take care of?

    shopgal replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    Long Term Ventilator Unit, State of Kansas, I work weekend noc 7p-7a shift, one nurse, 2 CNAs and 18 Vent pts, it's a little overwhelming at times, because with 18 vents, you also have 18 g-tubes and...

  18. We Need Her

    shopgal replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's AWESOME! Yes, we'll take her, I have an ex-husband that that method of punishment would be appropriate for!

  19. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

    shopgal replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I work at Specialty Hosp. of Mid-America with the Vents in Overland Park, KS. Our facility is also big on education and so if there is any kind of cert. that you need or CEUs, they pay you to go, I...

  20. LPN/LVN rate of pay in your area.

    shopgal replied to Couture_Honey's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I live in Kansas City and I make $18.50/hr plus differentials after that and I am full time with benefits. Our PRN LPNs make $22-25, but I applied for some agency jobs this week and I was only...

  21. working graveyard shifts in LTC

    shopgal replied to April_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've worked noc shift as a CNA for 5yrs and now as an LPN for 2yrs and I have 18 LTC vent pts with 1 RT and believe me with 18 IVs, and 18 tube feedings to watch I barely take a break. And of course...

  22. Are Your End-of-Life Wishes Clear?

    shopgal replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Durable Power of Attorney, The person that you appoint to be in charge of you when you can't speak for yourself. We have to listen to what they want even if it goes against the advanced directive,...

  23. LTC Facilities in Omaha

    shopgal replied to Jolie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm not sure the name of the nursing home, but the company is Vetter Health Services and they are a wonderful company to work for. I worked for one in Norfolk, NE and I loved it and I directed my...

  24. Are Your End-of-Life Wishes Clear?

    shopgal replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I have a question and maybe this just shows how dumb I am, but I am going to ask it anyway, but when it comes down to it, don't your advanced directives not mean anything if your DPOA wants to do...

  25. Any nursing tatoo's?

    shopgal replied to MacERRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a purple and yellow butterfly on the top right corner of my right